Janelle M. Johnson, Ph.D.
Professor, STEM Education
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Janelle M. Johnson is the Director of the Colorado STEM Ecosystem and Professor of STEM Education at Metropolitan State University of Denver. She has been the PI on four NSF grants and is the co-editor of STEM21: Equity in Teaching and Learning to Meet Global Challenges of Standards, Engagement, and Transformation (2018). Her professional development with educators and STEM providers helps develop non-deficit lenses while centering the needs of learners who have been less engaged with STEM. She taught Math and Earth Science to students in Guatemala and in Arizona for eight years and her dissertation research with Indigenous teachers in Guatemala and Mexico examined the outcomes of US-based professional development.
Blog Posts
Supporting Teachers’ Asset-Based Orientations through Focal Students | January 22, 2025
