Kristie Gutierrez
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About
Dr. Kristie Gutierrez is a leading researcher in STEM education, with a focus on the intersection of engineering, coding, and teacher preparation. Her work centers on how interdisciplinary collaboration—particularly between preservice teachers and undergraduate engineering students—can enhance K-6 STEM learning through hands-on robotics. A hallmark of her research is the NSF-funded Ed+gineering program, which she adapted for virtual delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic. Her most-cited paper, "COVID-19 as a Magnifying Glass" (2023, 7 citations), reveals how the crisis exposed the critical role of relationships in sustaining robotics education online. In earlier work (2020, 6 citations), she demonstrated that engineering and education students alike gain valuable pedagogical and technical skills by co-teaching coding and robotics. Her studies, including a notable case study of a fifth grader engineering robotic flowers via Zoom (2020), highlight her commitment to equitable, context-rich learning. Dr. Gutierrez’s recent research (2025) further explores how teaching context shapes preservice teachers’ self-efficacy for engineering instruction. With a growing citation record and a focus on real-world impact, she is shaping how future educators are prepared to teach STEM in an increasingly digital world.
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