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Our team of researchers includes:
Dr. Sarah Stein - Principal Investigator
Research Interests/Bio: Associate Professor in the Department of
Communication at North Carolina State University, and teaches media
production as well as criticism and theories of mediated communication.
Her scholarly emphasis is in the integration of technology in education,
in particular the cultural barriers toward adoption of new technologies
and the communication conceptual frameworks and strategies that lead to
successful use of technology in pedagogical practices. She is also a
Media Studies scholar, with interests in visual communication, gender,
and the rhetorical constructions used by technology advertising, and to
contemporary popular attitudes toward abundance and rhetorics of
immortality.
Dr. Eric Wiebe - Co-Principal Invesigator
Dr. Wiebe is an Associate Professor in Science and Technology Education
in the Department of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education and
Senior Research Fellow at the Friday Institute for Educational
Innovation at NC State University. The focus of his research is on
looking at multi-modal communication of scientific and technical
information and in the design and evaluation of innovative uses of
computing technologies in STEM instructional settings. Since the
integration of these technology tools are essential for their effective
use, research with instructional technologies is also being pursued at
large scales, looking at how specific technologies influence teaching
and learning at the classroom and school level and how schools and
teachers could change practice to maximize the potential of these new
technologies.
Dr. Karen Hollebrands - Co-Principal Investigator
Research Interests/Bio: Associate Professor of Mathematics Education in
the Math, Science & Technology Education Department at North Carolina
State University. Dr. Hollebrands research interests include:
Understanding students' mathematical understandings in technological
contexts; Investigating the use of dynamic geometry software programs in
the teaching and learning of mathematics; Preparing pre-service and
in-service teachers to incorporate technology into classroom
instruction.
Dr. Henry Schaffer - Co- Principal Investigator
Research Interests/Bio: Professor Emeritus of Genetics and
Biomathematics at North Carolina State University. Coordinator of
Special IT Projects & Faculty Collaboration/OIT.
Jennifer Ware - Graduate Research Assistant
Research Interests/Bio: PhD candidate in the Communication, Rhetoric, &
Digital Media Program at North Carolina State University. Jennifer's
research interests include exploring technological integration in
educational environments, rhetorical strategies in technology
implementation, visual communication, and multi-modal composition.
Charity Cayton - Research Associate
Research Interests/Bio: PhD in Mathematics Education from the
Mathematics, Science & Technology Education Department at North Carolina
State University. Charity's research interests include: discourse and
interactions in mathematics classrooms; students' use of technology
while learning mathematics; and teachers use and implementation of
technology while teaching mathematics.
Lindsay Patterson - Graduate Research Assistant
Research Interests/Bio: Lindsay's research interests include:
facilitating continuing education for classroom teachers in pedagogy and
content knowledge.
Johanne Laboy: Graduate Research Assistant
Research Interests/Bio: PhD student in the Communication, Rhetoric, &
Digital Media Program at North Carolina State University. Johanne's research
interests include exploring the intersections of communication, digital
media, and healthcare sciences within underserved populations, especially
low-income Hispanics.
Ethan Boehm - Graduate Research Assistant
Research Interests/Bio: Former classroom mathematics teacher in North
Carolina and Morocco. Masters student in Mathematics Education in the
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Department
at North Carolina State University. Ethan's research interests include
dynamic geometry, mathematical discourse, and technology in secondary
math classrooms.