Professor, Science and Engineering Education
Towson University
Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Ph.D., is Professor of Science and Engineering Education in the Department of Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences at Towson University. She earned her bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Delaware, where she earned graduate degrees in curriculum and instruction, specializing in science education. She worked as a process engineer briefly before earning certification as a high school physics teacher in Delaware. She taught high school physics and pre-engineering for four years. Dr. Lottero-Perdue has been a faculty member at Towson University since 2006. Most of her teaching has entailed helping future preschool through middle school (P-8) teachers learn how to teach science and engineering to children. She has been a collaborator with Engineering is Elementary, developed and directed a graduate STEM program for P-6 teachers, and partnered with school systems and teachers to integrate and implement engineering learning experiences. Her current research includes investigating how children plan, fail, and productively persist; how mixed-reality simulated classroom environments can be used to help pre-service and in-service teachers practice facilitating challenging discussions in science and engineering; and how undergraduate engineering design teaching assistants address (and may be able to practice addressing) team conflict within similar simulated environments.
Friday, February 16, 2024
3:15 PM – 4:15 PM MST