2018 CADRE Postdoc awarded NSF grant

Maria Olivares (2018 CADRE Postdoc) was recently awarded an NSF grant for a Research Coordination Network (RCN) that will bring together scholars and practitioners working at the intersection of equity and interdisciplinary making in STEM education. The driving purpose of the project is to collectively broaden STEM-focused maker participation in the United States through pursuing common research questions, sharing resources, and incubating emergent inquiry and knowledge across multiple working sites of practice.

NSF Methods Training Institute for STEM Education Research

This training will focus on methodological challenges that arise in studies that aim to improve STEM education, with a particular focus on understanding the sources of unequal access to STEM learning opportunities and evaluating strategies for transforming STEM education to advance equity and inclusion. Fellows will participate in a three-year training program with continuous methodological support in research planning, data analysis, and publication.