Associate Professor and Chair
Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York, United States
John W. Tillotson is an associate professor of STEM education and chair of the Department of Science Teaching in the College of Arts & Sciences at Syracuse University. He currently serves as the director of the Ph.D. in College Science Teaching doctoral program. His research focuses on the socialization experiences of undergraduate STEM majors and how they relate to retention within the STEM career pipeline, as well as STEM instructors’ beliefs and instructional practices in undergraduate environments, as well as. Dr. Tillotson earned his Ph.D. in science education and his M.S. in chemistry from the University of Iowa, and prior to that received a B.S. in Chemistry/Secondary Education from SUNY Cortland. He has been awarded more than $5 million in external grant funding to support his research from the National Science Foundation, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the New York State Education Department and various private foundations. Dr. Tillotson has held a number of local and national leadership positions serving as Executive Director of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), President of the Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE), and the Research Division Director for the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA). He teaches courses in science instructional methods, the nature of science, science curriculum development, and physical science for non-majors.
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Friday, November 4, 2022
3:45 PM – 4:15 PM