Mike is a scientist and educator, focusing on how students learn inquiry through visualization and analysis of scientific data. Mike recently received a $1.2 million Robert F. Noyce grant, along with his Education Department colleagues, from the National Science Foundation. The Colorado College Noyce Scholarship Program (CCNSP) focuses on the preparation of culturally responsive science and math teachers. By the end of the five-year project, the CCNSP will support 29 Noyce STEM Teaching Scholars, with nine graduating from the Education Department’s 9th semester Teacher Preparation Program and 20 graduating from the 5th Year Master of Arts in Teaching Program. In addition, the project PIs provide up to 56 semester-long STEM teaching fellowship opportunities to first-years and/or sophomore students. It will also employ 20 STEM first-years and sophomores in summer research fellowships, focusing on both pedagogy and research methods and analysis. Mike is the chair of the Education Department.