Dr. Shima Salehi

Biography

Shima Salehi is an Assistant Professor (Research) at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, where she also directs the IDEAL research lab. Her research is dedicated to promoting inclusivity, diversity, and equity in learning communities, particularly through the application of effective instructional practices in science and engineering education. Salehi's work explores the barriers to equity in STEM education and identifies instructional and institutional changes necessary to address these gaps. She has developed an empirical framework for effective scientific problem-solving, leading to the design of instructional activities that provide students with explicit opportunities to learn essential problem-solving practices. Her recent research focuses on the mechanisms underlying demographic performance gaps in STEM college education. Salehi holds a PhD in Learning Sciences with a minor in Psychology from Stanford University, and a B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology in Iran. Additionally, she is the founder of KhanAcademyFarsi, a non-profit organization dedicated to serving Farsi-speaking students, particularly in underprivileged areas.

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