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Sarah Poor

Nov. 9, 2025

Sarah Poor

Sarah has a PhD in Curriculum & Instruction from Texas A&M University with an emphasis in Science Education. Her work bridges scholarship in the science education and science communication fields and focuses on understanding and improving peoples’ engagement with socioscientific issues, which are science issues that require consideration of scientific, moral, social, and environmental facets. She approaches this topic through two complementary lines of research: (a) investigating the factors (e.g., cognitive, affective, and sociocultural) associated with how people engage in SSI; and (b) examining how science, particularly the nature of science (NOS), can be communicated to the public in…
Burcu Alapala

Dec. 15, 2024

Burcu Alapala
Tiffany LaCroix

Sep. 13, 2022

Tiffany LaCroix

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Chuck Munter

Aug. 15, 2016

Charles Munter
Laura Zangori

July 16, 2015

Laura Zangori

Laura Zangori is an Associate Professor of Science Education at the University of Missouri. She teaches and works with students and teachers from elementary through undergraduate classrooms. Her work focuses on how to support teachers and students’ in constructing scientific explanations to understand biological phenomena.
Marcelle Siegel, Professor, University of Missouri College of Education

July 15, 2015

Marcelle Siegel

Marcelle A. Siegel is a Professor of Science Education at the University of Missouri. She is jointly appointed in the Department of Learning, Teaching & Curriculum and the Department of Biochemistry. Her background in education includes several years in curriculum development for national initiatives, professional development in urban schools, and a focus on understanding and improving assessment practices in science classrooms. After studying biology, she earned a PhD in the interdisciplinary SESAME program (Science and Mathematics Education) at UC Berkeley. Dr. Siegel’s current research focuses on a key obstacle and point of leverage for enhancing learning and teaching—assessment. Her research…
Corey Webel

July 13, 2015

Corey Webel

Corey Webel is an Associate Professor at the University of Missouri in the Department of Learning, Teaching, and Curriculum.  He typically teaches mathematics courses for prospective elementary teachers, and is the director of the Elementary Mathematics Specialist certification program.  His research explores how individual and institutional factors can support and inhibit improvements to mathematics teaching, and he is interested in studying how online tools and school structures could be used to facilitate teacher collaboration and learning across contexts.
Samuel Otten

July 9, 2015

Samuel Otten

Samuel Otten received his Ph.D. in mathematics education and his M.S. in mathematics from Michigan State University. Prior to that, he attended Grand Valley State University and was raised in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. His research centers on students’ participation in mathematical practices at the secondary level, with a focus on classroom discourse and instructional technology.