Faculty and Staff Directory
Primary Program Faculty
- Associate Professor of Psychology, Cognitive and Learning Sciences
Research Interests
- Motivation Science
- Self-Efficacy
- Impact of Values on Behavior
- Cognitive Dissonance
- Individual Differences in STEM Learning
- Professor, Cognitive and Learning Sciences
Research Interests
- Social contexts of development with a focus youth agency and development.
- Cognition & tools (encompassing communication technologies, work tools, & everyday
tools)
- Associate Professor of Psychology, Cognitive and Learning Sciences
Research Interests
- Computational Modeling
- Recognitional Decision Making
- Perceptual and Memory Processes
- Representations of Cultural Knowledge
- Assistant Professor, Applied Cognitive Science and Human Factors
Research Interests
- Injury/Illness Prevention
- Implementation Science
- Information Design
- Risk Assessment and Communication
- Assistant Professor, Cognitive and Learning Sciences
Research Interests
- Cognitive demand of physical tasks
- Cognitive state assessment
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Multitasking
- Sustained attention
- Interim Department Chair, Cognitive and Learning Sciences
- Associate Professor, Cognitive
and Learning Sciences
- Affiliated Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering-Engineering
Mechanics
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Research Interests
- Basic and applied attention
- Models of attention
- Human performance in aviation
- Display design
- Tech adoption
- Technology training
- Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- Director of Teacher Education, Cognitive and Learning
Sciences
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Areas of Expertise
- Preservice Mathematics Teacher Education
- Teacher Professional Development
- Teacher Noticing
- Teacher Learning
- Use of Video Cases in Teacher Education
Kay Tislar
- Lecturer, Cognitive and Learning Sciences
Research Interests
- Multimedia and e-learning
- Software interface design and usability
- Software requirements and other documentation
- Technical communications
- Assistant Professor, Cognitive and Learning Sciences
- Assistant Professor, Kinesiology
and Integrative Physiology
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Research Interests
- Cognitive Aging
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Motor Learning
- Sensorimotor Control
- Memory
- Cognitive Control
- Associate Professor, Cognitive and Learning Sciences
- Director, Center for Human-Centered
Computing
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Research Interests
- Decision Making
- Problem Solving
- Learning and Video Games for STEM
- CSCW
- Structured Analytic Techniques
Staff
Rachelle Gariepy
- Department Coordinator and Graduate Program Assistant
Allied Faculty
- Emeritus Professor, Cognitive and Learning Sciences
- Research Professor, Cognitive
and Learning Sciences
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Research Interests
- STEM Learning and Teaching
- Teacher Professional Development
- Earth Science Education
- Director, Center for Science and Environmental Outreach
- Instructor, Cognitive and
Learning Sciences
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Areas of Expertise
- Great Lakes education and stewardship
- Watershed management ; stream monitoring
- Environmental education
- Elementary engineering and STEM education
- K-12 science education
- K-12 teacher professional development
- Communicating Science to a lay audience
- Associate Professor, Chemistry
- Affiliated Associate Professor, Cognitive and Learning
Sciences
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Research Interests
- Chemical education
- Technology-supported learning
- Online and Blended Classrooms
- Flipped Classrooms
- Spatial Ability
- Adjunct Associate Professor of STEM Education, Cognitive and Learning Sciences
Research Interests
- STEM Education
- In-service teacher education
- Teacher beliefs
- Curriculum writing and assessment
- Gender equity in science/STEM
- Student interest in STEM
- Affiliated Assistant Professor of STEM Education, Cognitive and Learning Sciences
- Past
Director, North Central Association for Science Teacher Education
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Specialties
- STEM Education
- Educational Technology
Research Interests
- Facilitating the development of pre-service and in-service teachers’ reflective practice
in online, blended, and face-to-face learning environments
- Promoting model-based and engineering-integrated science instruction through STEM
integration
- Designing and creating dynamic, student-centered online learning environments for
educators
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Cognitive and Learning Sciences
- Instructor, Social Sciences
- Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
- Professor, Geological and Mining
Engineering Sciences
- Affiliated Professor, Cognitive and Learning Sciences
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Specialties
- Geoscience
- Teacher Education
- Evaluation and Assessment
- Professor and Chair, Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology
- Affiliated
Professor, Cognitive and Learning Sciences
- Director, Research and Innovation in STEM
Education Institute (RISE)
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Research Interests
- Problem-based learning methods applied in the areas of CAD/CAM
- Static and dynamic model simulation
- Product and manufacturing work cell verification
Teaching Interests
- Parametric Modeling
- Statics and Strength of Materials
- Product Design and Development
- CAE and FEA Methods
- Computer-aided Manufacturing
- Senior Design
- Professor of Physics
- Director and Curator, A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum
- Affiliated
Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
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Teaching Interests
- Nanotechnology Education
- Assessment in STEM education
Research Interests
- Theoretical condensed matter physics
- Theory and modeling of single-electron transport devices
- Modeling and simulation of properties of interfaces and interface materials
- Atomistic computational physics of surface phases and surface dynamics
- Crystal growth
- Mineralogy of natural graphite
- Adjunct Associate Professor, Computer Science and CLS
Research Interests
- Human-Computer Interaction/ Human-Robot Interaction
- Auditory Displays/ Sonification
- Affective Computing/ Emotional Design
- Automotive User Interfaces
- Assistive Technology for Special Populations
- Aesthetic Computing/ Media Art
- Emeritus Professor, Cognitive and Learning Sciences
Research Interests
- Neuroscience of Learning and Memory
- Educational Reform and Redesign
- Persuasion and Attitude Change
- Associate Professor, Computer Science
- Affiliated Associate Professor, Cognitive and
Learning Sciences
- Faculty Advisor, Husky Game Development Enterprise
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Area of Expertise
- Computer Graphics
- Virtual Environments
- Head-mounted displays
- Human Perception
- Dean of the Pavlis Honors College
Specialties
- STEM Education Research
- Human-Centered Design
- Service-Learning
Michael R. Meyer
- Director - William G. Jackson Center for Teaching and Learning
Specialties
- Directs and coordinates center activities with those of other campus units
- Holds pedagogical consultations with faculty and staff from all departments
- Promotes new faculty development tools, training, and opportunities
- Coordinates initiatives to support teaching and learning, such as the university testing
center
- Holds joint appointment as physics senior lecturer
- Associate Professor, Computer Science
- Affiliated Associate Professor, Cognitive and
Learning Sciences
- Faculty Advisor, Humane Interface Design Enterprise
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Area of Expertise
- Mobile App Design and Usability
- Software Development and Processes
- Computer Science Education
- Associate Professor, Engineering Fundamentals
Carla Strome
- Adjunct Instructor, Cognitive and Learning Sciences
- Research Assistant Professor, Cognitive and Learning Sciences
- Postdoc Researcher,
Cognitive Psychology
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- Associate Professor, Computer Science
- Associate Dean for Curriculum & Instruction,
College of Computing
- Affiliated Associate Professor, Cognitive and Learning Sciences
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Areas of Expertise
- Digital technology adoption for older adults and other digital newcomers
- K-12 computing education
- Undergraduate software engineering and computer science education
- Communication in software development
- Lightweight formal methods
- Agile software development
- Adjunct Professor of Psychology, Cognitive and Learning Sciences
Research Interests
- Study of Expertise
- Perceptual-Cognitive Skills
- Training
- Skill Acquisition
- Applied Cognition
- Cognitive Engineering
- Human Factors
- Sports Science
