About Brian P. Hurley, PhD
Brian began his education career in 2007 teaching high school physics in the same classroom where Mae Jemison learned the subject. It was in that very classroom that he learned, first hand, the power of institutional racism and the results of chronic, systematic educational inequality. A passion for equity was ignited in Brian which sustains him throughout his career and even found its way into his dissertation titled, "Assessing the relationship between neighborhood inequality and STEM employment for underrepresented minorities with STEM degrees."
Along his path to "becoming" the educator he wanted to be, Brian was awarded the Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching "Teacher of Distinction." He is also a Teacher's for Global Classrooms Fellow (department of State) and a former NBCT (expired).
Brian has served many roles in education from high school science teacher, to STEM coach, to district instructional coach at the high school and elementary levels to coaching graduate students at Northwestern University. Brian also developed teacher training for more than 14,000 Republic of Georgia STEM teachers as part of the Training Educators for Excellence program.
Brian has presented at numerous local and international conferences and has written articles in professional and peer reviewed journals.
Prior to becoming a teacher, Brian was a STEM professional at the Boeing Company after he served as an officer in the US Army during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Brian is a husband to Christine and a father to two boys Cohen and Alex. When he is not nerding out on all things teaching and learning, he his spending time with his family.
