Biography
My research is in the fields of physics and astronomy education research (PER/AER) -- I study how students learn physics, and how to best teach it. I especially focus on issues of equity and empowerment in both post-secondary physics and astronomy students, integrated STEM education including gender-based barriers to the use of technology in the classroom, and in STEM teacher professional development. Students who work with me will receive training in the ethics of human subjects research, and may either join an existing project, or begin investigating questions about their own teaching-in-training (scholarship of teaching and learning).
In addition to my research, I work within the larger PER and STEM education communities to enhance STEM education at the K-12 through collegiate levels. I have served on the board of the New England Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) for nearly a decade, including organizing and soliciting keynote speakers for our twice-yearly conferences, and serving on the localization committee for the national AAPT meeting in Boston, MA, 2024. I have also recently been appointed to the editorial board of the Journal of Science Teacher Education, the flagship journal of the Association for Science Teacher Education, a professional organization which promotes leadership, scholarship, collaboration, and advances research and practice, in educating future science teachers.