The dominating narrative about engineering is that it’s for people who are good at math and that it’s all about robots and cars. Super intriguing for some, but not the...
Author - Koshi Dhingra
Dr. Koshi Dhingra has dedicated her career to STEM education and is passionate about having every child live up to their potential. Seeing a lack of girls and other underrepresented youth in STEM programs, she founded talkSTEM in 2015 to address the imbalance. She has a doctorate in science education from Teachers College, Columbia University, has years of experience teaching in graduate and undergraduate programs, and has held leadership roles in universities. She advises and collaborates with a broad range of educational institutions globally. Dr. Dhingra began her career teaching science in middle and high school in New York. She lives in Dallas, Texas with her husband, three children, and two dogs.
Blogs, talkSTEM Events & Initiatives
New Partners Join the walkSTEM Network! – September 2018 talkSTEM Newsletter
A lot has happened over the summer and we want to share. Check out the latest talkSTEM news and find out what local institutions have launched walkSTEM programs. Also...
Blogs, Growth Mindset in STEM
Mindfully Japanese: Murakami at the Modern in Fort Worth, Rock Gardens, and more
If you are in the DFW area, make haste to visit the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth to see the exhibition, titled Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg...
Blogs, Girls and Women in STEM/STEAM, Science/Computer Science Learning, talkSTEM Events & Initiatives
Growing Lab Girls Contest Runner-Ups (continued)
Katie Weber is an 8th grader from McMillan Junior High School My favorite project that I have done in STEM so far were the leaf blower powered hovercrafts that we made...
Blogs, Girls and Women in STEM/STEAM, Science/Computer Science Learning, talkSTEM Events & Initiatives
Growing Lab Girls Science Writing Contest Runner-Ups
The talkSTEM team was thrilled to receive all contest submissions and we look forward to hearing from more young women during our Nextel writing and photography...
Blogs, Girls and Women in STEM/STEAM, Science/Computer Science Learning, talkSTEM Events & Initiatives
Winners Of Our Growing Lab Girls Contest!
We are excited to announce the winners for our Growing Lab Girls contest! Just a quick recap, the Growing Lab Girls contest had two categories. One contest was a...
Girls and Women in STEM/STEAM, talkSTEM Events & Initiatives
Deadline Extended for Growing Lab Girls Contests: June 10
We are excited to read and view all of the writing and photography contest entries. Due to demand, we are extending the deadline from the original May 31, 2018 to June...
We had such a great time at our annual Pi Day Festival at AT&T Performing Arts Center and all around the Dallas Arts District! We had over 400 people attend and we...
We are excited to announce that the Growing Lab Girls toolkit is now available for you to use! The toolkit consists of a menu of activities related to English Language...
On March 14, 2017 (Pi Day), we launched our walkSTEM initiative for the public and a few weeks before we gathered with our volunteers and docents in the Arts District...
About the Founder & CEO
Dr. Koshi Dhingra has dedicated her career to STEM education and is passionate about having every child live up to their potential. Seeing a lack of girls and other underrepresented youth in STEM programs, she founded talkSTEM in 2015 to address the imbalance. She has a doctorate in science education from Teachers College, Columbia University, has years of experience teaching in graduate and undergraduate programs, and has held leadership roles in universities. She advises and collaborates with a broad range of educational institutions globally. Dr. Dhingra began her career teaching science in middle and high school in New York. She lives in Dallas, Texas with her husband, three children, and two dogs.
