Expertise

At K-State Olathe, her focus is on helping school districts and higher education strategically reform and improve students' education in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics — or STEM — fields so that their knowledge and skills better translate to industry needs.

Past Affiliations

Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education, Kansas State University

Interim Dean, Kansas State University Olathe, Kansas State University
2019

Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education, Kansas State University

Director, Women's Studies Program
1998 - 2003

Associate Professor, Foundations and Adult Education
1996 - 2003

Affiliate Faculty, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Department, College of Arts and Sciences, Kansas State University

Assistant Professor, Foundations and Adult Education
1992 - 1996

Co-Director, Rural Clearinghouse for Lifelong Education and Development
1987 - 1992

Project Coordinator, Action Agenda Project
1984 - 1987

Assistant Professor, Science
1977 - 1981

Instructor, Physics
1972 - 1974

Physics Teacher, Shawnee Mission East High School
1969 - 1970

Professor, Secondary Education Program

Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Department, College of Arts and Sciences, Kansas State University

Associate Professor, Secondary Education Program

Communities
Women's Studies, Gender Studies, Education, Curriculum and Instruction
Degrees
PhD, Kansas State University, Curriculum and Instruction, 1988
MS, Kansas State University, Physics Education, 1972
BS, Kansas State University, Physics, 1969
Keywords
women's studies rural education mathematics education science education elementary or secondary education
Languages
English, German
Honors

Research Award (Rural Education), National Rural Education Association, 1991

Research Award (Rural Adult Education), National University Continuing Education Association, 1985

Phi Kappa Phi (Academic Honorary), Kansas State University, 1969

Justus Liebig Scholar (Undergraduate Study Aborad), Justis Liebig University (Kansas State University), 1967-1968

Associations
American Association for Higher Education
American Association of Physics Teachers
American Educational Research Association
Association for the Study of Higher Education
National Association for Multicultural Education
National Rural Education Association
National Science Teachers Association