Dr. Carmen Fies
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Dr. Carmen Fies
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Dr. Carmen Fies has a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Texas at Austin. She received her BS and Master degree from the University of Texas at San Antonio. Dr. Fies serves as Associate Professor at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). Her research, teaching, and service are focused on holistically situated STEM Education as it takes place in diverse settings and with diverse learners.
She is the Professor-in-Residence at the newly founded UTSA Lab School, created in partnership with San Antonio ISD and the CAST Tech High School. Her prior work in innovative and technology-mediated education, and in broadening participation of groups underrepresented in STEM fields includes the range of formal to informal models of education, and reaches across the span of childhood to adult learning.