Lab Director – Andy Cavagnetto, Ph.D.
A former secondary science teacher, Dr. Cavagnetto completed his PhD at the University of Iowa in 2006 before taking an assistant professor at Binghamton University in New York from 2006-2012. He then transitioned to his current position at Washington State University where he serves as an associate professor; jointly appointed in the Department of Teaching and Learning and the School of Biological Sciences. Dr Cavagnetto is interested in construction and critique of argument as students pose questions, gather data, and negotiate evidence-based claims in science learning contexts.
He studies how instructors create these environments and how students engage in them. Over the past few years this had led him to focus on environmental factors influencing whole class cooperation, how such environments influence engagement in argumentation, and subsequent impact on student outcomes. Currently, he serves as a Co-Principal investigator on a federally funded project examining argumentation from primary data in a large-lecture undergraduate biology course.
Graduate Student Researchers
Yetunde Adaramola
[Bio coming soon.]
Omowumi Frieyo
My name is Frieyo Omowumi from Nigeria. I graduated from the Department of Botany, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria in 2008 and also had my MSc. (Botany) from the same prestigious University in 2014. I would love to be a prof in Biology (Education). I am so passionate about passing knowledge to younger Biologists and train them to be able to make decision on daily lives dealings. Am also interested in natural conservation. I am married with three kids and presently a PhD. student in Biology.
Patrick Ochieng
[Bio coming soon.]
Collaborators
- Dr. Erika Offerdahl (WSU Molecular Biosciences)
- Dr. William B. Davis (WSU Molecular Biosciences)
- Professor Brian Hand (University of Iowa –Science Education)
- Professor Steve Higgins (Durham University, UK – Education)
- Dr. Kenneth Kurtz (Binghamton University-SUNY, Psychology)
- Dr. Richard Lamb (University of Buffalo – SUNY, Science and Technology Education)