My clients include:
External Evaluator: Current Projects
ORGANIZATION FOR PHYSICS AT TWO-YEAR COLLEGES (OPTYCS): External evaluator for project to coordinate success among physics programs in two-year institutions, American Association of Physics Teachers, Dr. Kris Liu, 2022-2027.
COMMITTEEE FOR STATUS OF WOMEN IN PHYSICS SITE VISITS (CSWP): Evaluation planning for site visits from the APS investigating the climate for women and minorities in departments and programs, American Physical Society, Dr. Erika Brown, 2022.
CONFERENCE FOR UNDERGRADUATE WOMEN IN PHYSICS (CUWiP): Evaluation of the professional development associated with running national conferences for undergraduate women in physics (NSF-IUSE), American Physical Society, Dr. Renee Michelle Goertzen, 2020-present.
EFFECTIVE PRACTICES IN PHYSICS PROGRAMS (EP3): National task force and movement to document and support standards of excellence for physics departments (NSF-IUSE), American Physical Society, Dr. Ted Hodapp, 2017-present.
GET THE FACTS OUT: Messaging about the teaching profession across disciplines (NSF-IUSE), Colorado School of Mines, Dr. Wendy Adams, 2018 – present.
Stephanie is the best external evaluator and project manager out there. I’ve worked with many evaluators, and no one matches Stephanie’s ability to support large messy projects in staying organized and in communication, and to providingclear reports with insightful perspective on things that those of us on the project team don’t notice. – Dr Sam McKagan, Director of Physport.org
PHYSICS TEACHER EDUCATION COALITION (PHYSTEC): National project to increase the number of high school physics teachers produced by physics departments (NSF various), American Physical Society, Dr. Monica Plisch, 2016-present.
NEW FACULTY WORKSHOP IN PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY: Enhancing STEM Learning through Faculty Development: Discipline-Based Workshops and Faculty Learning Communities for Physics and Astronomy Faculty (NSF-TUES), American Association of Physics Teachers, Dr. Robert Hilborn, 2014-present.
TEAM-UP NOYCE: Noyce grant to support recruitment of STEM teachers for high-needs school district, at an engineering-focused institution (NSF Noyce), Colorado School of Mines, Dr. Kristine Callan, 2018-2022.
The word that best describes Stephanie and her team is EXPERTS. They are exceptional at evaluation methodology and providing insightful and professional reports that clearly identify a path for improving your program.
– Edward Prather, University of Arizona (New Faculty Workshop)
External Evaluator: Past Projects
DEPARTMENTAL AND LEADERSHIP TEAMS FOR ACTION (DeLTA): Leadership teams at all strategic levels to change educational practice and policy (NSF-IUSE), University of Georgia, Dr. Paula Lemons, 2019-2021.
CLIMATE SITE VISITS: Committee on Status of Women in Physics site visit redesign, American Physical Society, Dr. Theodore Hodapp, 2020.
COMPUTER SCIENCE CONCEPT INVENTORY: Infrastructure and Development of a Computer Science Concept Inventory for CS2 (NSF-IUSE), University of San Diego, Dr. Leo Porter, 2015-2020.
RIT TEACHING TRIADS: Spreading teaching innovation through deep, engaged partnerships among faculty (NSF-IUSE), Rochester Institute of Technology, Dr. Scott Franklin, 2016-2020.
APS GRADUATE EDUCATION CONFERENCE: Conference to support inclusion and excellence in graduate education, including a one-year follow-up (NSF-PHY), American Physical Society, Dr. Ted Hodapp, 2017.
PERISCOPE VIDEO RESOURCES: Video Resource for Professional Development of University Physics Educators (NSF-TUES), Seattle Pacific University, Dr. Rachel Scherr, 2013-2018.
Stephanie helps tune me in to what my project is supposed to be accomplishing and how we might measure that. She devises meaningful evaluation activities and carries them out thoroughly and professionally. I am grateful for her partnership!
– Dr. Rachel Scherr, Seattle Pacific University (Periscope)
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS FOR WOMEN (PDSW): National project to support female physicists’ ability to negotiate and other professional skills, American Physical Society,Dr. Ted Hodapp, 2016.
IQ-BIOLOGY IGERT:IQ-Biology Graduate Training Program in quantitative biology (NSF-IGERT), CU-Boulder, Dr. Thomas Cech, 2011-2015.
IPLS CONFERENCE: Introductory Physics for Life Sciences Conference (NSF-TUES), American Association of Physics Teachers, Dr. Robert Hilborn, 2014.
TEEN SCIENCE CAFÉ:Teen Science Café Network (NSF-AISL), Science Discovery,CU-Boulder Dr. Stacey Forsyth, 2013-2015.
ENGINEERING SCREENCASTS: LearnCheMe Screencasts and ConcepTests (NSF-TUES), CU-Boulder, Dr. John Falconer, 2013-2015.
ENGINEERING GAANNS:Graduate Assistance Program in Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering (DoE GAANN), CU-Boulder,Dr. Robert McLeod, and Renewable and Sustainable Energy, CU-Boulder, Dr. Alan Weimer, 2013-2014.
ENGINEERING IGERT: COSI Graduate Training Program in Computational Optics (NSF-IGERT), CU-Boulder, Dr. Rafael Piestun, 2009-2013.
CEAE WORKSHOPS: Teaching Excellence Workshops (NSF-TUES), Center for Astronomy Education,U. of Arizona, Dr. Edward Prather, 2011
PHET MIDDLE SCHOOL EXPANSION: Expanding PhET Simulations to Grades 4-8 (NSF-DRK12), CU-Boulder, Dr. Katherine Perkins, 2010-2013.
Writing and Editing
PHYS21 CASE STUDIES. APS-AAPT, Joint Task Force on Undergraduate Physics Programs (J-TUPP), College Park, MD ·Dr. Bob Hilborn. Researched and wrote case studies of thriving physics programs for national task force report. https://www.aps.org/programs/education/undergrad/jtupp.cfm. 2016.
Stephanie assisted the Task Force by producing case studies of institutions that have developed innovative approaches to preparing students for diverse careers. Her research and writing skills were well matched to this project, but her most important contribution was in synthesizing the results by identifying the unique features of the individual sites and to relating them to the larger themes of the report.
EDITORIAL BOARD. PhysPort.org, Seattle, WA ·Dr. Sarah McKagan. Reviewed website content aimed at physics teachers and provided editorial feedback. 2016.
VIRTUAL NEW FACULTY WORKSHOPand VIDEOS ON TUTORIALS. PhysPort.org, Seattle, WA ·Dr. Sarah McKagan. Filmed and produced virtual versions of the popular faculty workshop in physics. Produced four short films about the use Tutorials in Introductory Physics, as well as two short introductory films for the website. https://www.physport.org/nfw/and https://www.physport.org/recommendations/Entry.cfm?ID=93383. 2015.
MANUSCRIPT REVIEW. Western Michigan University ·Dr. Charles Henderson. Reviewed guide, “Increase the Impact; Designing Educational Innovations for Sustained Adoption.” http://www.increasetheimpact.com/.2015.
I>CLICKER BLOG & WEBINARS. i>clicker / MacMillan ·James McNamee. Provided webinars and blog posts on topics relevant to clickers and peer instruction. https://www1.iclicker.com/blog/. 2011-2016.
CIRTL MOOC PRODUCTION. Center for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) ·Dr. Derek Bruff. Created online “learning goals” module, and oversaw production of “assessment” module for Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on research-based teaching practices, including video content delivery and student assignments. http://stemteachingcourse.org/. 2014.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CONTENT REVIEW. National Geographic TV ·Dr. Paul Durbin. Reviewed physics content for television shows, “Science of Stupid” and “None of Above.” 2013-2014.
SERC LEARNING ASSISTANT MODULE. Science Education Resource Center (SERC) ·Dr. Cathy Manduca. Wrote a peer-reviewed online module about the use of Learning Assistants, with Valerie Otero. http://serc.carleton.edu/sp/library/learning_assistants/index.html. 2012.
SEPUP CURRICULAR REVIEW. Lawrence Hall of Science SEPUP ·Dr. Chris Keller. Reviewed science content in lesson plans for K-12 science. 2012-2013.
PER PRESS RELEASES. American Association of Physics Teachers · Physics Education Research Leadership Organizing Council. Created outreach effort to generate press releases on physics education research. http://www.compadre.org/per/press/. 2012.
ANNENBERG PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GUIDE. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics ·Alex Griswold. Created a teacher workshop guide to accompany an online course on Annenberg Learner, Physics for the 21stCentury. https://www.learner.org/courses/physics/. 2009-2010.
NSDL PODCAST PRODUCER. National Science Digital Library ·Susan Van Gundy. Produced a monthly podcast on polar research for elementary teachers as part of the Beyond Polar Bears and Penguins project for the International Polar Year. http://beyondpenguins.ehe.osu.edu/podcasts. 2009-2010.
TWIN CITIES PUBLIC TV RESEARCH ASSISTANT. Twin Cities Public Television ·Richard Hudson. Researched resources for a public television production on particle physics, 2003.
Workshops, facilitation and outreach
EMBEDDED EXPERT MODELS: IMPLEMENTING CHANGE INITIATIVES WHICH SUPPORT DEPARTMENTS FROM WITHIN, thematic symposium organizer and presenter, Transforming Institutions conference, Philadelphia PA (April 3, 2019).
ACCELERATING SYSTEMIC CHANGE NETWORK, meeting organizer, HHMI Campus, Maryland, 2016.
USING RESEARCH IN STEM EDUCATION TO IMPROVE TEACHING AND LEARNING: A conference for community college faculty, Conference organizer, CU-Boulder, April 3, 2015.
PRIORITIZATIONS AND STANDARDIZATIONS FOR NEXT-GENERATION PHET SIMULATIONS, CU-Boulder, February 17-19, 2014, conference organizer.
ASCN PROJECT MANAGER. Accelerating Systemic Change Network (ASCN) ·Dr. Charles Henderson. Provided conference organization and project management for nascent organization, 2016.
EMERGENT MATTER PROJECT COORDINATOR. Emergent Matter Project·Dr. David Pines. Acted as central coordinator for an international group of scientists and communicators, 2005-2006.
PEDAGOGICAL WORKSHOPS: Facilitated over 60 pedagogical workshops for faculty and K12 teachers on effective pedagogy, including use of personal response systems (“clickers”), backwards-design, assessment, and education research for a variety of clients, including: University of California at Berkeley ·i>clicker / MacMillan ·Oregon State University ·Duke University ·University of DePauw ·Middle Tennessee University ·University of Oregon ·Oregon Association of Physics Teachers ·George Washington University ·North Carolina A&T University ·Sheridan County School District ·CU-Boulder.
Common Workshops and Webinars
- Embedding education experts within departments to catalyze change: Lessons from the SEI
- Getting Around Student Pushback and Passiveness in Active Learning Classrooms
- Writing Great Clicker Questions
- Facilitating Clicker Questions Effectively
- What do you want them to learn today? Writing Learning Goals to Drive Instruction and Assessment
FACULTY DISCUSSION FACILITATOR APS Department, CU-Boulder ·Dr. Douglas Duncan. Facilitated faculty conversations about course transformations and learning goals. 2012.
K12 COORDINATOR Learn More About Climate, Outreach Office, CU-Boulder·Linda Molner-Kelley. Created K-12 outreach programs and initiatives for the Office of University Outreach, focused on university resources related to localized impacts of climate change. 2012.