About

Hi and welcome to my website. I am Dr. Nitasha Mathayas and I am a science educator and learning scientist exploring how children engage with science through their bodies. 

As a former classroom teacher and curriculum developer for K-8 science curriculum, I am committed to making science more hands-on and engaging for children. My past research explores students’ hand gestures as a tool to support their scientific modeling, my current research broadens this exploration to see how groups of children collective science model. I use Mixed reality technology to design spaces that leverage these body movements for scientific thinking. I am also moving toward studying how embodiment can help us see science beyond normative views and how that can help broaden participation in science from those typically underrepresented in STEM fields.