The (STEM)2 Network

Sustainable, Transformative Engagement across a Multi-Institution/Multidisciplinary STEM Network

Upcoming Events

2026 Leadership Development Meeting

May-June (date to be announced)

Hosted by Hofstra University

Questions about the Network? Contact one of the leadership team (see the bottom of this page).

Mobile Institute on Scientific Teaching (MIST)

Coming in early 2027

This four day workshop, open to all faculty (even those not in our Network!), introduces faculty to evidence-based teaching practices such as using active learning in the classroom. Participants learn basic principles and practice applying them in a fun and engaging way with colleagues. This workshop has transformed the teaching of many faculty in our Network--we highly recommend it! Costs underwritten by the Network. Contact a member of the Network leadership team to be on the mailing list as our plans for our next MIST develop.

Two of our Co-PI's Discuss the Network

Mission

The (STEM)2 Network focuses on the pivotal role of faculty in restructuring undergraduate STEM education with the mission of providing an equitable and inclusive system for all students.

Goals

The overarching goals for the Network are to:

1. Enhance undergraduate STEM education by promoting new and strengthening existing collaborations among biology, chemistry, and math faculty at two- and four-year institutions; and
2. Support faculty in transforming undergraduate STEM education from within the current system.

Activities

To achieve these goals, the Network’s activities:

1. Promote collaboration between two- and four-year institutions through inter-institutional Working Groups;
2. Create enduring pedagogical collaborations across STEM disciplines through interdisciplinary institutional groups; and
3. Empower individual faculty to create change in and beyond their classrooms.

Three Foundational Frameworks

Emergent Outcomes

Outcomes that arise as part of a change process that engages the stakeholders as agents of change

Community of Transformation

"To [explore] philosophically, in deep and fundamental ways, how science is taught"

Systems Thinking and Design

To catalyze transformation within the context of the whole system, creating sustainable change that resists return to the status quo

Areas of Focus

Various areas of focus have emerged from discussions among Network participants - each tackling undergraduate STEM education from different perspectives. Participants self-select into multidisciplinary, multi-institution Working Groups to develop projects related to their area of interest.