Rebecca Hite, Ph.D.

Associate Professor & the Helen DeVitt Jones Endowed Professor in Professional Education

Curriculum & Instruction

Phone: 806.834.6370

Office: Education 264

Dr. Rebecca Hite is an Associate Professor of STEM Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Texas Tech University. She is a founding co-director of the Center for Advocacy in Teacher Leadership for Youth and Schools with Technology (CATALYST) and holds the Helen DeVitt Jones Endowed Professorship in Professional Education since 2024.

Dr. Hite is the faculty program coordinator for the STEM Education track: Master’s Degree in C&I, STEM Education Concentration, the Graduate Certificate in K-12 STEM Teacher Leadership, Ph.D. Degree in C&I STEM Education Specialization, and the Graduate Certificate in STEM Education Advocacy and Research.

Education

Doctorate of Philosophy in Science Education, North Carolina State University
Master of Arts in Secondary Science Teaching, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Bachelors of Science in Biology and a Bachelors of Arts in Geography, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Areas of Expertise

Emerging technologies (e.g., virtual, augmented, and mixed reality) in STEM education
In-service teacher professional development
K-12 STEM master teacher leadership

Teaching

ESTM 5372—Standards and Assessment in STEM Education
ESTM 5376—Teacher Leadership and Advocacy in STEM Education
ESTM 5377—Technology in Science/Math Education
ESTM 6371—Effective Policy Advocacy in STEM Education
ESTM 6373—Theories of STEM Education
ESTM 6375—Professional Development in STEM Education
ESTM 6399—STEMinar: Application of Extended Reality (XR) Technologies

Service to the Profession

Editor of the International Journal of Science Education
Associate Editor of the Journal of Science Teacher Education
Managerial Board Member for the International Journal of Basic, Applied, and Multidisciplinary Research Journal

Research

Practitioner Books

Cover of Discovery Engineering in Biology: Case Studies for Grades 6-12 Hite, R., Childers, G, Ennes, M., & Jones, M. G. (2019). Discovery Engineering in Biology: Case Studies for Grades 6-12. Arlington, VA: NSTA Press. ISBN 978-1-68140-614-5 Available here.

Spott, J., Sobehrad, L., & Hite, R. (Eds.). (2023). Developing and Sustaining STEM Programs across the K-12 Education Landscape. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-7771-7