Dr. Suparna Chatterjee is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, and her scholarship reflects her interest in working at the intersections of STEM education, teacher education, and technology focusing on instructional design for transformative teaching and learning. Her area of specialization includes science education, educational technology, and culturally relevant, responsive, and sustaining pedagogies. Currently she is engaged in creating STEM classrooms for equity and exploring the application of generative artificial intelligence tools in educational context.
Education Background
Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction (Concentration: Learning Design and Technology), New Mexico State University
M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction, New Mexico State University
Ph.D. in Science (Concentration: Microbiology), Jadavpur University, India
M. S. in Physiology, The University of Calcutta, India
B. Ed. in Science Education, The University of Burdwan, India
B.S. in Physiology (Honors), The University of Burdwan, India
Select Publications
Parra, J. & Chatterjee, S. (2024). Social media and artificial intelligence: Critical conversations
and where do we go from here? Education Sciences 14(1), 68.
https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/14/1/68
Chatterjee, S. & Parra, J. (2022). Undergraduate students engagement in formal and informal
learning: Applying the community of inquiry framework. Journal of Educational
Technology Systems, 50(3), 327-355. https://doi.org/10.1177/00472395211062552
Parra, J., Chatterjee, S., Alzaid, A., & Korang, T. (2022). Designing activities for online
geography courses with the community of inquiry framework. The Geography Teacher
19(3), 102-112. https://doi.org/10.1080/19338341.2022.2077799
Chatterjee, S. (2021). A primer for transitioning to online science labs: “Identifying potential
types of guidance for supporting student inquiry when using virtual and remote labs in
science”. Educational Technology Research and Development, 69, 249-253.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-020-09906-x
Parra, J., Chatterjee, S., Alzaid, A., & Korang, T. (2024). TPACK, Twitter and online course
design. R. A. González Lezcano & Ş. Orakci (Ed.), Innovation trends and educational
technology in higher education. Information Age Publishing.
Chatterjee, S. & Parra, J. (2022). Using Twitter for engagement and student-centered design in
online Teacher Preparation courses. In E. Baumgartner, R. Kaplan-Rakowski, R.E. Ferdig,
R. Hartshorne, & C. Mouza (Ed.), A Retrospective of Teaching, Technology, and Teacher
Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Association for the Advancement of
Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved September 17, 2022 from
https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/221522/.
Chatterjee, S., & Parra, J. (2020). Innovative design revisions on an undergraduate technology
integration course for K-12 preservice teachers. In R. E. Ferdig et al. (Eds.), Teaching,
Technology, and Teacher Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Stories from the
Field (pp. 331-441). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education
(AACE). Retrieved June 16, 2020 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/216903/.
