Staff
Kristen A. Malzahn
Kristen A. Malzahn, Research Associate, received a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education from Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, IN and a Masters degree in Education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC. Prior to coming to HRI in 2001, she taught at the elementary level for five years and was a lead teacher for a mathematics professional development initiative in Durham, NC.
At HRI, Ms. Malzahn has assisted in the dissemination of data gathered from the 2000 National Survey of Science and Mathematics Education. She has worked on the evaluation of NSF's Local Systemic Change through Teacher Enhancement Initiative, where she was responsible for coordinating project communications and assisting with the facilitation of professional development and training sessions for evaluators. In addition, her work has included the evaluation of Deepening Everyone's Mathematics Content Knowledge project, a partnership between the University of Rochester and a number of surrounding rural and suburban school districts.
Ms. Malzahn currently works on the evaluations of Learning and Teaching Geometry, and Cases of Reasoning and Proving in Secondary Mathematics projects. She also serves as a staff member on the Math and Science Partnership Knowledge Management and Dissemination project, and on the Center on Instruction's science strand.