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"The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it " - John Ruskin
With over two decades of rich experiences across STEM and education, I’ve cultivated a career grounded in diversity of knowledge, knowing and becoming. Vision and collective impact is my north star. As a transformative leader and education scholar, I’ve championed initiatives that bridge theory, practice, and innovation. Every project, every deliverable, every partnership, and every challenge has shaped me into a steward of change—someone who doesn’t just measure success in outcomes, but in transformation.
2024 Phyllis S. Lee Legacy Award
Oregon State University - Office of Institutional Diversity
The Phyllis S. LeeAward recognizes a member of the OSU community who exemplifies Dr. Lee’s commitment and dedication to social justice and the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
2024 USDA-NIFA National Partnership Award
Oregon State University, Precollege Programs
The DIVE4Ag Program received the National Partnership award for innovative youth program. Awards recognize outstanding contributions in support of the NIFA mission and USDA Strategic Goals
2019 Director's Coin Award
Oregon State University, Division of Outreach and Engagement
Excellence in support of the Outreach and Engagement missions and for leadership of OSU's 2020 Carnegie Community Engagement Reclassification Process.
2019 Vice-Provost for Outreach & Engagement Award
Oregon State University, Division of Outreach and Engagement
For transformational learning through the service learning program: Food Security and Nutrition Education: Capacity Building in Puerto Rico.
Awarded Grants
Featured grants demonstrate a diverse portfolio of successful grants and projects impacting education. Experience Highlight: Lead PI and/or grant writer on over $10M in funded projects, including NSF, USDA, ODE, Foundation initiatives, and School District RFPs.
DIVE4Ag: Distant, Immersive, Virtual Education for Agriculture Literacy (Grant Funded By USDA-NIFA)
DIVE4AgRole: Principal Investigator and Sole Grant Writer.
Institution: OSU Precollege Programs in partnership with OSU 4-H Youth Development Program.
Budget: $1,000, 000. (2021-2023)
Physically Distant yet Socially Connected. This USDA funded project brought state-of-the-art technology to agriculture education in the Pacific Northwest, offering middle and high school youth opportunities to explore topics in agriculture through virtual reality and other online activities.
Polar STEAM: Where Curiosity Thrives (Grant Funded By NSF -OPP)
Polar STEAMRole: Co-Investigator and Co-Writer. Transitioned out of the project due to changing job and departure from OSU.
Institution: OSU STEM Center.
Budget: $4,000, 000. (2022-2027)
Polar STEAM is an NSF-funded project that integrates and enhances two long-standing U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) programs: the Polar Educators program and the Antarctic Artists and Writers program and facilitates virtual and deployment collaborations with scientists conducting research in the polar regions.
iINVENT: Process-Based “Inventiveness” Cultivate Impact Inventors via Integrated Learning, Community Engagement and Problem Solving. (Grant Funded By The Lemelson Foundation)
iINVENTRole: Principal Investigator and Solo Grant Writer. Transitioned out of the project due to changing job and departure from OSU.
Institution: OSU Precollege Programs.
Budget: $409,000. (2023-2025)
Through the OSU Office of Precollege Programs and funded by the Lemelson Foundation, iINVENT brings Invention Education to Oregon's K-12 audiences.
Pathways to OSU and Post-Secondary Success (Grant Funded by the Oregon Department of Education)
Role: Lead Investigator and Grant Writer. Transitioned out of the project due to changing job and departure from OSU.
Institution: OSU Precollege Programs.
Budget: $1,700,000. (2024-2027)
Through the OSU Office of Precollege in partnership with Access OSU and the Black Student Success Center, this grant supports Community-Based organizations and and programs in support of black students post-secondary success.
Research & Data Analysis
Featured scholarship demonstrate exposure and experience in quantitative and qualitative research, including mixed methods design. Experience Highlight: Published scholar in both STEM and Learning research.
Doctoral Research - Conservation Education
Find DissertationDissertation: Are Families Talking about Conservation at Live Animal Exhibits? Analyzing Family and Professional Conservation Discourse.
Book Chapter - Ocean Literacy
Rowe, S., Rowe, S.R.M., Tsai, S.J., Nicholson, E., & Moore, K.D. (2025). Multimodal ocean literacy for the ocean decade. Chapter 6 in T. Kennedy and D. Payne (Eds.). Ocean Literacy: The Foundation for the Success of the Ocean Decade Volume III Accelerating Communication, Technology, and Global Initiatives. Springer Nature (In Print)
Book Editor & Author - Saint Peter and Saint Paul’s Archipelago
Read the BookVaske Jr., T., Lessa, R. P., Nóbrega, M. F., Amaral, F. M. D., & O'Brien, S. R. M. (Eds.). (2006). Saint Peter and Saint Paul’s Archipelago: History and Natural Resources. Olinda: Livro Rápido-Elógica.
Author of 4 chapters, including my research on morphological variation of corals in the archipelago. This work was part of my undergraduate education with a Biology Double degree studying coral reefs and obtaiinga K-12 certificate.
Masters Research - Environmental Literacy
Find ThesisThesis: Indications of environmental literacy: using a new survey instrument to measure awareness, knowledge, and attitudes of university-aged students.
Published Article
Read ArticleRowe, S.; Riggio, M.; De Amicis, R.; Rowe, S.R. Teacher Perceptions of Training and Pedagogical Value of Cross-Reality and Sensor Data from Smart Buildings. Educ. Sci. 2020, 10, 234. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci10090234
Evaluation and Reports
Featured examples demonstrate skills in evaluation design and implementation. Experience Highlight: Co-lead for the Inventiveness Survey supported by The Lemelson Foundation integrating community metrics.
Institution-Wide Evaluation & Report - Carnegie Community Engagement Reclassification
Read the ReportRowe, S.R.; Dierking, L. D.; Waldron, R.; Bowling, E.; Davis-White Eyes, A.;
Sherman, J.; Bottoms, S.; Thompson, W. (2019). OSU Carnegie elective
community engagement reclassification application report.
Accomplished a succesful reclassification application report securing OSU the title of a Carnegie Community Engaged Classified Institution. Conducted institution wide community engagement data collection, analysis, and reporting, including development of tools of data collection and processes to achieve reporting goals and tell the story of engagment across OSU efforts in research, teaching and learning, and outreach and engagment.
Program Evaluation Paper - OSU iINVENT Program
Read the paperRowe SRM, Talamantes A, Well J, O'Neill R, Nicholson E and Rowe S (2024) iINVENT pathways and practices: prizing the process over the product. Front. Educ. 9:1334475. doi: 10.3389/feduc.2024.1334475
Program Evaluations and Unit Reports
Report ExampleAs a Director of Precollege Programs at Oregon State University, I oversaw 7 programs, their operations and evaluation efforts. Contributed to evaluation tools and metrics as a well as combining data for anual reports.
