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International Work

My international work focuses on partnering with educators and institutions to co-create culturally relevant, evidence-based teaching frameworks that address local challenges and

promote social and environmental sustainability.

 

In particular, I am motivated when challenges in my local context in the United States run parallel to those of other places in the world.

Together as a team, we can work to change our university institutions, better educate the public and future STEM leaders, and ultimately change the world.

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Scroll down to see some of my current and

past international work.

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Dnipro City
Camel and Pyramids
Camel and Pyramids

Egypt

From 2018 - 2024, Dr. Walter was a lead consultant with the STESSA project (supported by USAID) in Egypt.

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She worked with Philadelphia-based non-profit 21PSTEM and Egyptian colleagues to develop unique postsecondary STEM courses built to help solve Egypt's Grand Challenges. 

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This work included the development of unique lower-division transdisciplinary courses focused on regional challenges. She also built faculty development for these courses focused on active learning and phenomenon-based instruction.

Portugal

Dr. Walter has done faculty development workshops in collaboration with CESPU -  Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Politécnico e Universitário in Gandra, Portugal as the faculty began to implement active learning in all of their STEM courses in Fall 2022.

Porto Historical Houses
Image by Maria Zardoya.avif

Malawi

In collaboration with colleagues at Michigan State University, and 9 higher education partners in Malawi, Dr. Walter helped to lead a $17M USAID contract to introduce effective STEM pedagogies and curricular design.

 

Our goals were to improve university students’ technical, soft, and entrepreneurial skills; prepare STEM faculty to incorporate students in research; and lead a multisector stakeholder engagement process to improve STEM-related higher education policy and linkages between STEM education and economic growth.

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