About the Cluster Hire
New Mexico State University recently launched its STEM+ Education Research Institute to tackle issues facing STEM+ education with a team of researchers focused on K-12 and higher education. The plus in the name indicates the integration of the humanities, arts, and community needs along with global challenges in translating STEM research into practice.
NMSU’s first faculty cluster includes five newly hired professors who will work together, designing their own proposals and/or collaborating on research designed to improve the effectiveness of STEM+ education.
“We hired extremely talented scholars,” said Enrico Pontelli, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. “I'm really impressed by these five faculty members. They're all bringing very different talents to the table. They are coming into this with the idea that they're going to work together, and they're going to collaborate on exploring STEM educational research from different angles.”