Dr. Etta Kralovec

BEC Founder

Member of the General Faculty

Project Director (retired) Professor Emerita

Associate - Associate Agent Emeritus

Dr. Etta Kralovec is an award-winning Professor of Teaching, Learning and Sociocultural Studies at the  University of Arizona.  She holds a doctorate in philosophy from Teachers College, Columbia University, from which she is an honorary Master of Philosophy degree in Human Ecology from College of the Atlantic and in 2002, she received a distinguished alumni award from her undergraduate college, Lewis and Clark College. She was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship in 1996 to establish a teacher education program at Africa University in Zimbabwe. Working closely with student editors, they co-authored the collection, Identity in Metamorphosis: An Anthology of Writings from Zimbabwe Students. Kralovec’s work explores the importance of context in the preparation of teachers for schools in border communities. She has conducted comparative research on teacher education in Finland and on the Finnish/Russian border. Kralovec’s international work also includes video projects with high school students in Finland and Mexico. In 2018, Kralovec became the Founding Director and Principal Investigator for the Bisbee Science Exploration and Research Center (BSERC). BSERC is dedicated to closing the opportunity gaps in informal STEM learning opportunities along the border and connecting the expertise at UA with border communities, by sponsoring Science Cafes and Science Friday programs for local school children. One of his most current projects is the conceptualization of the Center for Cross-Border Education and Studies (BEC) in UArizona.