Honors & Awards


  • STS Director's Award for Advancing Social Justice in Science, Technology and Medicine, Stanford Program in Science, Technology & Society (2024)
  • ESERA Summer School, European Science Education Research Association (ESERA) (2023)
  • Sandra K. Abell Institute for Doctoral Students (SKAIDS) Fellow, National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) (2023)
  • The Shriram Family Fellowship, Stanford Graduate School of Education (2020)
  • Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP), National Science Foundation (NSF) (2020)
  • Senior Fellow, Knowles Teacher Initiative (2016-present)
  • Teaching Fellow, Knowles Teacher Initiative (2011-2016)

Education & Certifications


  • M.A., University of California - Berkeley, Science Education (2012)
  • B.A., Stanford University, Human Biology (2005)

All Publications


  • 'The piece that we were looking for': teachers' collaborative curriculum design for equity-centred biology units INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENCE EDUCATION Sircar, M., Langton, T., Kagochi, T. 2024
  • Conceptualizing an Initial Framework to Support Discipline-Rich Project-Based Learning in STEM Education Sciences Sircar, M., Orr, S., Madis, C., DiMaria, S. 2024

    View details for DOI 10.3390/educsci14070793

  • A review of John Rudolph's Why We Teach Science (And Why We Should) (Book Review) SCIENCE EDUCATION Book Review Authored by: Sircar, M., Rudolph, J. L. 2023

    View details for DOI 10.1002/sce.21839

    View details for Web of Science ID 001079061400001