Thomas Fennewald

Contact Info: tom.fennewald[at]gmail.com 314.623.9967

About: I'm a doctoral candidate in the Inquiry Methodology program at Indiana University. Before venturing into education, learning science, and the philosophy of social science, I received a B.S. in Chemistry from Missouri Science and Technology and worked for the Dept. of Energy at the Hanford Site / Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and a variety of other laboratories. I currently work as methodology consultant and project evaluator at the Center for Urban and Multicultural Education at Indiana University where I am the lead evaluator of the NSF funded Graduate STEM Fellows in GK-12 Education program. My interests are wide and include languages, dinosaurs, swimming, and pop dance from many times and cultures, especially contemporary Bhangra.

Research: My research focuses on two areas. One is the development of economic, political, and environmental games as critical research methods that promote players to reflect on their decisions and the development of norms, institutions, and sustainability. These games are systemic in nature, with player choices leading to consequential effects. I've had diff