College of Education Administration

Research Interests: K-16 Earth systems education: Cory Forbes is the Associate Dean for Research and the Fenton Wayne Robnett Endowed Professor of Science Education in the College of Education at the University of Texas at Arlington. Forbes holds a B.S. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and M.S. in Science Education from the University of Kansas and M.S. in Natural Resources and Ph.D. in Science Education from the University of Michigan. His teaching and research efforts focus on STEM education in K-12 and undergraduate STEM contexts. He directs multiple externally-funded projects involving STEM curriculum development, assessment design and testing, professional development for K-12 STEM teachers, and classroom-based research on STEM teaching and learning that are based in regional, national, and international partnerships with education researchers, STEM faculty, K-12 teachers, and stakeholders. Forbes is a NARST Early Career Research Awardee and Fulbright Faculty Scholar.

Bio: Robin Jocius is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and an Associate Professor of Literacy Studies in the College of Education. Her interdisciplinary research focuses on teacher learning and children and adolescents’ interactions with digital media and she has collaborated on several grants to support teachers in integrating making and computational thinking into their classrooms. Her teaching and research interests include teacher professional development, computer science education, multimodal composing, and Making.