Jessica Hunt’s research innovates research and instructional practice, including interventions, using practices from both mathematics education and special education such that students with disabilities can build agency and mathematics proficiency in STEM and STEM-related disciplines. Specifically, she designs and tests asset based learning environments to understand, support, and extend agency and learning. She also works with teachers to support their agency and lifelong learning in STEM. Hunt received NSF’s prestigious Early CAREER Research Award to fund her program of research.