I'm a skilled, seasoned science teacher, focusing on curriculum design of modeling-based inquiry and facilitation of students' critical deliberations and scientific argumentation.I am an accomplished qualitative researcher who is adept at navigating IRB approval, participant recruitment and enrollment, interviewing, document analysis, inductive and deductive coding, and communicating findings extemporaneously and in clear, compelling writing.I am experienced and well-read across many fields tying together science education, teacher education, science and technology studies, and democratic schooling.My research and teaching interests are all about science education in support of democracy. What do students need to learn about science for them to be better democratic citizens? More broadly, what does science have to do with democracy? How can schools better support students learning to be democratic citizens in matters of science? What role could schools have in improving the relationship between science and the public?