Sarah F. Keenan-Lechel
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Michigan State University - East Lansing, MI (2014 - present)
     PhD, Educational Psychology


Northwestern University
- Chicago, IL (2012 – 2013)
     Professional Certificate, Museum Studies


University of Edinburgh – Edinburgh, Scotland (2007- 2011)
    Scottish Master of Arts (Honours), History
     Dissertation - “A Legacy of Masculinity: the Representation of Victorian Leisure in Scottish Collections”

Teaching and Research Experience

TEACHING
  • CEP 807 / ED870, Proseminar in Educational Technology (Fall 2014 - present)
  • CEP 813, Electronic Assessment for Teaching and Learning (Summers 2016, 2017)
  • CEP 815, Technology and Leadership (Summer 2015)
  • CEP 800, Learning in School and Other Settings (Fall 2014 - Spring 2015)
  • TE 150, Reflections on Learning (Fall 2016, Spring 2017)

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
Teacher and Scholarship Administrator, Kids Science Labs, Chicago (2012 - 2014)
  • Engaged children as lead teacher for kids aged 3 - 5 years old in our South Loop center by creating an environment of creative and exciting hands-on learning.
  • Designed new lessons as part of the curriculum team, incorporating kids' questions into thoughtfully constructed classes for a variety of science series.
  • Organized and administered the growing scholarship program, spreading access and awareness to families  financially unable to participate in classes.

Publications and Conference Presentations

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES
Keenan, S. F., Henriksen, D., & the Deep-Play Research Group. (2017). Organizational contexts and team creativity: An interview with Dr. Roni Reiter-Palmon on innovation within organizations. Tech Trends. 61(4). 

Koehler, M. J., Greenhalgh, S. P., Rosenberg, J., & Keenan, S. F. (2017). What the Tech is Going on with teachers’ digital teaching portfolios? Using the TPACK framework to analyse teachers’ technological understanding. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 25(1), 31 – 59.
 
Good, J., Keenan, S. F., & Mishra, P. (2016). Education:=Coding+aesthetics; Aesthetic understanding, computer science education, and computational thinking. Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 35(4), 313-318. Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
 
Keenan, S. F., Mishra, P., & the Deep-Play Research Group. (2016). Profiling scholars of creativity: Practicing the process with Dr. Michele Root-Bernstein. Tech Trends, 60(3), 200 – 203.
 
Mehta, R., & Keenan, S. F. (2016) Research to practice: Why teachers should care about beauty in science education. I Wonder: Rediscovering School Science. Bangalore, India.
 
Keenan, S. F., Rosenberg, J., Greenhalgh, S. & Koehler, M. (2016). Examining Teachers’ Technology Use Through Digital Portfolios. In Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (pp. 977-984). Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).

 Mehta, R., Keenan, S. F., Henriksen, D., & Mishra, P. (In press). Developing a rhetoric of aesthetics: The (often) forgotten link between art and STEM. In M. S. Khine, S. Areepattamannil, M .Melkonian (Eds.), STEAM education: Theory, research, and practice. United Arab Emirates: Emirates College for Advanced Education. 
 
Henriksen, D., Keenan, S. F., Richardson, C., & Mishra, P. & the Deep-Play Research Group (2015, March). Play as a
Foundational Thinking Skill & Trans-disciplinary Habit of Mind
. Tech Trends
, 59 (3) pp. 5 – 10. 
Reprinted in Henriksen, D., with Contributions by the Deep-Play Research Group (2017). The 7 Transdisciplinary Cognitive Skills for Creative Education. New York, NY: Springer.
        *please note the title of this article was misprinted in the journal -- it's not really about Modeling
 
PEER-REVIEWED BOOK CHAPTERS
Mehta, R., Keenan, S. F., Henriksen, D., & Mishra, P. (In press). Developing a rhetoric of
aesthetics: The (often) forgotten link between art and STEM. In M. S. Khine, S. Areepattamannil, M .Melkonian (Eds.), STEAM education: Theory, research, and practice. United Arab Emirates: Emirates College for Advanced Education.
 
Keenan, S. F., Rosenberg, J., Greenhalgh, S. & Koehler, M. (2016). Examining Teachers’ Technology Use Through Digital Portfolios. In Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (pp. 977-984). Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Keenan-Lechel, S.F., Calabrese Barton, A. (2018, March). Participatory reflections on student
funds of knowledge in middle school science. In D. W. Greenberg (Chair) Youth Leadership and Activism in / across STEM Learning Spaces. Symposium conducted at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Atlanta, Georgia. 
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Keenan, S. F., Greenberg, D., Calabrese Barton, A. (2017, April). Youth tools of critical ethnography for sustainable community engineering practices. In H. Ballard (Chair) A Spectrum of Youth Participation in Research Across Sites/Uses: Toward Critical Equity Frameworks. Symposium conducted at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, San Antonio, Texas.
 
Keenan, S. F., Greenberg D. (2017, April) Creative Connections: Disrupting the Norm in a community-based makerspace. In E. Tan (Chair) Creative Resource Leveraging and Critical Mobilities in Equity-Oriented Makerspaces. Symposium conducted at the American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, Texas.
 
Calabrese Barton, A., Greenberg, D., Keenan, S. F. (2017, April). Critically Examining What We Mean by “Youth Voice” and “Agency” in STEM. In J. Weible (Chair) From Making to Agentic Participation: Perspectives on and Approaches to Fostering Epistemic Engagement in Making. Poster session conducted at the American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, Texas.
 
Keenan, S.F., Greenberg, D., Calabrese Barton, A. (2016, October). Equity in Makerspaces: Creative Resource Movement. In S. F. Keenan (chair) Digital Media and Learning Conference, Irvine, CA.
 
Keenan, S. F., Rosenberg, J., Greenhalgh, S. P., Koehler, M. J. (2016, March). Examining Teachers’ Technology Use Through Digital Portfolios. Presented at the annual conference for SITE, Savannah, GA.  
 
Good, J., Keenan, S.F., and Mishra, P. (2016, March). Education:=Coding+Aesthetics; Aesthetic Understanding, Computer Science Education, and Computational Thinking. Presented at the annual conference for SITE, Savannah, GA. 
 
Calabrese Barton, A., Greenberg, D., Keenan, S. F., Shin, M., Tan, E., and Calabrese Barton, S. (2016, February). Making4Change: Designing Equitably Oriented Makerspaces for Youth. Poster presented at the annual CREATE for STEM mini-conference, East Lansing, MI.
 
Mishra, P., Keenan, S. F., Mehta, R., & Henriksen, D. (2015, December). I Care About the Beauty in Science: Aesthetics in Scientific Practice and Pedagogy. Paper presented at epiSTEME 6, Mumbai, India.
 
Greenhalgh, S.P., Rosenberg, J.M., Keenan, S. F., & Koehler, M.J. (2015, November). An investigation of the use of digital portfolios for understanding educators’ technology knowledge. Paper presented at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology, Indianapolis, IN.
 
Boltz, L., Keenan, S. F., & Henriksen, D. (2015, March). Learning by Design Online, Best Practices. Presentation at the annual conference for SITE, Las Vegas, NV.
 
Henriksen, D., Mishra, P., Cain, W., DeSchryver, M., Fahnoe, C., Good, J., Keenan, S. F., Mehta, R., Richardson, C., & Terry, C. (2015, March).  The Roots of Creativity: Transdisciplinary Skills Symposium. Presented at the annual conference for SITE, Las Vegas, NV.
 
WHITE PAPER
Keenan, S. F. Aspiring Games Foundation. (2015). Report on junkyard spaces: An afterschool science program. Lansing, MI.

Service, Professional + Community Engagement

SERVICE TO THE DEPARTMENT AND UNIVERSITY
  • Graduate Student representative for EPET faculty search committee, 2017
  • Co-coordinator of Student Research Group, with Sarah Gretter: 2015 – 2016
    • Organize weekly meeting and presentations around academic and student life topics
  • A coordinator and host of the MAETBridge webinar series: 2015 – 2016
  • Member of the Deep-Play Research Group, looking at topics related to creativity and education
    • Contributed as a peer reviewer for a special issue on creativity for the Journal of Technology and Teacher Education (JTATE)
    • Participate in the updating and maintenance of a Creativity test database developed by Dr. Mishra, Dr. Danah Henriksen, Rohit Mehta and Carmen Richardson
  • Member of the Invincibility Lab with Dr. Angela Calabrese Barton
  • Member of Michigan State University’s Informal Learning Network
 
SERVICE TO THE FIELD
  • Graduate Student Reviewer for AERA 2016 + 2017
  • Volunteer assistant for iEngineering Summer camp, 2016
  • Assisted Dr. Angela Calabrese Barton as an apprentice-reviewer for a book prospectus submitted to Teachers College Press, 2016
  • Contributed as a peer reviewer for a special issue on creativity for the Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2015
  • Assisted Dr. Mishra as an apprentice-reviewer for an article in Educational Technology Research and Development, 2014
 
SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY
  • Associate Board Member – Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra, 2018
  • Volunteer reviewer for Saginaw Community Foundation scholarship applicants, 2017 - 18
  • Volunteer for Positive Results Downtown Saginaw
 
FELLOWSHIPS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AWARDS
  • Participant in “Building Inclusive Community” Leadership Summit at MSU,  2017
  • MSU College of Education, Urban Education Retention Fellowship, 2014, 2015, 2017
  • Participated in collaboration between CREATE 4 STEM Research Institute at MSU and the Weizmann Institute with two weeks of funded research in Israel, 2017
  • Council of Graduate Students Conference Support recipient, 2017
  • Recipient of Fellowship for Enhancing Global Understanding: Indonesia, 2016
  • 2016 Heart and Soul Awardee, Michigan Campus Compact and MSU, 2016

Additional Certifications
  • Urban Education Graduate Certificate - in progress​
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