Steven Moore, Ph.D.
Background and Research Interests
Research and Publication Interests
- Creating effective professional development programs for K-14 teachers that immerse them in visualization technologies and inquiry-based learning.
- Designing excellent curriculum and instructional activities that help learners practice technological and cognitive skills employed by practicing scientists.
- Improving organizational practices for creating excellent discovery-based instructional materials and professional development opportunities for educators.
- Translating scientific research into learning discoveries for novice learners.
- Understanding the impact of discovery-based learning with visualization technologies on learners' spatial thinking skills.
- Understanding how storytelling, play, metaphor, and exploration support the learning process in discovery-based education.
Year |
Institution |
Degree | Major |
| 1989 | University of Arizona, Tucson | Ph.D. | Renewable Natural Resources Studies and Sociology |
| 1982 | University of Illinois, Chicago | M.B.A. | Human Resources Management and Accounting |
| 1978 | Southern Illinois University, Carbondale | B.A. | Biology |
Years |
Position | Organization |
Location |
| 2003- | CEO | Science Approach, LLC | Tucson, Arizona |
| 2000- | Executive Director | Center for Image Processing in Education | Tucson, Arizona |
Dr. Moore is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Science Approach, Executive Director of the Center for Image Processing in Education (CIPE), and one of Science Approach's four founding members. Dr. Moore holds a Ph.D. in renewable natural resources studies and sociology from the University of Arizona; has an M.B.A. in accounting and human resources management from the University of Illinois, Chicago; and has a B.A. in biology from Southern Illinois University.
Dr. Moore is currently the evaluator for the Satellite Observations in Science Education project, a NASA-funded effort. He has taught environmental studies, human biology, environmental management, sociology, and outdoor recreation management at the University of Arizona, Pima Community College, and St. Lawrence University. He has served as the project director and evaluator for National Science Foundation programs in mathematics and science education, professional development for teachers, and development of minority participation in science careers. He also has conducted environmental and sociological research for the U.S. Department of Defense, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service, National Park Service, and the University of Arizona.
Steven has served as the principal investigator (PI) on the following federally and privately funded projects:
- CoastLines (NSF/ITEST)
- Consortium for Optics and Imaging Education (NSF/ATE)
- Exploring Data with GIS to Experience Sanctuaries (NOAA)
- Mapping an Ocean Sanctuary (NSF/Geoscience Education)
- Mapping Ocean Sanctuaries (National Geographic Society)
- NIH Biotechnologist (NIH/NLM)
- Ocean Explorers (NSF/ITEST)
- Powers of Inquiry (NIH/NIEHS)
- Simplified Image Management and Processing Learning
- Environment for Science (SIMPLE Science) (NSF/NSDL)
- Visual Instruction Support for Inquiry-based Odysseys in the NASA Explorer Schools (VISIONES) (NASA)
- Visualizing Addiction (NIH/NIDA)
- Volumetric Imaging Science for Instruction of an Open Nature (VISION) (NIH/NICHD).
- Brady, Jennifer, Steven Moore, Laura Francis, and Julie Bursek. 2003. Mapping an ocean sanctuary. Tucson, Arizona: Center for Image Processing in Education.
- Kinzel, Michelle, Wynne Brown, Steven Moore, and Dawn Wright. 2005. Exploring the Ocean from Davey Jones' Locker. GIS Educator Spring:3.
- Kinzel, Michelle, Keith Miller, and Steven Moore. 2005. Using GIS in the Development of Science Standards Supporting Curriculum. In Education User Conference. San Diego, California: ESRI.
- Moore, Mary, and Steven Moore. 2006. Where Did the Ozone Go? The Public Health Implications of a Hole in the Sky [Web Site]. Center for Image Processing in Education 2005 [cited 24 July 2006].
- Moore, Mary, and Ph.D. Steven Moore. 2005. Powers of Inquiry: Using Image Analysis to Explore Environmental Health Science. Tucson: Science Approach.
- Moore, Mary K., and Steven D. Moore. 2007. The Path to Recovery [Web site]. Science Approach 2005 [cited 2 April 2007]. Available from http://www.science-approach.com/neurovisions/.
- Moore, Steven. 2005. GIS in School Settings. In Microcomputers in Education Conference. Tempe, Arizona.
- ———. 2005. Using GIS to Teach Ocean Science in Grades 9-14. In Microcomputers in Education Conference. Tempe, Arizona.
- Moore, Steven, Jenny Brady, Laura Francis, and Julie Bursek. 2005. Geographic Information Science for Ocean Education: Mapping the Invisible World for Student Understanding. Current 21 (1).
- ———. 2005. An Ocean of Issues: Designing GIS-Based Curriculum for Secondary Schools. Paper read at Education User Conference, at San Diego, California.
- Moore, Steven, Jenny Brady, Michelle Kinzel, Laura Francis, and Don Haviland. 2005. Ocean Explorers: Using Ocean Science to Introduce IT Tools to Secondary School Educators. Paper read at Annual Conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, 3 March, at Phoenix, Arizona.
- Moore, Steven, Jennifer Brady, Michelle Kinzel, Don Haviland, and Laura Francis. 2005. Results of the First Year Evaluation of the Ocean Explorers ITEST Project. Paper read at Annual Conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, 2 March, at Phoenix, Arizona.
- Moore, Steven, Mary Moore, Don Haviland, and Carl Cornwell. 2005. Final Project Report for Powers of Inquiry: Using Image Analysis to Explore Environmental Health Science. Tucson, Arizona: Science Approach.
- Brown, Wynne, Hedley Bond, and Steven Moore. 2005 (In press). Guiding Light: Lessons on optics and imaging for the information age. Tucson, Arizona: Center for Image Processing in Education.
- Vuturo-Brady, Jenny, Kathryn Keranen, Steven Moore, Julie Bursek, Laura Francis, Cathy Sakas, Anne Smrcina, and Mary Tagliareni. 2006. Exploring Data with GIS to Experience Sanctuaries. Tucson, Arizona: Center for Image Processing in Education.
- Moore, Steven D. and Jenny A. Brady. 2007. Lessons Learned from the ITEST Ocean Explorers Project. In ESRI Education Users Conference. San Diego, California: ESRI.