Kimberly Fluet

Biography

Kimberly Fluet is committed to transforming STEMM education in higher education and K-12 school settings for all students. In her role as Associate Director, She serves as a STEMM educational researcher, external evaluator, and professional learning provider, depending on the goals and needs of the project. Her research, evaluation, and professional learning interests include developing more diverse, equitable, and inclusive STEMM learning experiences for underrepresented minority and first-generation students; supporting STEMM faculty and K-12 science teachers in enacting student-centered pedagogical practices that lead to deep, meaningful understanding for all students; and identity development and communities of practice membership by individuals throughout the STEMM educational ecosystem.

As a science teacher educator, and former science teacher, Fluet supports STEMM educational reform by mentoring in-service science teachers in several NSF-funded projects (e.g. NOYCE), and by providing professional learning and content-focused coaching to science teachers and school districts in and around western New York (e.g. NYSSLS/NGSS implementation, OpenSciEd adoption, Ambitious Science Teaching pedagogies).

As an educational researcher and program evaluator, she engages in several grant-funded projects (e.g., IUSE, S-STEM, T32) in STEMM higher education that impact students and faculty locally and nationally. She utilizes quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis techniques, often in tandem, as determined by the research and evaluation questions.