kirsten.butcher@utah.edu
EPIC P.I.
Kirsten is a Professor of Instructional Design and Educational Technology in the University of Utah’s Department of Educational Psychology. Her research focuses on multimedia learning and educational technologies, exploring how features of digital learning environments can enhance high-level cognitive processes (e.g., prediction, integration, and inference) and deep learning outcomes.
mitchell.power@geog.utah.edu
EPIC co-PI
Mitch is a Professor of Geography at the University of Utah and Curator of the Natural History Museum of Utah’s Garrett Herbarium. His research explores linkages among vegetation, climate and natural disturbances over decades and centuries, including the critical role of natural disturbance in promoting biodiversity.
mlarson@nhmu.utah.edu
EPIC co-PI.
Madlyn is the Associate Director of Education Initiatives at the Natural History Museum of Utah. Her work focuses on the development of technology-enabled learning experiences that enhance K-12 students’ critical thinking skills. Ms. Larson leads development of the Natural History Museum of Utah’s premier, digitally-delivered program: Research Quest.
mllane2@illinois.edu
EPIC Digital Learning Specialist
McKenna is a Digital Learning and Curriculum Coordinator for the Natural History Museum of Utah and is, also, a PhD student at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign in the Curriculum and Instruction department. Her research explores multifaceted and complex intersections of formal and informal learning environments.
mdavis@nhmu.utah.edu
EPIC Digital Learning Specialist
Merinda is a Digital Learning and Curriculum Coordinator at the Natural History Museum of Utah as well as an award winning classroom teacher, a devoted life-long learner, and an innovator. She designs and develops interactive lessons and activities based on museum science and authentic research in collections.
matt.p.orr@utah.edu
EPIC Research Assistant
Matt worked on this project as a PhD student studying Learning and Cognition in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Utah. He uses educational data mining, verbal protocol analysis, and video coding work to examine the impact of tangible and digital 3D representations on learner cognition.
susana.velasquez@utah.edu
EPIC Research Assistant
Susy worked on this project as a PhD student in the Department of Geography at the University of Utah. Her research focuses on the biogeography of neotropical disturbances at different spatiotemporal scales and how to employ the findings in ecosystem stewardship.
michelle.hudson@utah.edu
EPIC Research Assistant
Michelle worked on this project as a PhD student in Learning and Cognition in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Utah. Her work explores the impact of digitized materials on observation and inference during online science instruction.
vanessa.bailey@utah.edu
EPIC Research Assistant
Vanessa worked on this project as a Ph.D. student in the Department of Geography at the University of Utah. Her research focuses on how ecosystems respond to climate change using vegetation models.
e.k.pecchiabekkum@utah.edu
EPIC Research Assistant
Pippi is a master's student at the University of Utah studying biogeography. Her thesis studies the diversity of plants and fungi across elevational gradients in Emigration Canyon, Utah. Her research interests include climate change, ecological communities, symbiotic relations, urban-wildlife interfaces, and conservation.
tatum.steele@utah.edu
EPIC Research Assistant
Tatum is a PhD student in the Counseling Psychology Program in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Utah. Her research examines the impact of social media and screen use on individual well-being.
Invertebrate Collections Manager, Natural History Museum of Utah
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Curator of Mycology & Associate Professor of Biology (School of Biological Sciences), Natural History Museum of Utah & University of Utah
Vertebrate Collections Manager, Natural History Museum of Utah
Emeritus Mammalogist/Wildlife Zoologist, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Director of Sciences Emeritus, Illinois State Museum
Research Botanist, Maintaining Resilient Dryland Ecosystems, US Forestry Service
Curator of Vertebrates, Natural History Museum of Utah
Associate Professor, Biology, Utah State University
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Web Developer, Art Coding Design
UEN Web Designer, Utah Education Network
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Interactive Developers
Collections Digitization Coordinator, Natural History Museum of Utah