Alicia C. Alonzo

Alicia Cristina Alonzo is an American scholar of science education specializing in educational assessment, formative assessment, and pedagogical content knowledge.[1] She is a professor in the Department of Teacher Education at Michigan State University.[2]

Education and career

Alonzo was an undergraduate at Cornell University. She has a 1999 Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology, supervised by Thomas McGill,[3] on the fabrication of laser diodes.[4]

Soon after, her interests shifted to science education.[4] After positions in educational research at the University of California, Berkeley[5] and the University of Iowa,[6] Alonzo became an assistant professor at Michigan State University in 2009.[7]

Recognition

Alonzo was a 2014 recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, given "for her outstanding research on learning progressions in physics, and for her community service commitment to helping high school teachers use formative assessments in their classrooms to enhance student learning in summer professional development workshops and undergraduate courses".[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Dr. Alicia Alonzo", Technical Advisory Committee, New Meridian, retrieved 2026-03-26
  2. ↑ "Alicia Alonzo", People, Michigan State University College of Education, retrieved 2026-03-26
  3. ↑ Alonzo, Alicia Cristina (1999), Effects of geometry on the wet thermal oxidation of aluminum arsenide (Ph.D. thesis), California Institute of Technology, doi:10.7907/Q286-WB43, ProQuest 9930373
  4. 1 2 "New faculty: Alicia C. Alonzo" (PDF), New Educator, Michigan State University, p. 36, Fall 2009, retrieved 2026-03-26
  5. ↑ Author affiliation from Alonzo, Alicia C. (January 2002), "Evaluation of a model for supporting the development of elementary school teachers' science content knowledge", Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the Association for the Education of Teachers in Science (PDF), retrieved 2026-03-26
  6. ↑ Author affiliation from Alonzo, Alicia C.; Steedle, Jeffrey T. (September 2008), "Developing and assessing a force and motion learning progression", Science Education, 93 (3), Wiley: 389–421, doi:10.1002/sce.20303
  7. ↑ "Alicia Alonzo wins science teaching research fellowship", News, Michigan State University College of Education, 18 May 2009, retrieved 2026-03-26
  8. ↑ "Alicia Alonzo", PECASE Recipients, National Science Foundation, retrieved 2026-03-26
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