Elaine Cagliostro
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Elaine Cagliostro is a researcher whose work sits at the meaningful intersection of disability studies, education, and STEM engagement. Her scholarship focuses on developing and evaluating inclusive programming that empowers children with disabilities to access and thrive in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Cagliostro has made notable contributions to the field through her investigation of adapted robotics programs as a vehicle for sparking STEM interest among underrepresented learners. Her 2019 study assessing the impact of an adapted robotics programme on STEM interest — which surveyed 57 children with disabilities before and after program participation — has garnered 20 citations, demonstrating meaningful uptake within the research community. A companion study from the same year, exploring how group-based robotics programs influence STEM activation, has accumulated an additional 12 citations, underscoring the sustained scholarly interest in her contributions. Together, these works position Cagliostro as an important voice in inclusive STEM education, offering empirical evidence that thoughtfully designed, adaptive programming can meaningfully shift attitudes and engagement among children with disabilities — a population historically underserved in STEM learning environments.
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