People

The Playful Explorations Lab is a collaboration between Jody Clarke-Midura (ITLS) and Jessica Shumway (TEAL). We work with students across all disciplines to design playful STEM learning experiences for elementary classrooms.

The SPARC Math Team

Jessica F. Shumway
Principal Investigator

Associate Professor, Mathematics Education
School of Teacher Education and Leadership
Utah State University

 

Jody Clarke-Midura
Co-Principal Investigator

Associate Professor
Instructional Technology & Learning Sciences
Utah State University

 

Deborah Silvis
Co-Principal Investigator

Assistant Professor, Childhood & Early Childhood Education
School of Education
SUNY Cortland

Boram Lee
Postdoctoral researcher
School of Teacher Education and Leadership & Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences
Utah State University

Ariel Han
Postdoctoral researcher
Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences
Utah State University

Anahita Ashineh
Graduate Research Assistant
Doctoral Student, Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences
College of Education
Utah State University

 

Camille Lund
Graduate Research Assistant
Doctoral Student, Mathematics Education
School of Teacher Education and Leadership
Utah State University

Sina Zandi
Sina Zandi
Graduate Research Assistant
Doctoral Student, Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences
College of Education
Utah State University



Joseph Kozlowski, PhD
Design Team
2nd Grade Teacher
Edith Bowen Laboratory School

Doralice Dias
Design Team
2nd Grade Teacher, Portuguese Dual Language Immersion
Logan City School District

Alicia Cortes
Design Team
1st Grade Teacher, Spanish Dual Language Immersion
Logan City School District

Ana Navarro
Design Team
2nd Grade Teacher, Spanish Dual Language Immersion
Logan City School District

Cristiana Earl-Soares
Design Team
1st Grade Teacher, Portuguese Dual Language Immersion
Logan City School District

Makayla Rogers
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Civil Engineering
Utah State University

Former Members

Program Ambassador
Doctor of Philosophy
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PEL
itls
Katarina Pantic

Katarina Pantic

Instructor and Research Assistant

katarina.pantic@aggiemail.usu.edu

T2S
PEL
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Frederick Poole

Frederick Poole

Graduate Research Assistant

frederick.poole@aggiemail.usu.edu

PEL
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Vincent Sun

Vincent Sun



 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

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