{"id":44248,"date":"2026-08-10T20:22:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T20:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/education\/?page_id=44248"},"modified":"2026-08-10T21:53:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T21:53:19","slug":"stem","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/education\/programs\/secondary\/stem\/","title":{"rendered":"STEM Education Pathway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thinking of exploring teaching STEM in the middle school or high school classroom?\u00a0 If so, this page is for you!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2026\/08\/PXL_20240404_153401160-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44254\" src=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2026\/08\/PXL_20240404_153401160-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Students using handheld spectrometers observe gas discharge tubes.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1365\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Departments<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/mscs\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-44272\" src=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-10-164518-300x70.png\" alt=\"A button that says &quot;mathematics&quot; and leads to the Mathematics, Computer Science, and Data Science homepage.\" width=\"115\" height=\"27\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-10-164518-300x70.png 300w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-10-164518.png 742w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 115px) 100vw, 115px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Faculty Mentoring:<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All STEM Education students work closely with two faculty mentors: one in their major field, and a second in Education. Please contact the faculty below with any questions.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Education:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/faculty\/malchow-lloyd-rachel\/\">Rachel Lloyd<\/a><\/strong>, Education Department Chair<\/p>\n<p>&#108;&#x6c;&#111;&#x79;&#100;&#x72;&#64;&#x61;u&#x67;s&#x62;u&#x72;g&#46;&#x65;&#100;&#x75;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Christopher Smith<\/strong>, Faculty Mentor<\/p>\n<p>&#x73;&#x6d;&#x69;&#x74;&#x68;&#99;&#50;&#64;&#97;ugs&#x62;&#x75;&#x72;&#x67;&#x2e;&#x65;&#100;&#117;<\/p>\n<h3>Mathematics:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/faculty\/haines\/\">Matthew Haines<\/a><\/strong>, Professor<\/p>\n<p>&#x68;&#x61;&#105;&#110;e&#x73;&#x40;&#x61;&#117;gs&#x62;&#x75;&#114;&#103;&#46;&#x65;&#x64;&#x75;<\/p>\n<h3>Biology:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/faculty\/bankers\/\">Jennifer Bankers-Fulbright<\/a><\/strong>, Associate Professor<\/p>\n<p>&#x62;&#x61;&#x6e;&#x6b;&#101;&#114;&#115;&#64;a&#x75;&#x67;&#x73;&#x62;&#x75;&#114;&#103;&#46;ed&#x75;<\/p>\n<h3>Physics:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/faculty\/stottrup\/\">Ben Stottrup<\/a><\/strong>, Director of the School of Natural Sciences<\/p>\n<p>&#115;&#x74;o&#x74;&#x74;&#114;&#x75;p&#64;&#x61;&#117;&#x67;s&#98;&#x75;r&#x67;&#46;&#101;&#x64;u<\/p>\n<h3>Chemistry:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Gaby Amberchan<\/strong>, Tenure Track Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<p>&#97;m&#x62;e&#x72;c&#x68;&#97;&#x40;&#97;&#x75;&#103;s&#x62;u&#x72;g&#x2e;&#101;&#x64;&#117;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2026\/08\/genericnoyce.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-44260\" src=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2026\/08\/genericnoyce-300x104.jpg\" alt=\"National Science Foundation - Noyce Logo\" width=\"93\" height=\"32\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2026\/08\/genericnoyce-300x104.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2026\/08\/genericnoyce.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 93px) 100vw, 93px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NSF #2344873; Building Partnerships &amp; Pathways to Elevate STEM Education<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thinking of exploring teaching STEM in the middle school or high school classroom?\u00a0 If so, this page is for you! 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