My research gives stakeholder groups a bit of information about how they can begin to map out STEM career pathways for students, starting as early as elementary school and going all the way through college.
Assistant Professor
One thing that a lot of education policy makers, administrators, and stakeholders view as important right now is how to prepare the future STEM workforce. And one of the main things that’s important about my research is it gives all those stakeholder groups a bit of information about how they can begin to map out STEM career pathways for students, starting as early as elementary school and going all the way through college.
There’s a couple reasons I enjoy working with grad students. One, they just bring a lot of synergy to your work. They come in with their own personal interests and that can add new elements to your research, and can vector it in some very positive directions. Another thing they do is bring new perspectives, things I may not have been thinking about before. They’re that fresh set of eyes, and they can really energize your research agenda.
I think there are a few reasons that UGA is a really good place for a grad student. First off is the main reason I decided to join the faculty at UGA; you have the ability to work across disciplinary boundaries. You’re not pigeonholed, you can work a little bit in different fields, and, at least in my department, that’s the culture and heritage.
Turhan Carroll is an Assistant Professor of Workforce Education at the University of Georgia. He earned his PhD in Engineering Education with an interdisciplinary specialization in Quantitative Research Methods from The Ohio State University. Before joining the College of Education, he was a postdoctoral researcher in the College of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University. Prior to his graduate work he worked as an engineer at the Air Force Research Laboratory in Dayton, OH.