Golnaz Arastoopour is a graduate student in the Epistemic Games research group at the University of Wisconsin-Madison working on the Nephrotex project. She is interested in how new technologies are effective and increase student engagement in STEM fields.
Background
Before becoming interested in education, Golnaz studied Mechanical Engineering and Spanish at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. While earning her Bachelor’s degree, she worked as a computer science instructor at Campus Middle School for Girls. Along with a team of undergraduates, she headlined a project to develop a unique computer science curriculum for middle school students. She then earned her secondary mathematics teaching certification in New York City at Columbia University. Golnaz then accepted a position teaching mathematics in the Chicago Public School system at Orr Academy High School, an AUSL school. Golnaz is currently working on the Nephrotex project and is interested in how new technologies are effective and increase student engagement in STEM fields.
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007
M.A. Mathematics Education, Columbia University, 2008
Contact Information
Golnaz Arastoopour
Wisconsin Center for Educational Research
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Educational Sciences Bldg
1025 W Johnson St. Room 451
Madison, WI 53706
v: + 1 608 890 3441
e: arastoopour at wisc dot edu
