Strubbe Educational Consulting

Welcome! I am a science education consultant, evaluator, developer and instructor based in Vancouver, Canada.

Email me: lestrubbe@gmail.com.

Here is my CV.

I use the pronouns she / her.

About me

I am a science education consultant, researcher, program evaluator, instructor, curriculum designer and instructor professional developer. I am passionate about supporting educators’ collaboration, agency, and joy in teaching. I support university educators in North America, Africa, and beyond in developing skills for effective and equitable teaching through workshops, communities of practice, and curriculum development. I also support STEM education projects as an External Evaluator. I love working in international and multi-cultural contexts.  My background is in theoretical astrophysics and physics education research.


My background

My B.S. is in Astrophysics from the California Institute of Technology (2003) and my Ph.D. is in Astrophysics from the University of California, Berkeley (2011). I was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics in Toronto (2012-15), studying how massive black holes in the centers of galaxies eat stars. In 2015 I transitioned my career to science education, becoming a Science Teaching & Learning Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of British Columbia (2015-2018), affiliated with the Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative. In 2018-2020, I conducted research on faculty professional development, related to the physics education resource PhysPort. I also have worked as an Educational Consultant for the University of Central Asia (2018-2019). 

I am now an independent educational consultant, working (currently or recently) with organizations such as the American Physical Society and American Association of Physics Teachers. I am Co-Director for the Pan-African School for Emerging Astronomers, a program I co-founded in 2013.


Interested in working together? I'd love to hear from you! Email me: lestrubbe@gmail.com

There is a wealth of education research on how students learn that can help us to teach science more effectively and inclusively. I help instructors connect with research-based teaching ideas, reflect on their teaching, and support each other through communities of teaching. I also create resources for educators.

Racism, sexism, ableism and other forms of discrimination and structural inequity continue to limit who has the opportunity to thrive in science. I work to advance equitable and inclusive participation in science – through teaching in underserved communities, supporting educators to teach in evidence-based inclusive ways, and supporting colleagues who are working for equity at all levels in their astronomy and physics departments.

I provide external program evaluation for grant-funded science education programs. I collaborate with you as "critical friend" to help your program accomplish its goals, emphasizing an equity lens throughout.

I have designed curricula for university physics and astronomy lab and lecture-based courses, incorporating innovative and evidence-based principles of teaching and learning.

I study how professors teach science (especially physics and astronomy), and how we can best support them in developing teaching skills. I also study how university students learn science.

University Teaching

I have taught physics, astronomy, and teaching skills to undergraduate and graduate students, in person and online.