Dr. Amanda (Mandy) Peel is an Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, School of Teacher Preparation, Administration, and Leadership in the College of Health, Education, and Social Transformation at New Mexico State University. She specializes in STEM education and her research focuses on integrating computational thinking into core science classes. She also specializes in leveraging socio-scientific issues, such as genetically modified food and climate change, for culturally relevant science learning. Dr. Peel works with pre-service teachers, in-service teachers, teacher educators, and K-12 students.
Dr. Peel earned a B.S. in Agricultural Biology and a M.S. in Molecular Biology from New Mexico State University. After that, she earned her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with a Science Education emphasis from the University of Missouri. Before returning to NMSU, she was a Postdoctoral Scholar and transitioned to Research Assistant Professor at Northwestern University.
