Dr. Nancy Romance is Professor of Science Learning in the College of Engineering and Computer Science and the Director of Florida Atlantic University’s STEM Collaborative. In addition to K-12 teaching and serving as a district K-12 science supervisor, she has had a multi-year research agenda funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF IERI from 2003 -2010, and NSF DR-K12 from 2013-2018). Her work in literacy has been funded by the USDOE - IES. The integrated science and literacy model, Science IDEAS, demonstrates that increasing time for meaningful science learning and inquiry in which reading and writing are integrated has a multiplier effect on achievement outcomes across grade levels beyond the scope of the funded project.