Becca Edwards
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Director
- BS in Chemistry, Harvey Mudd College
- Master of Arts in Teaching Secondary Science, Colorado College
- Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry, CU Boulder
Research Interests
Becca received a BS in Chemistry from Harvey Mudd College, a Master of Arts in Teaching Secondary Science from Colorado College and a Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from CU Boulder. She has worked in higher education for over 20 years, in student-facing and faculty-facing roles. Dr. Edwards was the inaugural STEM Coordinator for the Student Academic Success Center, a multi-cultural academic learning community, serving low income and first-generation college students with academic skills development, math and writing courses, supplementary instruction in gateway courses, tutoring, pre-collegiate opportunities and graduate research opportunities. In this role, she received campus grants to improve SASC STEM courses during which she launched her metacognition research project.
She transitioned in 2020 to faculty development, helping to build the brand-new Center for Teaching & Learning at CU Boulder as the Inclusive Pedagogy Lead. She also worked as the Director of Inclusive Teaching for the Office of Teaching & Learning at University of Denver.
In her current role at CIRES, she is responsible for the DEI Strategic Plan. Please visit the CIRES DEI page for information on employee engagement with the strategic imperatives: Inclusive Workplace Culture, Diverse Workforce and Authentic Partnerships.
Current Research
Her research background involves:
- the investigation of metacognitive strategies in large and small STEM classrooms, through coding and analyzing student writing in reflective classroom assignments and study challenges.
- studies on how community-based performance in equity-focused dialogues can empower educators to share and reflect openly upon their experiences and whether this embodied practice impacts participants’ perception of their ability to recognize and interrupt microaggressions.
- longitudinal faculty engagement in a neurodiversity institute and how this engagement resulted in changes in faculty and departmental practices.
- self-efficacy studies of adult learners on topics related to diversity, equity and inclusion
- building a toolkit for researchers on effective relationship building and co-led research design for community-engaged research
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About CECA
CECA connects and creates a supportive environment for graduate students and postdocs who come from various academic units to do research in CIRES.