Kristin M. Bass, PhD
Kristin has over 20 years of experience in teaching and educational research. As the Director of Research Development at Rockman, she is responsible for proposal development, research and evaluation, funding, and research trends. Kristin is actively involved in evaluations for the National Institutes of Health’s Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) program, as well as projects within the National Science Foundation’s Education and Human Resources Directorate (AISL, ITEST, DRK-12).
Kristin has a B.A. in Psychology from Yale University and a Ph.D. in Education and Psychology from the University of Michigan. Her papers have been published in peer-reviewed journals and books, including Cell Biology Education-Life Sciences Education, the Journal of Science Education and Technology, the Journal of the Learning Sciences, and the Journal of STEM Outreach. She is also a Co-Editor for the Journal of STEM Outreach. Prior to joining Rockman, Kristin was a postdoctoral fellow at the Learning Research and Development Center at the University of Pittsburgh, and the Berkeley Evaluation and Assessment Research Center at the University of California, Berkeley. Kristin is a fan of children’s literature, volunteering, and very bad puns.
Associated SEPA Project(s)
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Developing Skills in Health Literacy
R25OD020208-01A1 : 04/15/2016 - 01/31/2021 -
Empowering K–12 STEM Teachers through a Bioscience Academy
R25GM129182 : 07/01/2016 - 03/31/2021 -
Genes and Microbes: Engaging Students and Teachers in NGSS-aligned Curricula and Professional Development
R25OD021903-01 : 06/01/2016 - 05/31/2021 -
Genes, the Environment, and Me: Health and STEM Network (GEMNET)
R25OD021869-01A1 : 08/04/2017 - 07/31/2022 -
NeuroLab M3: Discovery-Based Explorations of Scientific Models Model Organisms and Model Systems in Developmental Neuroscience
R25OD16513-1 : 07/15/2014 - 06/30/2019 -
Teaching the Genome Generation: Professional Development for Genomics Instruction in Rural and Urban High Schools
R25OD020205 : 05/01/2016 - 04/30/2021