Developing and Sustaining STEM Programs Across the K-12 Education Landscape (Advances in Early Childhood and K-12 Education)

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Jessica L. Spott is the Director of the STEM Center for Outreach, Research & Education at Texas Tech University, USA. Her research studies focus on underrepresented students in STEM, STEM outreach in formal and informal contexts and university, community college and K-12 community interactions. In addition, she loves to study MotherScholars and mothers in STEM in an effort to increase the success and diversity of the STEM atmosphere.

Lane J. Sobehrad is the Coordinator of Research and Innovation for Lubbock Independent School District. He is responsible for all major projects involving alternative money including discretionary grants, research projects, community partnerships, and teacher incentive programs. His research studies focus on pedagogy and instructional practices in undergraduate settings, specifically project-based learning. In addition, he commonly works with district partners on engaged scholarship that brings additional opportunities, awareness, and access to district stakeholders.

Rebecca Hite is Associate Professor of Science Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Texas Tech University, USA. Her research studies focus on curricular and instructional interventions, augmented by emerging technologies, that occur within in/formal science and engineering learning spaces as well as professional pathways for K–12 STEM teacher leadership in policy-advocacy.