Teacher Education Faculty Listing
Primary Program Faculty
- 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)
- 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
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
- 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
- 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
- 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, School of Technology; Program Chair, 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
- Interim Department Chair, Chemistry and Professor, Physics
- Affiliated Professor, Materials
Science and Engineering, and Cognitive and Learning Sciences
- Adjunct Curator, A.E.
Seaman Mineral Museum
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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
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
Carla Strome
- Adjunct Instructor, Cognitive and Learning Sciences
