Dr. Kristin Searle (she/her) Associate Professor EDUC 209 (435) 797-5789 kristin.searle@usu.edu https://profile.usu.edu/itls/images/people/kristin-searle.jpeg <p>Kristin Searle loves to embrace all the Logan area has to offer, especially skiing and mountain biking.</p> <p> Kristin’s research focuses on broadening the participation of females and minorities in STEM, with a focus on how to design learning activities that align with participants gendered and cultural identities. She works across formal K-12 and informal educational spaces.</p> <p> Kristin has worked with Indigenous communities for over a decade. One of her favorite parts of her time at USU has been building relationships with Indigenous-serving high schools in Southern Utah. Her new undergraduate course, Technology, Games, and Culture will take a deeper look at the significance of gender, race, and ethnicity in games and other technologies.</p> <p> Kristin works on her research projects with students at the PhD, Master’s, and undergraduate levels who are first-time researchers. Working with her, students will develop a strong grounding in sociocultural theory, learn how to collect and analyze qualitative data, and how to work with communities (rather than conducting research on communities).</p> </p>Not accepting PhD students for the 2027-2028 academic year https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=braHl9EAAAAJ&hl=en Google Scholar