Margaret Mohr-Schroeder

Dr. Margaret J. Mohr-Schroeder is Vice Provost of Academic Affairs and Innovation and a Professor of STEM Education at Kansas State University. Since the beginning of her academic career in 2006, she has been involved in over 20 million dollars in state, federal, and foundation funding, helping to expand research and broaden participation in STEM Education. She currently serves as the President of School Science and Mathematics Association, the world's longest serving integrated STEM organization. Her research interests include the transdisciplinary nature of STEM education and how they can be applied to innovative preservice teacher education and K12 school models. Further, she investigates ways to broaden participation in STEM, especially of underrepresented populations and the effects these mechanisms have on their STEM literacy. Through her work and the work of her research team, STEM ROCKS, she has had the privilege of witnessing and studying the significant effects dismantling systems and structural barriers in STEM education has on elevating the voices of young people, and empowering them to become societal change agents.