Hershey, Pennsylvania
New York, New YorkBeijing, China

Rebecca Hite

Rebecca HiteRebecca L. Hite holds a Ph.D. in science education from North Carolina State University and is an associate professor of science, technology, and engineering education in the department of Curriculum & Instruction at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, USA. Her research foci include exploration of: individual and collective science/STEM identity formation with a focus on under-represented, minoritized, marginalized, and under-served populations; the cognitive and non-cognitive affordances of extended reality technologies for science and engineering teaching and learning; and the professional development of K-12 STEM master teacher leadership in policy-advocacy activities.

Publications

Women Engineers' Attraction to and Persistence in Engineering via Personality and Job Satisfaction
Women Engineers' Attraction to and Persistence in Engineering via Personality and Job Satisfaction
Rebecca Hite. © 2025. 30 pages.
This chapter presents individualized and aggregate personality results from 19 working U.S. women engineers using the Ten Item Personality Inventory and a validated bank of 16...
Developing and Sustaining STEM Programs Across the K-12 Education Landscape
Developing and Sustaining STEM Programs Across the K-12 Education Landscape
Jessica L. Spott, Lane J. Sobehrad, Rebecca L. Hite. © 2023. 286 pages.
Locally or individually, STEM programs provide additional opportunities to engage K-12 students, including those from marginalized groups, with the support of STEM outreach...
Supporting STEM Career Knowledge and Interest for Rural Grade Two Students Through a University-School Partnership
Supporting STEM Career Knowledge and Interest for Rural Grade Two Students Through a University-School Partnership
Stephanie C. Playton, Rebecca L. Hite, Fanni L. Coward, Gina M. Childers. © 2023. 32 pages.
STEM career information, hands-on content, and recruiting professionals to interact with students are challenging, especially within under-resourced areas. This chapter, within...
Enhancing Middle Grade Students' Interest and Learning in a Community-Engaged Summer STEM Competition
Enhancing Middle Grade Students' Interest and Learning in a Community-Engaged Summer STEM Competition
Rebecca L. Hite, Levi E. Johnson, Jessica L. Spott, Kaylee Johnston, Lane J. Sobehrad. © 2023. 17 pages.
This chapter presents a curriculum collaboration between Texas Tech University (STEM CORE and the TTU College of Education) and Lubbock Independent School District (Lubbock ISD)...
Becoming...: Bildung as a Core Philosophical Concept of Transformative Mentoring in Higher Education
Becoming...: Bildung as a Core Philosophical Concept of Transformative Mentoring in Higher Education
Kara-Aretha Graham, Rebecca L. Hite, Jeong-Hee Kim. © 2022. 20 pages.
Using Bildung, this chapter explores a recursive nature of mentoring through a continuum of three interconnected mentor-experiences, from a novice mentor (doctoral student now...
The Affordances of 3D Mixed Reality in Cultivating Secondary Students' Non-Cognitive Skills Use and Development in the Engineering Design Process
The Affordances of 3D Mixed Reality in Cultivating Secondary Students' Non-Cognitive Skills Use and Development in the Engineering Design Process
Rebecca Hite, Andrew McIntosh. © 2020. 24 pages.
Ascribed as skills of the 21st century or soft skills, non-cognitive skills include the ‘4Cs' of communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity as well as...