Publications

Sánchez, B., Sanford-Dolly, C., Chung, H., Garcia-Murillo, Y., Thursby Bourke, K., Jarvis, N., Arsenault, A., & Kennedy, M. (2026). Culturally responsive practices in a science mentoring program serving racially minoritized youth. Youth, 6(2), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.3390/youth6020066

Strydhorst, N., Burg, S., Landrum, A.R. (2026). Communicating Crises Collaboratively: Employing a Journalist-Scholar Partnership to Implement and Evaluate COVID-19 Communication. In: Hudson, F.D. (eds) The COVID Information Commons. Sustainable Development Goals Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-06125-6_15

Pattison, S.A., Sanford-Dolly, C., Ramos Montañez, S., López Burgos, V., Becker, B.LC., O’Malley, S., Garcia, S., Quijano, M., and Hayakawa, M. (2026) Exploring the local adaptation of a multimedia program for families with young children. Front. Educ. 11:1681850. doi: 10.3389/feduc.2026.1681850

Thanukos, A., MacDonald, T., Quimby, C., White, L.D., (2026). VENOventure, an Immersive Escape-Style Game, Teaches Families the Foundations of Phylogenetics. CBE – Life Science Education, 25 (1). https://www.lifescied.org/doi/full/10.1187/cbe.25-08-0172

Douglas, A. R., Azeez, Y., DiBona, E., Guinn, M., Jundt, E., Lascelles, N., Meehan, S., Mousa, M., Omar, A., Santa Anna, H., Riba, M., Wang, Y., White, M., Burg, S., Murgulet, D. (2026). From Source to Sea: Case Study of a Watershed-Scale, Transdisciplinary Field Program in Coastal and Marine Graduate Education. Texas Water Journal, 17 (1), 6-26. https://twj-ojs-tdl.tdl.org/twj/article/view/7208/6524

Yannier, N., Li, J., Chang, H. et al. Scientific Inquiry before Engineering Activities: Using an AI-based Mixed-Reality System to Investigate Transfer. J Sci Educ Technol (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10956-025-10282-5

Reed, E.K., Ciaccia West, L., Deagon, M. et al. Connecting research and clinical practice: training the next generation of translational scientists. Nat Biotechnol 43, 1736–1739 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-025-02843-1

Hilliard, A., Sugden, N., Bass, K. and Gunter, C. (2025). Survey-based analysis of a science of science communication scientific interest group: member feedback and perspectives on science communication JCOM 24(03), N03. https://doi.org/10.22323/145120250526111229

Allen, A., Shore, L., Kruse, B., & Schultz, G. (2025). Eclipse Stars: Supporting K-12 Educators and Scientists to Engage Audiences in the Awe and Wonder of the April 8, 2024 Total Solar Eclipse. Bulletin of the AAS, 56(9). https://doi.org/10.3847/25c2cfeb.93fe34a0

White, V., Hurst, A., Kruse, B., Summer, T., Smith, T., Virani, S., Troche, K., Kirtman, N., Garcia-Murillo, Y., Harman, P., Mitchell, B., Holland, A., Fraknoi, A., & Callwood, K. (2025). Eclipse Ambassadors – Nationwide Partnerships Reaching Underserved Audiences. Bulletin of the AAS, 56(9). https://doi.org/10.3847/25c2cfeb.bcb6349b

Kirtman, N., Smith, C., Demeritte, T., Divinity, D., Amouzandeh, V., Fordham, J. A., & Fadavi, M. (2024). “Strategic and Steady Can Win the Race”: Incremental Exposure to Novel Multidisciplinary Pedagogies in STEM Fields Can Help Change Faculty “Teaching and Learning” Attitudes and Practices. Journal of College Science Teaching, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1080/0047231X.2024.2390301

Lesiak, A., Griswold, J. C., Moylan, A., & Starks, H. (2024). Development and evaluation of integrated diabetes curricula for teaching gene by environment concepts to high school health and biology students. Journal of STEM Outreach, 7(1), 1–11. https://www.jstemoutreach.org/article/115429-development-and-evaluation-of-integrated-diabetes-curricula-for-teaching-gene-by-environment-concepts-to-high-school-health-and-biology-students

Kirtman, N. & Bryant, K. (2024). Continuing the Work of Black Girlhood Studies: Culturally centered program development & evaluation. In T. D. Sturdivant & A. Caldera (Eds.), Ourselves in Our Work: Black women scholars of Black girlhood (pp. 163-181). Peter Lang Inc. https://www.peterlang.com/document/1311823

Louw, M., & Sanford-Dolly, C.W. (2023). Learning to see, seeing to learn: Impacts of an online tool on volunteers’ observational practices during aquatic macroinvertebrate identification. Science Education, 1–33. https://doi.org/10.1002/sce.21834

Dove, A., Borland, J., Wiley, C. R., Moylan, A., Thacker, A., & Dunleavy, M. (2022). The Potential of Simulation Assessments in Professional Development. Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 00472395221138789. https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/ZMVACPDEJNJTGPRCPZEM/full

Borland, J., Moylan, A., Dove, A., Dunleavy, M., Chachra, V. (2022). Impacts of micro-credentials on teachers’ understanding of instructional practices in elementary mathematics. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Mathematics Teacher Education, 22(3). https://citejournal.org/volume-22/issue-3-22/mathematics/impacts-of-microcredentials-on-teachers-understanding-of-instructional-practices-in-elementary-mathematics/

Kirtman, N., Smith, C., Demeritte, T., Fadavi, M., and Amouzandeh, V. 2021. “Targeted, Sustainable, Adept: Transforming Jackson State University STEM PD Delivery for Mississippi 6-12th Grade Teachers During COVID-19.” Journal of STEM Outreach 4 (4): 1–9. https://doi.org/10.15695/jstem/v4i4.04.

Gurn, A., Bass, K.M., Gayden, L., Allen, A., and Jarvis, N. 2021. “Conducting STEM Industry Internships While Sheltering in Place: The Biotech Partners Experience.” Journal of STEM Outreach 4 (4): 1–13. https://doi.org/10.15695/jstem/v4i4.02.

Drits-Esser, D., Hardcastle, J., Bass, K. M., Homburger, S., Malone, M., Pompei, K. DeBoer, G. E., & Stark, L. A. (2021). Randomized Controlled Trial of a Cohesive Eight-Week Evolution Unit That Incorporates Molecular Genetics and Principles of the Next Generation Science Standards. CBE-Life Sciences Education, 20(3), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.20-01-0008

Michael, A. G., Salmon, K. R., Testorf, M. E., Morrone, M., Bass, K. M., Faletra, P. (2021) STEM Lab on a Kitchen Table: An Investigation of Remote Student-Driven Problem-Based Research. Journal of STEM Outreach, 4(2), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.15695/jstem/v4i2.10

Chang, A. C., Machnicki, N. J., Garcia, S. N., Roden, W. H., Coombs, C. A., Carter, R. A., Bass, K. M., Jones, A. L. (2021) Seattle Children’s Virtual Research Training Program: Pivoting to Remote Science Education for High School Students. Journal of STEM Outreach. 4(2), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.15695/jstem/v4i2.02

Shannon, J., Quimby, C., Colwell, C., & Burg, S. (2021). Anthropology, Empathy, and the Need for Social Science Communication. Science Communication, 43(4), 529–537. https://doi.org/10.1177/10755470211018812

Warwick, A. R., Kolonich, A., Bass, K. M., Mead, L. S. & Reichsman, F. (2020). Ten simple rules for partnering with K-12 teachers to support broader impact goals. PLoS Computational Biology 16(10): e1008225. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pcbi.1008225

McClatchy, S., Bass, K. M., Gatti, D. M., Moylan, A. & Churchill, G. (2020). Nine quick tips for efficient bioinformatics curriculum development and training. PLoS Computational Biology 16(7): e1008007. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008007

Kantorski, B., Commisso, D.R., Sanford-Dolly, C.W., & Pollock, J.A. (2020). The use of a mobile application to teach concussion-related health knowledge. Journal of STEM Outreach, 3(1), 1-10.

Homburger, S. A., Drits-Esser, D., Malone, M., Pompei, K., Breitenbach, K., Perkins, R. D., Anderson, P. C., Barber, N. C., Hawkins, A. J., Katz, S., Kelly, M., Starr, H., Bass, K. M., Roseman, J. E., Hardcastle, J., DeBoer, G., & Stark, L. A. (2019). Development and pilot testing of a three-dimensional phenomenon-based unit that integrates evolution and heredity. Evolution: Education and Outreach, 2019, 12:13. doi: 10.1186/s12052-019-0106-1

Imondi, R., Bass, K. M., Patel, R. & Santschi, L. (2019). NeuroLab research experiences: Extending the CURE design framework to an informal science setting devoted to pre-college STEM instruction. Journal of STEM Outreach, 2(April), 1 – 14. https://doi.org/10.15695/jstem/v2i1.08

Kantorski, B., Sanford-Dolly, C.W., Commisso, D.R., Pollock, J.A. (2019). Backward design as a mobile application development strategy. Educational Technology Research and Development, 67(3),711-737. Available at:https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-019-09662-7

Sloan, K., Allen, A., Bass, K.M., Milligan-Mattes, E. (2018) Evaluation of PCK in STEM Residency Programs: Challenges and Opportunities. In: Uzzo S., Graves S., Shay E., Harford M., Thompson R. (Eds), Pedagogical Content Knowledge in STEM. Advances in STEM Education (pp157-173). Springer, Cham. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97475-0_9

LaRue, K., McKernan, M., Bass, K. M., & Wray, C. (2018). Teaching the Genome Generation: Bringing modern human genetics into the classroom through teacher professional development. Journal Of STEM Outreach, 1(2), 48-60. https://doi.org/10.15695/jstem/v1i1.12

Bowling, K. G., Miller, L. M., Patel, R., & Bass, K. M. (2017). Impacts of Virtual Clinical Trials Simulations on Science Knowledge and Attitudes. Electronic Journal of Science Education, 21(7).Available at: http://ejse.southwestern.edu/issue/view/1433

Kirtman, N., Fadavi, M. (2016). Mississippi Academy for Science Teaching (Project MAST): Capturing Teachers’ Long-Term Change – A Follow-Up Study of Professional Development in Science. The Researcher, 29(1), 71-103. Available at: https://online.pubhtml5.com/nsco/puob/#p=76

Kennedy, M.; Daugherty, R., Koerner, J., Lewin, J., Sanford, C., Garibay, C., & Braun, R. (2016). Science Club: Bridging In-School and Out-of-School STEM Learning Through a Collaborative, Community-Based After-School Program. Connected Science Learning, 1(1). Available at: http://csl.nsta.org/2016/03/science-club/

Bass, K. M., Hu Dahl, I. & Panahandeh, R. (2016). Designing the game: How a project-based media production program approaches STEAM career readiness for underrepresented young adults. Journal of Science Education and Technology, ITEST special issue, 1-16. Full report online at: rdcu.be/ngxB

Gurn, A. (2016). Courting Corporate Philanthropy in Public Education: Multi-Disciplinary Literature Review of Public–Private Partnerships (PPPs) in Urban Public Schooling. SAGE Open, April-June 2016, 1–15. Available at: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2158244016635714

Bass, K. M., Drits-Esser, D., & Stark, L. A. (2016). A Primer for Developing Measures of Science Content Knowledge for Small-Scale Research and Instructional Use. CBE-Life Sciences Education, 15(2), 1-14. Available at: https://www.lifescied.org/doi/pdf/10.1187/cbe.15-07-0142

Kruse, B., Bass, K. M., & Schultz, G. (2015). The Nasa Galileo Educator Network: Using astronomy to engage teachers in science practices. In G. Schultz, S. Buxner, L. Shore & J. Barnes (Eds.), Celebrating Science: Putting Education Best Practices to Work. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, Vol. 500, pp. 223-226. San Francisco; Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Available at: https://myasp.astrosociety.org/product/CS500/vol-500-celebrating-science-putting-education-best-practices-to-work

Perazzo, J., Pennypacker, C., Stronck, D. Bass, K., Heredia, J., Lobo, R., Ben-Shalom, G. (2015). Persistent and encouraging achievement gains on math Common Core-aligned items for middle school English language learners: ASAMI— Hands-On Astronomy for After-school Science and Math Integration.Science Education and Civic Engagement, 7(2) 109-119. Available at: https://d32ogoqmya1dw8.cloudfront.net/files/seceij/summer15/perrazzo.pdf

Silver, L. & Burg, S., & (2015). Working with External Evaluators. Journal of Museum Education, 40(1), 62-69. https://doi.org/10.1080/10598650.2015.11510834

Louw, M., Ansari, A., Bartley, C., & Sanford, C. (2013). Stories in the Rock: A Design Case of an Explorable Image Viewer in a Natural History Museum. International Journal of Designs for Learning, 4(2) 56-71. https://doi.org/10.14434/ijdl.v4i2.3688

Ben-Zeev, A. & Kirtman, N. (2012). Stereotype Threat Beyond the Laboratory: Do Single-Gender Colleges Signal a Safety in the Air? In B. Hunter & T. Romero (Eds.), Psychology of Threat. Nova Science Publishers. Available at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/288117497_Stereotype_threat_beyond_the_laboratory_Do_single-gender_colleges_signal_a_safety_in_the_air

Rockman, S. and Scott, B. (2012). Evaluating Time To Know: Research Concepts and Practical Decisions. In J. Richards and C. Dede (Eds.) Digital Teaching Platforms, New York. Teachers College Press. Available at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259694018_Evaluating_Time_To_Know_Research_concepts_and_practical_decisions

Schwartz, N. H., Scott, B. M., & Forster, D. (2012). Where is metacognition in thinking and learning? Evidence from neuroscience, cognition, and instructional research. In R. Azevedo & V. Aleven (Eds.), The International Handbook of Metacognition and Learning Technologies. Springer Science. 10.1038/s41539-021-00089-5

Sanford, C. W. (2010). Evaluating Family Interactions to Inform Exhibit Design: Comparing Three Different Learning Behaviors in a Museum Setting. Journal of the Visitor Studies Association, 13(1), 67-89. https://doi.org/10.1080/10645571003618782

Rockman, S., & Fontana, L. (2010). Reaching Beyond Bricks and Mortar. In G. Berg (Ed.), Cases on Online Tutoring, Mentoring, and Educational Services: Practices and Applications. (pp. 160 – 171). Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference. Available at: http://www.igi-global.com/Bookstore/TitleDetails.aspx?TitleId=142

Bass, K. M., & Bandy, E. A. (2009). Digital pathways to learning through collaborative media production. In K. Tyner (Ed.), Media Literacy: New Agendas in Communication. (pp. 28 – 50). New York: Routledge. Available at: https://www.routledge.com/Media-Literacy-New-Agendas-in-Communication/Tyner/p/book/9780415872218

Barab, S. A., Scott, B., Siyahhan, S. Goldstone, R., Ingram-Goble, A., Zuiker, S., & Warren, S. (2009). Transformational play as a curricular scaffold: Using videogames to support science education. Journal of Science Education and Technology. Available at: 10.1007/s10956-009-9171-5

Pawan, F., & Honeyford, M. (2009). Academic literacies and the new college learner. In R. F. Flippo & D. C. Claverly (Eds.) Handbook of College Reading and Study Strategy Research. 2nd ed. New York: Routledge. Available at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232463739_Academic_literacy_and_the_new_college_learner

Alexander, J. M., Johnson, K. E., Scott, B. M., & Meyer, R. D. (2008). Stegosaurus and Spoonbills: Mechanisms for transfer across biological domains. In M. F. Shaughnessy, M. V. Veenman, & C. K. Kennedy (Eds.), Metacognition: A Recent Review of Research, Theory, and Perspectives. (pp. 63-83). Happauge, NY: Nova Publications.

Rockman, S. (2008, Fall). A Brief Look at the Research. Threshold Magazine, 12. Available at: https://rockman.com/docs/downloads/BriefLookResearch.pdf

Bass, K., Puckett, C., & Rockman, S. (2008, January). Models of Digital Collection Use in a University Community. Educational Technology, 48(1), 44-49. Available at: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.556.803&rep=rep1&type=pdf

Nelson-Barber, S., & Trumbull, E. (2007). Making assessment practices valid for Native American students. Journal of Indian Education, Special Issue. Available at: https://jaie.asu.edu/sites/g/files/litvpz1681/files/463_2007_9_nelson-barber_trumbull.pdf

Rockman, S., Bass, K., & Borse, J. (2007, June). Media-Based Learning Science in Informal Environments Commissioned Paper. Prepared for Learning Science in Informal Environments Committee of the National Research Council National Academy of Science. Available at: https://rockman.com/docs/downloads/MediaBasedLearningScience.pdf

Grunwald Associates & Rockman et al. (2007, April). Intel-based Mac Computers in Education: Research and Findings. Available at: https://grunwald.com/pdfs/Grunwald-Apple-Intel-Based-Mac-Computers.pdf

Dede, C., & Rockman, S. (2007, Spring). Lessons Learned from Studying How Innovations Can Achieve Scale. Threshold Magazine, 4-10.

Rockman, S. (2007, Winter). It’s My Laptop. Threshold Magazine, 21-25. Available at: https://rockman.com/docs/downloads/ItsMyLaptop.pdf

Fisk, B., & Sloan, K. (2005). Taking-off or taking off: What makes a professional development experience last? In S. Rhine & M. Bailey (Eds.), Insights from the PT3 Program(pp. 47-57). Eugene, OR: International Society for Technology in Education. Available at: https://rockman.com/docs/downloads/Taking-Off.pdf

Margerum-Leys, J., & Bass, K. M. (2005). Electronic tools for online assessment: An illustrative case study. In S. Howell (Ed.), Online assessment and measurement: Case studies from higher education, K-12, and corporate (Volume II) (pp. 62-81). Hershey, PA: Idea Group Publishing. (Link to article abstract and introduction only. For purchasing information, please visit http://www.idea-group.com/books/details.asp?id=5046.)

Rockman, S. (2005). Assessing the outcomes of interactive Web sites. In Proceedings of Web Designs for Interactive Learning Conference, Web site evaluation (pp. 2-11). Ithaca, NY: Cornell Lab of Ornithology and The Exploratorium. Available at: https://rockman.com//docs/downloads/Assessing_the_Outcomes.pdf

Rockman, S. (2004, October). A study in learning. Technology & Learning, 25(3), 34-37. (Free site registration is required to access the article.)

Rockman, S. (2004). Positioning Evaluation and Research within PT3 Projects. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education 12(2), 155-158. Available at: https://rockman.com/docs/downloads/Positioning_Evaluation.pdf

Rockman, S. (2003, Fall). Learning from laptops. Threshold Magazine, 1(1), 24-28. Available at: https://rockman.com/docs/downloads/LearningFromLaptops.pdf

Kafai, Y. B., Fishman, B. J., Bruckman, A. S., & Rockman, S. (2002). Models of educational computing @ home: New frontiers for research on technology in learning. Educational Technology Review [Online serial], 10(2), 52-68. Available at: https://rockman.com/docs/downloads/article_10723.pdf

Rockman, S. (2000, August). A Lesson from Richard Nixon: Observations about technology policy and practice in education. Background paper prepared for the Secretary’s Technology Conference, Washington, D.C.: US Department of Education. Available at: https://rockman.com/docs/downloads/A_Lesson_from_Nixon.pdf

Rockman, S. (2000). Technology, urban school reform and the schizophrenic nature of teaching. In EDC Center for Children and Technology (Eds.), The Wingspread Conference on Technology’s Role in Urban School Reform: Achieving Equity and Quality. Funded by the Joyce Foundation and the Johnson Foundation. Available at: https://rockman.com/docs/downloads/Schizophrenogenic.pdf