Katerina Pia Günter

Community Builder in Regenerative and Feminist Education, Postdoctoral Researcher at NMD, Umeå University, Sweden

Umeå, Västerbotten County, Sweden

About

Experience

  • Postdoctoral Researcher in Science and Engineering Education at Umeå University at Umeå University
    Dec 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 7 mos

    While continuing my research on (im)possible identities in higher science and biology education, I am developing 1) a project on international and culturally relevant PhD student supervision in the natural sciences, 2) a special issue on feminist science education research, as well as 3) collabrate as a researcher in the EMOTE project in intersections of positional theory and emotions in engineering education (PI Dr. Johanna Lönngren). I am furthermore engaged in Master thesis supervision and teaching in Natural Science Didactics.

  • Postdoctoral Researcher at SEPAL, San Francisco State University at San Francisco State University
    Nov 2022 - Oct 2023 · 1 yr

    During my time at SEPAL, I designed and colleccted data for a qualitative research project on Biology Instructor's Understandings of Effective and Inclusive Teachingin the lab of Prof. Kimberly D. Tanner.

  • Freelance writer at lerngut Bildungsmedien
    2014 - Oct 2022 · 8 yrs 10 mos

    Designing teaching material framing documentaries such as The Green Belt in Europe, The vulnerable skin of the Earth - biological crusts in different environments, Ravens - Chimpanzees of the skies in multiple languages and for different educational levels (primary to upper secondary level).

  • PHD Candidate at Uppsala University
    Sep 2017 - May 2022 · 4 yrs 9 mos

    In my project I explored undergraduate biology students' and biology instructors' science identities at three European universities, focusing on who is considered an intelligible biologist. Work from my PhD roject was among others published in Science Education,the Journal of Research in Science Teaching, and the International Journal of Science Education.

  • Student teaching assistant & lecturing tutor at University of Heidelberg
    Oct 2011 - Mar 2014 · 2 yrs 6 mos

    Student assistant and lecturing tutor in zoological and botanical morphology courses for Bachelor students.