Margaret Hobson has a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology, Texas A&M University, MS in mathematics education, Texas A&M University, and a BS in special education and mathematics education, Texas Woman's University. Her Ph.D. work was conducted as part of the $10 million NSF-funded Information Technology in Science, Center for Teaching and Learning, a TEES project she helped develop for funding, played a lead role in project start-up, served on the management team. Her role in the Center served as a critical component for a range of TEES research initiatives, particularly at the center-level, whose competitiveness at NSF is dependent on the integration of research and education. She has also been involved in multiple engineering education efforts.
Dr. Hobson taught mathematics and special education for 17 years in the public schools, serving in various roles such as technology coordinator, lead teacher, and curriculum writer. Since joining the TEES Office of Strategic Research Development in February 2000, she has played a lead role in the development of the Alliance for Improvement of Mathematics Skills ($4 million/NSF-MSP), Texas Collaborative for Excellence in Teacher Preparation Scholars ($400,000/NSF), Texas A&M University- Kingsville, and the TRSI Leadership Fellows ($750,000/NSF), West Texas A&M University, and played a lead role in the development of the South Texas Rural Systemic Initiative ($6 million/NSF) at TAMU--Corpus Christi. Margaret also played a lead role in developing six NSF-funded STEM Talent Expansion Projects (STEPs) in Texas ($1 million-$2 million each). She also has experience in developing multi-institutional proposals involving intellectual property and technology transfer. Additionally, she has served as a research design and statistical analysis advisor on research publications and dissertations.
Dr. Hobson has served on review panels for several NSF programs, as well as presenting at NSF PI/PD meetings and other research conferences. The summer of 2001, she was selected from a national competition among university faculty and evaluation professionals to participate in the 3-week NSF Summer Institute for Evaluation (MTS) at Western Michigan University and completed an NSF Evaluation Internship during spring 2002 conducting evaluation for the TEES South Texas Regional Center in Advanced Technology Education ($1.5 million/NSF).
Dr. Hobson offers grant strategies workshops for university and community college faculty, mathematics and science teachers, and K-16 professionals. She offers an evaluation and assessment workshop for faculty developing NSF proposals, either for K-16 projects or major research initiatives requiring educational outreach and research transfer to K-12.
