Nancy Butler Songer, Ph.D. is the Associate Provost of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education at the University of Utah
Songer’s research focuses on usable STEM, e.g., the design of pre-university instructional materials that promote learners’ design of solutions to local environmental challenges. Songer received a Presidential Faculty Fellowship (from President Clinton) and received two Fulbright awards (Turkmenistan and Brazil).
Songer was co-chair of the National Research Council committee authoring the report Science and Engineering for Grades 6-12: Investigation and Design at the Center (2018) and a member of the National Academies of Sciences committee that provided recommendations for assessing complex thinking in science (2014). Other awards include a Computerworld Smithsonian award for early work exploring the Internet’s educational value.
