Science Education Faculty

Name &Title

Credentials

Focus

At NAU

Julie Gess-Newsome, Ph.D., Professor, Director of the Center for Science Teaching and Learning

Julie.Gess-Newsome@nau.edu

(B.A., Northland College; M.A., University of Northern Colorado; Ph.D., Oregon State University 1992)

Science education, teacher cognition, curriculum and instruction, professional development

NAU 2000

Mark C. James, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Mark.James@nau.edu

(B.S., M.S., University of Missouri–St. Louis; Ph.D., Kansas State University 2003)

Physics education, analogy-making as cognition, the nature of science, constructivism

NAU 2003

Barbara Austin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Barbara.Austin@nau.edu

(B.S.., University of Arizona 1992; Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin 2004)

Science Education, teacher growth and development, equity, teacher evaluation

NAU 2006

Catherine Ueckert, Ph.D., Associate Professor

Catherine.Ueckert@nau.edu

(B.S., Midland Lutheran College; M.S., University of Nebraska–Omaha; Ph.D., University of Nebraska–Lincoln 1994)

Biology education, curriculum and instruction, science education standards

NAU 1995