FACULTY VITA SUMMARY
BRENDA M. CAPOBIANCO, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor of Science Education
Appointed August 12, 2002
1. Academic Record
Ed.D.
M.S.
B.S.
University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2002, Teacher Education & School
Improvement, Science Education
Central Connecticut State University, 1998, General Science
University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1988, Biology
2. Professional Experience [May extend beyond three years]
2002-present
2002-present
2002-present
1998-2002
1995-1998
1989-1998
Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
Science Education
School of Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Associated Faculty
Women’s Studies
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Affiliated Faculty
Gifted Education Research Institute
School of Education
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Research Assistant, University Supervisor of Science & Math
Student Teachers, Teaching Assistant
School of Education
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Adjunct Instructor
Department of Physical Sciences
Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT
Science Teacher
Irving A. Robbins Middle School, Farmington, CT
3. Teaching Assignments [Limit to years noted below]
Academic Year
Course Prefix/Number/*Title
Credit Hours
2002 - present
3 Credit Hrs.
2003 - Fall
EDCI 365/Teaching Science in the Elementary
School
EDCI 517/Survey in Science Education
2002
EDCI 622 /Seminar in Science Education
3 Credit Hrs.
*Supervise Only
**Summer School Assignment
3 Credit Hrs.
4. Selected/Current Publications and Scholarly Activities
Davis, K., Feldman, A., Irwin, C., Pedevillano, D., Capobianco, B., Weiss, T., & Bray, P.
(in press). Wearing the letter jacket: Legitimate participation in a collaborative science,
mathematics, engineering, & technology education reform project. School Science and
Mathematics.
Other non-refereed practitioner journals
Capobianco, B. (1992). Pet profiles from a living laboratory. Celebration of
excellence: A salute to Connecticut Public School Teachers, 6, 48-49.
Capobianco, B. (1996). Horizon 2000: Preparing young women for the 21st Century.
Celebration of excellence: A salute to Connecticut Public School Teachers, 10, 54-55.
Feldman, A., & Capobianco, B. M. (October, 2000). Action research in science
education. ERIC Digest: Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics, and Environmental
Education [SE 064 309]. Available: http://www.ericse.org/digests/dse00-01.html
Technical reports
Feldman, A. and Capobianco, B. (1999). STEMTEC Evaluation Report Fall 1998.
Amherst, MA: STEMTEC.
Capobianco, B. (2000). Smith College Summer Science Program for High School
Female Students 2000 Evaluation Report. Northampton, MA: Smith College.
Capobianco, B. (2000). Smith College Picker Engineering Program Year 1
Evaluation Report Fall 2000. Northampton, MA: Smith College.
Capobianco, B. (2001). STEMTEC Evaluation Report Summer/Fall 2001Teacher
Certification Program. Amherst, MA: STEMTEC.
Videos
Sadker, D., Capobianco, B., Makley, M., & Crane, K. (1999). Gender Equity in the
Classroom. WGBY Springfield, Massachusetts.
5. Selected/Current External and Internal Grants
External
National Science Foundation, Division of Human Resources and Development, The
Small Group Mathematical Modeling Approaches to Improved Gender Equity in
Engineering (SGMM) Project, January 12, 2001 through June 27, 2004, $1,200,00]
Internal
* Supervise Only
** Summer School Assignment
2
P3T3 Purdue University Faculty Mini-Grant, Integrating instructional technology in
elementary science education, January 5, 2003 through May 5, 2003, $1,000
6. Selected/Current University Related Assignments, Activities, and Service
Related assignments
Affiliated Faculty of Women’s Studies
Associated Faculty of the Gifted Education Research Institute
Member of the Department of Curriculum & Instruction Faculty Affairs
Committee
Member of the Science Education Committee
Member of the Elementary Education Committee
Related activities
Science Education Faculty Advisor for the Engineering Projects in Community
Service (EPICS)
Science Education Faculty Advisor for the Mathematics Education Research
Group
Major professor and advisor of 13 dissertation committees and 7 masters
committees
7. Selected/Current Professional and Academic Association Memberships
American Association of University Women, 1990 - present
American Educational Research Association, 2000 - present
Member, Action Research Special Interest Group, 2001 - present
Member, Teacher as Researcher Special Interest Group, 2001 – present
Association for the Education of Teachers in Science, 2001 – present
Member, Equity Committee, 2002 - present
Association for Gender Equity Leadership in Education, 2000 - present
Chair, Gender and Science Committee, 2001
Hoosier Association of Science Teachers, Inc., 2002 - present
National Association of Research in Science Teaching, 1999 – present
Member, Practitioner Research Ad-hoc Committee, 2001 – present
National Science Teachers Association, 1989 - present
8. Selected/Current Professional Assignments, Activities, and Service
Reviewer, International Journal of Teaching and Teacher Education, October, 2002 –
present
Reviewer, Paper proposals for AERA Division K – Teaching and Teacher Education:
Science and Mathematics Teaching
Reviewer, Paper proposals for AERA Special Interest Groups – Action Research and
Teacher as Researcher, 2000 – present
Reviewer, Paper proposals for NARST Strand 6 – Cultural, Social, and Gender
Issues, 2000 - present
* Supervise Only
** Summer School Assignment
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