Erin Siostrom is an educator and science education researcher. Over the past decade, she has taught in secondary and tertiary institutions throughout Queensland, and currently teaches into the School of Education and Tertiary Access as as an Associate Lecturer. She coordinates into STEM enabling courses for the Tertiary Access program and STEM Initial Teacher Education programs for future Biology and Chemistry teachers. Her research interests include STEM education, science specialism and career changers entering into teaching and STEM higher education pathways.
Professional Memberships
- Member of Equity Practitioners in Higher Education Australasia (EPHEA)
Awards/Fellowships
- Associate Fellow of Higher Education Academy (AFHEA)
Professional Social Media
Research areas
- STEM education participation and pathways
- STEM identity
- Subject specialisation – Science
Teaching areas
Featured publications
- Siostrom, E. (2022, December 27). 4 creepy crawlies you’ll see more of this wet summer – and one iconic beetle you’ll probably miss. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/4-creepy-crawlies-youll-see-more-of-this-wet-summer-and-one-iconic-beetle-youll-probably-miss-190915
- Mills, R, Bourke, T., & Siostrom, E. (2020). Complexity and Contradiction: Disciplinary Expert Teachers in Primary Science and Mathematics Education, Teaching and Teacher Education, 89, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2019.103010
- Theresa, T., Mills, R., & Siostrom, E. (2020). Origins of Primary Specialisation in Australian Education Policy: What’s the Problem Represented to Be?’, Australian Educational Researcher , 47(5), 725-740. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13384-019-00370-y
Erin's specialist areas of expertise are STEM education, science specialism and the role of lived experiences in STEM participation and pathway.