Engineering and Science Education

Adam Kirn, Alumnus, Receives 2015 Apprentice Faculty Grant from ERM

Dr. Adam Kirn, a 2014 graduate of the Engineering and Science Education Ph.D. program at Clemson, is one of four individuals to receive a 2015 Apprentice Faculty Grant from the Education Research and Methods (ERM) Division of the American Society for Engineering (ASEE). This award recognizes the outstanding potential of faculty members who are new […]

NSF Funds Collaborative Research to Understand “Invisible Diversity” Across Engineering

A new study, recently funded by the Division of Engineering Education and Centers at the National Science Foundation, seeks to understand diversity across engineering disciplines in an entirely new way. The project, “Intersectionality of Non-normative Identities in the Cultures of Engineering,” promises to provide educators with practical ways to more effectively recruit, educate, and retain […]

ESED Assistant Professor, Julie Martin, Named to ASEE Working Group

The board of directors of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) appointed Julie Martin to an executive working group on engineering access and affordability. The working group, consisting of 12 members from around the country, is examining these complex issues with the goal of providing a report to ASEE that summarizes the issues, discusses the roles […]

Lisa Benson Invited to Conduct a Teacher Enhancement Workshop at Georgia Tech

Collaborating with colleagues at the Center for Enhancement for Teaching and Learning at Georgia Tech, Dr. Lisa Benson was invited to do just that. Dr. Benson conducted a Teaching Enhancement Workshop called “Developing our Students as Problem Solvers” at Georgia Tech on January 15, 2015. Thirty graduate students, faculty and post-docs attended from disciplines in […]

New Student Organization in Town

By Aubrie Pfirman The Clemson Society for STEM Education, or CSTEMEd, is the new student organization for Engineering and Science Education, a unique group for both graduate and undergraduate students. It is for any student who has been, currently is, or wishes to be involved with STEM education, STEM education research, and/or STEM outreach. Our […]

Recent ESED Graduate Awarded Top Honor by NARST

Dr. Allison Godwin, who graduated in August 2014 with a Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education, has been awarded the 2015 Outstanding Doctoral Research Award by the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST). NARST is a worldwide organization focused on improving science teaching and learning through research. Dr. Godwin’s dissertation titled, “Understanding Female […]

Virginia Tech Selects ESED Student for Future Faculty Workshop

Congratulations to Courtney Faber, a Ph. D. candidate and NSF Fellow in the Benson research group, who was selected to participate in the sixth annual Future Faculty Development program on January 11 – 14, 2015, at Virginia Tech’s Blacksburg campus. A diverse group of 19 graduate students and post docs from different disciplines attended, sharing […]

Julie Martin Appointed to Clemson University’s President’s Commission on the Status of Women

Julie Martin has been appointed by President Clements to Clemson University’s President’s Commission on the Status of Women. Her three year term began in this fall. The Commission’s charge is to: Discern the status of women at Clemson University and document findings; discover and pursue the removal of institutional barriers identified by the Commission; collect […]