Incoming Co-editors of Science Education Announced
Science Education, an international touchstone for the latest issues and trends in science curriculum,
instruction, policy, and teacher preparation, has announced its incoming co-editors.
David Stroupe, Ron Gray, and Scott McDonald will take over from Sherry Southerland and John Settlage in January of 2025.
Stroupe, Gray, and McDonald recently published an editorial containing plans for Growing Our Science Education Community.
Stroupe, Associate Professor of Educational Psychology and Director of Research for the Usable STEM Research and Practice Hub at the University of Utah, said of his new role:
“I am honored to become one of the new co-editors of Science Education. I take seriously the responsibility of maintaining Science Education’s role as providing a platform for high-quality boundary-pushing ideas. The journal is a unique venue for scholars to seek out novel research that enhances science education across sites of teaching and learning. My co-editors and I are also enthusiastic about extending the journal's global reach and building a diverse team of associate editors and editorial board.”
Stroupe’s Growing and Sustaining Science-Centered Classrooms exemplifies such boundary-pushing scholarship. Published by Harvard Education Press in 2023, Stroupe's book was the 2024 winner of the AACTE Gloria J. Ladson-Billings Outstanding Book Award.
Two University of Utah College of Education undergraduates, Megan McCormick and Daisy Fuentes, will support Science Education as research assistants by enhancing its social media presence and interviewing authors about their publications. "We are very excited to have Megan and Daisy, especially as majors in the College, help the journal!" Stroupe said.
Gray, J. Lawrence Walkup Distinguished Professor and Chair of STEM Education and Co-Director of the Center for STEM Teaching and Learning at Northern Arizona University, looks forward to his upcoming editorship:
"I am thrilled to join the editorial team of Science Education and contribute to the journal's rich legacy of advancing groundbreaking ideas in the field. As co-editors, we are committed to fostering innovative scholarship that bridges disciplines, highlights diverse perspectives, and deepens our understanding of science teaching and learning. Our goal is to expand the journal’s reach, engage with a broader international community, and create opportunities for emerging voices to shape the future of science education. Together, we will build on the journal’s strengths while embracing new directions to support a dynamic and evolving field."
Gray is actively collaborating with fellow researchers and science teachers to design innovative, research-driven curricular resources. His recent publication, Model-Based Inquiry in Biology: Three-Dimensional Instructional Units for Grades 9-12, is part of an expanding series from NSTA Press, aimed at advancing science education through practical, transformative tools for the classroom.
McDonald, Department Head of Curriculum and Instruction, Professor of Science Education, and Director of the Krause Innovation Studio at Pennsylvania State University’s College of Education researches science teacher learning of ambitious teaching practices and student learning of geoscience and climate science through data visualizations and simulations.
“I am looking forward to the opportunity to continue to develop the scholarly community that exists around Science Education and has been cultivated by Sherry and John. We are hoping to develop new section for the journal that reflect emerging areas of interest in the field, and to move the journal toward a more community conversation feel that draws in emerging scholars, reflects the changing publications landscape, and moves educational research forward. Science Education has a wonderful group of author contributors and reviewers that have been the foundation for one of the most productive and impactful journals in our field. It is exciting to be able to carry this legacy forward,” said McDonald.
In additional to his scholarly work, McDonald is currently collaborating with a team of science educators in Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Department of Education to provide professional learning to support the statewide rollout of the new PA Science, Technology & Engineering, and Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) standards.
Congratulations to the incoming editors of Science Education and new stewards of expansive
science education research and scholarship!
(Photo courtesy of Science Education.)