Originally published March 25, 2016
Nicole Louie, Ph.D., assistant professor of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education at UTEP, earned a 2016 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Division K Outstanding Dissertation Award. She will accept the award during the AERA annual meeting April 8-12, 2016, in Washington, D.C. The AERA conference is the most important of its kind in the nation for educators.
Her dissertation, “Learning to Redefine ‘Good at Math’: Tensions and Possibilities in Equity-Oriented Mathematics Teachers’ Everyday Practices,” researches ways math teachers may attain a level of classroom instruction that is “intellectually rich and broadly accessible,” said Cyndi Giorgis, Ph.D., dean of UTEP’s College of Education.
The award letter stated, “In addition to contributing to scholarship in teacher education, [Louie’s] work promises to generate new possibilities for the practical support of instructional improvement and teacher growth.”