About STEM ED

Dr. Casey is a professor of mathematics education at Eastern Michigan Univeristy. Her research focuses on preparing secondary teachers to teach data literacy and statistics, motivated by her experience teaching secondary mathematics for fourteen years. She will be doing research on students' understandings of modern data visualizations in collaboration with the Univeristy of Canberra, Australia, as a Fulbright Scholar in 2024. Visit her prfessional website for more information. 

Sibrina N. Collins earned a PhD in inorganic chemistry from The Ohio State University and her undergraduate degree in chemistry from Wayne State University. She most recently served as Executive Director of STEM Education and Associate Professor of Practice in Chemistry at Lawrence Technological University. She has previously held appointments at Claflin University,
College of Wooster, University of Washington and The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. Her research efforts include inorganic chemistry, chemical education, history of science and storytelling in the STEM fields. Dr. Collins has published in high-impact journals including the Journal of Chemical Education, the Bulletin for the History of Chemistry, Nature and Nature Chemistry.

Zach comes to EMU after several years as the Director of Communications for the Alabama Water Institute at The University of Alabama where he led a team of science communicators for the institute. Zach holds a Master of Science in Integrated Scientific Applications (Environmental Earth Systems Management Concentration) from Millersville University and a Bachelor of Science in Atmospheric Science from Cornell University. While at Millersville, Zach served as a Graduate Research Assistant in the Education Foundations department working on an NSF grant to develop a career-oriented middle school watershed sustainability curriculum. Zach’s passion for education and outreach stretches back to his years as The Weather Wizard and Education & Outreach Chair for the Cornell Chapter of the American Meteorological society, visiting over 40 classrooms to teach about weather and physical sciences. In his free time, Zach loves to travel—exploring nature, attending concerts, and trying new foods.