Dr. Joel K. Abraham

Professor of Biological Science at California State University, Fullerton

Golden, CO – Codon Learning has appointed Dr. Joel K. Abraham to its advisory board.

Dr. Abraham is Professor of Biological Science at California State University, Fullerton, and is the Director of the Catalyst Center for the Advancement of Research in Teaching and Learning Math and Science. Prior to his faculty position, he was the Education Coordinator at SimBio, Inc., an education software and research company and a postdoctoral associate with the Scheller Teacher Education Lab at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Dr. Abraham has worked throughout his career to improve teaching, access, and equity in K-16 biology education. His research spans student conceptions in biology, competence in experimentation and graph construction, educational technology in science teaching, and the influence of course interventions on student affect in science. He serves on the advisory board for the Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program and Honors Program at CSU Fullerton and has served on boards to promote inclusion and equity at the Ecological Society of America and Organization for Tropical Studies. He is currently a managing editor for the journal Life Sciences Education. In 2020, he was made a fellow of the Partnership for Undergraduate Life Sciences Education (PULSE).