NICOLE TUTTLE, PHD

Assistant Director, Center for Research on Teaching and Learning

Lecturer, Chemistry and Comprehensive Studies

University of Michigan

Nicole Tuttle earned her B.S. Chemistry at the University of Michigan in 2003 and went on to complete a Ph.D. in Chemistry at the University of Chicago in 2013. Nicole has extensive experience with, and a long interest, in teaching science. Her teaching career began as a Structured Study Group leader for CHEM 210/215 while an undergraduate at UM. Following that, she taught sixth-grade science in Atlanta Public Schools through Teach For America. As a postdoc, she worked with preschool – 3rd grade teachers to implement inquiry-based science teaching. She has worked as an Assistant Director at UM’s Center for Research on Teaching and Learning. Nicole’s long-term career trajectory has focused on making science learning more equitable, and so she was delighted to begin teaching at the University of Michigan in 2020 in Chemistry and the Comprehensive Studies Program.