Kingdom Vision for Kingdom Living
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Background
Natalie S. King, PhD is a three-time graduate of the University of Florida and Associate Professor of Science Education in the Department of Middle and Secondary Education at Georgia State University in Atlanta, GA. Her research focuses on advancing Black girls in STEM education, community-based informal STEM programs, and the role of curriculum in fostering equity in science teaching and learning.
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Research Areas
As a former high school science teacher, Dr. King is passionate about designing holistic curriculum that embraces students’ cultural experiences while preparing them to become productive and critically-conscious citizens in a global society. She firmly believes in STEM for social justice and utilizes an interdisciplinary approach and design thinking to provide authentic and meaningful experiences that promote civic leadership. Through her programs and scholarly work, Dr. King provides a platform for youth voices to be heard and encourages them to work creatively and collaboratively to provide solutions to critical issues within their schools and communities.
Dr. King partners with community-based organizations to provide children with access to comprehensive summer enrichment programs. She offers professional development workshops and curriculum support so that local organizations can deliver high-quality and affordable STEM programs to develop this generation’s scientists, engineers, inventors, entrepreneurs, and mathematicians. She is truly committed to transforming the face of STEM…one community at a time!
Honors & Awards
Invited Speaker, Diversifying the STEM Teacher Network and Preparing a Generation of Innovators to Revolutionize the Workforce. STEAM Leadership Conference. Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (CEISMC). Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA. (2024)
Invited Speaker, A renewed vision for K-12 STEM Education: Disrupting Eurocentric Ideologies to Mobilize an Afrocentric Agenda. CREATE for STEM Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. (2024)
Recipient, Alan T. Waterman Award – the nation’s highest honor for early-career scientists and engineers (Medal and $1 million) National Science Foundation (NSF) Alexandria, Virginia For groundbreaking scholarship in STEM education that transcends disciplinary boundaries and directly impacts local and global communities, and for demonstrating exceptional research achievements with tremendous impact on the advancement of Black girls in science, the use of research-practice partnerships to drive K-12 instruction, and increasing STEM teacher diversity. (2023)
