Chandra Orrill
Fall River, MA, Massachusetts, United
States of America
I am a mathematics educator interested in
elementary and middle school who also does
research on computational thinking.
Experience
University of Massachusetts
Dartmouth
Professor / January, 2010 —
Present
Director - Kaput Center for
Research & Innovation in
STEM Education / July, 2017 —
Present
Chair - Department of STEM
Education & Teacher
Development / July, 2013 —
June, 2017
University of Georgia
Research Scientist / September, 2000 —
December, 2010
Ohio University
Assistant Professor / September, 1999 —
August, 2000
Research Expertise
Education
Developmental and Educational
Psychology
About
My work is primarily focused on how
teachers learn about and understand
the content they teach. My work has
been primarily with upper elementary
and middle school teachers in the
areas of mathematics and computational
thinking. I got into this field
because of my interest in educational
technology and in school reform. My
work has focused on investigating how
teachers understand the content they
teach, how to design effective
professional development to support
them, and how to assess their
learning. All of this is with an eye
toward how students learn and how we
can build better schools to support
learning. I am also a certified
running coach (UESCA) and personal
trainer (NASM) with a particular
interest in women's physiology as it
relates to running -- particularly in
the menopausal and perimenopausal
phases. I am interested in working on
projects that are focused on improving
education - particularly math
education, but also education more
broadly. I am also interested in
projects that relate to my interest in
women running.