National Service
As an academic, I feel that it is important that I am engaged locally, regionally, and nationally in efforts to support the continued development of scientific literacy. For specific details about the ways I am involved nationally, please see my vita. In general, there are a number of activities that I engage in to serve nationally toward this goal, including:
- Membership, involvement, and service in professional organizations:
- American Educational Research Association
- National Science Teacher Association
- National Association for Research on Science Teaching
- Association for Science Teacher Educators
- Reviewing journal articles for peer-reviewed journals
- Contributing to academic discourse and scholarship through peer-reviewed journals.
Given that I am relatively early in my career, my hope is to develop this involvement in areas that are most interesting to me. These areas include:
- science teaching and learning in early elementary school.
- using science teaching and learning as a means to enact social justice.
- supporting teachers engaged in dialogic inquiry and discussion with children in schools.
- finding ways to make science relevant, meaningful, and connected to students' everyday experiences.