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Lara Gengarelly
Affiliate Faculty, Leitzel Center
As a UNH Cooperative Extension Science Literacy State Specialist and Affiliate Associate Professor with the Leitzel Center for Mathematics, Science, and Engineering Education, I coordinate and direct STEM education programs for youth and educators (formal and informal), secure grant funding to support statewide K-12 STEM education initiatives, promote partnerships and collaborations among UNH faculty and staff who work on K-12 STEM education initiatives, and carry out applied research in the field of science education, investigating factors that improve K-12 educators’ instructional practice and learners’ science literacy and attitudes toward STEM disciplines.
Research Interests
- Forest Ecology
- Teacher Attitudes
- Teacher Effectiveness
- Teacher training
- The Science of Teaching and Learning