Colorado State University

The following selected papers have been published as part of – or in collaboration with – our NSF Noyce Grants:

Murphy, M., Diaz-Clark, E., Rodriguez, M., Morado, M., Stafford, N., Frierson, R., … & Lavoie, A. (2025). Impact of a Wildlife Conservation Immersion Event on Youth of Color. Connected Science Learning, 7(1), 19-27.

Ode, A. B., Rieders, N. F., Ode, P. J., & Balgopal, M. M. (2025). Improving visual literacy skills: Reading between the lines, bars, dots, and images. The Science Teacher, 92(4), 42–48.

Scheer, M. M., Weinberg, A. E., Sample McMeeking, L. B., & Balgopal, M. M. (2025). Bridging the gap: Empowering rural teachers to navigate the complex terrain of climate science education. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 106(11), E2170-E2178.

Conlon, M. M., Balgopal, M. M., Bruyere, B. L., Wright, D. S., Crooks, K. R., & Solerno, J. (2024). Who teaches place-based education: Identifying relationships between environmental value orientations and pedagogical values. Environmental Education Research, 1–16. 

Diaz‐Clark, E. D., Otto, J. L., Wright, D. S., Lin Hunter, D. E., Sample McMeeking, L. B., Weinberg, A. E., & Balgopal, M. M. (2024). Under pressure: How do science teachers use capital to achieve agency during turbulent times? Science Education, 108(3), 680–700.

Cicchino, A. S., Weinberg, A. E., McMeeking, L. B. S., & Balgopal, M. M. (2023). Critical pedagogy of place to enhance ecological engagement activities. Conservation Biology, 37(2), e14023.

Wright, D. S., Weinberg, A. E., Sample McMeeking, L. B., Lin Hunter, D. E., & Balgopal, M. M. (2023). I will survive: Teachers reflect on motivations to remain in education amidst a global pandemic. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 60(6), 1266-1291.

Wright, D. S., Crooks, K. R., & Balgopal, M. M. (2022, July). Wildlife photographs: Seeing, caring, and learning through place-based education. In Frontiers in Education (Vol. 7, p. 910324). Frontiers Media SA.

Weinberg, A. E., Balgopal, M. M., & Sample McMeeking, L. B. (2021). Professional growth and identity development of STEM teacher educators in a community of practice. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 19(Suppl 1), 99-120.

Wright, D. S., Crooks, K. R., Hunter, D. O., Krumm, C. E., & Balgopal, M. M. (2021). Middle school science teachers’ agency to implement place-based education curricula about local wildlife. Environmental Education Research, 27(10), 1519-1537.