Brandon Bretl

Brandon Bretl, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Education at the University of Texas at Tyler. His work focuses on moral psychology, educational psychology, and adolescent development, with particular attention to social/cultural factors in STEM education and research methods/psychometrics. He holds a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Kansas, where he received the Nona Tollefson Fellowship for Quantitative Research in Education. Before academia, Bretl taught math/science in middle/high schools and worked on standardized science assessments in Kansas.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Educational Psychology, University of Kansas
• M.S. in Education, Emporia State University
• B.A., University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

Research Focus: Explores moral intuitions in adolescents, moderation effects of gender/political identity, and sociocultural barriers to STEM education. Active in designing text-based assessment tools for moral cognition and analyzing legislative morality frameworks.

Awards:

• Nona Tollefson Fellowship (2020)

Teaching: Leads courses on knowing/learning in math/science, STEM education history, child/adolescent development, and interdisciplinary teaching methods.