Newspaper Physics for First-Year College Students

Journal Article | January 2023

This article describes and illustrates a physics course for first-year college students whose only knowledge of physics is that they do not like the subject. The physics content is driven entirely by what appears in…

Who Does Science?

Journal Article | August 2020

Creating Confidence and Community Through Nature Journals

Journal Article | March 2022

Our Great National Parks

Journal Article | September 2022

The Tragedy of the Commons

Journal Article | March 2023

Science Friday

Journal Article | March 2023

How I Inadvertently Misled Some Students

Journal Article | July 2023

Clear key results and simple figures have clear advantages when teaching. However, these same properties can mislead some students. I provide examples from my presentation on the body mass index, Centers for Disease…

Why Culturally Relevant Science Teaching is Vital in Our Classrooms

Journal Article | October 2021

Teaching Influences From My Student Years

Journal Article | October 2021

Getting to the STEM of Environmental Justice

Journal Article | November 2022

Use of a Linked-Course Model to Teach Scientific Writing to First-Year Undergraduates

Journal Article | February 2021

The ability to read and compose original scientific literature is critical to educating informed citizens, yet may be severely lacking in undergraduate curricula. We developed a linked course offering in fall 2017…

Gender-Inclusive Biology: A framework in action

Journal Article | August 2021

Altered Reality

Journal Article | August 2020

Prototyping Builds Resiliency

Journal Article | August 2020