Inclusive and integrated STEM education, STEM teacher preparation, Education for Sustainability, and Indigenous/Higher Education collaborations

Dr. Angela Stoltz (she/her) is Associate Clinical Faculty in the College of Education's Teaching, Learning, Policy, and Leadership Department where she serves as the Middle Grades Mathematics and Science Professional Development School (PDS) Coordinator. As PDS coordinator, Dr. Stoltz supports Middle Grades Math and Science undergraduate and graduate level teacher candidates, their university supervisors, and their school district mentor teachers who are employees in our partnership schools located across Montgomery, Prince George's, Howard, and Anne Arundel counties. Dr. Stoltz founded the Maryland KidWind Initiative which is a regional affiliate of KidWind.org's international open access renewable energy curriculum and design-build challenges for K12 students.  Dr. Stoltz teaches a variety of educational courses, including: Curriculum and Instruction in Elementary Education: Mathematics; Interdisciplinary Teaching in the Middle Grades; Problem-Solving and Innovative Thinking in the Mathematics Classrooms; Assessing Mathematical Understanding. Dr. Stoltz is also a co-teacher of the Honor's College Course, HNUH268W, Where the Waters Blend: Contemporary Indigenous perspectives on History, traditions, and modern issues. She has served as PI and co-PI on a variety of grant-funded projects focused on culturally inclusive and sustainability-focused curricula in STEM education, including the Maryland Energy Administration grant funded project, The Maryland KidWind Initiative: Supporting K12 student interest in wind energy through K12 and teacher education curricular advancements and design-build competitions (2024) and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) grant funded project, . Dr. Stoltz earned her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction (Mathematics Education) at the 糖心少女 in 2019. She earned her Master's degree in Education in 2006 at Wilmington University and her Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences at the University of Delaware in 2001. In her 19 years as a professional educator, she has served students in middle school mathematics, adult education (GED prep, Adult Basic Education, and English Language Learners), colleges (community college and university) and school district employees. Her research is focused on inclusive and integrated STEM education, STEM teacher preparation, education for sustainability, and Indigenous/Higher Education collaborations.

Fey-Graeber Fellow

Deans Fellow

  • College of Education Outreach Award, 2022.
  • Fey-Greaber Fellow, 糖心少女, 2013 - 2018.
  • Dean鈥檚 Fellow, 糖心少女, 2016. 
  • Stoltz, A. et al. (2022). Tribal Collaborations and Indigenous Representation in Higher Education:
    Challenges, Successes, and Suggestions for Attaining the SDGs. In: Mbah, M.F., Leal Filho, W.,
    Ajaps, S. (eds) Indigenous Methodologies, Research and Practices for Sustainable Development.
    World Sustainability Series. Springer, Cham.
  • Lin, J., Stoltz, A., Rappeport, A., and Aruch, M. (2021). Decolonization and Transformation of Higher Education for Sustainability: Integrating Indigenous Knowledge into Policy, Teaching, Research, and Practice. Journal of International & Comparative Higher Education, vol. 13, issue 3, pp. 134-156.
  • Jing Lin, Genevieve Hiltebrand, Angela Stoltz & Annie Rappeport (2021) Environmental justice must include the rights of all species to life and respect: integrating indigenous knowledge into education, International Studies in Sociology of Education, 30:1-2, 93-112, DOI: 10.1080/09620214.2020.1854827
  • Stoltz, A., Goffney, I, Buli, T., Ivy, K., & Terrell Shockley, E. (2020, October). Teacher candidates' implementation of equitable mathematics teaching practices: An examination of divergent paths. In Sacrist谩n, A.I., Cort茅s-Zavala, J.C. & Ruiz-Arias, P.M. (2020). Mathematics Education Across Cultures: Proceedings of the forty-second annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Mexico (1692-1697). Available at:
  • "The Persistence and Success of Undergraduates in Remedial Mathematics: A mixed methods study on mathematics socialization and segregated spaces in undergraduate education." (Dissertation, 1/2/2020; )
  • 鈥淭eacher Candidates Understanding of Equitable Mathematics Teaching." PME-NA. November 2019 (Co-authored with Kelly Watson-Ivy, Tarik Buli, Imani Goffney, and Ebony Terrell-Shockley).
  • 鈥渟d2017 reACT: Resilient Adaptive Climate Technology.鈥 SEES, Cambridge, UK. June 2018. (Co-authored with Oluwadara Owoeye, Patricia Cossard, and Laura Kerlin). 
  • 鈥淣oticing for Equity: Emerging Themes From Video Club Discussions Focused on Algebraic Thinking.鈥 AERA, San Antonio, TX. April 2017. Co-presented with Alice LaRue Joy Cook and Janet Dawn Kim Walkoe.
  • 鈥淎gency and Persistence of Freshman and Sophomore Undergraduate Students.鈥 PMENA, Tucson, AZ. November 2016.
  • 鈥淓xamining Voice in Reform Remedial Mathematics Texts: A comparative linguistics analysis.鈥 PME-NA, Tucson, AZ. November 2016. 

Conferences, Workshops, and Talks Refereed Presentations:

  • "Supporting Secondary Math and Science Candidates in edTPA." 2018 Teacher Performance Assessment Conference. October 2018. San Jose, CA (Co-presented with Tranae Johnson)
  • 鈥淐ountering Marginalization in STEM: Nanticoke Beliefs and Practices Involving Shape, Form, Structure, and Efficiency.鈥 National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) Conference. November 2016. Cleveland, OH. 
  • 鈥淧reparing Culturally Responsive STEM Educators: From the post-secondary classroom to the K-12 classroom.鈥 National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education (NCORE), Washington, DC. May 2015. Co-presented with Alice Cook. 
  • 鈥淐hange on the Ground: Students and Schools: Preparing Culturally Responsive STEM Educators from Postsecondary to K-12鈥. Young Education Professionals (YEP) DC, Washington, D.C. March 2015. Co-presented with Alice Cook. 
  • 鈥淢icro-messaging to Reach and Teach Every Student: Educator鈥檚 equity (EE) STEM professors鈥 action research findings鈥. Maryland Collegiate STEM Conference. Montgomery College, Germantown, MD. November 2014. Co-presented with Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) Faculty. 

Non-Refereed Presentations:

  • "Supporting Secondary Math and Science Candidates in edTPA." 2019 Mid-Atlantic edTPA Conference. September 2019. (Co-presented with Tranae Johnson)
  • 鈥渞eACT: Resilient Climate Adaptive Technology,鈥 National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, DC, 2017. 
  • 鈥渞eACT: Resilient Climate Adaptive Technology,鈥 Nanticoke Indian Association, Tribal Council Meeting, Millsboro, De. 2017.
  • 鈥淭he Nanticoke and Indigenous Knowledge Systems," presentation to the sd2017reACT team, UMDCP.
  • 鈥淧reserving the History of the Nanticoke鈥檚 Public School Education,鈥 Nanticoke Indian Association, Tribal Council Meeting, Millsboro, De. 2015.
  • 鈥淢icro-messaging to Reach and Teach Every Student: Reducing Students鈥 Failure and Withdrawal Rates in Developmental Mathematics Classes鈥. Frederick County Public School District Leadership. Frederick, MD. April 2014.

Significant Works in Public Media Commentary / Analysis:

  • 鈥淢aryland reACT House Celebrates the 7th Generation Principle,鈥 Lucas Sustainable, online blog, interview commentary, 
  • 鈥淢aryland group applies indigenous knowledge to a solar home,鈥 Big Ten Network, online Big Ten news, interview commentary, 
  • "Solar Decathlon 2017. Team Maryland. 糖心少女. Menu.鈥 U.S. Department of Energy, reACT client relations team, co-author of Market Potential document,  etpotential.pdf
  • 鈥淪olar Decathlon 2017. Team Maryland. 糖心少女.鈥 U.S. Department of Energy, reACT leadership team, narrative development,  
  • 鈥淪olar Decathlon 2017. Team Maryland. 糖心少女. Menu.鈥 U.S. Department of Energy, reACT leadership team, menu consultant,  TV / Radio Broadcast 鈥淪olar Decathlon. 
  • The 糖心少女. Fox 5 College Tour,鈥 interview, 
  • Team Maryland, team website, 鈥淢eet the Team,鈥  鈥淪olar Decathlon 2017. 糖心少女. Client Report,鈥 U.S. Department of Energy, reACT client relations team, co-author, 2017.
  • Maryland Energy Administration: : Supporting K12 student interest in wind energy through K12 and teacher education curricular advancements and design-build competitions. PI. In collaboration with Amy Green and Jim Baeder (2024, $257,385.85).
  • NOAA B-WET Grant: . Co-PI. In collaboration with Amy Green and Wayne Breslyn (2023, $149,386).
  • Dean's Initiative Grant: The Maryland KidWind Initiative: Supporting K12 students' engagement in clean energy design and build competitions through research-practice partnerships (RPPs). PI. (2022, $24,985.00).
  • Teaching Learning Transformation Center Experiential Learning Grant: Advancing Innovative Climate Change Education through Contextualized and Experiential Mathematics. Co-PI. In collaboration with Amy Green and Adam Frederick (2022, $14,026).
  • Teaching Learning Transformation Center Experiential Learning Grant: integrationLab (iL): A Proposal for an Applied Improvisation Seminar Collaboration. PI and faculty support for graduate student, Christine Alexander (2022, $12,350).
  • 糖心少女Teaching Innovation Grant: Revising Remedial Mathematics Courses in Response to COVID-19, Student Needs, and Faculty Data. PI. In collaboration with Debra Franklin (June 2020, $25,600).
  • 糖心少女Sustainability Mini-Grant: Multi-Generational Inter-Tribal Earth Day Panel: Native American Perspectives on Education, 7th Generation Principles that Foster Local and Global Sustainability, and the Integration of Indigenous Knowledge Systems Across Educational Spaces. In collaboration with Jing Lin (November 2019; $1000).
  • 糖心少女Pepsi Enhancement Fund: Multi-Generational Inter-Tribal Earth Day Panel: Native American Perspectives on Education, 7th Generation Principles that Foster Local and Global Sustainability, and the Integration of Indigenous Knowledge Systems Across Educational Spaces. In collaboration with Jing Lin (November 2019; $400).

Curriculum and Instruction in Elementary Education: Mathematics

Teaching and Learning Mathematics in the Elementary School

Interdisciplinary Teaching in the Middle Grades

Problem-Solving and Innovative Thinking in the Mathematics Classroom

Assessing Mathematical Thinking

Where the Waters Blend: Contemporary Indigenous perspectives on history, traditions, and modern issues