Achievements

Selene in the News

• Fox Local News Segment
• Science Teacher Awarded Albert Einstein Distinguished Educators Fellowship
• Doctoral student selected as Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow
• Accomplished Class of STEM Teachers Selected as Albert Einstein Educator Fellows

Professional Memberships & Committee Work

• Association for Science Teacher Education
  • Graduate Student Representative – Oversight Committee 2022 – 2023
  • Vice President of Graduate Forum, 2021
  • Conference Proposal Reviewer, 2018 – Current
• NARST : A worldwide organization for improving science teaching and learning through research
  • NARST Equity and Ethics Committee – 2022 Jhumki Basu Scholar Awardee
• Science Educators for Equity and Social Justice
  • OpenSciEd SEEDS Grant Recepient 2022-2023
  • Social Media and Website Committee 2020 – 2022
• National Science Teacher Association
  • Appointed Member of the Equity and Ethics Committee
  • Science Scope Publication Reviewer, 2018 – current

Graduate-Level Research

Vomvoridi-Ivanovic, E., Lane, T., Ahmad, S., Willis, SY., Cain, L., Gaines. J., Novice Mathematics and Science Teachers and the Engineering Design Process (Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings, American Educational Research Association; Virtual, April 2021)

Willis, S., Lane, TB., Vomvoridi-Ivanovic, E., Ahmad, S., Gaines. J., Muhammad, A., Young Adolescent Perceptions of Engineers Within a Culturally Responsive Summer Intervention Program (Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings – American Society for Engineering Education; Virtual, June 2020)

Morgan, K., Lane, T. B., Hutchful, J., Clarke, J., Willis, SY., Rivera, C. (2020). Transitioning, belonging, and the Black student experience: A phenomenological study. The Journal of College Orientation, Transition, and Retention, 27(1). https://doi.org/10.24926/jcotr.v27i1.2209

Lane, T., Gaines. J., Vomvoridi-Ivanovic, E., Willis, SY., Ahmad, S., Morgan, K., Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in an Engineering Summer Intervention Program (Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings – American Society for Engineering Education; Tampa Florida, June 2019)

Lane, T., Gaines. J., Vomvoridi-Ivanovic, E., Willis, SY., Ahmad, S., Morgan, K., Teacher Perceptions of Incorporating Engineering Design in Mathematics and Science Instruction (Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings – American Society for Engineering Education; Tampa Florida, June 2019)

Other Noteworthy Projects

• Co-Director of Fi Wi Sinting Foundation  in Jamaica W.I.
• Undergraduate Research:
  1. Cyclin A1/CDK2 Triggers Apoptosis in Early Xenopus Laevis Embroyos ( Under Dr. Jill Sible at Virginia Tech)
  2. Metabolomics for Systems Biology and Gene Function & Elucidation (Under Dr. Shulaev at Virginia Tech)