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Rebekah Hammack

Social Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

Mid career · publishing since 2008Rising activity

Publications

51

Citations

502

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

19

Publishing since 2008

Research summary
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Rebekah Hammack studies how elementary and pre-service teachers learn to teach engineering and science, with particular attention to rural, Indigenous/reservation, and other underserved school communities. Her work examines teacher self-efficacy, professional development programs, and place-based or culturally responsive approaches to engineering education. This research is relevant to students interested in K-12 STEM teacher preparation, rural education, and engineering outreach.

Engineering education for elementary and pre-service teachersRural and Indigenous/reservation STEM educationTeacher self-efficacy and professional developmentPlace-based and culturally responsive engineering learningSTEM outreach to underserved youth

Publication output has grown markedly over the last decade, rising from a slow start (0-2 per year around 2017-2019) to a peak of 16 in 2024, with sustained higher activity in 2025.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 6.2/year recently
2017: 2 publications17182019: 2 publications192020: 7 publications202021: 5 publications212022: 4 publications222023: 3 publications232024: 16 publications16242025: 7 publications252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Research in Science Education×4
  • Science and Children×4
  • School Science and Mathematics×3
  • Education Sciences×3
  • 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings×3
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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