Catching up with Dr. Brittany Garvin

Two-volume series spotlights science education researchers across the African Diaspora—and challenges institutions to build lasting academic “homes.”

Dr. Brittany Garvin is celebrating a milestone that blends scholarship with deep personal meaning. As co-editor of the two-volume series Creating and Maintaining a Home in Science Education Research: Voices Across the African Diaspora, Garvin and contributors from across the globe explore what it means to make—and defend—a “home” in science education research. The series centers Black and African Diaspora scholars as knowledge producers, highlights justice-oriented approaches to STEM teaching and learning, and offers insight for institutions seeking to strengthen teacher preparation and STEM literacy.