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Current PhD students

Image	Candice Clark Science/Math Education Credentials: EdM, Adult and Higher Education, Oregon State University Graduate Certificate in College and University Teaching, Oregon State University Honors BS, Mathematics/Physics, University of Alabama, Huntsville Curriculum Vitae Faculty Advisor: Dr. SueAnn Bottoms Research, teaching, and/or practice focus or expertise: Systemic barriers to access to equitable education Working-class, first-generation, and low-income students' retention and persistence in higher education Students’ efficacy in eLearning contexts Research Projects: Investigating the impacts of an online orientation on counseling students’ self-efficacy in an online learning context
Image	Diana Crespo LEEP Credentials: MS, Recreation Resources, Colorado State University BS, Biochemistry Engineering, Insituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), Guaymas, Mexico Curriculum Vitae Faculty Advisor: Dr. Soria Colomer and Dr. Cory Buxton (co-advisors) Research, teaching, and/or practice focus or expertise: Latinx families' engagement in outdoor recreation Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in Outdoor Education Research Projects: Test and refine the LaCuKnoS model, a teaching model that integrates the role of language in science learning, cultural sustenance, and knowledge building.
Image	Barbara Ettenauer LEEP Credentials: MS in Education, Western Oregon University BA, Economics, FernUniversitaet Gesamthochschule in Hagen, Germany Curriculum Vitae Faculty Advisor: Dr. Cory Buxton Research, teaching, and/or practice focus or expertise: Science education in diverse contexts, Multilingual Family Engagement Research Projects: 1) The Supporting students' language, knowledge and culture through science, or LaCuKnoS Project, (Buxton, PI) 2) Multilingual Family Engagement
Image	Heather Garcia LEEP Credentials: MS, Instructional Science and Technology, California State University Monterey Bay BA, Modern Literature Studies, University of California Santa Cruz Curriculum Vitae Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kathryn McIntosh Research, teaching, and/or practice focus or expertise: Instructional designer communities of practice and collaborative relationships Technocentrism and relational ways of being in digital environments Inclusive design practices and feminist pedagogy Research Projects: Impacting the Inclusivity Mindset of Online Computer Science Students (Role: Ecampus Research Fellow) Exploring the Experiences of Online Instructors (Role: Member of research team)
Image	Amy González Morales Agricultural Education Credentials: MS, Agricultural Education, University of Puerto Rico BS, Agricultural Education, University of Puerto Rico Curriculum Vitae Faculty Advisor: Dr. Haley Q. Traini Research, teaching, and/or practice focus or expertise: Expertise in agricultural education teacher preparation areas Experience teaching courses related to: teaching methods, evaluation, leadership, and supervision of teaching practices. Research interests: transition and adaptation of early career teachers, needs of novice teachers, preparation of teachers to work with Latino student populations Research Projects: Evaluating Agricultural Education Teachers' Intention to Implement Student-Centered Instruction Strategies After a Teacher Training in Liberia
Image	Nicholas Hagemann LEEP Credentials: MEd, Educational Technology, Northern Arizona University BS, Elementary Education, Northern Arizona University Curriculum Vitae Faculty Advisor: Dr. Amanda Kibler Research, teaching, and/or practice focus or expertise: Equity-oriented educational policies and practices at macro, meso, & micro levels Ideologies of whiteness in K-12 educational settings Intersectionalities of race, gender, and class in the promotion of educational equity
Image	Charissa Jones Science/Math Education Credentials: MS Environmental Studies, Antioch University New England BA Environmental Studies, New College of Florida Curriculum Vitae Faculty Advisor: Dr. Cory Buxton Research, teaching, and/or practice focus or expertise: Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Justice (EDIAJ) in Outdoor Education; Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Justice (EDIAJ) in STEM Education; Critical Environmental Education Research Projects: "Paradigms in Physics @ OSU" research project exploring the embodied Arms representation and activity sequence for teaching quantum mechanics.
Image	Mickie J. Kumwamba LEEP Credentials: MEd, Early Grade Reading Instructions, Lakeland University, Wisconsin, USA BA,General Education with Elementary Education minor, Lakeland University, Wisconsin, USA Faculty Advisor: Dr. Amanda Kibler Research, teaching, and/or practice focus or expertise: Teaching Assistant in a double degree preservice teacher education program, Oregon State University. Elementary School Teacher training (Worked in Teacher Training Colleges in Malawi). Accredited Inspector for Malawi Elementary Teacher Education responsible for ensuring that colleges adhere to National Teacher Education Standards. Early Grade Materials (Malawi National Curriculum Languages and Literacy textbooks, supplementary readers, and training manuals) development. Research Projects: Exploring Elementary School Teachers’ Perspectives about Their Preparation to Teach Emergent Bilingual Students in Mainstream Classrooms.
Image	Freddy León LEEP Credentials: MEd, College Student Services Administration, Oregon State University BA, Spanish, Willamette University Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kathryn McIntosh Research, teaching, and/or practice focus or expertise: Multicultural education Decolonizing pedagogy/andragogy Indigenous epistemologies Research Projects: Social Justice and Mindfulness in Multicultural Education (SAMME) Decolonizing the Syllabus: Accepting Responsibility to Reconceptualize and Unsettle Traditional Epistemologies in Multicultural Education Using Testimonios Methodology to Explore Social Justice Contemplative Teaching
Image	Elizabeth Mills Johnson Agricultural Education Credentials: MS, Instructional Design and Technology, University of Tampa MS, Marketing, University of Tampa BA, Liberal Arts, University of Oregon Curriculum Vitae Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jonathan Velez Research, teaching, and/or practice focus or expertise: Student engagement within international education programming Enhancing experiential education outcomes Increasing cultural competencies within international education Research Projects: Incorporating best practices within international experiential education with agriculture education curriculum to increase learners' cultural competencies
Image	Mandy Olsen LEEP Credentials: MS, Studies in Disabilities, Oregon State University BS, Early Childhood/Elementary Education, Western Oregon University Curriculum Vitae Faculty Advisor: Dr. Karen Thompson Research, teaching, and/or practice focus or expertise: Anti-racist teaching practices Critical perspectives in equitable classroom management Anti-racist identity development in pre-service teachers Social justice pedagogy Research Projects: The Impact of Anti-racist Teacher Professional Development on Policy and Practice
	Casey Patterson Science/Math Education Credentials: MEd, Psychology, Springfield College BS, Exercise Science, Waynesburg University Curriculum Vitae Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jana Bouwma-Gearhart Research, teaching, and/or practice focus or expertise: Postsecondary STEM student access and success Curriculum development Faculty support of academic support initiatives in postsecondary STEM settings.
Image	Stephanie Ramos Science/Math Education Credentials: MS, Chemistry, Oregon State University BS, Chemistry, Texas Tech University Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jana Bouwma-Gearhart Research, teaching, and/or practice focus or expertise: Equity, inclusion, and access in STEM education, Students of Color in STEM, Community college students’ experiences in higher education
	Faran Saeed (He/Him/His) LEEP Credentials: MA, Higher Education Administration, Louisiana State University BS, Biochemistry, University of Memphis Curriculum Vitae Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kathryn McIntosh and Dr. Cory Buxton Research, teaching, and/or practice focus or expertise: Religion and Multicultural Education Muslim College Student Identity Development Research Projects: Social Justice and Mindfulness in Multicultural Education Islamophobia in the Digital Age
Image	Martha Sandstead LEEP Credentials: MA, Teaching, Pacific University BA, Environmental Studies and Spanish, Middlebury College Continuing Teaching License, State of Oregon ESOL Endorsement Reading Endorsement Curriculum Vitae Faculty Advisor: Dr. Amanda Kibler Research, teaching, and/or practice focus or expertise: Language and literacy development for multilingual children Writing Instruction Voice in the writing of multilinguals Teacher inquiry and action research Language ideologies Research Projects: Voice in Writing: Using Teacher Action Research to Develop Voice in Bilingual Student Writing. Role: Principal Investigator Affordances for Language Development in Co-Teaching (ACT): teacher inquiry and professional development (Kibler, PI). Role: Graduate Research Assistant Co-Teaching and Collaboration Models Serving English-Learner Classified Students: Prevalence and Practice (Kibler, PI) . Role: Graduate Research Assistant Teacher Language Ideologies in Multilingual Contexts: A Review of the Literature. Role: Principal Investigator
Image	Kirby Schmidt Agricultural Education Credentials: MS, Agricultural Education, Oregon State University BS, Agricultural Education, University of Minnesota Curriculum Vitae Faculty Advisor: Dr. Josh Stewart Research, teaching, and/or practice focus or expertise: "Recognizing the Value in All Students" Agricultural Education Leadership Education Teacher Wellbeing Secondary Traumatic Stress
	Marcos Viveros LEEP Credentials: MA, Interdisciplinary Studies, Oregon State University BA,Teaching English as a Second Language, Universidad del Bio-Bio, Chile Curriculum Vitae Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kathryn McIntosh Research, teaching, and/or practice focus or expertise: Social Justice and Multicultural Education Gender and Masculinity Studies Preservice Teacher Education Research Projects: Social Justice and Mindfulness in Multicultural Education Discourses of Masculinity in College Students
	Sara Wiger LEEP Credentials: MA, History and Culture, Union Institute and University BA, History and Political Science, Chaminade University of Honolulu Faculty Advisor: Dr. Karen Thompson Research, teaching, and/or practice focus or expertise: Emergent bilinguals with dyslexia Research Projects: Affordances for Language Development in Co-Teaching (ACT): teacher inquiry and professional development (Kibler, PI). Role: Research Assistant

Selection of recent Education PhD Graduates

	Raisa Canete-Blazquez LEEP alumna Credentials: MAIS, Education, Ethnic Studies, & Foreign Languages, Oregon State University BA, Translation and Interpreting, UPF (Barcelona, Spain) Curriculum Vitae Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kathryn McIntosh Research, teaching, and/or practice focus or expertise: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion teaching approaches Spanish as a FL Social Justice & Multiculturalism in education Research Projects: Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in the US University Spanish Classroom Social Justice and Mindfulness in Multicultural Education
	Yoon Ha Choi Science/Math Education alumna Credentials: EdM in Human Development & Psychology, Harvard Graduate School of Education Curriculum Vitae Faculty Advisor: Dr. Lynn D. Dierking Research, teaching, and/or practice focus or expertise: Equity, diversity, and inclusion in STEM education Women of color in STEM Student experiences in higher education Feminist narratives
	Cindy Ann Lenhart Science/Math Education alumna Credentials: MS, Education, Eastern Oregon University Curriculum Vitae Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jana Bouwma-Gearhart Research, teaching, and/or practice focus or expertise: STEM faculty perceptions of successful students and teaching practices that support them STEM faculty collection and use of student learning data to inform teaching practices Interdisciplinary (STEM and business) faculty development of transdisciplinary curriculum Engineering faculty perceptions of university makerspaces: potential affordances for curriculum, instructional practices, and student learning Research Projects: Exploring interdisciplinary faculty development of transdisciplinary curriculum development at three postsecondary institutions: A case study Inclusively recognizing postsecondary faculty innovation and entrepreneurship impact within promotion and tenure considerations Student development at the boundary: Makerspaces as affordances for 21st century skill development STEM graduate students’ development at the intersection of research, leadership, and innovation
	Elyssa Stoddard Science/Math Education Credentials: MS, Mathematics Education, State University of New York at Fredonia BS, Mathematics and Adolescence Mathematics Education, State University of New York at Fredonia Curriculum Vitae Faculty Advisor: Dr. Rebekah Elliott Research, teaching, and/or practice focus or expertise: Initial mathematics teacher education Research Projects: Research assistant on Dr. Elliott's project Designing Ambitious Mathematics Instructional Tools: A Collaborative Research-Practice Partnership
	Kelby Hahn Science/Math Education Credentials: MS, Physics, Oregon State University BS, Physics, Utah State University Curriculum Vitae Faculty Advisor: Dr. Cory Buxton Research, teaching, and/or practice focus or expertise: Research: Physics sensemaking, special relativity, embodied activities in quantum mechanics, experiences of physics students, equity in the physics classroom Teaching: Algebra- and calculus-based introductory physics, physics for future elementary teachers, contemporary challenges in physics, modern physics, astronomy, and faculty development through GTA with OSU Center for Teaching and Learning. Research Projects: "Paradigms in Physics @ OSU" research project exploring the embodied Arms representation and activity sequence for teaching quantum mechanics.
	Megan Brunner Science/Math Education Credentials: MAIS, Education, Sociology, & Mathematics, Oregon State University BA, Mathematics, SUNY College at Geneseo Curriculum Vitae Faculty Advisor: Dr. Rebekah Elliott Research, teaching, and/or practice focus or expertise: Research: educational systems activity towards more just mathematics education; teachers' commitments to equity and justice in mathematics education Teaching: Teaching Mathematics for Social Justice and supporting teacher candidates in learning to critically attend to power and act in ways that transform Research Projects: Designing Ambitious Mathematics Instructional Tools: A Collaborative-Research Practice Partnership (PI: Dr. Rebekah Elliott) Exploring Teachers' Conceptions of and Commitments to Equity and Social Justice in Mathematics Education (PI: Dr. Rebekah Elliott)

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