Dr. Carrie Miller-DeBoer began working at the OGS in June 2024 as a Research Associate. She’s primarily working with the Education & Outreach team as she is a lifelong learner who loves sharing science with others.
Carrie comes from an ecosystem perspective seeking to understand how the nonliving aspects of environments like geology shape the living communities of organisms in an area. She earned a B.S. in Biological Oceanography from Millersville University at Millersville, PA (2004) and an M.S. in Wildlife & Fisheries Science from Texas A&M University at College Station, TX (2007) where she completed a thesis on how periodic flooding that connected shallow ponds to a larger estuary influenced the growth of algae, the tiny plants that form the base of the salt marsh food web. She continued her studies at the University of Oklahoma at Norman, OK where she followed her passion for communicating science, earning a Ph.D. in Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum (2015). Her doctoral research project explored the confidence science educators (middle/high school teachers and college professors) have when teaching students how to communicate data and ideas through writing.
Carrie started teaching science over 25 years ago, engaging children and adults in authentic scientific investigation in a wide variety of contexts, both formal and informal. Prior to joining OGS, Carrie taught science and Career Tech STEM for 8 years at Webster Middle School (OKC), Crooked Oak High School, Longfellow Middle School (Norman), and Shawnee Middle School. She looks forward to continuing to serve Oklahoma students and citizens as she joins them in exploring Carbon Capture and Storage opportunities in Oklahoma.
Formerly going on adventures in science with her tiny learning companion, Space Bat, Carrie has used her crochet skills to create mascots who represent the unique geology of Oklahoma.
