Dr. Paige K. Evans

Dr. Paige K. Evans serves as a Clinical Professor and Co-Director of the teachHOUSTON program in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Houston, where she has made significant contributions to STEM education since 2008. Her impressive academic background includes a B.S. in Secondary Education from Pennsylvania State University, an M.A. in Physics Education from the University of Texas at Austin, and an Ed.D. in Professional Leadership from the University of Houston. Her expertise spans STEM teacher preparation, physics education, and culturally responsive pedagogy, earning her multiple prestigious recognitions including the UH Teaching Excellence Award, the Group Teaching Excellence Award, and the American Educational Research Association Narrative Inquiry Outstanding Publication Award. As Principal Investigator on several federal grants totaling over $5.5 million, she leads initiatives to broaden STEM participation and improve STEM literacy. Her extensive experience includes 18 years as a math/science educator before joining UH, where she now oversees coursework in preservice STEM teacher education, teaches physics inquiry courses, and prepares future secondary STEM teachers for Texas Teacher Certification. As an American Physical Society Physics Teacher Education Coalition Fellow and former president of the UTeach STEM Educators Association, she continues to shape the future of STEM education through research, teaching, and leadership.