A woman with curly hair wearing a maroon sweater stands indoors, smiling, and holding a framed award that reads "Rhode Island STEAM Center High School STEAM Educator Award 2025."

Tiffany Risch Receives 2025 Rhode Island STEAM Educator Award

Tiffany Risch Receives 2025 Rhode Island STEAM Educator Award

23 Jan, 2026
A woman with curly hair wearing a maroon sweater stands indoors, smiling, and holding a framed award that reads "Rhode Island STEAM Center High School STEAM Educator Award 2025."
Tiffany Risch receives STEAM Educator Award. Credit: State of Rhode Island Dept. of Education

Tiffany Risch, who sailed aboard the NOAA Ship Delaware II in 2008, has been named a 2025 Rhode Island STEAM Educator Award recipient. The award recognizes one outstanding educator at the elementary (K–5), middle (6–8), and high school (9–12) levels whose innovative, engaging lessons spark curiosity and creativity in students.

Tiffany has nearly two decades of experience in science education and currently teaches at Coventry High School in Rhode Island.

The Rhode Island STEAM Educator Awards are presented in memory of Dr. Carol Giuriceo, who served as director of the RI STEAM Center from 2013 to 2021. Each awardee receives a $1,000 classroom grant and a $500 personal award, funded by the PPL Foundation/RI Energy.

Learn more about the award and this year’s recipients.

Tiffany Risch, a 2008 NOAA Teacher at Sea, smiles while wearing blue gloves and yellow overalls, holding three large sea scallops inside a ship laboratory lined with pipes and equipment.
Tiffany Risch during her 2008 NOAA TAS cruise holding three scallops. Credit: NOAA TAS

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