July 2022 - Present | Associate Provost, Providence College ‐ Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | |
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2016 - Present | Associate Professor, Secondary Education Program: School of Professional Studies, Providence College ‐ Secondary Education | |
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2010 - 2016 | Assistant Professor, Secondary Education Program: School of Professional Studies, Providence College ‐ Secondary Education | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Professional Service and Affiliations
Present | Member, Agronomy Society of America (ASA) | Present | Member, American Educational Research Association (AERA) | Present | Member, Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE) | Present | Member, Association for the Assessment of Learning in Higher Education (AALHE) | Present | Member, Association of Teacher Educators (ATE) | Present | Member, National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE) | Present | Member, National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) | Present | Member, Northeast Association for Science Teacher Education (NE_ASTE) | Present | Member, Rhode Island Science Teacher Association (RISTA) |
Honors and Awards
- Research Grant Award by Committee on Aid to Faculty Research ($2,750), 2013/2014
- Research Grant Award by Committee on Aid to Faculty Research ($7,000), 2012/2013
- Rhode Island Campus Compact Presidential Faculty Fellow, 2011-2012
- Mary Cary Reflective Learner Award, School of Education, University of California, Davis, 2009-2010
- Certificate of Recognition-Teacher of the Year Nomination 2008, Sacramento City Unified School District, 2008
- Donorschoose.Org School Funding, 2008
- Teacher Education Fellow, School of Education, University of California, Davis, 2007
- The Riccobono Academic Resilience (RAR) Faculty Fellowship, 2020/21 academic year, May 1, 2020
- The 2020 Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation Fellowship ($6,559), April 2020
- The School of Professional Studies 2019 Innovative Scholars Award Funds
- The School of Professional Studies 2019 Summer Scholars Award Funds
- Certificate of Outstanding Leadership towards the BATAAS Alumni Association. July 2019
- Research Grant Award by Committee on Aid to Faculty Research ($5,300) 2018
- Certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing - Awarded February, 2017 in recognition of the contributions made to the quality of the journal by The Editors of Teaching and Teacher Education, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Certificate of Reviewing Awarded October, 2016 in recognition of the review made for the journal by The Editors of Teaching and Teacher Education, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Interdisciplinary Faculty Seminar Fellow, Spring 2016
- The School of Professional Studies 2015 Summer Scholars Award Funds
- Certificate of Recognition – Contribution of Africans to the State of RI. Presented by the Chairman of the African Working Group for Mayor of Providence, RI
- School of Professional Studies Innovative Grant towards research ‘Towards diversity, equity, and inclusion: Intentionality in teaching through a global lens. November, 2021.
- Nominated in honor for the Black History Month Community Spotlight. Black History Month Community Spotlight, Representatives of the PC Student Body
Courses
- Educational Measurement including Field Experience (EDU 401 & EDU 401L) 3 & 1 credits
- Engaging Providence College-Friar Foundation: First Year and Beyond (EDU 471) 1.5 credits
- Engaging Providence College: First Year and Beyond (EDU 471) 1 credit
- Maymester Course, INT 379, Sustainability & Social Value (Ghana, Spring 2017; 2018 & 2019) 3 credits
- Graduate School Urban Education Capstone Course (EDU 664) 3 credits
- Food Politics Co-teaching with Biology Professor Dr. Maia Bailey (BIO 128) 3 credits
- Independent Study: Engaging High School Students in English Language (EDU 471 Fall 2019) 3 Credits
- Independent Study: Technology Tools in High School Mathematics Classrooms (EDU 471 Spring 2019) 3 Credits
- Independent Study: Technology Use in a High School Mathematics Classroom (EDU 471 Spring 2019) 3 Credits
- Independent Study: Assessment Through Blended Learning (EDU 471 Fall 2018) 3 Credits
- Independent Study: Motivating Students in a Mathematics Classroom (EDU 471 Fall 2018) 3 credits
- Independent Study: Enhancing Science Teaching, Elementary Levels (EDU741) 3 credits
- Classroom management (EDU 449) 1 credit
- Teaching Science in Secondary School including field experience (EDU 412 & 412L) 3 & 1 credits
- Urban Education (EDU 471) revised to diversity proficiency core (EDU 211) 3 credits
- Education Measurement (EDU 401 & 401L), Providence College, Fall 2010-
- Urban Education (EDU 471), Providence College, Fall 2010-
- Student Teaching Supervision (EDU 450) 9 credits, Providence College, Spring 2011-
- Teaching Kids with special needs field experience (EDU 303L) 1 credit , Providence College, Spring 2012
March 2011 | PhD, University of California, Davis ‐ Science Education | |
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December 2003 | Certification, California State University, Sacramento ‐ Community College Faculty Preparation | |
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June 2000 | Professional Teaching License in Biology, University of California, Davis ‐ Agriculture and Cross Cultural, Language, and Development | |
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May 1997 | PhD, University of Wisconsin Madison ‐ Agronomy | |
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July 1988 | University of Dschang, Cameroon ‐ Ingenieur Agronome: Crop Production | |
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July 1985 | BS, University of Yaoundé, Cameroon ‐ Life Science | |
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Contact Information
Secondary Education Program
Providence College
Providence, RI 02918
cateh@providence.edu
401-865-2497 (office)
401-865-1021 (fax)
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