Center for STEM Education
Saturday STEM Academy
About The Center for STEM Education
The Center for STEM Education hosts events, organizes activities, and conducts community outreach that includes local schools and related research on STEM education.
This Center is the only such academic center in our Westchester and Rockland region and serves as an umbrella for varied, current and future STEM education activities conducted by faculty and supported through external funding.
Mission and Staff
The mission of the Mercy University Center for STEM Education (MCCSE) is to create opportunities for groups typically underrepresented in STEM to engage in enrichment activities for learning, career readiness, enjoyment, and personal and community growth, which may not be available through school districts.
Grant-Funded Initiatives & Research
STEM Master Teacher Fellows
This intensive program of STEM pedagogy courses and professional experiences will prepare 14 in-service K-12 teachers of math and science to become quality STEM Teacher Leaders, with the goal of improving K-12 STEM instruction in four partner high-needs school districts through leadership projects.
The Greater New York Wipro Science Education Fellowship
Mercy University is excited to team up with University of Massachusetts at Boston and Montclair State University in New Jersey to become the Greater New York partner of the Wipro Science Education Fellowship. Dr. Amanda Gunning and Dr. Meghan Marrero, of the Mercy University School of Education, were awarded the $1.19 million grant to lead the Greater New York Wipro Science Education Fellowship (GNY Wipro SEF).
Mercy Intensive STEM Teacher Initiative
Are you inspired to teach the next generation of stem leaders?
Looking for first semester Seniors and first semester Graduate Students in Fall 2024 who are majoring/have a degree in a STEM field of study. You can earn $40,000+ in scholarships in our six-year program to become teachers in high-need schools!
2023 Year in Review
In 2023, Mercy University Center for STEM Education (MSCE) embarked on exciting ventures, providing new opportunities for students, local teachers and the community at large.
See how we were able to further this mission in 2023.
Papers and Presentations
* Denotes peer reviewed
*Marrero, M.E. (2024). Monitoring and Evaluation Framework. In Asia Marine Educators Association (Ed). UN Ocean Decade Satellite Event Handbook: Action Plans and Challenges for Ocean Literacy by AMEA (pp. 51-52). Taiwan Ocean University.
*Marrero, M.E., et. al. (2024, April). The All-Atlantic Blue Schools Network. Poster presented at the UN Decade of the Ocean Conference, Barcelona, Spain.
*Marrero, M.E., & Napolitano, K.V. (2024, February). Once is Not Enough: Connecting Students of Color to their Local Waterways. Ocean Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.
*Marrero, M.E., & Payne, D. (2024, February). The Long Island Sound Schools Network. Ocean Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.
*Napolitano, K., Gunning, A. M., Marrero, M. E., & Nitecki, E. (2023). Developing and Sustaining Elementary STEM Teacher Leadership Identities. Global Education Review, 10(4), 37-55.
*Marrero, M. E., Brandon, L. T., Gunning, A. M., & Riccio, J. F. (2023). Supporting first-generation college students to become teachers in high-needs schools. The Teacher Educator, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/08878730.2022.2107128
*Gunning, A. M., Napolitano, K. V., & Marrero, M. E. (2023, April). Developing elementary STEM teacher leaders [related paper set]. National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) Annual International Conference, Chicago, IL.
*Marrero, M. E., Napolitano, K. V., & Gunning, A. M. (2023, April). Parents as STEM facilitators: Perspectives following a parent/child workshop series [related paper set]. National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) Annual International Conference, Chicago, IL.
*Agravat, T., Vasquez, J., and Marrero, M.E., (2023, March). Developing Student Environmental Voice
[workshop]. National Science Teaching Association Annual National Conference, Atlanta, GA.
*Marrero, M.E., (2023, March). Becoming an All-Atlantic Blue School [presentation]. National Science Teaching Association Annual National Conference, Atlanta, GA.
*Marrero, M.E., Gunning, A.M., Quackenbush, T., Vallice-Levy, R., Ohseki, A., (2023, March). Hands-on Fun of STEM Across Subjects [workshop]. National Science Teaching Association Annual National Conference, Atlanta, GA.
*Marrero, M., & Crawford, K. (2022). How Do Seaweeds Meet their Needs? A Kindergarten Investigation. Current: The Journal of Marine Education, 36(1).
*Napolitano, K. V., Marrero, M. E., Gunning, A. M., Brandon, L. T., & Riccio, J. F. (2022). What happens after edTPA?. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 30, (80).
https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.30.6988
*Payne, D. L., Marrero, M. E., Schoedinger, S. E., & Halversen, C. (2022). The Rise and Fall of the Tide: Ocean Literacy in the United States. Mediterranean Marine Science, 23(2), 270-276.
*Marrero, M.E., (2022, July). Becoming a Part of the All-Atlantic Blue Schools Network. National Marine Educators Association (NMEA) National Conference. Hempstead, NY.
*Gunning, A. M., Napolitano, K. V., & Marrero, M. E. (2022, March). Exploring How Engineering Instruction Supports Culturally Relevant Teaching Practices. NARST Annual International Conference. Vancouver, BC, CA.
*Crawford, K., and Marrero, M.E., (2022, Apr). Promoting Positive Ocean Behaviors. Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.
*Larson, K., Gunning, A.M., and Marrero, M.E., (2022, Apr.) Increasing Access to STEM Learning by Building Caregivers’ Self-Efficacy. Poster presented at the Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.
Marrero, M.E., Gunning, A.M., Agravat, T.S., Vasquez, J. (2021). STEM Accessibility is a Family Affair. ASCD Express Newsletter.
*Gunning, A. M., Marrero, M., & Larson, K. V. (2021, July). Studying In-service Teacher Professional Development on Purposeful Integration of Engineering into K-12 STEM Teaching. ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Long Beach, CA.
*Payne, D.L., and Marrero, M.E., (2021) Ocean Literacy: from a Ripple to a Wave. In Koutsopoulos & Stel (Eds). Ocean Literacy: Understanding the Ocean. Cham, Switzerland: Springer.
*Marrero, M., Brandon, L., Gunning, A. M., Larson, K. V., & Riccio, J. F. (2021, April). What Happens After edTPA? Paper presented at the Annual International Conference of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Virtual.
*Marrero, M.E., (April, 2021). Using Ocean Data in Science Instruction. Paper presented at the Annual International Conference of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Virtual.
*Payne, D.L., and Marrero, M.E., (April, 2021). Draw the Ocean. Paper presented at the Annual International Conference of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Virtual.
*Gunning, A.M., Marrero, M.E., Nitecki, E., Brandon, L.T., Larson, K.V., (April, 2021). Supporting Elementary Teachers in High-need Schools to Teach STEM. Paper presented at the NARST Annual International Conference, Virtual
Contact Information & Get Involved with CSE
Contact Us
Please reach out with any questions:
Mary Ushay
Assistant Director
Center for STEM Education
(914) 674-7674
mushay@mercy.edu
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Join STEM Corps!
We can use volunteers in various STEM outreach programs such as Saturday STEM Academy, Verizon Innovative Learning STEM Achievers, Steam-a-thon, and STEM Fairs at local schools.
Build your resume and perform community service.
Contact: Dr. Meghan Marrero at mmarrero3@mercy.edu