Virtual Events and Webinars

Virtual Events and Webinars

Scheduled and Recent Events

 

Queer and Transgender Science Education Colloquium: Queer, Quare, and Transgender Theories in Education

October 2, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET

Queer and Transgender Science Education (QTSE) colloquium is a year-long virtual event series that brings together members of the science education community across career stages and institutional contexts to critically engage queer, quare, and transgender perspectives. Through these frameworks, QTSE examines theory, methods, policy, and praxis; builds shared language and critical consciousness; and considers how science education research and practice can challenge normative systems and foster more just science futures. This inaugural QTSE event introduces queer, quare, and transgender theories as critical frameworks for thinking about teaching, learning, research, and knowledge-making in science education.

Participants will explore how these perspectives challenge normative assumptions about gender, sexuality, identity, bodies, belonging, and what counts as legitimate knowledge in science and STEM spaces. Through speaker insights and facilitated discussion, participants will consider the distinct contributions, intersections, and productive tensions among queer, quare, and transgender theoretical traditions.

The session will also engage the safety, equity, critical, and relational paradigms developed by the presenters as lenses for examining queer and transgender studies in science education. Together, participants will consider how these frameworks can reshape the questions researchers and educators ask, make visible systems of power and exclusion, and support more expansive and affirming approaches to science education.

Hosted by the LGBTQ+ RIG

Registration Link: https://members.narst.org/event/QueerandTransgenderScienceEducationColloquium

Research Beyond Academia: Perspectives from Education Researchers Across Sectors

October 12, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET

This session will feature a panel of education researchers who have built careers outside traditional tenure-track faculty positions while remaining actively engaged in research, scholarship, and knowledge sharing. As interest in research careers beyond academia continues to grow, panelists from a variety of professional contexts will share their career journeys and discuss how they continue to conduct, lead, and disseminate research in their current roles.

Through this conversation, attendees will gain insight into diverse professional pathways, learn about opportunities and challenges associated with research careers across sectors, and connect with a growing community of NARST members interested in expanding the visibility, impact, and possibilities of education research beyond the tenure-track pathway.

Hosted by the EXPAND RIG

Registration Link: https://members.narst.org/event/ResearchBeyondAcademia

Inquiring into the School: Case Studies on Place-Based Education

October 13, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET

This session examines how the school itself can become a primary subject and dynamic field of scientific inquiry, rather than merely a physical venue for lessons. Drawing on five qualitative case studies of place-based education (PBE) in school science contexts, the presenter will demonstrate how investigating students' immediate living environments deepens their engagement with science and reshapes their understanding of school space.

The session introduces five case narratives constructed from students' essays and interview transcripts, followed by research conclusions and a discussion derived from a cross-case analysis.

To accommodate international participants, the session is structured asynchronously: it includes a 30-minute pre-recorded presentation (PPT with English narration) and an interactive online Q&A forum via Padlet, which will remain open throughout the event period.

Meet Your Speakers:
Solhee Lee, Seryun middle school 
Miyoun Lim, Ewha Womans University

Registration Link: https://members.narst.org/event/InquiringIntoTheSchool-CaseStudies

Welcome To NARST Webinar

October 16, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET

The Graduate Student Committee invites you to the "Welcome to NARST" session, an orientation designed to introduce incoming graduate students and newly joined members to the resources, communities, and opportunities available through NARST.

This session is designed to clarify membership benefits, committee structures, and practical pathways for engagement within the NARST community. During the session, committee leaders will outline opportunities including awards and scholarships, the Graduate Student Forum, the Graduate Student Research Symposium, and regular networking and communications initiatives. The committee will propose conference sessions to attend, provide concrete guidance on how to get involved, how to submit and present research, and where to find mentoring and community support. The event concludes with a live Q&A.

Hosted by the Graduate Student Committee

Registration Link: https://members.narst.org/event/WelcometoNARST