Jana Bouwma-Gearhart
Associate Dean of Research and Professor of Education
Research Interests:
Project 1: Detailing university-based makerspaces across the US, meant to foster success and persistence in engineering. Data is already collected. Main tasks would be around data analysis and paper writing Project 2: Conducting a literature review regarding initiatives to help STEM university environments be more welcoming for historically underrepresented groups; Organizational change and faculty development in post-secondary contexts, STEM departments, and maker spaces; Innovations In University STEM Education
Lynne L. Hindman
Learning Experience Designer
Research Interests:
To identify if instructor teaching methods and movements change as a result of innovative classroom design: round-Arena or Parliament circular seating and to know whether documented differences in instructional methods and movements will influence students’ engagement and academic performance.
Shawn Rowe
Associate Professor
Research Interests:
We are trying to document and understand how particular social, cultural, and historical realities can serve as resources for building resilience and transformative sustainability mindsets