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Levelle Burr-Alexander is a STEM education researcher and advocate whose career has focused on expanding access to engineering and technology learning for K-12 students, particularly through innovative robotics-based curricula. Working primarily through the Center for Pre-College Programs at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Burr-Alexander has dedicated her scholarship to bridging the gap between student disengagement and the growing demand for qualified STEM professionals. Her most influential contribution, "Advancing the 'E' in K-12 STEM Education" (2010), has garnered over 100 citations and makes a compelling case for integrating engineering meaningfully into pre-college education at a time when the field was widely underrepresented in K-12 curricula. She has also pioneered the creative "Medibotics" framework — merging medicine, robotics, and information technology using LEGO Mindstorms platforms — to make engineering concepts tangible and exciting for secondary students and their teachers. Her 2020 research on introducing robotics into middle and high school classrooms further demonstrates her sustained commitment to hands-on learning. Through teacher professional development programs and pathways research, Burr-Alexander has shaped how New Jersey and beyond approaches coherent, cross-disciplinary STEM instruction.