Joe Tamer

Deputy Director,

School of Earth and Space Exploration

Mail code: 6004

Campus: Tempe
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Long Bio

Joe Tamer serves as Interim Director of ASU’s Center for Education Through Exploration (ETX) and Executive Director of the CourseWorks alliance. During more than a decade at ETX, he has helped lead the Center’s educational, organizational, and strategic growth while overseeing the Inspark Science Network distribution channel. Joe served as Deputy Principal Investigator for NASA Infiniscope, part of NASA’s Science Activation network, which develops digital “learn-by-doing” experiences that bring authentic science and exploration to learners and educators. A lifelong educator, Joe spent 14 years teaching and leading in K–12 schools before joining ASU in 2016. Earlier in his career, he served in leadership of the NASA Ames Astrobiology Academy, a residential program connecting undergraduate students with authentic scientific research.

Education

2003. M.Ed. Curriculum Design & Instructional Technology, SUNY at Albany

2002. M.S. Molecular Biology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

1998. B.S. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Rochester

Publications

Academic & Research Presentations - American Geophysical Union Annual Conferences

2025 From crater to classroom: Designing digital field experiences in Northern Arizona. Smith-Konter, Bridget; Khan, Aryaana; Affinat, Suzanne; Baker, Anna; Denny, Judah; Gagné Landmann, Anna Laure; Garcia, Jordan; LaPlante, Aubrey; Lenegan, Robert; Riggs, Nancy; Tamer, A Joseph; Tierney, Casey; Anbar, Ariel. Oral Presentation.

2025 Navigating New Terrain: Exploring Educator Perspectives on Virtual Field Trip Training through TPACK. Godin, Emily; Mead, Chris; Narish, Melanie; Swann, Jessica; Hunsley, Diana; Kirk, Sina; Tamer, A Joseph; Davey, Bradford; Bruce, Geoffrey; and Anbar, Ariel D. Oral Presentation.

2024 Space Turbulence: Demonstrating the importance of turbulence in our daily lives through NASA Missions and SciAct team collaborations. Oehmke, Theresa; Simon, Jason; Tamer, A Joseph; Spence, Harlan; Irelan, Rebecca; Skoglund, Hazel; Hahn-Lowry, Asher; Vazquez-Lopez, Veanessya; Mead, Chris; Bruce, Geoffrey; Kirk, Michael; Steel, Simon; and Anbar, Ariel D. Oral Presentation.

2024 Immersion and Virtual Field Trips to Astronomical Observatories: Bringing Authentic Science Learning Experiences to Teachers, Students, and the Public. Backman, Dana; Clark, Coral; Harman, Pamela K; Tamer, A Joseph; Anbar, Ariel D; and Mead, Chris. Oral Presentation.

2023 The Value of Training Hawaiian Educators to Create Their Own ESS Virtual Tours. Oral Presentation. Tamer, A Joseph; Steward, Kainalu; Macalalad, Emilio; Tanaka Baybayan, Kala; Barcase, Kaimana, Kaui, Toni; Bruce, Geoffrey; Hunsley, Diana; Anbar, Ariel.

2023 In The Flow: An Immersive Experience Illustrating How Fluid Dynamics Connects Us Globally and Impacts Our Climate. Poster. Oehmke, Theresa; Rollins, Mia; Tamer, A Joseph; Bruce, G; Anbar, A.D. Oral Presentation.

2023 Tour It: Empowering educators with a new user-friendly storytelling medium to create their own virtual field trips. Poster. Bruce, Geoffrey; Swann, Jessica; Kirk, Sina; Narish, Melanie, Hunsley, Diana; Tamer, A Joseph; Raushcer, Thomas; Stummer, Chris; Mead, Chris; Tamer, A Joseph; Anbar, Ariel. Oral Presentation.

2023 Integrating Chemistry and Earth Science: Teaching Ocean Acidification Using NASA data. Oral Presentation. Brunkhorst, Mia; Narish, Melanie; Andert, Chris, Hunsley, Diana; Sackey, Siobhan; Swann, Jessica; Mead, Chris; Tamer, A Joseph; Bruce, Geoffrey, Anbar, Ariel.

2022 Learning From the Co-development of Earth & Space Science, Place-based, Immersive Experiences with Native Hawaiian Educators. A Joseph Tamer; Narish, Melanie; Barcase, Kaimana; Traub, Pilimai; Bruce, Geoffrey; Mead, Chris; Anbar, Ariel

2021 Indigenous Voices Provide Context in Kīlauea Virtual Tours. Oral Presentation. Tamer, A. Joseph; Narish, Melanie; Bruce, Geoffrey; Smith-Konter, Bridget; Anderson, Alyssa; Rowland, Scott, Gomes, Noah; Anbar, Ariel.

2021 Giving Local Experts the Tools to Create Their Own Place-based, Digital Learning Experiences: A Case Study. Oral Presentation. Tamer, A. Joseph; Narish, M; Bruce, G; Smith-Konter, Bridget; Anderson; Patao, Loa; Traub, Pilimai; Kaupiko, Kaimi; Gomes, Noah; Anbar, Ariel.

2021 Tour It: Empowering educators to create their own virtual field trips with user-friendly technology. Oral Presentation. Contributing Author. Narish, Melanie; Bruce, Geoffrey; Mead, Chris; Rauscher, Thomas; Stummer, Christoph; Swann, Jessica, Anbar, Ariel; Tamer, A Joseph.

2019 Teaching and learning about Earth science and sustainability with student-created virtual field trips. Oral Presentation. Tamer, A Joseph. Ruberto, Thomas; Mead, Chris; Bruce, Geoffrey; Semken, Steve; Anbar, Ariel. Aggarwal, Rhimjhim.

2018 Adapting 3D Visualizations to Meet the Needs of Educators in Earth and Space Sciences. Oral Presentation. Contributing Author. Anbar, Ariel; Manfredi, Leon; Bratton, Don; Tamer, A Joseph.

2017 Building effective learning experiences around visualizations: NASA Eyes on the Solar System and Infiniscope. Oral Presentation. Tamer, A Joseph, Anbar, Ariel; Elkins-Tanton, Lindy; Klug-Boonstra, Sheri; Mead, Chris; Swann, Jessica; Hunsley, Diana.