Steering Committee

Ira Caspari
Assistant Professor, Departments of Chemistry & Education

Julia Gouvea
Associate Professor, Departments of Education and Biology

David Hammer
Director of IRLI; Professor, Departments of Education and Physics & Astronomy

Andrew Izsák
Director of Stem Education; Professor, Department of Education

Kristen Bethke-Wendell
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Adjunct Associate Professor of Education

Milo Koretsky
(Starting April, 2021)
McDonnell Family Bridge Professor of Chemical & Biological Engineering and Education
Postdoctoral Scholars

Lara Appleby
Postdoctoral Scholar, The Listening Project

Desen S. Ozkan
Postdoctoral Associate in CEEO and IRLI
Graduate Student Researchers

Robert Hayes
PhD Candidate in STEM Education

Isabella Stuopis
PhD Student in Mechanical Engineering

Sara Willner-Giwerc
PhD Candidate at the Center for Engineering Education and Outreach

Ian Descamps
M.S. Student in STEM Education
Collaborating Faculty and Staff

James Adler
Associate Professor of Mathematics

Shuchin Aeron
Associate Professor, Dept. of ECE

Tim Atherton
Associate Professor of Physics

Steven Bell
Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Ethan Danahy
Research Associate Professor Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO) Department of Computer Science

Vesal Dini
Lecturer, Department of Physics and Astronomy

Brian Gravel
Assistant Professor and Director of Elementary STEM Education

Mark Hempstead
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Erica Kemmerling
Assistant Teaching Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Joshua Kritzer
Professor, Department of Chemistry

Ellise LaMotte
Director, Center for STEM Diversity; Research Assistant Professor, CEEO

Diane McKay
Director, Friedman Graduate Certificate Programs; Assistant Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

Eric Miller
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering with Adjunct appointments in the Departments of Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering

Merredith Portsmore
Director Center for Engineering Education and Outreach; Research Assistant Professor, CEEO

Chris Rogers
Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Holly A. Taylor
Professor of Psychology; Co-Director Center for Applied Brain and Cognitive Sciences

Ayanna K. Thomas
Professor of Psychology

Diren P. Turner
Lecturer in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry