Rebecca Davis, WestEd
Rebecah completed her PhD in Science Education in the Graduate School of Education, where her research interests focused on public understanding of complex environmental topics, curriculum development for environmental education in formal and informal settings, and behavior change. Her dissertation investigated the relationship between mental models of climate change and related attitudes and behaviors.
Before coming to Stanford, Rebecah worked for seven years as a middle school and high school science teacher in Berkeley; she has also helped develop science curriculum for the USGS, UCMP, and the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment. She earned her B.S. in plant molecular and cell biology from Brigham Young University. In her free time, Rebecah enjoys exploring San Francisco with her partner and twin sons, cycling, yoga, and restoring her turn-of-the-century Edwardian home.