Joseph Isaac

Joseph Isaac
Fellowship Placement: National Science Foundation
Cohort: 2012-2013

Dr. Joseph Isaac has spent the past twenty-five years as a STEM ambassador and connector among underrepresented populations and communities, both domestically and globally. His mission has been to foster equity and accessibility to exceptional STEM education opportunities for all. He is a ten-year veteran of STEM education in the District of Columbia, spending the last eight of those years as teacher and department chair of Biotechnology at McKinley Technology High School, the public-school system’s STEM magnet school.  Joe also served as adjunct faculty at Fortis College in Maryland, teaching Introductory and Protein Biotechnology. He was awarded the Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship in 2012 and served until 2014 at the National Science Foundation's divisions of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences and Education and Human Resources. 

In addition to being an adjunct professor in Curriculum and Instruction at Howard University’s School of Education, Joe is currently a HEROES Fellow with QEM (Quality Education for Minorities) Network, where he connects with colleges and universities to strengthen their STEM research capacity and funding success.  

Isaac completed his undergraduate studies at Howard University with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and his Master of Teaching degree in Secondary Science at Trinity University. He earned his PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from Texas Tech University's Global PRiSE (Pragmatic Research in STEM Education) program, where his research focus was on non-formal STEM education, and its impact on secondary students in South Africa.