Research Assistant Professor
Lynnette Michaluk is a social scientist in the Center for Excellence in STEM Education. Her research focuses on broadening participation of students underrepresented in STEM. She supports STEM faculty in education plan development, social sciences research methods, proposal writing, and conducts program evaluations. She contributed to the preparation of more than 98 National Science Foundation, Department of Education, National Institutes of Health, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and foundation grant proposals, resulting in more than $34.5 million in funding.
Current Research Projects
National Science Foundation (NSF) Secure and Upgrade Computer Science in Classrooms through an Ecosystem with Scalability & Sustainability (SUCCESS). This Research Practice Partnership designed and is extending an ecosystem of people, programs, knowledge, and resources to provide Computer Science and Data Science education and related career counseling to West Virginia’s Raleigh County middle schools. I am the Primary Investigator and Research Scientist and conduct quantitative and qualitative data analysis and work with other senior personnel to coordinate data collection across sites.
NSF BCSER-IID: Undergraduate Knowledge of the Mathematics Graduate School Application Process (Knowledge-GAP). Project goals include broadening participation of students underrepresented in graduate mathematics by providing information to departments to help them support undergraduate students interested in applying to mathematics graduate programs. NSF Knowledge-Gap Award Information
NSF BCSER Effective Strategies to Recruit Underserved Students to Baccalaureate Engineering Success and Transition Programs (Recruit-BEST). Bridge programs struggle to recruit students from underrepresented groups. This project is identifying sustainable strategies to recruit these students. NSF Recruit-BEST Award Information
Current Evaluation Projects
Virginia Space Grant Consortium National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Space Grant Plant the Moon Challenge
Space Grant K-12 Inclusiveness and Diversity in STEM (SG KIDS)
Lead Evaluator, NASA Space Grant Consortium Evaluation Cohort (AL, DC, DE, KS, KY, LA, NV, OH, WV)
NSF EPSCoR RII Track 2 FEC: Enabling Factory to Factory (F2F) Networking for Future Manufacturing
NSF S-STEM Pathways to Academic Student Success for Biology Majors (PASS)
US Department of Education Strengthening Potomac State College by Increasing Student Engagement and Persistence Through Investing in Course Evaluation & Redesign, Academic Advising, Career Services, Diversity Programming, & Endowment Funds
6 NSF CAREER and 1 NSF RIEF Awards