Biography
Julie was a Graduate Teaching Associate for The Ohio State University Department of Teaching and Learning while pursuing a PhD in STEM Education, with a specialization in Technology and Engineering Education. She was an instructor for the Literacy, New Media, and Creative Pedagogies for Classrooms course for Bachelor of Science in Education and Master of Education students in the Early Childhood Education, Middle Childhood Education, and Child & Youth Studies programs. For three years, Julie was a supervisor for BSEd and MEd students in Middle Childhood Education.
With over 20 years of teaching experience in grades 4-12 and higher education, Julie is most concerned with instructional strategies that promote and support the engagement and motivation of students through technology-based learning environments. Her dissertation top is Transformational Teaching & Learning Modeled in a Flipped Classroom Environment. She examined how the nature of preservice teachers’ use of technology is impacted in a preparation course in which the instructor modeled technology integration, project-based learning, and 21st century learning in a flipped classroom environment. As a result of her research, Julie designed a transformational teaching & learning conceptual model for teacher preparation.
During the 2018-2019 academic year, Julie served her second term as President of the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Researchers & Educators of The Ohio State University (STEMERS-OSU). She also served as a mentor for engineering camps sponsored by the OSU K-12 Engineering Outreach Program, and has worked as a Student Associate for a STEM+C NSF Grant and engineering camps with the Center for Automotive Research within the College of Engineering at The Ohio State University.
Education
- PhD in STEM Education (specialization in Technology and Engineering Education), The Ohio State University, 2019
- MAEd, Technology Education, University of Findlay, 1997
- BSEd, Elementary Education (Grades 1-8), The Ohio State University, 1989
Research Interest
- Technologies and Innovations in Preservice Teacher Preparation
- Integrated STEM Education
- Project-Based/Problem-Based Learning
- Project-Based Multimedia Learning
- Universal Design of Learning
- Underrepresented Minorities in STEM Fields
Original Research
- Instructional Design Model for Technologies and Innovations in Preservice Teacher Preparation: An Ethnographic Study
- Modeling Integrated STEM Education Through Project-Based Learning to Develop Preservice Teacher Self-Efficacy Beliefs: An Ethnographic Study
- Technologies and Innovations in Preservice Teacher Preparation: Cohort-based, Cross-disciplinary Approach Within a Community of Learning
- Modeling Integrated STEM Education and Project-Based Learning to Develop Preservice Teacher Self-Efficacy Beliefs
- Examining How Preservice Teachers Learn in a Media Literacy Course Involving Integrated STEM Education and Project-based Learning