Frank Telles
About Me
Greetings! Life-long learner here. I am a PhD student of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability in the School of Earth & Sustainability at
Northern Arizona University
Two decades of teaching K-12 and college/university and I am enjoying it.
I am an Earth Science teacher, climate scientist, and passionate about contributing to K-12 - university education pedagogy/andragogy with focus on the Next Generation Science Standards, Sustainability Development Goals, traditional ecological knowledge, and inspiring the next generation of Earth, Air, and Water protectors.
My interests are paleoclimatology, air quality, and climate change using dust particulate matter from regional geomorphology in the Colorado Plateau and how to connect scientific research to education research in teaching and learning at the public middle and high school levels, specifically Title I.
My project focus for my PhD is about the dust-drought cycle of the Colorado Plateau (last 3,000 years and present) and how that is translated into a curriculum aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards and State Science Standards.
Achievements
National Tribal Air Association affiliate
Summer Intern, United States Geological Survey and Tuba City Unified School District
Master of Arts in Teaching Earth Science
Teaching Credential (New York State) - Earth Science grades 7-12
M.S. Geology
B.S. Geology
Strengths
Pedagogy/Andragogy
Cultural Ambassador
Trilingual in English, Spanish, and Russian
Advocate for global Indigenous rights
Web developer
Goals
Coding in R and Python
Curriculum Development
Provide opportunities for high school students from resilient and underrepresented groups (Title I) to participate in university science research
