Dr. Amanda Merritt, Co-PI, Community and Connection Lead
Dr. Merritt is the Division Director of Development and Innovation at SREB. She serves as the Co-PI and community and connection lead for the Center, where she steers the design of activities to facilitate networking and reciprocal exchange between PreK-12 STEM education researchers and professionals. Previously, Dr. Merritt has served as the project director for several multi-million-dollar grants, spearheaded national conferences and led teams of researchers and coaches in providing support to teachers, local instructional coaches, and school and district leaders on school improvement processes.