Rick Pomeroy
Lecturer/Supervisor of Teacher Education Emeritus
Office hours: Wednesdays 3-5 or by appointment
Rick Pomeroy is the Director of the UC Davis Young Scholars Program.
Teaching/Research Interests
In-service and preservice teacher learning; Interdisciplinary Instruction; Science Education; Secondary Education; Technology in Science; Technology in teaching and learning
Education
Ph.D., Education: Curriculum Studies – University of California, Davis – 2000
Current Activities and Service
- President, California Science Teachers Association (CSTA)
- Chair, California Science Education Conference, Sacramento, 2010
- PACT Trainer of Trainers, 2006-present.
- Invited Panelist, Astronomical Society of Pacific Convention, Baltimore, MD. 2006.
- Past Regional Director and Board Member. Association of Science Teacher Educators (ASTE formerly (AETS). 2005-2008.
- Member. Planning Committee for CA Science Education Conference, California Science Teacher Association(CSTA), 2006, 2010.
- Member, ASTE Committee on Technology Enhancement in Science Teacher Education. 2006-Present.
- Co-Strand Coordinator. National Science Teachers Association, 2006 Convention, Anaheim, CA. 2006.
- Member. Pre Service Education Working Group for NASA (PSEWG). Science Directorate/Lunar Planetary Institute, Houston TX. 2005-present.
- Academic Federation Outstanding Award Committee Member, 2005-present.
- Presenter. PACT Conference, Santa Barbara, CA “The Alignment of Student Teacher Inquiry and the Pact.” 2006.
- Presenter. California Science Education Conference, Palm Springs, CA. “Mentoring Student Teachers.” 2005.
- Presenter. Association of Science Teacher Educators annual conference. Colorado Springs, CO. 2005.
- Presenter. Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators. Dallas, TX. 2005.
- Presenter. Association for the Education of Teachers of Science. Nashville, TN. 2004.
- Presenter. National Association for Research in Science Teaching annual meeting. Philadelphia, PA. 2003.
- PACT Development Team 2001-present.
- Panelist. California Instructional Materials Evaluation Panel (IMEP).
- Member. Curriculum Advisory Council.
- Member. Science Curriculum Standards Committee.
- Member. Budget Advisory Council.
- Chairman. Science Department.
- Chairman. WASC.
- Member. Project Pipeline Steering Committee.
- Director, UC Davis Young Scholars Program 1991-present.
- Coordinator. District Science Facilitator. 1987-1991.
- Special Projects Community High School.
Eliminating second-year science mandate is fast fix with long-term damage
By Rick Pomeroy in Thoughts on Public Education
Rick Pomeroy, lecturer/supervisor for the science teaching credential program in the School of Education and president of the California Science Teachers Association, wrote this piece on Governor Brown’s proposal to end the mandate that requires a second year of science for high school graduation. “As a way to fix a dysfunctional budget process, this makes absolutely no sense,” writes Pomeroy.
