Congratulations to Curriculum and Instruction assistant professor Christina Krist, who was selected to receive the NARST 2023 Early Career Research Award (ECRA). This honor recognizes Krist’s professional accomplishments as the most significant among other researchers nominated for the ECRA this year.
Krist has moved the field in new directions by showing how to make science teaching and learning more meaningful, humane, and just. Her work has advanced the understanding of how students and teachers can participate in epistemically rich and equitable science. Her analysis of epistemic and relational dimensions of classroom interactions has made substantial and unique contributions to the science education community. Additionally, her research has generated methodological approaches using computational tools for qualitative analysis. This line of research illustrates the innovative nature of her work and is critical for making computational processes ethical and transparent. Her high-quality theories, methodological approaches, and findings have meaningfully impacted the national and international research communities. DKrist’s focus on supporting humanizing classroom interactions and developing ethical methodologies will lead to advancing science teaching and learning in critical ways for years to come.
Since 1928, NARST has promoted research in science education and the communication of knowledge generated by research. The ultimate goal of NARST is to help all learners achieve science literacy. NARST promotes this goal by: 1) encouraging and supporting the application of diverse research methods and theoretical perspectives from multiple disciplines to the investigation of teaching and learning in science; 2) communicating science education research findings to researchers, practitioners, and policy makers; and 3) cooperating with other educational and scientific societies to influence educational policies.
