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Kelly K. Sturner

Learning Center Program Coordinator

Kelly Sturner is a Learning Center Program Coordinator at Argonne’s Learning Center, where she helps middle and high school students envision potential futures in STEM fields.

Biography

Kelly Sturner is a Learning Center Program Coordinator at Argonne’s Learning Center, where she helps middle and high school students envision potential futures in STEM fields. Each year, she helps thousands of students connect with science concepts and professionals firsthand through Learning Lab field trips, virtual escape rooms, summer camps (including Code Girls @ Argonne and Coding for Science), and the high school ESRP program. Kelly wants to help students see science as a powerful tool to understand the world with life-changing experiences.

Kelly has a strong background in environmental science and in science education. She holds an M.S. in Science Education from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville as well as an M.S. in Soil Science from the University of California-Davis. She first worked at Argonne as an undergraduate student, and Argonne is where she discovered her passions both for science and for working with students. Kelly now leads programs translating cutting-edge science for K-12 classrooms and informal learning environments. She has authored a number of student curricula.

Kelly is a member of the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA).

Presentations

Sturner, K., Prashaad, D., Rodriguez, A.G. and Otmanski, J. 16 July 2022. Cybersecurity Virtual Escape Room: Stop a Ransomware Attack on a Car! Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) 2022 Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.

Sturner, K., Bruozas, M. and Domyancich, J. 11-14 April 2019. Empowering Experiences for Girls in Computer Science. National Science Teachers Association Conference, St. Louis, MO.

Domyancich, J., Kim, H. and Sturner, K. 3 November 2017. Think Like a Scientist! Scientific Dispositions and NGSS Practice Skills. STEM Summit, Chicago, IL.

Sturner K, Lenhart S, Jenkins K, Reichart S. 31 March – 1 April, 2016. Biology by Numbers: Math and Life Science Are Better Together! National Science Teachers Association, Nashville, TN.

Sturner, K. Lucci, K. and Jenkins, K. 12-14 November 2015. Integrating Math Across the Biology Curriculum: Opportunities for Quantitative Skills in Biology. National Association of Biology Teachers Professional Development Conference, Providence, RI.

Lenhart, S. and Sturner, K. 10-13 January 2015. Mentoring Collaboration for REU Groups at the Interface of Biology and Mathematics. Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Antonio, TX.

Sturner, K. Lenhart S. Duncan, S. 26-27 September 2014. Measuring Biodiversity with Probability. Tennessee Environmental Education Association Conference, Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont, TN.

Adler B, Knapp M, Wilmouth L, Golden B, Sturner K. 2013. Teaching science in a climate of denial: From Darwin Day Tennessee. Tennessee Science Teachers’ Association Conference, Murfreesboro, TN.

Sturner K. 2013. Modeling the forest - math and science are better together! Tennessee Science Teachers’ Association Conference, Murfreesboro, TN.

Sturner K. Lenhart S. 4-7 January 2012. Trees and soil microbes: Activities for bringing life (science) to mathematics. Joint Mathematics Meetings, Boston, MA.

Sturner K. 12-15 October 2011. Biology by numbers from biology in a box, National Association of Biology Teachers Professional Development Conference, Anaheim, CA.

Sturner K, Stanley SG, DeWein K. 10-12 November 2011. STEM in a box, Tennessee Science Teachers Association, Murfreesboro, TN.

Publications

Sturner, K. K., S. L. Lenhart, and P. Bishop. 2016. ​“Developing collaboration skills in team undergraduate research experiences.” PRIMUS: Problems, Resources, and Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies. doi: 10.1080/10511970.2016.1188432.

DeBruyn, J., K. K. Sturner, S. I. Duncan, and S. L. Lenhart. ​“Biodiversity Counts! Leader’s Guide and Student Handout.” UT Extension Publication. Submitted.

Sturner K. K. and K. Lucci. 2015. ​“The difference that data make: examining bird migration data to build scientific skill.” American Biology Teacher. Univ. of California Press. 77(1): 56-61.

Duncan, S. I., S. L. Lenhart, and K. K. Sturner. 2014. ​“Measuring biodiversity with probability.” The Mathematics Teacher, 107(7): 547-552.

Sturner, K. K., S. L. Lenhart, and B. Golden. 2013. ​“Modeling the forest.” Science Scope, 37(1): 70-79.

Sturner, K. K. and C. Welsh. 2013. “‘Bird Champions’ and ​‘Changing Populations.’” Discover Birds Activity Book, 2nd Ed. Tennessee Ornithological Society. 24-29.

Riechert, S., T. C. Jones, S. Guffey, S. Lenhart, K. Sturner, and L. Howard. 2012. ​“Biology in a Box Unit 9: Forestry.” Biology in a Boxhttp://​www​.bio​.utk​.edu/​b​i​o​l​o​g​y​i​n​b​o​x​/​a​v​a​i​l​a​b​l​e.htm.

Hofmockel, K. S., D. R. Zak, K. K. Moran (Sturner), and J. D. Jastrow. 2011. ​“Changes in forest soil organic matter pools after a decade of elevated CO2 and O-3.” Soil Biology &Biochemistry, 43: 1518-1527.

Moran (Sturner), K. K. and J. Jastrow. 2010. ​“Elevated carbon dioxide does not offset loss of soil carbon from a corn-soybean agroecosystem.” Environmental Pollution, 158: 1088-1094.

Garten Jr., C. T., J. L. Smith, D. D. Tyler, J. E. Amonette, V. L. Bailey, D. J. Brice, H. F. Castro, R. L. Graham, C. A. Gunderson, R. C. Izaurralde, P. M. Jardine, J. D. Jastrow, M. K. Kerley, R. Matamala, M. A. Mayes, F. B. Metting, R. M. Miller, K. K. Moran (Sturner), W. M. III Post, R. D. Sands, C. W. Schadt, J. R. Phillips, A. M. Thomson, T. Vugteveen, T. O. West, and S. D. Wullschleger. 2010. ​“Intra-annual changes in biomass, carbon, and nitrogen dynamics at 4year old switchgrass field trials in west Tennessee, USA.” Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environment, 136: 177-184.