CCMS Fellows and Students
Northwestern University
Postdoctoral Fellows
Kemi Jona joined CCMS in November 2004 as a mid-career postdoctoral fellow in the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University. He received his Ph.D. in computer science from Northwestern.
Eunmi Lee came to CCMS as a postdoctoral fellow at Northwestern University after completing her dissertation, Conceptualizing Pedagogical Content Knowledge from the Perspective of Experienced Secondary Science Teachers, at the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to that she taught middle and high school Earth science in Korea.
Graduate Students
Heather Johnson joined CCMS as a graduate student in the Learning Sciences at Northwestern University in September 2004. She earned her Masters of Teaching and B.A. in environmental sciences from the University of Virginia.
Leema Kuhn joined CCMS as a third-year graduate student in 2004 after entering the Northwestern University graduate program in September 2002. She earned her B.A. in computer science with a concentration in educational studies from Carleton College in Northfield, MN.
Victor Lee joined CCMS in the fall of 2005 as a Ph.D. student in the Learning Sciences Program at Northwestern University, where he works on research in conceptual change and science and math education. Before attending Northwestern, he graduated from University of California, San Diego with degrees in mathematics/applied science (B.A.) and cognitive science (B.A.) with a specialization in human-computer interaction.
Kirsten Mawyer joined CCMS as a second-year graduate student at Northwestern University in September 2004. She earned a B.A. in geology and a B.A. in English from Amherst College.
Virginia Pitts is a graduate student at Northwestern University. She earned her M.A. in learning sciences from Northwestern, and her B.S. in industrial engineering and management from Oklahoma State University.
Pratim Sengupta joined the Learning Sciences Ph.D. Program at Northwestern University in August 2004 and CCMS in the fall term of 2005. Prior to joining the Learning Sciences Program, he was a doctoral candidate in physics. He completed his undergraduate education in physics at Presidency College, Calcutta and the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, both in India.
Su Swarat joined CCMS in the fall of 2005 as a third-year graduate student in the Learning Sciences Program at Northwestern University. She holds an M.S. in ecology and evolutionary biology from Purdue University and a B.S. in biochemistry and molecular biology from Peking University.
Jessica Umphress joined CCMS at Northwestern University in 2005 as a graduate student. She earned dual B.A.'s in biology and theatre from Oberlin College and is interested in informal science education.
Alumni
Ravit Golan Duncan recently accepted a joint faculty position in the School of Education and the Division of Life Sciences at Rutgers University. She joined CCMS in June 2003 as a graduate research assistant at Northwestern University’s School of Education and completed her Ph.D. in 2005. She earned an M.S. in biology from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a B.Sc. in biology from Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
Dr. Golan Duncan's dissertation was titled Reasoning in Molecular Genetics: From a Cognitive Model to Instructional Design. View the abstract.
Lisa Kenyon recently accepted a position at Wright State University in Dayton, OH, as an Assistant Professor specializing in the biological sciences. She joined CCMS at Northwestern as a postdoctoral fellow in the School of Education and Social Policy. Dr. Kenyon received her Ed.D. in curriculum and instruction—science education from the University of Houston, her M.S. in wildlife and fisheries science from Texas A&M, and her B.S. in biology from the University of Missouri—Kansas City.
Eleni Kyza accepted a position as Postdoctoral Associate in educational sciences at the University of Cyprus. She had been a doctoral candidate in the Learning Sciences Program at Northwestern University. She earned her Ed.M. in technology in education from Harvard University, her B.S. in elementary education with a concentration in educational media and technology from Boston University, and her Teacher’s Diploma from the Pedagogical Academy of Cyprus.
Dr. Kyza's dissertation was titled Understanding Reflection-in-Action: An Investigation into Middle-School Students' Reflective Inquiry Practices in Science and the Role That Software Scaffolding Can Play. View the abstract.
Jennifer Schwarz recently accepted a position overseeing education programs for the Center for Learning and Teaching based at the Chicago Botanic Garden. She earned her Ph.D. and M.A. at Northwestern University in the Learning Sciences program.
Dr. Schwarz's dissertation was titled Describing Content in Middle School Science Curricula. View the abstract.
Darlene Slusher is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry/Physics at Coastal Carolina University. She had been a CCMS postdoctoral fellow in the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University. She received her Ph.D. and M.S. in earth and atmospheric science and her B.S. in chemistry from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Carrie Tzou recently left Northwestern University to begin a postdoctoral position at the Learning in Informal and Formal Environments (LIFE) Center, a Science of Learning center at the University of Washington. In December 2005, she successfully defended her dissertation, Inquiry Science as a Discourse: New Challenges for Teachers, Students, and the Design of Curriculum Materials. Dr. Tzou earned her M.S. in teaching and learning from Vanderbilt University, and her B.S. in biology and B.A. in English from Stanford University.
