Recent Graduate, Adronisha Frazier, PhD, Selected as a STEM Student Success Post-Doctoral Fellow at University of Minnesota-Duluth
Adronisha T. Frazier, PhD, has been selected as a STEM Student Success Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Minnesota – Duluth. Frazier earned her doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction with a focus on Science Education in December 2023. Selection of STEM Student Success Postdoctoral Fellowships was highly competitive and Frazier was selected from a field of potential candidates. Frazier will resign her position as Assistant Professor of Biology at Northshore Technical Community College (NTCC) and as the Natural Sciences Department Chair, and she will assume her postdoctoral fellowship in July 1, 2024.
Dr. Margaret-Mary Sulentic Dowell, Cecil “Pete” Taylor Endowed Professor in the Lutrill & Pearl Payne School of Education and Director of the LSU Writing Project, served as Frazier’s major professor. Sulentic Dowell shared, “Adronisha is poised and ready for this fellowship experience. I am very excited for her but not surprised; she was an exceptional doctoral candidate. Adronisha is the epitome of a changemaker.” During Frazier’s PhD journey, she published and was selected as an Open Education Resource (OER) Fellow, sponsored by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Frazier was also the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Young Ambassador to Louisiana from 2021 through 2023. Frazier earned her BA in biological science and her Master of Arts in biological sciences from Southeastern University. While earning her PhD, she also earned a Masters in Applied Research, Measurement & Evaluation from LSU, indicative of her dive, work ethic, and never-ending quest for knowledge.
The research-focused fellowship aligns with Frazier’ research agenda which includes creating and implementing engaging STEM content for secondary and higher education to improve scientific literacy and underrepresented groups in science education. “I am incredibly honored to receive this award,” Frazier stated. “It is significant as I continue my career as a researcher.“
"We are very proud of this accomplishment and Adronisha’s steady progress in her career," Eugene Kennedy, Interim Director of the Lutrill & Pearl Payne School of Education said. "Congratulations, Adronisha!"
About Lutrill and Pearl Payne LSU School of Education (SOE)
A school of the College of Human Sciences & Education, the SOE offers undergraduate
programs for students who want to pursue a career as a pre-kindergarten through 12th
grade teacher or acquire dual certification in both traditional elementary and special
education classrooms. Besides providing graduate certification in Instructional Coaching,
educational technology, and urban & community education, the SOE offers a writing pedagogy minor, and a master’s degree in arts, arts in teaching, education (MEd), education in counseling
(MEd), certificate of education specialist (EdS) and PhD. The School’s mission is
to prepare educational professionals to be leaders, practitioners, and scholars knowledgeable
in contemporary educational issues.
Visit the LSU Lutrill & Pearl Payne School of Education website.
About LSU College of Human Sciences & Education (CHSE)
The College of Human Sciences & Education (CHSE) is a nationally accredited division
of Louisiana State University. The college is comprised of the School of Education,
the School of Information Studies, the School of Kinesiology the School of Leadership
& Human Resource Development, and the School of Social Work. CHSE has two model demonstration
schools, the Early Childhood Education Laboratory Preschool, enrolling birth to age
four and the University Laboratory School enrolling Kindergarten through grade 12.
The college also has four centers and institutes: the Early Childhood Education Institute,
the Healthy Aging Research Center, the Leadership Development Institute, and Social
Research & Evaluation Center. The college is committed to achieving the highest standards
in teaching, research, and service and is committed to improving quality of life across
the lifespan.
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