Texas Tech University

Five Minutes with Rebecca Hite

Robert Stein

December 28, 2022

(VIDEO) Associate Professor Rebecca Hite shares her love of her profession, karaoke, prairie dogs and more in this month’s “Five Minutes.”

Rebecca Hite is an associate professor of STEM education and associate chair of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction (C&I). Hite is the founder and primary director of Texas Education Policy Fellowship Program (TX-EPFP), the associate director of professional development in the Center for Innovative Research in Leadership and Education (CIRCLE) and the graduate coordinator of the C&I general track. She is an active researcher and collaborator on K-16 STEM education research, leadership and outreach.

Prior to graduate school, Hite taught high school science and geography for 13 years in North Carolina public schools. Hite's policy experiences stem from service as an Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow in Washington, D.C., in the office of Rep. Danny Davis of Illinois. In North Carolina, she was selected as a North Carolina Education Policy Fellowship Program fellow, coordinated advocacy information and activities for the North Carolina Science Leadership Association (NCSLA) and served as a congressional intern.

Hite earned her Ph.D. in science education from North Carolina State University. She also completed a master's degree in secondary science teaching and a bachelor's in geography at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She recently received the 2022 TTU President's Emerging Engaged Scholarship Award for her work on TX-EPFP.