Dr. Marcia A. Mardis, an Associate Professor, is the Assistant Dean for Interdisciplinary Research and Education, Coordinator for Educational Informatics, and research faculty affiliated with the Information Institute and iDigBio at Florida State University’s School of Information. Her research intersects learning resources, high speed networking, and technician education with particular emphases in K-12 education informatics, curation, STEM learning, education data mining, and professional identity construction.