Gina Navoa Svarovsky

The IEI Program Evaluation and Research team is led by Dr. Gina Navoa Svarovsky, who has nearly two decades conducting research and evaluation on several NSF-funded projects and outreach efforts focused on STEM education. She has led multiple large-scale evaluations of public impact and learning around STEM learning as part of the National Informal STEM Education Network, conducts research on integrated STEM teaching and learning in formal classrooms and out-of-school learning contexts, and also leads strategic planning and logic model development sessions with program leaders. Dr. Svarovsky earned her PhD in Educational Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame.