Staff and Teachers

Research Lead

Jackie DeLisi, an expert in STEM education research and evaluation, advances knowledge of how to improve STEM learning outcomes in formal and informal settings. She has extensive experience in qualitative research, survey design, and middle school science instruction. She specializes in developing instruments to measure school, teacher, and student outcomes, and to describe the implementation of STEM programs. DeLisi leads the evaluations of the NASA-funded collaboration with the Gulf of Maine Research Institute and of Boston College’s Seeding the Future project. She is currently collaborating with the Boston Plan for Excellence to examine the implementation and outcomes of STEM pathways in an inclusive STEM-focused high school. Recently, DeLisi co-authored an article about how science fairs can support students in meeting science standards as part of her work co-leading the Science Fairs Under the ‘Scope study.

Evaluator

David Reider, project Evaluator, has been very active both in developing, promoting, designing and evaluating educational initiatives efforts in STEM and arts education for over 20 years. While Research Scientist at BBN Tehcnologies, he led World Band (US, Germany, Korea), one of the earliest Internet instances of a cross-site internet concert (1995), OLMEL, Online Music Education Learning Model (1997), and Kids ‘N Music (Kids ‘N Blues, Kids ‘N Salsa), developed for Co-nect schools in five states. Kids ‘N Blues (Memphis) was nominated to the President’s Council on the Arts and Humanities 1998 National Report of Best Practices and won the National School Board Association 1998 Technology Innovation Award.

He has participated in and led program evaluations since 1996, founding Education Design in 1997. He has presented annually since 2005 at national conferences such as AERA, AEA, Massachusetts STEM Summit, NSF and Dept of Education PI meetings; participates regularly in panel reviews (NSF, Dept. of Education I3, AEMDD), and is active in national working groups on workforce development and systems thinking in evaluation.

Stephanie Beauregard is a chemistry teacher at Las Cruces High School in Las Cruces, NM.  She has her degree in chemistry and for the past six years has taught biology, anatomy/physiology, chemistry, and AP chemistry. Incorporating programming into her chemistry classes has been a significant focus of Stephanie’s teaching.

Mary Brunson is a biology teacher at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School in Sudbury, Massachusetts. She majored in Biological Resources Engineering at University of Maryland College Park and received her master’s degree in Cellular and Molecular Physiology from Yale University. She is a self-taught coder and is excited to find a way to bring coding into her Biology classroom!

Lesley is a graduate of Simmons College and the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. She is the science department head and a teacher at Marshfield HS in Marshfield MA. She has been a department head for 13 years a teacher for 30 years. Lesley teaches Biology and Forensic Science (plus other areas as needed). She works hard to ensure the curriculum is available to all students and works hard to implement a positive culture within her department and her classrooms.

Su Gibbs is a National Board Certified Teacher with over a decade of middle school teaching experience. She has experience teaching, facilitating, and serving as a club leader for Project GUTS (Growing Up Thinking Scientifically) and is also involved with GutsyGirls, Code.org, NM Computer Science for All, and NM Supercomputing. Prior to her teaching career, Su was an attorney with the NM Public Defender Department.

Cedric is a science teacher at Brooke High School in Boston, MA. He has been teaching since 2009, and formerly taught in Dallas, TX and New Haven, CT. He has a robust background in curricular development and departmental leadership, and currently leads a team of great science teachers at Brooke. Cedric is always looking for opportunities to learn & engage with new methods of teaching, and is excited to be a part of this program.

Jessica is a physics teacher at Marshfield High School with over 10 years of experience mainly teaching Physics (and 2 years teaching English abroad). Having worked on a couple of research projects and with many students interested in STEAM, she is excited to connect the world of Coding with that of Physics to help students expand their horizons and prepare for future careers.

Nina is a science teacher at Hatch Valley High School in Las Cruces, NM.  She currently teaches grades 9-12 Chemistry, Biology, and Physical Science. Having taught robotics and coding classes in the past, she is excited to integrate the world of coding with Science.

Victor Mateas brings both teaching and research expertise to Science+C. He has taught mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology at the high school level. Victor has also worked on several research projects focused on curriculum and professional development.

Paige Prescott has been involved in Computer Science education for more than twelve years when she was Program Manager for Project GUTS, an NSF funded project to bring computational modeling to middle school students.  Currently she is the Executive Director of the Computer Science Alliance where she works to strengthen the community of people involved computer science education and to advocate on a state, district and local level to see more computer science offerings, especially to the underserved areas in rural and tribal communities.  She also helps to oversee the Supercomputing Challenge, a yearlong computational competition for middle and high school students in New Mexico. She has been the President of the Computer Science Teachers Association of New Mexico (CSTA-NM) since 2015 and is pursuing a PhD in Learning Sciences at UNM where she is focusing on computer science education with a particular interest in how computer science can be integrated into science classes.

Adam teaches at Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School in South Yarmouth MA. He has taught there for 14 years and holds certifications in high school chemistry, biology, and earth science. In those 14 years, he has taught courses in all three subjects, but is focused on chemistry. In the coming school year, he will be teaching all levels of chemistry and a section of Marine Science.

I am a high school Science teacher at Northeast Metro Tech, a vocational school located in Wakefield, MA. I enjoy teaching Biology and various electives within our diverse community.

Crystal is a science teacher at Granby Jr./Sr. High School in Granby, Massachusetts. She currently teaches grades 9-12 Biology, Anatomy & Physiology, and Environmental Science. Having never taught a coding class or taken one herself, she is excited to integrate the world of Coding with Science.

Bobbie is a 9th-12th grade Special Education science teacher with Las Cruces High School in Las Cruces, NM.  She is currently teaching Biology, Chemistry, and Physics in both Inclusion and Pull-Out settings.  Having a strong background and degrees in Agriculture, Bobbie Jo likes to incorporate her passion for Ag in the classroom to include egg to chick projects, composting, worm beds,  and the occasional farm animal sighting.

High school science teacher working in a small therapeutic day program for the past 13 years. I’m the only science teacher, working with students who all have IEPs. Coding intimidates me but I wanted to push my comfort level, something I stress to my students all the time.

Shaun is a high school science teacher with 28 years of public service with a certification in physics. He has taught all levels of physics as well as environmental science, and is excited to bring a coding aspect to his classes.

Jessica is a physics teacher at Marshfield High School with over 10 years of experience mainly teaching Physics (and 2 years teaching English abroad). Having worked on a couple of research projects and with many students interested in STEAM, she is excited to connect the world of Coding with that of Physics to help students expand their horizons and prepare for future careers.

Rebekah is a physics and chemistry teacher at Norton High School in Norton, Ma.  She currently teaches Introductory Physics, Honors, Chemistry, CP Forensic Science, and Honors Forensic Science.  She was a Deaf educator for 20 years, has been in the public schools for the past three, and is looking forward to incorporating coding and modeling into her classes. 

Jill teaches 9th grade Biology and 10-12th grade Anatomy Physiology at Newburyport High School.  She has been teaching for 12 years and is also the advisor for the Interact Club, a community service club.  She is looking forward to enhancing her teaching skills by participating in Science+C.  

Marcelle is a high school and middle school teacher focusing on life, earth, and environmental science. She is aware of how little she understands programming/computer modeling, and yet is very excited and quite nervous to learn something completely unfamiliar to her–and willing to take the leap! 

George is a science teacher at the Community Academy of Science and Health in Boston, Massachusetts. As a teacher of Honors, Substantially Separate, Inclusion and SEI/ESL Physics classes, he is eager to collaborate with a diverse group of students as they explore Physics concepts by decoding and modifying computer models.

Natalie is a science teacher at Las Cruces High School in Las Cruces, NM. She teaches biology and chemistry and was previously the science magnet teacher at Sierra Middle School, where she was able to show students the real life application of science by working closely with scientists in the area. She has her Master’s degree in curriculum planning and development.

Susan has taught science at Paulo Freire Social Justice Charter School since 2018, including biology, chemistry and environmental science. She holds a Masters of Education from UMass Amherst in science education, and MA teaching certifications in high school biology, Middle school general science, and also visual arts at all grades. In her free time, besides relaxing with family, Susan likes to create art and spend time outdoors, growing food, and supporting pollinators and other wildlife through native plants and preserved spaces. She volunteers with Western MA Master Gardeners Association. Her artwork includes pottery and sculpture in clay, as well as landscape and abstract painting.

Kate became a teacher because she hopes to inspire curiosity and a love of learning in her students. She currently teaches various levels of chemistry and physics in addition to being a PBIS Tier 1 coach at Southbridge High School, and is excited to integrate coding into her curricula.

Susan has been teaching science at Barnstable High School on Cape Cod for 29 years.  She currently teaches Biology and Project Lead The Way Engineering Classes. She is an advisor to the VEX Robotics and Girls in STEM clubs and is interested in helping more students learn about coding. 

Kate is a 9th grade physics teacher at Brookline High School.  She thrives teaching within the large team of dedicated, talented teachers at BHS.  She is a Knowles Teaching Fellow and much of her passion for inclusive teaching practices comes from her training and inquiry work alongside other Knowles fellows and staff.  She came to teaching from a background in experimental physics research and sees computational thinking as a pathway to integrate more science research practices into her classroom.