Dr  Steven Zuiker is an Assistant Professor in the Learning Sciences and Technologies Academic Group and a Researcher in the Learning Sciences Lab. He is a former USA Peace Corps Volunteer and secondary school teacher in New York City. His current research focuses on language, culture, and learning with respect to interactive digital media. Three interrelated goals of this research are to design educational games that serve the twin aims of supporting and revealing science learning; to understand the ways that game design influences individual and collective participation in classroom contexts; and to understand the ways classroom engagement with educational games impacts individual and collective performance. His previous research contributed to USA National Science Foundation-funded grants and USA National Aeronautical & Space Administration-supported evaluations of technology-enhanced curricula at Indiana University’s Center for Research on Learning & Technology and The University of Georgia’s Learning & Performance Support Laboratory. 

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Learning Sciences (Indiana University, USA)

Master of Arts (M.A.) in Educational Psychology (The University of Georgia, USA)

Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Psychology (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)

-	Barab, S. A., Zuiker, S. J., Warren, S., Hickey, D. T., Ingram-Goble, A., Kwon, E. J., Herring, S., & Kouper, I. (in press).Embodied curriculum: Relating formalisms to contexts. Science Education.
-	Anderson, K., Zuiker, S. J., Taasoobshirazi, G., & Hickey, D. T. (in press). Classroom discourse as a tool to enhance formative assessment and practice in science. International Journal of Science Education.
-	Zuiker, S. J., Barab, S., & Hickey, D. T. (2007, April). Extending situativity: Liminal episodes in embodied experiences. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
-	Zuiker, S. J., Barab, S., Warren, S., Hickey, D. T., Aricci, A., Ingram-Goble, A., Kwon, E. J., Herring, S., & Kouper, I. (2007, April). Developing a theory of formalisms: Socioscientific inquiry for schools. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
-	Barab, S. A., Sadler, T., Heiselt, C., Hickey, D. T., & Zuiker, S. J. (2007). Relating narrative, inquiry, and inscriptions: Supporting consequential play. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 16, (1), 59-82.
-	Hickey, D. T., Zuiker, S. J., Taasoobshirazi, G., Schafer, N. J., & Michael, M. A. (2006). Balancing formative and summative assessment to attain systemic validity: Three is the magic number. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 32, (3), 180-201.
-	Hickey, D. T. & Zuiker, S. J. (2005). Engaged participation: A sociocultural model of motivation with implications for educational assessment. Educational Assessment, 10, (3), 277–305.