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Dr. Liza Finkel, PhD, is associate dean of the Graduate School of Education and a professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at PSU. She has coordinated the Bilingual Teacher Pathway (BTP) program and recruited and trained bilingual classroom assistants to become licensed teachers in Portland Public Schools. Her background is in geological sciences with bachelor's and master's degrees from George Washington University and the University of Michigan. She holds a PhD in curriculum and instruction (science education), from the University of Wisconsin.

Role with the Center for Science Education:
GSE Liasion to the CSE, co-PI on Noyce grant, Noyce research group leader
Office Location and Hours:  ED 608F (by appointment)
Phone: 503-725-9656
Email: efinkel@pdx.edu

Degrees:

BS Geology, George Washington University

MS Geological Sciences, University of Michigan

PhD Science Education, University of Wisconsin--Madison

Research Interests:

Teacher education, science education, science teaching, gender and science education

Current Projects/Grant Funded Work:

Noyce

Recent Publications and Presentations:

Publications:

• Finkel, Liza, section editor (2007).  Accommodating Student Diversity within Inquiry.  In:  Abrams, Eleanor, Southerland, Sherry, & Silva, Peggy, Eds., Inquiry in the Classroom:  Challenges and Opportunities. Greenwich, CT:  Information Age Publishing.
• Finkel, Liza (2007), Inquiry Based Instruction and Diverse Learners.  In:  Abrams, Eleanor, Southerland, Sherry, & Silva, Peggy, Eds. Inquiry in the Classroom:  Challenges and Opportunities.  Greenwich, CT:  Information Age Publishing.
• Eisenhart, M. & Finkel, E. (1998).  Women's Science:  Learning and Succeeding from the Margins.  Chicago, IL:  The University of Chicago Press.

Presentations:

• Finkel, Liza and Shusterman, Gwen, (2011).  The Use of Critical Friends Groups to Enhance Teaching and Learning.  Presented at the Northwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Portland, OR.
• Chaille, Christine, De la Cruz, Emily, Nordhoff, Karen, and Finkel, Liza (2011). The role of faculty in developing partnerships to improve clinical experiences: Balancing cohesion and experimentation in a teacher education program.  Presented at the Annual Conference of the American Association for Colleges of Teacher Education, San Diego, CA.
• Finkel, Liza and Esparza-Brown, Julie (2010). Preparing a Diverse Teacher Workforce to Teach in Diverse Classrooms.  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Council of the Great City Schools, Tampa, FL.
• Bryce, JG, Finkel L, Froburg, E, Graham, K, Hale, S, Johnson, JE, Varner, RK, and Von Damm, KL, (2008).  An Inquiry Approach to Fostering Stronger Earth Science Backgrounds in Current and Future Middle and High School Science Teachers: Research Techniques as Mechanisms of Teaching Time Scales and Systems Interactions in the Earth System.  Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.
• Johnson, J, Varner, RK, Bryce, J, Finkel, L, Froburg, E, Graham, K, Hale, SR, and Von Damm, K, (2008).  Teachers as Researchers:  Using Estuarine Processes to Learn and Teach Earth System Interactions.  Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.
• Varner, Ruth; Graham, Karen; Bryce, Julia; Finkel, Liza; Froburg, Erik; Hale, Stephen R; Johnson, Joel; and von Damm, Karen (2008, December).  UNH’s Transforming Earth System Science Education (TESSE) Program.  Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.
• Andrew, Michael D.; Fletcher, S.; and Finkel, Liza (2008, February).   Accreditation with Integrity.  Invited presentation given at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, New Orleans, LA.
• Finkel, Liza; Varner, Ruth; Froburg, Erik; Smith, Melissa; Graham, Karen; Hale, Steven R.; Guertin, Laura;  Brown, David; Bryce, Julia; Darwish, Abdalla; Furman, Tanya; Johnson, Joel;  Porter, William; and von Damm, Karen (2007, December).   Supporting Inquiry-based Earth System Science Instruction with Middle and High School Earth Science Teachers.  Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.
• Varner, Ruth; Furman, Tanya; Porter, William; Darwish, Abdalla; Graham, Karen; Bryce, Julia; Brown, David; Finkel, Liza; Froburg, Erik; Guertin, Laura; Hale, Stephen R.; Johnson, Joel; and von Damm, Karen (2007, December).  Providing Authentic Research Experiences for Pre-Service Teachers through UNH’s Transforming Earth System Science Education (TESSE) Program. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.