Literature Adventures with Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count
Kristin L. Schaefer, Jorge Rosales, Jerrod A. Henderson · 2024
Her Ph.D. research interests are in STEM education, especially with underrepresented students of all ages, STEM mentors, and their motivations and/or persistence.The first part of her career was spent designing residential split system HVAC equipment and Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) unitsfor Trane in Tyler, TX.Kristin has taught about design, engineering, and manufacturing to students of all ages in various places including to preschoolers via Schaefer Engineering's STEM outreach, to senior mechanical engineering undergraduates at TAMU, to eighth graders in KatyISD at Beckendorff Junior High, and to freshmen mixed major undergraduates at UH. Kristin is also the mom of one smart teenage boy whose journey through learning differences and Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) has enabled her to connect with and support students with a broad spectrum of learning preferences.