Assistant Professor
Department of 教学 & 学习

Demetrice Smith-Mutegi

757-683-3349

3103 EDUCATION BLDG
NORFOLK, 223529

Demetrice Smith-Mutegi is an assistant professor in the Department of 教学 and 学习 at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, 维吉尼亚州. She teaches K-12 foundation courses and secondary science and math methods to preservice teachers. Before entering higher education, she served in North Carolina, 马里兰, and Indiana public schools as a STEM educator.
Demetrice's current research interest lies in investigating the motivations, 信仰, and experiences of Black students in STEM, as well as factors that influence Black STEM teachers' career decisions. She has also collaborated actively with researchers in other fields to study how informal STEM learning experiences affect Black girls. Demetrice has completed studies in science education at Morgan StateUniversity (Ed.D.) and East Carolina University (M.A.T. ), as well as an undergraduate degree in Biology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Contracts, 奖助金 and Sponsored 研究

Enderson, M.密苏里州弗格森. C., Smith-Mutegi D. 钢铁，C. "ODU-GEMS: Growing Educators of Mathematics & Science " $1,200,000. 联邦. 〇2022年10月
Smith-Mutegi D. "Exploring the Lived Experiences of Black Science Teachers New to the Profession: Persistence in a “Hard-to-Fill” Role " $6,900. Old Dominion University. May 2022 - July 2022

专业知识

Science Education
K-12 Science Education
Teacher Education and Professional Development
Informal 学习 Environments
干教育
Culturally Relevant Pedagogy

文章

琼斯,J. and Smith-Mutegi D. (2024). Multiple Representations and Multiple Expressions: Simulating Enzymatic Reactions to Showcase 学习. The Science Teacher 91 (1) , pp. 64-69.
莫顿,C. and Smith-Mutegi D. (2022). Making “it” matter: developing African-American girls and young women’s mathematics and science identities through informal STEM learning. Cultural Studies of Science Education.
Mutegi J., Smith-Mutegi D. 路易斯，n.n. (2022). Fostering Critical Perspectives of Science among Preservice Elementary Teachers: An Empirical Identification of Affordances and Hindrances. Journal of Science Teacher Education.
Smith-Mutegi D. (2021). The Role of Prior Experiences in Black Science Pre-服务 Teacher Career Decisions. Emerging Voices in Education 2 (2).

演讲

Smith-Mutegi D. (January , 2022). Black Novice and Pre-服务 Teachers on Choosing Science 教学 Paper Association of Science Teacher Educators Virtual.

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