Staff and Graduate Assistants
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Kevin Ragland, Ph.D.Associate Director(615) 904-8405
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Casey PenstonCoordinator(615) 898-2269 |
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Grant Writer(615) 898-8986 |
Post Doctoral Research Fellows
Joshua W. Reid, Ph.D.(615) 904-8573 |
Graduate Assistants
Shaghayegh Fateh
Shaghayegh is a first year PhD student at Middle Tennessee State University, studying Math and Science Education. Her concentration is on Chemical Education which includes the study of the teaching and learning of chemistry. Her research interests include identifying student misconceptions in chemistry, chemistry instructional strategies, and pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) in chemistry. Recently, she has joined The Rushton Research Group, working on a project titled “PDConnect: A Scalable Community Approach to Improving Instruction in AP Chemistry Nationwide.”
Andrea Reeder
Andrea is a third-year doctoral student in the Mathematics and Science Education Program
of Middle Tennessee State University. She has an interdisciplinary concentration that
integrates biology and chemistry, and her research interest is STEM teacher leadership.
As a part of the Rushton Research Group, she worked on Teacher Leadership (T-Lead):
Investigating the Persistence and Trajectories of Noyce Master Teaching Fellows.
Tennessee STEM Education Center
820 Fairview Ave,
Suite 102
MTSU PO Box 82
Murfreesboro, TN 37132