Vance Kite is a doctoral student in STEM education at North Carolina State University, who anticipates completing his Ph.D. in Teaching and Learning in STEM in May of 2020. Prior to embarking on his graduate studies, Vance spent nearly a decade as a National Board Certified high school science educator. During his time in the classroom, Vance was consistently recognized for his development of innovative interdisciplinary curricula, pioneering technology integration in the classroom, and creation of partnerships with the research community. Since returning to the academy, Vance has focused on the development of strategies for integrating computational thinking in the core curriculum of K-12 classrooms. Including, the creation of a code-free framework for computational thinking education. In addition, he has presented at a number of education research conferences and led a number of computational thinking professional development programs for both preservice and inservice teachers. Vance is currently working on an investigation of inservice teachers’ perceptions of computational thinking and the creation of a professional development program for science teachers that focuses on unplugged approaches to integrating computational thinking in their science curriculum.