Mary M. Atwater is an inaugural Fellow of the America Educational Research Association, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a past president of NARST: A Worldwide Organization for Improving Science Teaching and Learning through Research.
In April 2017, she was recently elected again to a three-year term as Chair of the CADASE RIG where she led the effort to establish CADASE, NARST’s first research interest group (RIG) and served as its elected Chair until she was elected President-elect of NARST. She has been the principal investigator or co-principal investigator of several federally funded and privately funded grants totally over $3.9 million annd is presently the PI of NSF-funded EAGER grant entitled “Exploring Racial Microaggression in Science Education”. Her publications include articles, book chapters, edited books, and a co-authored K-8 science program.
Interests:
- socio-cultural-political factors that influence science learning and teaching
- college science teaching and learning
- chemical education
Areas of Expertise:
- multicultural science education
- science teacher education
- chemical education
- college science teaching and learning
Mary Atwater
Aderhold Hall
105F
Athens, GA 30605
Education:
- B.S. in Chemistry, 1969 from Methodist College (now Methodist University)
- M.A. in Physical organic chemistry, 1972 from University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
- Ph.D. in Science Education (minor chemistry), 1980 from North Carolina State University
Area of Study:
Science
Department:
Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies Education
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