2025 Susan Gay Travel Scholarship Recipient
Christina Kimmerling
Biography
Christina Kimmerling is a doctoral candidate in the Teaching, Learning, and Educational Improvement specialization at the UC Irvine School of Education. Her research emphasizes understanding productive teacher learning opportunities around ambitious and equitable mathematics instruction. Christina is particularly interested in how collaborative partnerships with districts and schools can facilitate transformative instructional changes across systems. Christina began her career as a middle and high school mathematics teacher and instructional coach in Oregon and Colorado. She then taught mathematics courses for future teachers at California State University, Long Beach, before pursuing doctoral studies at UCI. Throughout her career, Christina has been dedicated to fostering rigorous and meaningful learning experiences in mathematics for all students. She holds a B.A. in Applied Mathematics from UC Berkeley, an M.Ed. in Teaching and Curriculum from Harvard University, and an M.S. in Mathematics (Mathematics Education for Secondary Teachers) from CSULB.