Dr. Heather Pacheco-Guffrey

Dr. Heather Pacheco-Guffrey is a Professor of Education in BSU’s Elementary and Early Childhood Education Department and she has been an educator for over 25 years. Dr. PG is an alumna of Albert Einstein Distinguished Science Educator Fellowship and NSF IGERT Programs. She teaches introductory and advanced methods courses in STEM for undergraduate and graduate students. Dr. PG is passionate about supporting pathways for people from minoritized groups and non-traditional students into the teaching profession. Dr. Pacheco-Guffrey is the co-founder of BSU’s UN SDG Summer Scholars Program, an interdisciplinary summer research experience designed to broaden participation of students from groups underrepresented in the robust undergraduate research community at BSU.

Heather loves learning about new technologies and she authors the "Tech Talk" column for the premier science education journal for PK-6 educators, NSTA’s Science & Children. In addition to numerous book chapters and articles, Dr. PG’s international collaborations have led to publications including Education as the Driving Force of Equity for the Marginalized (Boivin & Pacheco-Guffrey, 2022) and STEM Education Approaches and Challenges in the MENA Region (Al Hashem, Pacheco-Guffrey & Boivin, 2023). A recent homegrown collaboration yielded a guide for building teacher digital literacy: From Pencils to Pixels: Practical Strategies for PreK-8 Educators in 21st Century Classrooms (Carey Ingle, Pacheco-Guffrey & O’Neill, 2025). Equitable, accessible and inclusive approaches are at the heart of Heather’s work.