Associate Professor, Education
Chair, Environmental Sciences

I have been a science educator for over twenty years. I began my career as a high school physics and biology teacher in El Paso, Texas, shortly after completing my Master of Arts in Teaching from Colorado College.  I continued my teaching at the sixth grade middle-school level until 1994, when I began my doctoral work at Iowa State University. 

At Iowa State, I focused on boundary layer meteorology, earning a PhD in Water Resources in 1999.  I did post-doctoral work under Danny Edelson at Northwestern University before accepting an appointment at the University of Northern Colorado as an Earth Science Educator.  In 2006, I joined my alma mater, Colorado College, as a professor of education.  My professional goal is to contribute to the understanding of how the use of scientific data can promote the learning of inquiry, particularly for pre-service teachers.

Education: B.A., Colorado College, Geology M.A.T, Colorado College, Secondary Science Teaching Ph.D., Iowa State University, Water Resources

Honors: 1996 Global Change Graduate Student Fellow, American Meteorological Society 2003 New Faculty Research Recognition Award, University of Northern Colorado

Courses: EV128: Introduction to Global Climate Change ED203/EV250: Environmental Education ED328/528: Teaching Science and Health in the Elementary Grades ED399: Teaching Science in the Secondary School ED404: Theory into Practice ED502: Student Teaching in Secondary Schools for MAT Interns ED526: Independent Readings in Gifted Education ED530: Seminar for Secondary School Interns ED550: Masters Research Paper Advisor

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