Expertise

Keywords:

  • Secondary Science

Areas of Expertise:

  • Science Teaching & Learning
  • Relationships Among Cognition, Emotion, and Identity in Science
  • Scientist/Engineer and K-12 Teacher Partnerships
  • Critical Scholarship in K-12 Science Teacher Education

Her research interests are informed by her more than ten years in elementary and secondary classrooms as a science, mathematics, and special education teacher. 

Her research is focused on supporting K-12 pre-service and in-service teachers to develop and enact equitable science instruction in ways that honor and cultivate students’ sense of self and belonging in science and other related disciplines. 

Degrees
BA, University of Florida, Special Education
MEd, University of Florida, Early Childhood Education
PhD, Florida State University, Science Education – Curriculum and Instruction