PROFILE

Susan Letourneau

Senior Research Associate

New York Hall of Science

About informal science

Projects

Developing Guidelines for Neurodiversity-Affirming Engineering Programs in Museums and Science Centers through Universal Design for Learning Exploratory research and co-design to identify opportunities to support caregiver engagement in early STEM learning CAREER: Supporting Families’ Collective Agency as Learners in Science Centers and Museums through an Integrated Research and Practice Agenda

Design Squad Maker: Researching How to Support Upper Elementary School Children's Sustained Engagement and Participation in Engineering Design across Out-of-School Settings Data Modeling with Young Learners and Their Families EAGER: Maker: Engaging Parents as Makers to Build Capacity for Community-Based Making Understanding How Narrative Elements Can Shape Girls' Engagement in Museum-Based Engineering Design Tasks Learning About Learning

Research

2023 AISL Awardee Mini-Poster: 2215353 2023 AISL Awardee Mini-Poster: 2313850 2023 AISL Awardee Mini-Poster: 2046141

2021 poster - Supporting families’ agency as learners in science centers and museums Observing Empathy in Informal Engineering Activities with Girls Ages 7–14 Using narratives to support empathy and engineering: A guide for museum practitioners Using narratives to evoke empathy and support girls’ engagement in engineering 2019 AISL PI Meeting Poster: Understanding how narrative elements can shape girls’ engagement in museum-based engineering design tasks