Our Team

Jon Griffith is an education and outreach associate and curriculum designer at CIRES. Jon is a geologist and a former middle school life and physical science teacher with expertise in Model-Based Inquiry instructional design and phenomenon-based learning. 

Kristin Hunter-Thomson

Kristin has worked in science and science education for close to 20 years in various locations around the U.S. and abroad. She pulls from her middle/high school science teaching as well as undergraduate teaching background, her experience in formal and informal education (K-grey), her training in marine science, and her training in program evaluation to oversee the growth and development of Dataspire Education & Evaluation, LLC.

Annette Brickley

As a science education consultant, Annette seeks opportunities to work closely with single communities of teachers, being able to work with them over time, from the early grades of developing “numeracy” and “science talk” to the middle and higher grades, developing their practices as evidence-based thinkers, problem solvers and communicators.

Annette see and think about data whether she is drinking her morning coffee, scanning various e-news sources; running with her dog listening to a podcast; or looking at the weather forecast for a hiking or cross-country skiing adventure.

Anne is the director for the CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation (CEEE). A climate scientist by training, she now focuses on science education for educators, students and the general public around climate, water, polar regions and general geoscience education.

Melissa is an assistant professor in the University of Colorado Boulder School of Education who co-developed the Ambitious Science Teaching framework. Her research aims to understand more about how teachers learn to teach science.

Kerri is a researcher in the University of Colorado Boulder School of Education and Institute of Cognitive Science. She serves as a curriculum designer, professional development provider, and classroom culture specialist on the CU Boulder InquiryHub team.

Ami is the marketing communications specialist for CIRES CEEE and Western Water Assessment. Prior to this, she was the Outreach and Engagement Director at the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research and she is currently a member of both the Media and Climate Change Observatory (MeCCO) and Inside the Greenhouse projects.

Christine Okochi is a program evaluator at CIRES CEEE. Prior to this, Christine was a Middle School ESL and science teacher. She enjoys collaborating with scientists, educators, and community members to explore how we can improve science education programs and practices.

Alyse Thurber is an education and outreach associate and curriculum designer at CIRES CEEE. She is a former high school life and environmental science teacher.

Joshua M. Rosenberg (PhD, Michigan State University) is an Associate Professor of STEM education and a Faculty Fellow for the Center for Enhancing Education in Mathematics and Sciences at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He is also a Faculty Fellow (in data science) for the College of Emerging and Collaborative Studies. He studies the use of data in education, especially in STEM education contexts. Specifically, he works in the context of two disciplines: educational data science, a research methods-focused discipline using newer data sources and methods to study teaching, learning, and educational systems, and data science education, a discipline focused on supporting educators and learners to use digital data sources and technologies.