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Publications
(underline denotes student collaborators)

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  1. Frensley, B. T., Eaton, H., Carretti, C., Wallis, K., De Abreu, A., and Marshall, P. (in review). Investigating the longer-term student outcomes of a two-day ocean-focused program for underserved youth in Cape Town, South Africa. (submitted to Ocean Literacy: The foundation for the success of the ocean decade, Kennedy, T. and Payne, D. Eds).

  2. Anderson, K., A., Stern, M. J., Powell, R. B., and (in review). Lessons learned from a collective evaluation and community of practice focused on evidence-based learning. (submitted to Evaluation and Program Planning).

  3. Meier, E., Powell, R. B., Stern, M. J., Frensley, B. T., and Sene-Harper, A. (2024). Appropriateness and use of civic engagement, advocacy, and behavior change techniques in environmental education across the U.S.. The Journal of Environmental Education, 55(4), 289–307. DOI: 10.1080/00958964.2024.2339822

  4. Merritt, E., Stern, M. J., Powell, R. B., and Frensley, B. T. (2023). An evidence-based learning network for environmental educators designed to build evaluation capacity and improve programs. Evaluation and Program Planning. DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2023.102317

  5. Powell, R. B., Stern, M. J., and Frensley, B. T. (2022). Which approaches lead to better outcomes? Evidence from a national study of EE field trip programs for adolescent youth in the United States. Environmental Education Research. DOI: 10.1080/13504622.2022.2145270

  6. Frensley, B. T., Stern, M. J., Powell, R. B., and Sorice, M. G. (2022). Investigating the links between student’s basic psychological needs, engagement, and environmental literacy at a residential environmental education center. The Journal of Environmental Education. DOI: 10.1080/00958964.2022.2081654

  7. Bannister, L., Powell, R. B., Stern, M. J., Frensley, B. T., and Wright, B. A. (2022). Reorienting training in the time of Covid-19 and social justice movements. Applied Environmental Education and Communication. DOI: 10.1080/1533015X.2022.2078439

  8. Frensley, B. T., Stern, M. J., Powell, R. B., Blackwell, M. J. (2022). Exploring the links between teaching approaches and student outcomes at a residential setting.  Environmental Education Research. DOI: 10.1080/13504622.2022.2044454

  9. Merritt, E., Stern, M. J., Powell, R. B., Frensley, B. T. (2022). A systematic literature review to identify evidence-based principles for online environmental education programs. Environmental Education Research. DOI:10.1080/13504622.2022.2032610

  10. Stern, M. J., Powell, R. B., Frensley, B. T. (2022). Interpretation and environmental education on public lands: Lessons from research and new directions. Journal of Park and Recreation Administration. DOI: 10.18666/JRPA-2021-1103

  11. Stern, M. J., Powell, R. B., and Frensley, B. T. (2021). How do environmental education field trips for adolescent youth in the United States influence audiences of different grade level, race, and socioeconomic class? Environmental Education Research. DOI: 10.1080/13504622.2021.1990865

  12. Frensley, B. T., Stern, M. J., and Powell, R. B. (2020). Does student enthusiasm equal learning? The mismatch between observed and self-reported student engagement and environmental literacy outcomes in a residential setting. The Journal of Environmental Education. DOI:10.1080/00958964.2020.1727404

  13. Powell, R.B., Stern, M. J., Frensley, B.T., and Moore, D. (2019) Identifying and developing crosscutting environmental education outcomes for adolescents in the 21st Century (EE21). Environmental Education Research, 25(9), 1281-1299. DOI: 10.1080/13504622.2019.1607259

  14. Huang, J., Hmelo-Silver, C., Jordan, R., Frensley, T., Gray, S., Newman, G., and Stern, M. (2018). Scientific discourse of citizen scientists: Models as a boundary object for collaborative problem solving. Computers in Human Behavior. DOI:10.1016/j.chb.2018.04.004

  15. Frensley, T., Crall, A., Stern, M. J., Jordan, R., Gray, S., Prysby, M., Newman, G., Hmelo-Silver, C., Mellor, D., and Huang, J. (2017). Bridging the benefits of online and community supported citizen science: A case study on motivation and retention with conservation-minded volunteers. Citizen Science: Theory and Practice, 2(1), 4. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/cstp.84

  16. Huang, J., Hmelo-Silver, C., Jordan, R., Frensley, T., Gray, S., and Newman, G. (June 2017). Scientific discourse of citizen scientists: A collaborative modeling as a boundary object. The 12th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning - Proceedings, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

  17. Stern, M. J., Frensley, B. T., Powell, R. B., and Ardoin, N. M. (2017). What difference do role models make? Investigating outcomes at a residential environmental education center. Environmental Education Research. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2017.1313391

  18. Gray, S., Jordan, R., Crall, A., Newman, G., Hmelo-Silver, C., Huang, J., Novak, W., Mellor, D., Frensley,T., Prysby,M., and Singer,A.(2017). Combining participatory modeling and citizen science to support volunteer conservation action. Biological Conservation, 208, 76-86. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2016.07.037

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