Member+Bio

|| **Dr. Margaret Blanchard** was the Principal Investigator for STEM Teams (2010-2014) and is Co-Principal Investigator of the STEM Career Clubs ITEST grant (2014-2018). She is an Associate Professor of Science Education at NC State University. She also serves as Research Director for The Science House at NC State. She may be reached at Meg_Blanchard@ncsu.edu.
 * **STEM CAREER CLUB PROJECT TEAM - 2014- 2017** ||
 * = Dr. Meg Blanchard

Other STEM Career Club Team Members: Dr. Jason Painter is the Principal Investigator of the STEM Career Club grant, heading up all of the teacher professional development and project coordination with Scott Ragan, both of The Science House at NCSU. Dr. Tom Alsbury and Braska Williams are Senior Personnel of the STEM Career Club Project. Tom Alsbury is a Professor at Seattle Pacific University and he heads up the Leadership Team and Braska Williams heads up the Parent Team. Dr. Andy Overstreet is Senior Personnel working with the Leadership Team. Dr. DeLeon Gray is Co-Principal Investigator and Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology at NCSU. Dr. Cameron Denson is Assistant Professor of Technology Education, and Senior Personnel on the project. || || **Lauren Harper** graduated from NC State with a B.S. in Science Education and currently teaches high school science in Raleigh, NC. She has worked on the project from Fall 2013 - Present. || || **Dr. Jennifer Albert** graduated from NC State with a B.S. in Chemistry. She then went on to pursue her M.A. in Education from Austin Peay State University and then her Doctoral degree from NC State University. Dr. Albert, taught high school chemistry in Tennessee and has worked on several grants through NC State's College of Education and the Friday Institute to help integrate technology in science and mathematics classrooms in rural northeast NC. She worked on the project from Fall 2010-Spring 2013. || || **Dr. Meredith Kier** earned a Ph.D. from North Carolina State University in Science Education. She received her BS in Biology from James Madison University and her MA in Teaching from James Madison University. She taught high school biology in Virginia and North Carolina and she has worked on several grants through NC State's College of Education and the Friday Institute to help integrate technology in science and mathematics classrooms in rural northeast NC. She worked on the project from Spring 2011-Summer 2013. || || **Jackson Kinton** earned his M.Ed. Science Education at NC State in 2013 and is now teaching high school science in Raleigh, NC. He worked with Meg Blanchard and Jennifer Albert helping to integrate instructional technologies in science and mathematics classrooms in rural northeast NC. He worked on the project in 2011 & 2012. || ||< **Kimberly Pigford** worked on the project in Fall 2012 when she was an M.Ed. student in Science Education at NC State. She currently is a doctoral student in Science Education. ||
 * = Dr. Kristie Gutierrez[[image:Screen Shot 2016-03-31 at 3.46.16 PM.png]] || **Dr. Kristie Gutierrez** has a Ph.D.. in science education from NC State University and is a national board certified biology teacher. She worked as a postdoctoral fellow on the STEM Career Clubs project, and Research Assistant from 2015 - 2017. ||
 * = Dr. Kylie Hoyle[[image:stemcareerawareness/Screen Shot 2016-03-31 at 3.37.26 PM.png width="104" height="151"]] || **Dr. Kylie Hoyle** has an Ph.D. in science education and has taught middle school science. She completed her doctoral program at NC State. She has worked as a research assistant on the STEM Career Clubs project since fall of 2015. She currently teaches Inclusive Elementary Science Education at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs. ||  ||
 * = Lauren Harper
 * **STEM TEAMS PROJECT TEAM - 2010-2014** ||
 * = Dr. Jennifer Albert
 * = Dr. Meredith Kier
 * = Jackson Kinton
 * = Kimberly Pigford