David Esparza, Ph.D. is an NSF STEM Education Postdoctoral Research Fellow (NSF-DGE – #2514310) in the Department of Physics at Drexel University. As a biology education researcher, Dave's research examines how structural, social, and contextual factors shape experiences and outcomes in biology learning settings. Across field-based, laboratory, and classroom contexts, he uses social network analysis, mixed methods, and machine learning to study how students interact, learn, and persist in STEM.
Organizational Affiliations
Physics, College of Arts and Sciences, Drexel University
Education
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
PhD, Cornell University (United States, Ithaca) - CU
Biology
BA, The University of Texas at El Paso (United States, El Paso) - UTEP