Brief Biography
Katie is a fourth year doctoral candidate in the department of Teaching,
Learning, and Teacher Education. She holds a M.A. in Teaching, Learning, and
Teacher Education from the University of Nebraska - Lincoln and a B.S. in
Mathematics from the University of Arizona. She worked as a middle school
math teacher for three years in Tucson, Arizona before attending UNL.
While at UNL, Katie has been a graduate research assistant with Drs. Amanda
Thomas, Wendy Smith, and Allan Donsig. She has also been an instructor for
TEAC 308, TEAC 161, and TEAC 397P/894P. Katie is an active member of the
Racial Justice Alliance RSO and former president of the the TLTE Graduate
Student Association.
Research Interests
Mathematics education
Equitable teaching practices
Mathematical discourse practices
STEM education
Publications & Conference Presentations
Trainin, G., Johnson, K. L., Menon, D., & Thomas, A. (2023, June 25-28).
Preparing new teachers for equity in teaching and through technology
[Conference presentation]. International Society for Technology in Education
Live 23 Conference, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Martinez, R., Carpenter, C., Johnson, K. L., Shirude, S., & Zhou, Z. (2023).
Poetic mathematical knowledge, cultural connections and challenging epistemic
injustice. Teaching for Excellence and Equity in Mathematics, 14(2).
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Menon, D., Sokoll Bauer, A., Johnson, K. L., Hasseler, E. F., Thomas, A.,
Martinez, R., & Trainin, G. (2023). Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts:
Centering Science in the STEM Era. In S.M. Al-Balushi, L. Martin-Hansen, and
Y. Song (Eds). Reforming Science Teacher Education in the STEM Era:
International Practice. Palgrave-Macmillan.
Johnson, K. L., Largo, N., Thomas, A., & Sokoll Bauer, A. (2022, April
11-15). Rural elementary teachers’ STEM teaching during COVID-19
[Conference presentation]. Society for Information Technology and Teacher
Education Conference, San Diego, CA, USA.
Sokoll Bauer, A., Thomas, A., Johnson, K. L., & Largo, N. (2022, March 9-12).
Integrated STEM maker spaces in rural elementary [Conference presentation].
International Technology and Engineering Educators Association Conference,
Orlando, FL, USA.
Johnson, K. L., Largo, N., Thomas, A., & Sokoll Bauer, A. (2022, April
11-15). Rural elementary teachers’ STEM teaching during COVID-19
[Conference presentation]. Society for Information Technology and Teacher
Education Conference, San Diego, CA, USA.
Sokoll Bauer, A., Thomas, A., Johnson, K. L., & Largo, N. (2022, March 9-12).
Integrated STEM maker spaces in rural elementary [Conference presentation].
International Technology and Engineering Educators Association Conference,
Orlando, FL, USA.
Yunes-Koch, A., & Johnson, K. L. (2022). A thematic analysis of faculty
advice for doctoral students. The Nebraska Educator: A Student-Led Journal
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Johnson, K. L., Largo, N., Thomas, A. & Sokoll Bauer, A. (2022). Rural
elementary teachers’ STEM teaching during COVID-19. In E. Langran (Ed.),
Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education
International Conference (pp. 755-760). San Diego, CA, United States:
Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
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