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Sponsored Research Projects

Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum

Collaborative Research: St. Elmo Brady STEM Academy

Christopher G. Wright, PhD
This project emphasizes youth engineering identity development by designing an approach for capturing and examining the engineering identities offered through the St. Elmo Brady STEM Academy.

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Philadelphia Teacher Residency

Valerie Klein, PhD
Sarah P. Ulrich, PhD

This grant provides tuition and funding support for graduate teacher residents to complete their initial certification and, if interested, a master’s degree, with a focus on increasing the number of certified teachers in Philadelphia.

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Philadelphia Teacher Residency at Drexel

Valerie Klein, PhD
Sarah P. Ulrich, PhD

This project, the Early Educator Certification Initiative (EECI), targets early educators of color, offering a rigorous pathway to certification to increase the number and diversity of certified teachers in Philadelphia.

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Educating the Early Childhood Education Workforce

Michael Haslip, Phd

This project provides scholarships covering 100% of tuition and textbook costs for 10 undergraduate early childhood education workforce students.

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Developing and Validating the QCCP Assessment System

Michael Haslip, PhD

This project aims to enhance children's play engagement and development through the QCCP assessment tool and an online platform for teachers.

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DragonsTeach Recruits Engineering Students to Consider Careers in Teaching

Jason Silverman, PhD
Adam Fontecchio, PhD
Jennifer Stanford, PhD 

Drexel is providing scholarships to engineering students who commit to careers in teaching upon graduation.

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Creating New Pathways in STEM 

Paul Jensen, PhD, Provost
Aroutis Foster, PhD
Stephen Cox 

Drexel leads a new project to help more minority students receive degrees in STEM subjects.

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