Alison Mercier

Assistant Professor of Elementary Education

Contact

Email: amercier@uwyo.edu
Phone: 307-766-2522
Office: McWhinnie Hall 207

Curriculum Vitae

Education

• Ph.D., Teaching and Learning, University of North Carolina Greensboro, 2020
• M.S., Elementary Curriculum and Instruction, University of North Carolina Greensboro, 2002
• B.S., Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, 2000

Biography

Alison Mercier is an assistant professor of elementary science education who teaches education courses in the School of Teacher Education at the University of Wyoming. Prior to her work at the University of Wyoming, she completed her doctoral research and graduate work at the University of North Carolina Greensboro (UNCG) where she co-led the UNCG STEM Teacher Leader Collaborative and worked as a research associate on Dr. Heidi Carlone’s NSF-funded BRIDGES project focusing on middle-school youth’s identity development and socioenvironmental problem solving. Alison worked as an elementary school and middle school teacher in urban, high-needs schools for 16 years prior to completing her PhD.

Research Interests

• Responsive teacher education and learning environments
• Identity work
• Children's problem solving discourse
• Rural education

Teaching

• EDEL 1200 - Introduction to Elementary Education
• EDEL 1450 - Earth Science in Elementary School
• EDST 3550 - Educational Assessment
• EDEL 3724 - Elementary Science Methods
• EDEL 4409 - Elementary Math/Science Education
• EDEL 4500 - Supervision of Residency in Teaching

Affiliations and Associations

• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• American Education Research Association (AERA)
• European Science Education Research Association (ESERA)
• National Association for Research on Science Teaching (NARST)
• National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
• Science Educators for Equity Diversity and Social Justice (SEEDS)