Kremen School of Education and Human Development

Myunghwan Shin

Associate Professor

Liberal Studies | 559.278.0336 | Office: ED453

mshin@mail.fresnostate.edu

Education

  • Michigan State University - Ph.D. in Curriculum, Instruction, and Teacher Education (Science Education), 2016
  • Seoul National University - M.S. in Science Education, 2010
  • Seoul National University - B.S. in Earth and Space Science Education, 2005

Courses Taught

  • LS 120: Community-based Learning in STEM
  • LS 122: Teaching for Elementary Science Literacy 
  • CI 175: Science Instruction and Applied Technology
  • EHD 180T: Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy in STEM

Dr. Shin is an Associate Professor of STEM Education in the Department of Liberal Studies at California State University, Fresno. His research focuses on broadening participation in science and STEM education for children from historically underserved communities and designing learning environments that are engaging, inspiring, and equitable. He is also deeply committed to science and STEM teacher education, particularly the preparation of future elementary and middle school teachers.

Dr. Shin currently serves as a Co-Principal Investigator on several externally funded research projects. These include the National Science Foundation-funded initiative, “The Expansion of a Mobile Making Project That Engages Underserved Youth Across California in STEM,” and the Chevron-funded project, “Expanding Opportunities for Fresno State and Fresno Unified Students to Experience Impactful STEM Learning Experiences through the Mobile Making Program.”

His scholarship has been published in journals including the International Journal of Research on Technology in Education, the Journal of Science Teacher Education, and Connected Science Learning. He also contributes to the broader scholarly community as a peer reviewer for several academic journals and as an advisory board member for NSF-funded projects.
  • STEM Education
  • Science Learning and Teaching 
  • Makerspaces and Maker Education
  • Preservice Teacher Education
  • Engineering Design in K-12 Education
  • Community-Based Learning and Service Learning
  • Qualitative Research Methods 
Grants
NSF STEM Day Maker Faire - The Expansion of a Mobile Making Project That Engages Underserved Youth Across California in STEM (Award# 2215656)
National Science Foundation, AISL Supplemental Funding
Co-Principal Investigator, 9/1/2022-2/29/2028, $93,969

From Low-Tech to High-Tech: Expanding Opportunities for Fresno State and Fresno Unified Students to Experience Impactful STEM Learning Experiences through the Mobile Making Program
Chevron, Co-Principal Investigator, 7/1/2024-6/30/2025, $100,000

Collaborative Research: Broad implementation of Mobile Making: STEM-Making for engaging underserved communities across California
National Science Foundation, AISL, Co-Principal Investigator, Award#2215656, 9/1/2022-2/29/2028, $502,509  

Design Thinking for Innovation in Science Teaching: Preservice Teachers’ Applications of Design Thinking to Reinvent Science Lessons
Dandoy Research Award, California State University, Fresno, Principal Investigator, 7/1/2021-6/30/2022, $6,055

Re-envisioning Maker Education in STEM Teacher Preparation
Dandoy Research Award, California State University, Fresno, Principal Investigator, 9/1/2018-5/31/2019, $3,000

Enacting Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy in a STEM Capstone Course for Preservice Elementary Teachers
Dandoy Research Award, California State University, Fresno, Principal Investigator, 9/1/2017-5/31/2018, $2,667


Selected Publications
Siyahhan, S., Marshall, J., Shin, M., Nation, J., Hansen, A., Jensen J., Kisiel, J. (2025). Supporting Equitable STEM Education in K-12 Schools through University-Community Partnerships. In Sole, B., & Meyerott, T. (Eds.), Diverse Leadership Perspectives in Education: From K-12 to Higher Education. New York, NY: IGI Global Scientific Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3693-6115-3.ch017

Siyahhan, S., Marshall, J., Price, E., Hansen, A., Shin, M., Jensen, J., McBeath, J. & Kiesel, J. (2025). Mobile Making: Enhancing Teacher Preparedness for STEM and Maker Education. In R. Jake Cohen (Ed.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 2310-2316). Orlando, FL, USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved April 1, 2025 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/225804/.

Hansen, A., Siyahhan, S., Price, E., Nation, J., Marshall, J., Kisiel, J., & Shin, M. (2025). The Mobile Making Program: Undergraduate Facilitation of Afterschool STEM Activities to Inspire the Next Generation of Scientists and Engineers. Connected Science Learning, 7(1), 2-9. https://doi.org/10.1080/24758779.2024.2436851

Shin, M., Lee, J., & Nelson, F. (2022). Funds of knowledge in making: reenvisioning maker education in teacher preparation. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 54(4), 635-653. http://doi.org/10.1080/15391523.2021.1908868

Macias, C., Shin, M., & Bennett, L. (2022). “They were teaching me!”: reimagining collaborative inquiry with elementary students in science teacher education. Journal of Science Teacher Education, 33(5), 466-487. https://doi.org/10.1080/1046560X.2021.1963392

Phan, T., & Shin, M. (2021). Re-imagining Technology Education for Student Teachers Using Human-centered Design. International Journal of Designs for Learning, 12(3). 31-48.
 
Shin, M., Greenberg, D, & Nazar, C. (2018). "We Wanna Makerspace!": Youth Participatory Action Research Towards the Design of Equity-Oriented Making. In Calabrese Barton, A., & Tan, E. (Eds.). STEM-Rich Maker Learning: Designing for Equity with Youth of Color (pp. 34-61). New York, NY: Teacher College Press.

Tan, E., Calabrese Barton, A., Shin, M., & Turner, C. (2016). Probing participatory partnerships: Equitably-consequential making by, for and with marginalized youth. In FabLearn 2016 Proceedings of the 6th Annual Conference on Creativity and Fabrication in Education (pp. 1-8). Stanford, CA.

Calabrese Barton, A., Tan, E., & Shin, M. (2016). Mobilities of Criticality: Space-Making, Identity and Agency in a Youth-Centered Makerspace. Singapore: International Society of the Learning Sciences, 2016.

Shin, M., Calabrese Barton, A., & Johnson, L. (2016). “I am an Innovator: Quahn’s Counter-Narrative of Becoming in STEM.” In Marx, S. (Ed). Qualitative Research in STEM: Studies of Equity, Access and Innovation (pp. 15-35). New York, NY: Routledge.


Selected Presentations
Shin, M., Hansen, A., & Siyahhan, S. (2026, April). From Making to Becoming: Preservice Teachers’ Pathways in STEM through Service Learning. 2026 American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA.

Shin, M., Hasen, A., Caldera, S., Moua, K., & De Vore, A. (2025, October). STEM in Motion: Building Propeller Cars and Portable Fans. 2025 California Science Education Conference. Palm Springs, CA

Shin, M., & Hansen, A. (2024, March). Making Beyond the University Classroom: Lessons from Preservice Teachers Participating in a Mobile Making Program. 2024 National Association for Research in Science Teaching Annual International Conference, Denver, CO.

Shin, M., & Lee, J. (2023, April). Design Thinking for Human-Centered Engineering: Preservice Teachers' Engineering Design Projects for Underserved Communities. 2023 National Association for Research in Science Teaching Annual International Conference, Chicago, IL.

Shin, M., & Lee, J. (2022, March). Placing Empathy at the Center of Engineering: Design Thinking Embraced by Preservice Teachers for Engineering Design. 2022 National Association for Research in Science Teaching Annual International Conference, Vancouver, Canada.

Shin, M., Lee, J., & Nelson, F. (2021, April). Funds of Knowledge in Making: Re-envisioning Maker Education in Teacher Preparation. 2021 American Educational Research Association annual conference, Virtual Conference.