The STEM Education Center would like to extend a warm welcome to new Assistant Professor in Science Education, Dr. Julie Brown.

As former high school science teacher and recent Ph.D. recipient at the University of Florida, Dr. Brown’s interests include developing culturally responsive STEM teachers, design-based research, curriculum design, and urban STEM education.

Last year Dr. Brown was awarded the Jhumki Basu Scholars for Equity and Ethics from the National Association for Research in Science Teaching for her research and design of professional development techniques to empower science teachers in high-needs, urban school districts.

Dr. Brown is currently teaching two courses for Curriculum and Instruction while she settles into her new home in Minnesota.

Everyone at the STEM Education Center is happy to have Dr. Brown as a new member of the team and are excited to support her many accomplishments to come.