The 9th annual Appalachian Ohio Mathematics and Science Teaching Research Symposium (AppO MaSTRS 9) will be hosted on October 6th from 8:30 am -3:00 pm in Morton Hall on Ohio University’s campus. This year’s theme is Initiating Critical Conversations About STEM Education. The event is for mathematics and science pre-service and in-service teachers, school administrators, university and college faculty, and all others interested in STEM Education. Keynote sessions feature Jen Tuttle Parsons, Director of the Ohio Valley Museum of Discovery and Dr. Theodore Chao, assistant professor of Mathematics Education at The Ohio State University. Registration is free and lunch is provided. Please call 740-597-3139 or email kroeger@ohio.edu to register before October 1st.