How to Contact Us:
email: ncisla@mail.soemadison.wisc.edu
Who We Are:
Andrea Barton
is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and former
high school science teacher. Her research interests include teacher professional
development and design of educational resources for astronomy courses.
Dr.
Jennifer Cartier is an assistant researcher. Her
current research focuses on longitudinal studies of students' ability to
create and justify arguments in science, and teacher professional development
with respect to enhancing student argumentation.
Dr. Angelo Collins
is the former associate director of the National Center for Mathematics
and Science and the former director of the National Science Education Standards
Project. Her research focuses on assessing students' understanding of scientific
models and teacher professional development. 
Sam
Donovan is a Ph.D. student in the Department of
Curriculum and Instruction. He is also a visiting assistant professor in
the biology department at Beloit College and the assistant director of the
BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium. His research interests include understanding
students' ability to development scientific arguments based on historical
evidence. 
Jana Gearhart is
a 9th and 10th grade science teacher at Monona Grove High School.
Dr.
Susan Johnson is a high school teacher and researcher.
Her research focuses on student use and understanding of scientific models
in genetics and evolutionary biology, as well as student reasoning and scientific
argumentation. 
Karen Mesmer
is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and a
7th grade science teacher. Her interests are in students' learning in evolutionary
biology and nature of science, especially in the middle grades.
Cindy
Passmore is a Ph.D. student in the Department
of Curriculum and Instruction and a high school science teacher. Her interests
include student reasoning about natural selection and issues of assessment
in astronomy. 
Chris Percy teaches
10th grade science at Monona Grove High School. She also instructs a biotechnology
elective course for 11th and 12th grade students. 
Francie
Rowe is a Ph.D. student in the Department of
Curriculum and Instruction and a science professor at Edgewood College.
She currently teaches science methods, introductory biology, and genetics.
Her research focuses on student learning in genetics and evolution.
Tim Sharpe is
a 10th and 12th grade science teacher at Monona Grove High School.
Dr.
James Stewart is a professor of Curriculum and
Instruction. His research interests include student understanding of scientific
models and modeling, assessing students’ progress in scientific understanding,
teacher professional development, and K-12
students' reasoning and communication about variation and change in populations.
Jon Van de Grift
is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Jon
is also a science professor at Lakeland College and works as the primary
internet developer for the National Center for Mathematics and Science.
His main research interest is science imagery and geoscience education .
John
Willauer is a 9th and 11th grade science teacher at Monona Grove High
School. 
Ralph Zebell is
a 9th, 11th, and 12th grade science teacher at Monona Grove High School.