Cathery Yeh

Dr. Cathery Yeh (she/her) is an Associate Professor of STEM Education and core faculty member in the Center for Asian American Studies. Her research examines the intersections of race, language, and disability to provide a more nuanced analyses of how ability is constructed in mathematics classrooms and education systems. Funded by the National Science Foundation, Mathematics Education Fund, National Endowment for the Humanities, and other agencies, her scholarship is deeply collaborative. She builds research partnerships that foster interdisciplinary and experiential expertise across research and education communities through culturally sustaining and inclusive design. Central to her approach is positioning youth, teachers, and families as learning experts, co-designers, collaborators, and leaders in the research process. As such, her work employs participatory and design-based methodologies, drawing on both qualitative and mixed-methods analyses.

Dr. Yeh received the 2023 Early Career Publication Award from the American Educational Research Association’s Special Interest Group for Research in Mathematics Education (SIG-RME) and the 2022 Early Career Award from the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE). She is actively engaged in mathematics education organizations, including the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, where she serves as an elected member of the Board of Directors (2021–2024). She also contributed as a task force member and writer for the Catalyzing Change series, published in 2020.