Faculty Profiles

2023

• Close, Eleanor W (Principal), Strickland, Sharon K (Co-Principal), Luxford, Cynthia J (Co-Principal), Van Overschelde, James P (Co-Principal), Collins, Kristina Henry (Co-Principal), Close, Hunter G (Supporting). Preparing Engaged STEM Teachers through Multi-level Peer Mentoring and Early Teaching Experiences, National Science Foundation Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program, Federal, $1200000. (Submitted: August 31, 2022, Funded: June 15, 2023 - June 14, 2028). Grant.

2020

• Feng, Li (Principal), Close, Hunter Garth (Co-Principal). Collaborative Research: Retention, Persistence, Effectiveness of STEM Teachers in High-need School Districts--An Investigation of the NSF Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship, National Science Foundation, Federal, $1160761. (Submitted: August 28, 2019, Funded: September 1, 2020 - August 31, 2024). Grant.

2017

• Close, Hunter Garth (Principal). Programming for physics students using GlowScript Blocks, Instructional Technologies Support, Texas State University, $5000. (Funded: March 2017 - October 2017). Grant.
• Roundtree, Aimee (Principal), Zong, Ziliang (Co-Principal), Close, Hunter (Co-Principal), Collins, Kristina (Co-Principal), Guirguis, Mina (Supporting), Kim, MiHyun (Supporting). Coding Across the Disciplines: Computer Science Collaborative in Texas, WeTeach CS Program at UT Austin’s Center for STEM Education, State, $100000. (Funded: January 13, 2017 - August 15, 2017). Grant.

2016

• Close, Eleanor W (Principal), Close, Hunter Garth (Co-Principal), Huling, Leslie L (Co-Principal), Ortiz, Araceli Martinez (Co-Principal), Luxford, Cynthia J (Co-Principal). Responsive, Attentive, Dialogic, and InterActive Noyce Scholars Project, National Science Foundation, Federal, $1254627. (Funded: June 1, 2016 - May 31, 2023). Grant.
• Roundtree, Aimee Kendall (Co-Principal), Close, Hunter Garth (Co-Principal). Computer Modeling and Visualization App for Science Teachers and Students, Speed Networking for Research Multidisciplinary Team Incentive, Texas State University, $2200. (Funded: 2016 - Present). Grant.
• Close, Hunter Garth (Co-Principal), Donnelly, David (Co-Principal). Collaborative Research: Understanding Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Outcomes in Texas, National Science Foundation, Federal, $49998. (Funded: July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2019). Grant.

2015

• Close, Hunter Garth (Principal), Close, Eleanor W (Co-Principal). PhysTEC Comprehensive Site, American Physical Society, Federal, $300000. (Funded: August 1, 2015 - July 31, 2018). Grant.

2013

• Close, Hunter (Principal), Close, Eleanor (Co-Principal), Donnelly, David (Co-Principal), Mount, Jennifer (Co-Principal), Smith, Philip (Principal). Communities and Pathways: Cultivating Science Educator Identity for Undergraduates through an Inclusive Physics Learning Assistant Program and Alignment of STEM Degrees with Teacher Certifications, National Science Foundation, Other, $350000. (Submitted: January 1, 2013, Funded: January 1, 2013 - December 1, 2014). Grant.

2012

• Close, Hunter (Principal). Tech2Teach: Developing Institutional Commitment to STEM Teacher Preparation, Funding Source not specified, Other, $300000. (Submitted: September 1, 2012, Funded: September 1, 2012 - August 1, 2014). Grant.

2008

• Close, Eleanor (Co-Principal), Close, Hunter (Principal). Honing diagnostic practice: Toward a new model of teacher professional preparation and development, Funding Source not specified, Other, $3700000. (Submitted: September 1, 2008, Funded: September 1, 2008 - August 1, 2013). Grant.

2005

• Close, Hunter (Principal), Close, Eleanor (Principal). Improving the Effectiveness of Teacher Diagnostic Skills and Tools (G)(NSF ESI 0455796), Private / Foundation / Corporate, $1500000. (Submitted: April 1, 2005, Funded: April 1, 2005 - March 10, 2010). Grant.

• Close, Hunter (Principal). National dissemination of transformative experiences of Physics Learning Assistants, Center for Scholarship and Faculty Development, Seattle Pacific University, Institutional (Higher Ed), $4000. (Submitted: January 1, 2010). Grant.
• Close, Hunter (Principal). Professional Teachers of Science, Department of Education through OSPI, Olympia, Washington, Title II B Math and Science 0555312, Institutional (Higher Ed), $1000000. (Submitted: January 1, 2007). Grant.