Profile

Since 2010, Dr. Bush’s productivity includes 6.3+ million dollars in externally funded projects primarily from the National Science Foundation (NSF) including serving as Principal Investigator of a Noyce Track 3 project focused on Catalyzing Change, Empowering STEM Teachers with Earned Doctorates: A Noyce Program for Elementary and Middle School Mathematics Teachers. She is also the UCF Principal Investigator of a collaborative NSF Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) project. Bush is also dedicated to mentoring faculty seeking federal grant funding for the first time. Bush has authored 13 peer-reviewed books; more than 100 peer-reviewed publications published or in-press; and 160+ peer-reviewed and invited international, national, regional, and state presentations. Bush’s research focuses on mathematics education, transdisciplinary STE(A)M education, and teacher professional learning.

• Mathematics Education
• Transdisciplinary STE(A)M Education
• Teacher Professional Development

Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, Mathematics Education
University of Louisville

• Deepening student and teacher understanding of mathematics through transdisciplinary STE(A)M problem-based inquiry
• Mathematics, science, and STE(A)M teacher professional development effectiveness
• The implementation of NCTM’s Catalyzing Change Framework in states, districts, and schools

Collaborative Research: Transforming Undergraduate Mathematics Teacher Preparation Programs using the Professional Development: Research, Implementation, and Evaluation Framework

• Principal Investigator: Sarah B. Bush, Ph.D.
• Co-Principal Investigators: Farshid Safi, Ph.D.
• Sponsor: National Science Foundation
• Award Period: 7/1/2020 to 6/30/2024
• Total Award: $968,578 UCF ($2,975,413 total)

Empowering STEM Teachers with Earned Doctorates: A Noyce Program for Elementary and Middle School Mathematics Teachers

• Principal Investigator: Sarah B. Bush, Ph.D.
• Co-Principal Investigators: Juli Dixon, Ph.D., Lisa Brooks, Ed.D., and Brian Moore, Ph.D.
• Sponsor: National Science Foundation
• Award Period: 4/1/2021 to 3/31/2026
• Total Award: $1,459,394

• UCF Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award (SoTL), University Awardee (2022)
• UCF Research Incentive Award (RIA), CCIE Awardee (2022)
• UCF Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award, University and CCIE Awardee (2022)
• School Science and Mathematics Association (SSMA) Award for Excellence in Integrating Science and Mathematics (2021)
• UCF Excellence in Research Award, CCIE Awardee (2021)

• MAE 7805: Policies, Practices, and Structures in K-8 Mathematics Education
• MAE 6918: Directed Research
• MAE 7980: Dissertation Mathematics Education
• MAE 7795: Seminar in Research in Mathematics Education
• IDS 7500: Research Seminar in Education
• IDS 6937: Teaching Mathematics and Science Using Reform-Based Practices
• IDS 6939: Reforming Curriculum in Mathematics and Science Education