Anthony M. Perry

Our lab focuses on two big questions:

How does framing STEM education as a pathway to high-paying, in-demand occupations affect student engagement?
How might we (re)design the education system to create equitalble STEM learning experiences which leverage assets in communities, schools, classrooms, and individuals?

Our work centers the learner, their relationship with community partners (e.g., schools, informal learning, family, and place), and their imagined futures. Often, this work takes place in the context of Career and Technical Education (CTE) where students can learn technical skills as a strategy to adress wicked problems in the workplace and society writ large.

We are always looking for new members! Check out the Teaching & Leadership Ph.D. Program program in UND's College of Education and Human Devleopment for more details or send me an email (anthony.m.perry (a) UND (dot) edu) to learn more.

Assistant Professor, STEM Education; College of Education and Human Development; University of North Dakota. 23-present.
Postdoctoral Associate; Institute for Data, Systems, and Society; MIT. 21-23.

For the Love of EdTech Podcast 01/28/2025: Partnering Schools with the Community

Full CV available for download Last updated 05/06/2024

Creating, designing, and assessing engaging learning experiences through school-community partnership

Perry, A., Read, K. & Atwell, A. (2026). Cross-cutting skills assessments in work-based learning. Presented at AERA 2026.https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/UMD6V
Perry, A. (2026). Unlocking the black box of school–industry partnerships: a comparative case study. International Journal of Training and Development. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijtd.70003

Developing emerging technology career interests and literacies

Perry, A., Motoya, J.L., & Steele, K. (2025) Investigating student engagement in emerging technology career pathways. Proceedings from the IRSPBL.https://doi.org/10.54337/irspbl-11064
Shreeve, K., Perry, A., Cassidy, M., Jensen Eller, K., Price, B., Jackson, B., Celi, L., Lourentzou, I., & Hendrik, L. (2025) Incorporating teacher effect when modeling student engagement in smart STEM classrooms: a cluster analysis. Smart Learning Environments, 12, 58. doi.org/10.1186/s40561-025-00405-1
Zhang, H., Perry, A., & Lee, I. (2024). Developing and validating the Artificial Intelligence Literacy Concept Inventory: an instrument to assess artificial intelligence literacy among middle school students. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40593-024-00398-x

PhD in Curriculum & Instruction: STEM Education, Texas Tech University. 2021

Master of Science in Education: Secondary Science, Northwestern University. 2012

Bachelor of Science: Astronomy-Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison. 2007

Advanced Quantitative and Mixed Methods Analysis

Community Partnerships

Career and Technical Education

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