Julia Gouvea

Conference Speaker

Julia Gouvea

Tufts University

Biological/Learning sciences

Julia Gouvea is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Education and Department of Biology at Tufts University.  Julia Gouvea's research explores the learning and teaching of biology across many grade levels and settings. Her research investigates model-based reasoning as a biological practice that can support deep understanding and thinking in biology students. Her scholarship intersects with the philosophy of biology to explore what makes biology unique and how the biological sciences interface with other disciplines within STEM and across the social sciences and humanities to solve complex problems. Julia holds a secondary appointment in the Department of Biology.

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