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Faculty Member, College of Education - Teacher Education
University of California, Berkeley, Graduate School of Education
About
Dr. Svihla is an assistant professor in Teacher Education at the University of New Mexico. She received an M.S. in Geology (2003) and a Ph.D. in Science Education (2009) from The University of Texas at Austin. Vanessa has taught high school environmental science in the Philippines as a Peace Corps Volunteer, and at the University of Texas, she taught in the geology department and in the natural sciences teacher education program, UTeach. She helped draft the successful grant extending the UTeach program into engineering. She was a visiting intern at the University of Washington Learning in Informal and Formal Environments (LIFE) Center and most recently a post doc at in the Graduate School of Education at UC Berkeley, where she designed and researched assessment integrated within science learning and co-taught video analysis. She serves as the 2011-2012 chair of the AERA special interest group, Learning Sciences. Dr. Svihla applies integrated methods (qualitative analysis, statistical modeling, temporal analysis, and network analysis) towards understanding complex learning in natural settings.
Contact Information
| Address: | Teacher Education |
| Telephone: |
505-277-0263 |
