David Long

Dr. David Long is an Associate Professor of STEM Education and the Director of MSUTeach at Morehead State University. Long's primary research interest is the ethnographic documentation and analysis of science learning at the social intersection of differing ideological, economic, and moral projects. He focuses on perennial problem of U.S. science education and communication, including the cognitive, social, and philosophical dimensions of student and teacher understanding of evolution, climate change science, and genetic engineering. His main emphasis is how political and religious ideology mediates science education understanding and implementation in schools, universities, and in the civic discourse.