Education
Louisiana State University
Department of Education: Ph.D. of Science Education 09/24/2021
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Department of Microbiology MS in Microbiology 2013
Louisiana State University
Department of Microbiology BS in Microbiology 1999
Career Summary
Assistant Professor, Syracuse University, 2024 - present
National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Georgia. 2022 -2024
Collaborator to NSF sponsored grant, RAPID: Creating Opportunities for Visualization of Data and Applying STEM Education Research, Mary Frances Early College of Education, University of Georgia, 2021 – present.
Athens-Clarke County School District, Athens, GA. K-12 Substitute Teacher, 2020 to 2022.
Participant in professional learning community to NSF DRK12 Early-Stage Design and Development sponsored grant, Developing and Validating Assessments to Measure and Build Elementary Teachers' Content Knowledge for Teaching about Matter and Its Interactions within Teacher Education Settings, Woodring College of Education, Western Washington University, 2021-2022.
Education and Outreach Coordinator of Consortium for Innovation of Manufacturing and Materials (CIMM):
responsibilities include connecting K-12 students and visually impaired students of Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired (LSVI) to STEM awareness; and planning/recruiting/conducting teacher’s summer workshop. Program Manager of Smart Polymer Research for Undergraduates, 2016 – 2019.
Elementary Science Education Teacher, Trinity Episcopal Day School, Baton Rouge, LA, Fall
2014 – May 2019.
Research Associate within various laboratories, 2000-2015.
Research Interests
- Methods for Elementary science education
- Influence of media on children’s science perception
- Elementary age African American girls in science and science identity development
- Stories of women in science and their doctoral experience
Awards & Fellowships
Awards & Fellowships
Awards & Fellowships
Athens Clarke County (American Recovery Plan Act) - Camp Timothy Summer of Science, Cultural Enrichment, and Academic contract to Timothy Baptist Church. $34,000. 2023.
National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship. Award 2222509. $300,000. The Young Black Girl: Influencing Science Interest and Commitment to STEM through the Merging of Lived Experiences of Learners in an Out-of-School Program 2022-24
Athens Clarke County (American Recovery Plan Act) - Camp Timothy Summer of Science, Cultural Enrichment, and Academic contract to Timothy Baptist Church. $56,000. 2022.
Honorable Mention - Josephine A Roberts LSU Alumni Association 2022
Distinguished Dissertation Award in Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences 2022
LSU College of Human Sciences & Education Distinguished Dissertation Award 2022
SEC Emerging Scholar 2021
2019 Engineering is Elementary Teacher Educator Institute at LSU. PI: Blanchard (F&A: na, Project Credit: 20%; Co-PIs: Leiflyn Gamborg, Heather Lavender, Adronisha Frazier, Heather Cifreo (each with 20%). Source of Support: 2018-9 CHSE Dean’s Circle. ($4,000) Award Period: 2019 (6 mos; start date: 01/01/2019)
Workshops
Awards & Fellowships
Awards & Fellowships
Athens-Clarke County School District Equity Ally Workshop, 2019-2020.
National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN), Facilitator trainee, hosted by the University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. March 22-23, 2018.
Memberships
Awards & Fellowships
Memberships
Mid-South Educational Research Association
Association for Science Teacher Educators
Southeastern Association for Science Teacher Educators
International Consortium for Research in Science and Mathematics Education
Service
Professional
Professional
Professional
Reviewer to proposals for National Association for Research in Science Teaching International Conference 2023.
Administrative team member of CADASE-Research Interest Group of NARST 2023
Lead petitioner, ASTE for a forum related to teaching methods for Elementary science education, February,
2021-2022
Reviewer, Electronic Journal for Research in Science and Mathematics Education, February, 2021.
Pre-doctoral Co-reviewer, Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, September, 2020.
President, Graduate Student Forum of Association of Science Teacher Education, January 9, 2020-January
13, 2021.
University
Professional
Professional
Mentor to graduate students at National Association for Research in Science Teaching International Conference 2022.
Mentor to Eta Xi Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc at the University of Georgia
EnvironMentors, Teen Science Café, Baton Rouge, LA, March 1, 2018
Geaux Big Baton Rouge, Team Leader, March 28, 2015.
Community
Professional
Community
Election Official, Athens, GA, 2020-present.
Officer of Parent Student Organization, Athens Academy, Athens, GA, August, 2020-present.
Tutoring 5thgrade student – Athens Clarke County Library, Athens, GA, November, 2020-present.
Tutoring 3rd-5th grade students – Carver Branch Library, Baton Rouge, LA, August, 2017-May 2018.
Trinity Episcopal Day School Board of Trustees, Baton Rouge, LA, August, 2014-July, 2016 and August, 2018-
July, 2019.
Trinity Episcopal Day School Parent Club President, Baton Rouge, LA, August 1, 2018-May 15, 2019.
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