Assistant Professor
Dr. Visintainer's research focuses on issues of equity in science education at the intersections of race, identity, and learning at the high school and undergraduate levels. She explores the types of learning experiences that engage youth of color (i.e., students historically/currently marginalized in society, school, and science) in authentic science practices, and empowers them as learners and doers of science, and change agents in their communities. In addition, she examine the types of instructional and pedagogical resources that foster inclusion, community development, and the co-development of students’ science and racial identities.
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About Tammie Visintainer
Dr. Visintainer's research focuses on issues of equity in science education at the intersections of race, identity, and learning at the high school and undergraduate levels. She explores the types of learning experiences that engage youth of color (i.e., students historically/currently marginalized in society, school, and science) in authentic science practices, and empowers them as learners and doers of science, and change agents in their communities. In addition, she examine the types of instructional and pedagogical resources that foster inclusion, community development, and the co-development of students’ science and racial identities.
| Present | Assistant Professor, San Jose State University ‐ Teacher Education | |
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Disciplines
Grants
| 2022 - 2027 | Transforming Science Teaching & Learning in School: Empowering Teachers & Students as Climate Justice Action Researchers & Change Agents |
| National Science Foundation: Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) | |
| $786,285 | |
| 2020 - 2025 | Transforming Undergraduate Teaching and Learning Through Culturally Sustaining, Active & Asset-Based Approaches to Introductory Science Courses |
| National Science Foundation: Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (HSI) | |
| Colleague(s): Cassandra Paul, Resa Kelly, Katie Wilkinson, Marcos Pizzaro | |
| $1,699,000 | |
| 2022 - 2024 | Multidisciplinary Teacher Research Experience in Engineering |
| National Science Foundation: Research Experience for Teachers (RET) in Engineering & Computer Science | |
| Colleague(s): Liat Rosenfeld | |
| $600,000 | |
| 2021 - 2022 | Justice- Centered Science Teacher Collective: Supporting the Preparation & Development of K-12 Justice- Centered Science Teacher Leaders and Change Agents |
| College of Education, San José State University | |
| Strategic Plan Grant | |
| $17,780 | |
| 2021 - 2022 | Transforming Science Teaching & Learning in School: Empowering Teachers & Students as Justice-Centered Science Action Researchers & Change Agents |
| STEM-NET, California State University Chancellor’s Office | |
| Faculty Seed Grant | |
| $19,938 | |
| 2019 - 2020 | Transforming Undergraduate Experiences in Science: A Focus on Teaching, Learning & Identity Construction of Underrepresented Students in Introductory Science Courses |
| STEM-NET, California State University Chancellor’s Office | |
| Faculty Seed Grant | |
| Colleague(s): Cassandra Paul | |
| $50,000 | |
| 2018 - 2019 | Exploring Community Development, Sense of Belonging & Identity Trajectories of First-Generation & Other Undergraduate Students Underrepresented in the Physical Sciences |
| College of Education, San José State University | |
| Research, Scholarship & Creative Activity Grant | |
| $6,000 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
| 2022 - Present | Advisory Board Member, National Science Foundation, Advances in Informal Science Learning | 2020 - Present | Member, Anti-Racism Planning Task Force, College of Science, San José State University | 2020 - Present | Founding Advisory Board Member, Institute of Emancipatory Education, Lurie College of Education, San José State University: | 2020 - Present | Member, Search Committees, College of Science & Lurie College of Education, San José State University | 2019 - Present | Member, Assessment Committee, Teacher Education Department, San José State University |
Honors and Awards
- Research Worth Reading Award, National Association of Research in Science Teaching | 2021
- University Faculty RSCA Assigned Time Award, San José State University | 2020-until tenured
| May 2015 | Ph.D., Education in Math, Science and Technology, University of California, Berkeley | |
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| January 2004 | M.S., Marine Science, San Francisco State University | |
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| May 1998 | B.S., Zoology, University of Wisconsin-Madison | |
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