Assistant Professor of STEM Education Emily Dare is one of three finalists for the 2016 NARST (National Association for Research in Science Teaching) Outstanding Doctoral Research Award. The official description for the award is as follows:
This award was established in 1992 to be given annually for the Doctoral Dissertation judged to have the greatest significance in the field of science education.
NARST is an international association that is perhaps the largest and most renowned for science education researchers.