We are the Graduate Student Committee of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST). The Graduate Student Committee provides leadership and guidance to NARST related to the educational and career development of graduate student members. Our committee is comprised of eight graduate students, one graduate student chair, and one faculty advisor. We created this blog as a space to share resources and information across institutions that may be of interest to graduate student members of NARST. Note that this blog is not formally affiliated with the NARST organization. Please reach out to us if you have topics you'd like to see included in the blog, or are interested in writing your own blog post! You can email us at narstgradcommittee@gmail.com or contact us individually.
Christa M. Haverly, Graduate Student Coordinator
Institution: Northwestern University
Hometown: Boston, MA
Research interests:
Responsive and equitable elementary science teaching
School and district organization for science reform
Case-study designs
E-mail: christa.haverly@northwestern.edu
Ayça K. Fackler, Co-Chair
Melanie Kinskey, Member
Institution: University of South Florida
Preethi Titu, Member
Institution: University of Minnesota
Hometown: Chennai, India
Research interests:
Teacher induction and teacher identity
STEM teachers' beliefs and practices
Equity for cultural diverse students
Secondary science teaching
E-mail: titux002@umn.edu
Katie Green, Member
Institution: University of Georgia
Hometown: Danville, Virginia
Research interests:
Biology education
Cultural border crossing
E-mail: kathryn.green@uga.edu
Judith Lederman, Advisor
Meet the Committee Members
Institution: Northwestern University
Hometown: Boston, MA
Research interests:
Responsive and equitable elementary science teaching
School and district organization for science reform
Case-study designs
E-mail: christa.haverly@northwestern.edu
Ayça K. Fackler, Co-Chair
Institution: The University of Georgia
Hometown: Ankara, Turkey
Research Interests:
Instructional design to support science learning
Models and modeling
Emergent multilingual learners in science
High school science teaching
E-mail: aycakfackler@uga.edu
Theila Smith, Member
High school science teaching
E-mail: aycakfackler@uga.edu
Theila Smith, Member
Institution: University of Groningen, Institute of Science Education and Communication
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Research Interests:
Science identity
Informal science education
Melanie Kinskey, Member
Institution: University of South Florida
Hometown: Tampa, FL
Research interests:
Socioscientific issues
Nature of science
Preethi Titu, Member
Institution: University of Minnesota
Hometown: Chennai, India
Research interests:
Teacher induction and teacher identity
STEM teachers' beliefs and practices
Equity for cultural diverse students
Secondary science teaching
E-mail: titux002@umn.edu
Katie Green, MemberHometown: Danville, Virginia
Research interests:
Biology education
Cultural border crossing
E-mail: kathryn.green@uga.edu
Judith Lederman, Advisor