Southeastern STEM Education Research Conference
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Conference Program
January 13-14, 2022 at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, TN
The Tennessee STEM Education Center at MTSU is excited to announce that the name of our conference is officially changing this year. For the last 15 years, The Tennessee STEM Education Research Conference has been a place to share research and connect with other researchers in a meaningful way. As the event has grown, so has the geographical reach. At the last conference, in January 2021, we had 24 schools from 11 different states represented. To reflect this and as we expand within the region and beyond, the committee has decided to change the name to the Southeastern STEM Education Research Conference.
We have debated this name change for several years and hope that it will encourage broader participation and help bring new voices, ideas, and research to the table. Thank you for your continued support of STEM education and we look forward to having you join us at the 2022 conference.
The 16th Annual Southeastern STEM Education Research Conference, formerly the Tennessee STEM Education Research Conference, will be held Thursday, January 13-Friday, January 14, 2022 at the Middle Tennessee State University Campus in Murfreesboro, TN. This will be an in-person event.
Also, please be aware that the Call for Proposals will be much earlier this year as to allow more time to prepare posters and presentations. We hope this will make the proposal process go more smoothly and be more convenient for participants. Expect the call to go out this summer instead of in the fall.
The goals of this conference include:
- Share current research questions, methodologies, and findings within disciplinary and interdisciplinary STEM contexts
- Facilitate discussions between researchers and educators
- Promote local, state and national STEM education collaborations and partnerships
- Develop improved teaching methods for STEM topics
- Provide networking opportunities across stakeholder communities
Early Career Panel
We also wanted to draw your attention to the Early Career Panel that will kick off this year’s conference. We are very excited about this brand new event that is being sponsored by East Tennessee State University’s Center of Excellence in STEM Education. One of the priorities of the conference is to be welcoming and beneficial for graduate students and those who are early in their career. The poster session, which will take place on Thursday, January 13, 2022, is a part of the conference that often draws predominately from this category or at least is easily accessible to it. Now, this Early Career Panel will be an additional event that we hope will be a great way to kick off the conference. One of the things we hope to encourage through these events is opportunities to network. We want to bring together people at all different levels of their career so regardless of where you are, please plan to come to the panel and the poster session to support and connect with other researchers.
Research
The Southeastern STEM Education Research Conference (S2ERC) is a primary research dissemination venue for STEM Education researchers and partners. The conference committee defines research as a process of systematic inquiry that entails collection of data; documentation of critical information; and analysis and interpretation of that data/information, in accordance with suitable methodologies set by specific professional fields and academic disciplines. The committee encourages submissions from educational researchers within the individual disciplines of science education, technology education, engineering education, and mathematics education, and is especially interested in submissions from researchers who are working to cross boundaries between STEM disciplines. A goal of the conference is to support interdisciplinary collaboration and to foster integrated STEM education research across the region. We encourage submissions from researchers studying all levels of STEM education, including preK-12 STEM education, undergraduate STEM education, and graduate STEM education. Moreover, the conference is intended as a welcoming environment for feedback and exchange among all levels of STEM education, including early-career educational researchers and graduate students.
Thank You to Our 2022 Sponsors
2022 Conference Committee Members
Dr. Gregory Rushton, Tennessee STEM Education Center at MTSU
Ms. Mandy Singleton (Event Coordinator), Tennessee STEM Education Center at MTSU
Dr. Sarah Bleiler-Baxter, Middle Tennessee State University
Dr. Darek Potter, Oakley STEM Center at Tennessee Tech University
Dr. Holly Anthony, Tennessee Tech University
Mr. Carlos Galindo, Oakley STEM Center at Tennessee Tech University
Dr. Mitzy Erdmann, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Dr. Joe L. March, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Dr. Lynn Liao Hodge, University of Tennessee Knoxville
Dr. Joshua M. Rosenberg, University of Tennessee Knoxville
Dr. Cindy M. Lee, Clemson University
Dr. Anant Godbole, East Tennessee State University
Dr. Deborah McAllister, University of Tennessee Chattanooga
Graduate Student Apprentice: Josh Forakis, University of Alabama at Birmingham
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