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Biography
Dr. Krist's work focuses on supporting meaningful student participation in science practices, teacher professional learning, and designing for more humanizing forms of science learning. Her current projects focus on bringing together various configurations of community organizations, teachers, families, and scientists to develop science learning experiences that promote communities’ visions for thriving. She received her PhD in Learning Sciences from Northwestern University in 2016 and was a postdoctoral scholar at the University of Maryland from 2016-2017. Her early career work has been supported by an NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship as well as grants from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health and was recently recognized with NARST’s Early Career Research Award.
Other titles
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Education
Program affiliations
CTE
CTE: Science Education
Learning Sciences and Technology Design (LSTD)
(MA) STEP
Research interests
Curriculum and Instruction | Equity in Education | Professional Development | Science Education | Teachers and Teaching
Recent publications
Mathayas, N., & Krist, C. (2025). Re-Indexing Epistemic Responsibility: A Grammatical Analysis of How a Teacher Made Space for Students' Epistemic Agency. JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN SCIENCE TEACHING.
Krist, C. S., Hall, K., Hoang, N., Hug, B., Ko, M.-L. M., Logan, L. H., … Wingert, K. (2025). Where Do We Start And Where Do We Go? Emerging Findings Informing the Design of Responsive Professional Learning With Secondary Science Teachers. International Conference on the Learning Sciences ..., 2025, 2877–2879.
Ko, M.-L. M., Krist, C., Hug, B., Wingert, K., Suarez, E., Lauren, L. H., … Light, E. (2024). EMPOWER: Enacting Materials to Promote Ownership, Engagement, and Relevance. International Conference on the Learning Sciences ..., 2024, 2303–2304.
