Faculty at the College are encouraged to transform their teaching and learning by engaging their students in active learning spaces. We are pleased to share faculty stories that illustrate the impact of their teaching. 

Kelsey Johnson is an Associate Professor of Astronomy at the University of Virginia, an adjunct faculty at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, and the founder and director of the Dark Skies Bright Kids outreach program. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Colorado in 2001, where she held a NASA Graduate Research Fellowship and was awarded the Dorothy Martin Woman Doctoral Student Award, awarded annually to the top female graduate student in any discipline. After earning her doctorate, Johnson held a National Science Foundation Fellowship followed by a Hubble Fellowship. She has received the National Science Foundation CAREER award, a Packard Foundation Fellowship, a Distinguished young investigator FEST award, and an Excellence in Diversity award. She is a member of the International ALMA Science Advisory Committee, for which she is both a former chair and current vice-chair. Her research is focused on star formation throughout the universe and the impact of different physical environments, in particular. In this video she shares her experiences teaching in an active learning space classroom for engaged, student-centered learning.