Franchesca M Lyra

Franchesca Maria Lyra is a sixth-year Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education doctoral student. She is a quantitative education researcher whose work sits at the intersection of education policy, equity, and STEM pathways. Her current dissertation examines whether Texas's expansion of high school science course flexibility has broadened curricular access or quietly eroded the traditional science pipeline— with particular attention to whether students are moving away from the classical biology-chemistry-physics sequence and what that shift means for their postsecondary trajectories. She is on the job market for postdoctoral positions beginning Fall 2027.