NSF Research on Educational Equity and Diversity in STEM (REEDS) Postdoctoral Fellowship
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a prestigious research grant to the University of Arizona, supporting an innovative Postdoctoral Fellowship program aimed at promoting educational equity and diversity in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields. The fellowship, known as the NSF Research on Educational Equity and Diversity in STEM (REEDS) Postdoctoral Fellowship, will provide exceptional scholars with an opportunity to conduct cutting-edge research and foster inclusive learning environments.
This episode of The Inquiry Oasis we dive into the REEDS (Research on Educational Equity and Diversity in STEM) Fellowship Program at the University of Arizona College of Education. Funded by a significant NSF grant, this initiative aims to reshape STEM education through research focused on creating inclusive and diverse learning environments. The episode features conversations with the first cohort of REEDS fellows - Drs. Abby Rocha, Sy Simms, Nicholas Witt, and Davi Gopal - who share their individual research projects, personal inspirations, and experiences in transitioning from graduate students to postdoctoral scholars. They reflect on the intersection of STEM, diversity, and education, and discuss how their work contributes to a more equitable academic landscape.
Learn about our scholars!
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Meet Shakuntala Devi Gopal! REEDS Postdoctoral Research Fellow Shakuntala Devi Gopal is a REEDS Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Arizona where she supports research grounded in culturally responsive practices to broaden participation in STEM. Devi’s own research examines the ways social and political forces inform how socio-scientific issues, such as climate change, are treated in the classroom. Her dissertation work entitled, Investigating Guyanese Science Teacher Identity as a Conduit for Revealing Sociopolitical Discourse in the Science Classroom, explores exactly this in her family’s home country of Guyana in South America. |
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Meet Abby Rocha REEDS Postdoctoral Research Fellow Abby Rocha completed her Ph.D. in Mathematics Education at Arizona State University, where she was recognized with multiple awards for her research and teaching excellence. Abby’s research investigates relationships between teachers’ mathematical meanings and their actions while teaching. Her dissertation examined the relationships between teachers’ mathematical meanings for teaching, their commitment to quantitative reasoning as a critical way of thinking, and their instructional practices, including their actions to decenter. |
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Meet Sy Simms! REEDS Postdoctoral Research Fellow Sy Simms is a REEDS Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Center for the Higher Education at the University of Arizona. Their research interests include interrogating institutional and administrative practices of diversity and inclusion, examining higher education policies and practices through Queer of Color and Black Feminist critiques. Their first coauthored book, Digital Me: Trans Students Exploring Future Possible Selves Online, examines the ways that transgender collegians use the internet to provide possibilities for existence. Their other pieces and publications can be found in the Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, Trans Bodies, Trans Selves, and Transgender Studies Quarterly. |
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Meet Nick Witt! REEDS Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr. Witt is a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Educational Policy Studies and Practice as a part of the Research on Educational Equity and Diversity in STEM (REEDS) postdoctoral fellowship program. As a member of this cohort of REEDS scholars, Dr. Witt will primarily conduct research related to Project FAMILIA - Dual Enrollment and Project Evaluation with Dr. Guadalupe Lozano. |
Mentors
Heather Haeger
Assistant Professor, Educational Policy Studies and Practice
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Research Director, STEM Learning Center
Regina J Deil-Amen
Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs
Professor, Higher Education
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Judy Marquez Kiyama
News
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NSF Research Grant Empowers Educational Equity and Diversity in STEM with Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Arizona
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a prestigious research grant to the University of Arizona, supporting an innovative Postdoctoral Fellowship program aimed at promoting educational equity and diversity in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields. The fellowship, known as the NSF Research on Educational Equity and Diversity in STEM (REEDS) Postdoctoral Fellowship, will provide exceptional scholars with an opportunity to conduct cutting-edge research and foster inclusive learning environments.
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The University of Arizona is working to get more people involved in STEM through a new fellowship program.
Researchers are learning how to reach people who are largely underrepresented, like women, people of color and members of the LGBTQ community.
The Inquiry Oasis: A UArizona College of Education Podcast
This episode of The Inquiry Oasis we dive into the REEDS (Research on Educational Equity and Diversity in STEM) Fellowship Program at the University of Arizona College of Education.