Isi Ero-Tolliver, PhD

Dr.Isi Ero-Tolliver earned a B.S in Biology at Jackson State University. She completed her M.S at Jackson State University, and her thesis research in the Life Sciences Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. She attained her Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Studies in Biological Sciences and Science Education at Vanderbilt University. Ero-Tolliver is currently an Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences at Hampton University. She has authored and co-authored papers in peer-reviewed science and education journals that include Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Chemical Biology, Journal of Chemical Biology, and Journal of Research in Science Education.

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Ero-Tolliver’s current research focuses on best practices for exposure, recruitment and retention of under-represented minorities into the pipeline and watershed of STEM using model-based reasoning, authentic research experiences, and intentional mentorship. She has mentored high school and undergraduate student at the lab-bench using novel research as an engagement tool and these students have gone on to be successfully admitted to undergraduate and graduate schools, respectively. Being the benefactor of great mentorship herself, she is interested in how this process helps minority students attain and retain science identities.

 

Ero-Tolliver is the principal investigator of the National Science Foundation Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program at Hampton University and currently serves on the board of reviewers for the journal of education and urban society (EUS).

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