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Professor Joseph Krajcik

Director and Lappan-Phillips Professor of Science Education
Joseph Krajcik serves as director of the CREATE for STEM Institute, is the Lappan-Phillips Professor of Science Education at Michigan State University and is a University Distinguished Professor. In his role as director of CREATE, he works with faculty, teachers and researchers to improve the teaching and learning of science, mathematics and engineering kindergarten through college by engaging in innovation and research. Throughout his career, Joe has focused on working with science teachers to design and test learning environments to reform science teaching practices and to research student learning and engagement in project-based learning environments to reform science teaching practices and to research student learning and engagement in project-based learning environments.
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Carolina Londono Michel, Ph.D.

Research Associate

Carolina Londoño Michel is a systems-oriented geoscientist who bridges Earth science, education, and community knowledge to advance sustainable and equitable futures. Her work integrates Indigenous knowledge systems, geoscience education, and geomedicine through a convergence lens that centers people–planet relationships. In long-term collaboration with Indigenous and Hispanic communities, she co-develops research grounded in trust, reciprocity, and shared priorities.

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Linnea Beckett, Ph.D.

Research Associate

Linnea Beckett is currently working on developing a STEM Ed+ Commons digital platform that will work alongside Knowledge Commons to share, collaborate, and build knowledge with no paywall or metadata extraction. The hope is to leverage STEM Ed+ Commons for researcher and practitioner use, expand access, participation and close the research to practice gap.

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Lili Yan, Ph.D.

Research Associate

Lili Yan is a learning scientist and Research Associate at the CREATE for STEM Institute at Michigan State University. She received her Ph.D. in Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences from Utah State University in 2023. Prior to her Ph.D. program, Lili has over six years of experience teaching English in higher education institutions in China. Her research focuses on community-based and design-based approaches to understanding how people learn through interactions within and across natural, cultural, and technology-supported environments.

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