About me
Ellen Granger earned her doctorate in neuroscience and has been a practicing scientist and science educator since then. She has worked in teacher professional development for over 25 years with both preservice and inservice teachers at secondary and post-secondary levels. She is the Director of the Office of STEM Teaching Activities in the College of Arts & Sciences at Florida State University. She has published over 30 scholarly articles in peer-reviewed journals in both STEM education and science and has held over 35 research and education grants. Her research interests include teacher professional learning, discourse in the classroom, and maximizing student science understanding; she is currently engaged in project funded by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine to develop environmental education curricula with a focus on socio-environmental challenges for coastal communities. In November of 2013, she was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for “distinguished contribution, service, and leadership in advancing knowledge and classroom practices in science education.” In 2024, she was named a Distinguished University Scholar by Florida State University.
