Veronica Cassone McGowan is the director of the UW Bothell Collaborative for Socio-Ecological Engagement at the Environmental Education and Research Center at St. Edward State Park and concurrently a senior research scientist at the Goodlad Institute for Educational Renewal. Her research situates science and engineering-related phenomena within larger socioecological and sociotechnical systems, with a focus on how patterns of decision-making impact humans and ecosystems at multiple scales. Her projects also focus on centering racial justice and gender equity as a part of STEM teaching and learning across K-16 and professional learning contexts. Veronica designs and teaches courses across multiple disciplines including biology, ecology and evolution, science education, human development, and pre-service teacher education and has a background in environmental science as well as learning sciences and human development.
