Karen Pierce

Project Manager - Dr. Elba and Domingo Garcia West Dallas STEM School

Karen Pierce
Email

karenp@smu.edu

Office Location

6401 Airline Rd
Ste. 301
Dallas, 75205

Phone

214-768-1488

About

Dr. Karen Pierce joined the Dr. Elba and Domingo Garcia West Dallas STEM School team in the summer of 2021 and serves as the Project Manager.  Karen earned her B.A. in Biology and completed her M.Ed. in secondary teaching at Austin College. Karen began working in the field of education as a secondary biomedical science and chemistry teacher in New Mexico. She worked at a large public high school, helped open a new public high school, and eventually joined a project-based STEM public charter as the lead biomedical science project manager. Karen then completed her Ed.D. in Higher Education at SMU while working as a graduate research assistant at Research in Mathematics Education on the STEM Academy project.