Events

Photo of attendees and speaker at Elem Sci Matters conference

CREATE for STEM hosts, sponsors and supports STEM education happenings around MSU. We are working to help bring attention to STEM education related events around the country; please let us know if there are any conferences, workshops, etc... that you would like posted on the CREATE Events page and we will do our best to help. 

Our first speaker for the 25-26 series was Dr. Sara Vogel from CUNY in September, and we are working on bringing in two other STEM education research leaders in spring of 2026. 

Too, we are developing a new series that will give opportunities to junior researchers to share their work, offer support and advice, and allow for open conversation around current research projects. Watch for information about the spring dates for this initiative. 

 

Past Events

  • 18 Apr 19:00

    Barbara Hug, April 18, 2018

    Barbara Hug is a Teaching Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her talk was titled "Using Ecosystem Models to Examine Students' Developing Understanding of Vector-Borne Disease."
  • 28 Mar 19:00

    Kristen St. John, March 28, 2018

    Kristen St. John is a professor of Geology at James Madison University. Her talk was titled "Building a Stronger DBER Community: Disciplinary and Cross-Disciplinary Examples."
  • 24 Jan 19:00

    Mary Besterfield-Sacre, January 24, 2018

    Mary Besterfield-Sacre is a Nikolas A. Dececco Professor, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, and Director of the Engineering Education Research Center at the University of Pittsburgh. 

  • 29 Nov 19:00

    Marcy Towns, November 29, 2017

    Marcy Towns is a Professor of Chemistry and Director of General Chemistry at Purdue University. Her talk was titled "Blending Chemical and Mathematical Knowledge as Solve Problems in Chemical Kinetics."
  • 12 Apr 19:00

    Michelle Wilkerson, April 12, 2017

    Michelle Wilkerson is an Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley. Her talk was titled "Putting Student Ideas to Work: Tools to Support Scientific Expression and Progress in K-12 Classrooms."
  • 22 Mar 18:00

    Ayush Gupta, March 22, 2017

    Ayush Gupta is an Assistant Research Professor in Physics and Keystone Instructor in Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park. His talk was titled "Integrating Emotions in Models of Students' Reasoning."
  • 05 Feb 19:00

    Erin Furtak, February 5, 2017

    Erin Furtak is an Associate Professor of Science Education at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her talk was titled "Dilemmas of Three-Dimensional Science Assessment."
  • 25 Jan 19:00

    John Krupczak, January 25, 2017

    John Krupczak is a professor of engineering at Hope College in Holland, Michigan. His talk was titled "Progress in the Development of an Engineering Reasoning Assessment for General Education."