Stephanie (Cunningham) Ryan- scunni2@uic.edu

B.S., Chemistry, Saint Mary’s College
M.S., Chemistry (with thesis) , University of Illinois at Chicago
Ph.D., Learning Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago

Stephanie Ryan received her doctorate from the Learning Sciences program at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) in 2011. She has a B.S. in Chemistry from Saint Mary’s College and an M.S. with thesis from UIC. Her dissertation titled “Student Ratio Use and Understanding of Molarity Concepts Within Solutions Chemistry” examined the relatonship between student understanding of concepts of molarity and their mathematical understanding of ratio. She is interested in student understandings of chemistry concepts, curriculum development, assessment writing, and urban education.

Currently Stephanie directs data collection and analyses activities for The Connected Chemistry Curriculum Project. She has been involved in local Chicago Public High Schools for six years through her work as an NSF GK-12 fellow and as a High School Transformation IDS fellow. In her spare time, Stephanie teaches an After School Matters science37 program to Chicago teens that focuses on forensics and medicine.