Curriculum Vitae

 I work at the National Science Foundation as a Program Director in the Directorate for STEM Education (EDU), Division of Undergraduate Education.  While I work at the NSF, I am on leave from my position as a Professor of Physics at Kansas State University, where I am the senior faculty member in the physics education research group (KSUPER).    I'm also a former partner at the Alder Science Education Association (AlderSEA) and Research Director of PhysPort.  

As a co-Director and Founder at PEER, I develop workshops for emerging education researchers and travel to teach field schools worldwide.  I coordinate our research, development, and outreach efforts with the other directors, Scott Franklin and Mary Bridget Kustusch.  

I have about 100 peer-reviewed publications in discipline-based education research and the learning sciences. I conduct research on how students develop professional identity in STEM, linking the development of their technical knowledge with their perceptions of what it means to do STEM research.  I also conduct research in STEM faculty needs and development, particularly around how to best support faculty through ongoing processes of growth.

There are more details of my research at the Sayre Lab.