Anna Pshenichny-Mamo

Short Biography

Ms. Anna Pshenichny-Mamo  is a Ph.D. student at the Faculty of Education in Science and Technology at the Technion. She graduated from the Technion in 2018 with B.Sc. degree in Biology and in 2021 with M.Sc. [magna cum laude] in Biology Education.  Anna’s research focuses on the nature of science and its integration in Natural History Museums. Anna won 3rd place Faculty graduate poster competition and 3rd place Technion graduate poster competition (2021); won ESERA travel grant for early career researchers (2022). 

Email:  panna@campus.technion.ac.il

Awards, fellowships and honors
  • 2025- People’s Choice Award at Faculty Research Day
  • 2025- Technion’s Award for Excellence in Teaching Assistance – Spring 2024
  • 2024- Hagit Rafael Mishkin the late Award of Excellence
  • 2023-2026- The Azrieli Graduate Studies Fellowship
  • 2021-2023- Full academic scholarship award, The Technion
  • 2023- Faculty Excellence Award
  • 2023- Participation in ESERA Graduate Summer School
  • 2022- ESERA travel grant for early career researchers
  • 2022- 3rd place Faculty poster competition and 3rd place Technion poster competition during Jacobs Graduate Research Day
  • 2022- Participation in IHPST Graduate Summer School
Publications
Theses
  1. Pshenichny-Mamo, A. (In progress). Integration of nature of science in natural history museums. Ph.D. thesis in science education. Faculty of Education in Science and Technology, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. Supervision: Tsybulsky, D.
  2. Pshenichny-Mamo, A. (2021). Natural History Museums educators’ conceptions on the integration of the aspects of nature of science in guidance. M.Sc. thesis in Biology Education. Faculty of Education in Science and Technology, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. Supervision: Tsybulsky, D. [In Hebrew with abstract in English]. Abstract.

Refereed Papers in Professional Journals

  1. Pshenichny-Mamo, A., Lodge, W. & Tsybulsky, D. (Accepted with revisions). The intersection between the nature of science and social justice in natural history museum exhibitions. Science & Education.
  2. Pshenichny-Mamo, A. & Tsybulsky, D. (2025). Natural history museum guides conceptions on the integration of the nature of science. Science & Education, 34, 511–529.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s11191-023-00469-w

Chapters in books

  1. Pshenichny-Mamo, A., Demarse, M., Hunter, R.H. & Tsybulsky, D. (Accepted). Exploring the educational potential of climate change exhibitions in natural history museums. In C. Bruguière, M. Hammann & O. Morin (Eds.), Shaping the future of biological education research. Contributions from biology education research. Springer.
  2. Pshenichny-Mamo, A. & Tsybulsky, D. (2024). Museum guides’ views on the integration of the nature of science while addressing visitors’ experiences: The context of ecological and evolutionary issues. In K. Korfiatis, M. Grace & M. Hammann (Eds.), Shaping the future of biological education research. Contributions from biology education research (pp. 79-91). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44792-1_6

Contributed talks and posters 

  1. Pshenichny, A. & Tsybulsky, D. Museum educators’ conceptions on integration of Nature of science aspects: a phenomenographic study. ESERA2021 Online conference. Braga, Portugal, August-September 2021. Oral presentation. Abstract. Recorded presentation.
  2. Pshenichny, A. & Tsybulsky, D. Natural History Museums educators’ conceptions on the integration of nature of science in guidance. Faculty Research Day. Technion, Israel, December 2021. *Won 3rd place Faculty poster competition and 3rd place Technion poster competition. PDF.
  3. Pshenichny-Mamo, A. & Tsybulsky, D. Integration of the nature of science during guided tours of natural history museums. International History, Philosophy, and Science Teaching [IHPST] Conference. Calgary, Alberta Canada, July 2022. Symposium. Abstract. Recorded presentation.
  4. Pshenichny-Mamo, A. & Tsybulsky, D. Enlightening our visitors: Natural history museum educators’ conceptualize the integration of NOS when addressing ecological and evolutionary aspects of exhibits. ERIDOB2022 Annual Conference. Nicosia, Cyprus, September 2022. Oral presentation. Abstract.
  5. Demarse, M., Howard Hunter, R. & Pshenichny-Mamo, A. “It’s Still Not Too Late to Change”: Climate Change and Its Representation in Natural History Museums. NARST2023. Chicago, Illinois, United States, April 2023. Poster symposium. PDF.
  6. Pshenichny-Mamo, A., Ben-Simon, H. & Tsybulsky, D. Teaching nature of Science to in-service teachers.  International Conference on Teacher Education Passion and Professionalism in Teacher Education. Tel-Aviv, Israel, June 2023. Oral presentation. Abstract. PPT.
  7. Pshenichny-Mamo, A. & Tsybulsky, D. “How do we know what we know?”: Nature of science in human evolution exhibits. ESERA2023 conference. Cappadocia, Turkey, August-September 2023. Oral presentation. Abstract. PPT.
  8. Ben-Simon, H., Pshenichny-Mamo, A. & Tsybulsky, D. Nature of science in teacher professional development: In-service teachers’ perceptions and strategies for integration. ESERA2023 conference. Cappadocia, Turkey, August-September 2023. Oral presentation. Abstract. PPT.
  9. Pshenichny-Mamo, A., Ben-Simon, H. & Tsybulsky, D. Pedagogy of practice approach to teaching nature of science to in-service teachers. NARST2024 conference. Denver, Colorado, USA, March 2024. Oral presentation. Recorded presentation.
  10. Pshenichny-Mamo, A., Howard Hunter, R., Demarse, M. & Tsybulsky, D. Exploring pedagogical potential of climate change exhibits in natural history museums. ERIDOB2024 conference. Lyon, France, July 2024. Poster presentation. PDF.
  11. Pshenichny-Mamo, A., Lodge, W. & Tsybulsky, D. “Science can’t happen without representation”: The interplay between social justice and the nature of science in natural history museum exhibit. BERA2024 conference. Manchester, United Kingdom, September 2024. Oral presentation. PPT.
  12. Pshenichny-Mamo, A., Lodge, W. & Tsybulsky, D. “Who do you imagine as scientists?”: Intersecting NOS and social justice in natural history museums. NARST2025 conference. National Harbor, Maryland, USA, March 2025. Oral presentation.
  13. Tsybulsky, D., Pshenichny-Mamo, A. & Ben Simon, H. Nature of science in science curriculum and teacher education, a global perspective: Nature of science in Israel. NARST2025 conference. National Harbor, Maryland, USA, March 2025. Symposium.
  14. Pshenichny-Mamo, A., Lodge, W. & Tsybulsky, D. ‘Literally anyone can be a scientist’: Nature of Science and Social Justice in Natural History Museums. Faculty Research Day. Technion, Israel, April 2025. *Won People’s Choice Award at Faculty Research Day.
  15. Pshenichny-Mamo, A. & Ben Simon, H., & Tsybulsky, D. Teaching NOS to science educators: Professional development courses designed as pedagogy of practice. European Regional History Philosophy and Science Teaching Conference- IHPST2025. Athens, Greece, June 2025. Oral presentation.
  16. Pshenichny-Mamo, A.& Tsybulsky, D. A ‘Pedagogy of Practice’ approach for the professional development of museum guides to integrate NOS in guided tours. ESERA2025 conference. Copenhagen, Denmark, August 2025. Poster Symposium.
  17. Pshenichny-Mamo, A.& Tsybulsky, D. Integrating Nature of Science in Natural History Museums: Three Research Foci. ICER2025 conference. Acre, September 2025. Oral presentation.

Other publications

  1. Ben Simon, H., Pshenichny-Mamo, A. & Tsybulsky, D. (2022). Fostering the NOS understanding in the teaching of biology – theoretical and practical aspects. Israeli Journal for Biology Teachers. PDF