EDUCATION
| Ph.D. | Science Education; Education Data Science; Learning Sciences and Technology Design | Stanford University |
| M.Ed. | Secondary Science Education, | Boston College |
| B.S. | Biology and Music | Boston College |
Graduate Certificates
| Science, Technology, and Society (STS) | Stanford University |
| Special Education | Relay Graduate School of Education |
AWARDS AND HONORS
| Year | Award |
|---|---|
| 2019 | Outstanding Mentor of an American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Student, Stanford Native American Cultural Center |
| 2022 | Markowski-Leach Scholar, Horizons Foundation |
| 2023 | Doctoral Student Award: Research and Academic Excellence, Stanford Graduate School of Education |
| 2023 | Best Paper in Strand 8: Scientific Literacy and Socio-scientific Issues, European Science Education Research Association Conference |
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Science Media Literacy
Nature of Science
Socioscientific Reasoning
Epistemic Cognition
Secondary Science Teaching and Learning
Public Engagement with Science and TechnologyĀ
CURRENT RESEARCH AND GRANT PROJECTS
- Developing Performance Assessments for Scientific Online Reasoning: Assessing Secondary Studentsā Evaluations of Science Information Sources on the Internet
- Teaching Science Media Literacy: Supporting Secondary Science Teachers with Incorporating Authentic Information Sources in the Classroom
- Designing a Science & Society Course for High School in a Research-Practice Collaborative
- Novel Instructional Routines to Incorporate Science Journalism Practices into the Secondary Science Classroom
- Using the Publication Facts Label as an Educational Tool with High School Students and their Communities
- Engaging High School Students in Socioscientific Reasoning Using Green Spaces as a Social Justice Science Issue
HIGHLIGHTED PUBLICATIONS
Pimentel, D. R. (2024). Learning to evaluate sources of science (mis) information on the internet: Assessing students’ scientific online reasoning.Ā Journal of Research in Science Teaching.
Willinsky, J. & Pimentel, D.R. (2024). The publication facts label: A public and professional guide for research articles.Ā Learned Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1002/leap.1599Ā
Osborne, J., & Pimentel, D.R. (2023). Science education in an age of misinformation.Ā Science Education. https://doi.org/10.1002/sce.21790
Osborne, J., & Pimentel, D.R. (2022). Science, misinformation, and the role of education.Ā Science, 378(6617), 246-248. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abq8093Ā
Lee, V. R., Pimentel, D. R., Bhargava, R., & DāIgnazio, C. (2022). Taking data feminism to school: A synthesis and review of pre-collegiate data science education projects.Ā British Journal of Educational Technology, 53(5), 1096ā 1113. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjet.13251Ā
BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Pimentelās research explores the intersection of science, education, & society. He collaborates with teachers and students to re-imagine science classrooms as spaces that promote public engagement with science and technology in our increasingly digital world. Toward that end, he studies teaching and learning about a range of topics, including science media literacy (with a focus on the internet and social media), the nature of science-in-society, socioscientific reasoning, science information networks, digital information literacy, science journalism, and trust/distrust in science.
Dr. Pimentel received a PhD in Education from Stanford University, where he also completed a Graduate Certificate in Science, Technology, & Society (STS). He holds a B.S. in Biology and an M.Ed. in Secondary Education from Boston College and an Advanced Certificate in Special Education from the Relay Graduate School of Education. Dr. Pimentel is also a proud first-generation college student. He previously taught middle school science and high school chemistry in Boston, MA, and Brooklyn, NY.