Headshot of Kelsey Bitting

Kelsey Bitting

Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies

Department: Environmental Studies

Office and address: McMichael Science Building, Office 003A 2625 Campus Box Elon, NC 27244

Phone number: (336) 278-5188

News & Notes

Education

Ph.D. Geological Sciences, Rutgers University, May 2013                                                      

Dissertation: “Postglacial terrace formation and floodplain sedimentation in the northern Delaware River Valley, New Jersey, USA: Fluvial response to climatic, environmental, isostatic, and anthropogenic influences.” Advisors: Gregory Mountain and Gail Ashley.

B.A. Earth & Environmental Science and Anthropology, Vanderbilt University, May 2005

Honors Thesis: “Water Contamination in Coffee and Franklin Counties, Tennessee: Perceptions and Realities.” Advisors: John Ayres, Kaye Savage, and Ted Fischer. Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa.

Certifications

  • Permaculture Design Certificate, Sowing Solutions, MA, November 2018
  • 300-hour Professional Yoga Teacher, Down Under Yoga, MA, January 2017
  • Quaternary Studies Certificate, Rutgers University, NJ, May 2013
  • 200-hour Yoga Asana and Pranayama, Integral Yoga Center of Highland Park, NJ, October 2011

Employment History

Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies Department, Elon University, 2020-present (tenure-track, 2022-present)

Associate Director, Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning, Elon University, 2021-2022 (Assistant Director Sept. 2019-May 2021)

Associate Director, Center for Advancing Teaching and Learning Through Research, Northeastern University, 2015-2019

Postdoctoral Fellow for Course Redesign and Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 2013-2015

Fellowship Advisor, GradFund, Graduate School of New Brunswick, 2010-2013

Dissertation Lecturer, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2009-2010

Courses Taught

Elon University

  • Humans & Nature (ENS 1100), fall 2022, fall 2023, spring 2024, fall 2024
  • Introduction to Environmental Science Lecture (ENS 1110), spring 2020, spring 2021, fall 2022, spring 2023- community engaged course in spring 2020 with Town of Elon Sustainability Committee, in spring 2021-spring 2023 with Clean Haw River
  • Introduction to Environmental Science Lab (ENS 1130), spring 2023, fall 2023
  • Introduction to Environmental Science Integrate Lab-Lecture (ENS 1710), spring 2024, fall 2024
  • Introduction to Geology (ENS 1780), fall 2021- community-engaged course with Alamance County Recreation & Parks
  • Strategies of Environmental Inquiry (ENS 2000), fall 2022, spring 2023, fall 2023- community-engaged course in fall 2022 with Clean Haw River
  • Environmental Visions (ENS 3500), January 2025- community-engaged course with the Town of Elon Sustainability Committee
  • Foraging Wild Food & Medicine (COR 3702), spring 2024

University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS)                                                                                   

  • Teaching in the Geosciences (instructor-of-record), graduate course, 6 students, Fall 2014
  • Prehistoric Life: DNA to Dinosaurs (facilitator and redesigner), undergraduate course, 59 students, Fall 2014
  • Historical Geology online (instructor of record), undergraduate course, 16 students, Summer 2014
  • The Way the Earth Works online (instructor of record), undergraduate course, 16 students, Summer 2014             
  • The Way the Earth Works (facilitator and redesigner), undergraduate course, ~150 students, Fall 2013-Fall 2014        

Rutgers University (Piscataway, NJ)

  • Planet Earth (instructor of record), undergraduate course, ~120 students, Fall 2009-Spring 2010
  • Geology of the Northeastern USA (course coordinator), graduate course, 14 students, Spring 2010
  • New Jersey Statewide Systemic Initiative ESTEEMS Geology Program (instructor), 30 elementary-school teacher participants, Summer 2009
  • New Jersey Statewide Systemic Initiative ESTEEMS Geology Program (teaching assistant), 30 middle-school teacher participants, Summer 2006

Grants Awarded

  • $1500- Elon Kernodle Center Community-Based Learning Research Scholar, “Impacts of Community-Engaged Courses on First-Generation and Students of Color in STEM.” PIs: Kelsey Bitting & Jessica Merricks. Awarded, AY 2024-2025
  • $4860- Elon CATL Teaching and Learning Grant. “Fostering the Adoption of an Integrated Inquiry-Based Teaching Model to Enhance Environmental Studies Major Recruitment.” PIs: Kelsey Bitting & Jacob Rutz. Awarded, summer 2024
  • $8875- Elon Faculty Research & Development Summer Fellowship, “We teach as we see the world: STEM faculty pedagogical practices align with systems narratives in their personal and family stories.” Awarded, summer 2024
  • $4800- Elon New Faculty Summer Research Funds, “Does participation in a community-engaged environmental science unit foster students’ responsibility and self-efficacy for tackling environmental crises?” Awarded, summer 2023
  • $1380- Kernodle Center Community Partnership Initiative Grant in support of Introduction to Environmental Science (ENS1110) course community-engaged partnership with Clean Haw River advocacy organization in Pittsboro, NC. Awarded, $870 in fall 2022, $510 in spring 2023
  • $4250- Turnage Fund Award. “STEM Faculty Narratives and Teaching Practices.” PI: Kelsey Bitting, Co-PIs: Laura Roselle & Caitlin Callahan (Grand Valley State University). Awarded, 2021-2023
  • $2000- Elon University Innovation Council: Solve Campaign Grant. “Infusing Sustainability into the COR 110 Curriculum.” PI: Robert Perdue; Co-PIs: Tom Arcaro, Samantha DiRosa, Elaine Durr, & Kelsey Bitting. Awarded, 2021-2022
  • National Science Foundation (NSF) Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Education and Human Resources (IUSE: EHR) “Collaborative Proposal: What is the influence of geoscience inquiry labs on graduate student teaching beliefs and undergraduate student learning and interest?” PI: Kelsey Bitting, Elon University; PI: Katherine Ryker, University of South Carolina; PI: Rachel Teasdale, California State University, Chico. 2019-2021. $44,454 Supplement (PI: Teasdale, Co-PI: Bitting). Awarded, 2021.
  • Post-Institute Implementation Award (NSF Sub-Award), SENCER (Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities), 2015-2016.

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Scholarship

  1. Bitting, K. & Sweet, M. (in press). Soothing Faculty Burnout: Introducing Brief Mindfulness Practices to Mitigate Compassion and Decision Fatigue in the COVID-19 Era. International Journal for Academic Development.
  2. Bitting, K. & Merricks, J. (2024). Addressing ecoparalysis: A community-engaged unit enhances undergraduate student environmental value and problem-solving self-efficacy. Environmental Education Research.
  3. Bitting, K., Ryker, K., & Teasdale, R. (2024). Situational Interest in Online Introductory Geology Labs During COVID: Patterns Suggest Enhancements to Future Online Teaching. Journal of Geoscience Education.
  4. Ryker, K., Teasdale, R., & Bitting, K. (2024). Using Observation Protocols to Reliably Measure Teaching Practice in the Classroom and Advance the GER Community Framework. Journal of Geoscience Education.
  5. Carpenter, R., Dvorak, K., Gallardo-Williams, M. T., Chapman, D. D., Bitting, K., Forde, T., & Aming, D. (2022). Faculty (Re)Engagement: Perspectives on Challenges, Needs, and Opportunities. Journal of Faculty Development, 36(3), 1-4.
  6. St. John, K., McNeal, K., Macdonald, H., Kastens, K., Bitting, K., Cervato, C., McDaris, J., Petcovic, H., Pyle, E., Riggs, E., Ryker, K., Semken, S., & Teasdale, R. (2020). A community framework for geoscience education research: Summary and recommendations for future research priorities. Journal of Geoscience Education, 1-12. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10899995.2020.1779569 
  7. St. John, K., Bitting, K., Cervato, C., Kastens, K., Macdonald, H., McDaris, J., McNeal, K., Petcovic, H., Pyle, E., Riggs, E., Ryker, K., Semken, S., & Teasdale, R. (2019). An Evolutionary Leap in How We Teach Geosciences. Eos, 100. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019EO127285.
  8. Teasdale, R., Ryker, K., and Bitting K. (2019). Graduate teaching assistant training in the geosciences: Our practices vs. perceived needs. Journal of Geoscience Education, 67(1), 64-82.
  9. Bitting, K., Arthurs, L., Chapman, L., Macdonald, H., & Manduca, C. (2018). Research on Institutional Change and Professional Development. In St. John, K. (Ed.), A Community Framework for Geoscience Education. National Association for Geoscience Teachers.
  10. Bitting K., Ryker, K., and Teasdale, R. (2017). Applying the geoscience education research strength of evidence pyramid: Developing a rubric to characterize existing geoscience teaching assistant training studies. Journal of Geoscience Education, 65(4), 519-530.
  11. Bitting, K., McCartney, M., Denning, K., and Roberts, J. (2018). Conceptual learning outcomes of virtual experiential learning: Results of Google Earth exploration in introductory Earth science courses. Research in Science Education, 48(3), 533-548.
  12. Williams, A., Sun, Z., Xie, K., Garcia, E., Ashby, I., Exter, M., Largent, D., Lu, P., Szafron, D., Ahmed, S., Onuczko, T., Smith, J., Tempelaar, D., Bitting, K., Alison Olcott Marshall, Erik Christensen, Hungwei Tseng, Joseph Walsh. (2017). Flipping STEM. In L. Santos Green, J. R. Banas, and R. Perkins (eds.), The Flipped College Classroom. New York: Springer.
  13. Olcott Marshall, A. and Bitting, K. (2016). Teaching through human-driven extinctions and climate change: Adding civic engagement to an introductory geology course for non-majors. Science Education & Civic Engagement: An International Journal, Winter 2016.
  14. Bitting, K. and Cook, G. (2014). Training and managing teaching assistants. Teaching Introductory Geoscience Courses in the 21st Century: On the Cutting Edge – Professional Development for Geoscience Faculty.

Peer-Reviewed Published Teaching Activities

  1. Bitting, K. & Merricks, J. (2021). What’s in the Water? Benchmarking Activity. Activity Description, Teach the Earth Activity Collection. Selected for the On the Cutting Edge Exemplary Collection.
  2. Merricks, J. & Bitting, K. (2021). What’s in the Water? Community Engagement Project. Activity Description, Teach the Earth Activity Collection. Selected for the On the Cutting Edge Reviewed Collection.
  3. Bitting, K. & Merricks, J. (2021, review pending). What’s in the Water? Lesson 1: Water Cycle and Watersheds. Activity Description, Teach the Earth Activity Collection.
  4. Merricks, J. & Bitting, K. (2021, review pending). What’s in the Water? Lesson 2: Introduction to Emerging Contaminants. Activity Description, Teach the Earth Activity Collection.
  5. Merricks, J. & Bitting, K. (2022, review pending). What’s in the Water? Lesson 3: The Economic Challenges of Clean Water. Activity Description, Teach the Earth Activity Collection.
  6. Bitting, K. & Merricks, J. (2021). What’s in the Water? Lesson 4: Drinking Water & Environmental Justice. Activity Description, Teach the Earth Activity Collection. Selected for the On the Cutting Edge Exemplary Collection.
  7. Merricks, J. & Bitting, K. (2022, review pending). What’s in the Water? Lesson 5: The Health Effects of PFAS. Activity Description, Teach the Earth Activity Collection.
  8. Bitting, K. & Merricks, J. (2022). What’s in the Water? Lesson 6: Drinking Water Quality Regulation in the U.S. Activity Description, Teach the Earth Activity Collection. Selected for the On the Cutting Edge Exemplary Collection.

Non-Peer-Reviewed Published Teaching Activities

  1. Merricks, J. & Bitting, K. (2021). What’s in the Water? A community-engaged inquiry unit exploring PFAS contamination in North Carolina. Course Description, Teach the Earth Activity Collection.
  2. Teasdale, R., Bitting, K., & Ryker, K. (2021). Guided Inquiry Introductory Geology Labs, National Association of Geoscience Teachers. Retrieved from https://serc.carleton.edu/inquiry_intro_geo/index.html.

Non-Peer-Reviewed Articles and Scholarship

  1. Bitting, K. Reflection: What is the role of higher education in responding to climate change? Liberal Education, fall 2022 issue.
  2. Bitting, K. and Sweet, M. Enhancing Students’ Capacity for Transfer Through Mindfulness. The Mindful Moment newsletter, June 2017. https://mailchi.mp/d98a5c75a503/june-2017-mindful-moment?e=f2cfea7d57
  3. Bitting, K. and Sweet, M. Connecting Mindfulness to the Culture of a Research University. The Mindful Moment newsletter, March 2017. https://us15.campaign-archive.com/?e=[UNIQID]&u=9dfcc79cfbae0a0f1455be332&id=8672eea8d5
  4. Bitting, K. Outreach for Earth Science Week. AWG E-News, October 2016.
  5. Bitting, K. (March 2012-May 2014). Crafted a series of 26 blog posts on writing an effective research grant or fellowship proposal for the GradFund Blog, Rutgers University School of Graduate Studies.  

Presentations

Invited Workshops & Presentations

  1. Bitting, K. (Mar. 2023). Faculty Reading Group on Contemplative Pedagogy. Centre for Teaching and Learning, Concordia University.
  2. Bitting, K., Romulo, C., Turner, R., & Werts, S. (July 2021). Fostering Sustainable Institutions: Engaging Our Universities in the Movement for Change. Earth Educators Rendezvous Conference (virtual round table discussion).
  3. Bitting, K., Romulo, C., Turner, R., & Werts, S. (Apr. 2021). Fostering Sustainability Out of a Pandemic: The Role of Teaching Centers and Faculty Developers. POD Network Earth-Centered Special Interest Group (SIG) webinar.
  4. Bitting, K. (Apr. 2021). Experiential Learning Workshop Series: How to propel students into the outer limits of learning through facilitation? The Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence, Albertus Magnus College (virtual workshop).
  5. Bitting, K. (Mar. 2021). Current Challenges in K-16 Geoscience Education: A Higher Education Perspective. Is Geology at A Crossroads? GSA Northeastern Section Meeting (virtual panel).
  6. Bitting, K. (Nov. 2020). Introductory Geoscience Courses: Where have we been, where are we going, and how do we get there? UNC Chapel Hill Department of Geological Sciences Colloquium (virtual talk).
  7. Little, D. & Bitting, K. (Oct. 2020). Applying Inclusive Principles in Your Teaching. Butler University College of Communication (virtual workshop).
  8. Bitting, K. (Jan. 2020). Introduction to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Elizabeth City State University, Elizabeth City, NC.
  9. Bitting, K. (2018). Clearing a Path Toward Change: Encouraging Our Colleagues to Adopt Active Learning. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 50(6). doi: 10.1130/abs/2018AM-324130
  10. Ryker, K., Teasdale, R., & Bitting, K. (2018). Training Graduate Teaching Assistants in the Geosciences: Where are we and what do we need to know? Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 50(6). doi: 10.1130/abs/2018AM-324324
  11. Bitting, K. (2017). Enriching the Geoscience Community through Micro-Mentoring Practices. 2.5-hour interactive workshop, Earth Educators’ Rendezvous, National Association of Geoscience Teachers.
  12. Teasdale, R., Ryker, K., & Bitting, K. (2017). Strengthening TA Teaching Capacity. 75-minute roundtable discussion, Earth Educators’ Rendezvous, National Association of Geoscience Teachers.
  13. Holmes, M. A., Schneider, B., & Bitting, K. (2017). Getting to Fair: The Implicit Bias of Decision-Making. 1-hour webinar, Association for Women Geoscientists.
  14. Bitting, K. (2013). Delaware River: Glacial Maximum to Modern Day. 1-hour seminar, Spring 2013 Friends of the Geology Museum Meeting, Rutgers University.

Recent Peer-Reviewed Conference Presentations

* indicates presentation with undergraduate or graduate student mentee

  1. *Gibbons, R., Bitting, K., Kirk, R., & Krohmer, N. (in review, Dec. 2024). Soil Carbon Sequestration in Elon Forest: Role of Past Land Use and Forest Age. American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C.
  2. *Kenyon, P., Bitting, K., Rutz, J. (in review, Dec. 2024). Examining the Correlation of Fungal to Bacterial Ratios with Soil Carbon in Annual vs. Perennial Agricultural Ecosystems. American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C.
  3. Ryker, K., Teasdale, R., & Bitting, K. (accepted, Sept. 2024). A multi-institution assessment of learning and interest in introductory geology lab activities. GSA Connects, Anaheim, CA.
  4. Ryker, K., Teasdale, R., & Bitting, K. (Jul. 2024). Opportunities for Classroom Observation Protocols to Advance the GER Community Framework. NAGT Earth Educators Rendezvous Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
  5. *Gibbons, R., Kirk, R., & Bitting, K. (Apr. 2024). Representing land use and vegetation change over time for soil carbon analysis in the Piedmont region, NC. GSA Southeast Section Meeting, Asheville, NC.
  6. *Menser, E., *Williams, M., Bitting, K., Teasdale, R., & Ryker, K. (Oct. 2023). Relevance in Introductory Geoscience Laboratory Courses. Poster presentation, GSA Connects, Pittsburgh, PA.
  7. *Williams, M., *Menser, E., Bitting, K., Teasdale, R., & Ryker, K. (Oct. 2023). Game-based Learning in Introductory Earth & Environmental Science Labs. Poster presentation, GSA Connects, Pittsburgh, PA.
  8. Merricks, J., Bitting, K., & Enfield, M. (July 2023). Beyond the Lab Report: Reflective writing opportunities deepen learning. Short talk, Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER) 2023 National Meeting, Minneapolis, MN.
  9. Chunco, A. & Bitting, K. (Aug. 2023). Grading and Belonging in a STEM Discipline. Poster presentation, ITLC Lilly Conference, Asheville, NC.
  10. *Torres, S., Teasdale, R., Ryker, K., & Bitting, K. (May 2023). Impact of hands-on learning in inquiry-based lab activities in introductory geoscience labs. Oral presentation, GSA Cordilleran Section, Reno, NV.
  11. *Eaton, M., & Bitting, K. (Apr. 2023). Soil Carbon on Campus. Oral presentation, National Conference on Undergraduate Research, University of Wisconsin, Eau-Claire, WI. 
  12. Bitting, K., Callahan, C., & Roselle, L. (Apr. 2023). We teach as we see the world: Exploring the role of personal and family narratives in pedagogical approach. Poster presentation, X-DBER 2023 Conference, virtual.
  13. Ryker, K., Bitting, K., & Teasdale, R. (Apr. 2023). Features and Uses of Observation Protocols in Post-Secondary STEM Classrooms. Poster presentation, X-DBER 2023 Conference, virtual.
  14. Merricks, J., Enfield, M., & Bitting, K. (Apr. 2023). Beyond the Lab Report: Designing writing opportunities to deepen learning. Poster presentation, X-DBER 2023 Conference, virtual.
  15. Bitting, K., Chunco, A., & Rutz, J. (Oct. 2022). Can’t see the water for the drops? Assessing and redesigning an inquiry-oriented introductory environmental science laboratory. Oral presentation (virtual), GSA Connects, Denver, CO.
  16. Teasdale, R., Bitting, K., & Ryker, K. (Oct. 2022). Characteristics of high and low levels of inquiry in introductory geoscience labs: A case study of activities used in common lab topics. Oral presentation, GSA Connects, Denver, CO.
  17. *Torres, S., Teasdale, R., Ryker, K., & Bitting, K. (Oct. 2022). Impact of hands-on learning in inquiry-based lab activities in introductory geoscience labs. Oral presentation, GSA Connects, Denver, CO.
  18. Piper, M., Ryker, K., Teasdale, R., & Bitting, K. (Oct. 2022). Assessing inquiry in instructor-generated introductory geoscience laboratory activities. Oral presentation, Earth Educators Rendezvous Conference, Twin Cities, MN.
  19. Teasdale, R., Ryker, K., & Bitting, K. (July 2022). Characteristics of student interest in online introductory geology labs. Oral presentation, Earth Educators Rendezvous Conference, Twin Cities, MN.
  20. *Torres, S., Teasdale, R., Bitting, K., & Ryker, K. (July 2022). Do students learn science best with hands-on activities in introductory geology labs? Poster, Earth Educators Rendezvous Conference, Twin Cities, MN.
  21. Piper, M., Ryker, K., Bitting, K., & Teasdale, R. (July 2022). Engaging students in the scientific process: A case study of inquiry within five introductory geology courses. Oral presentation, Earth Educators Rendezvous Conference, Twin Cities, MN.
  22. *Davis, A., Bitting, K., Plenge, M., Cornette, K., Teasdale, R. & Ryker, K. (Apr. 2022). Motivational factors that support women’s interest in introductory geoscience labs. Oral presentation, National Council on Undergraduate Research Annual Conference (virtual).
  23. Keith, H., Bitting, K., Everson, B., & Fabrey, C. (Nov. 2021). Fostering Institutional Sustainability as Educational Developers. Birds of a Feather session (virtual), POD Network Annual Conference.
  24. Teasdale, R., Bitting, K., & Ryker, K (Oct. 2021). Student and Teaching Assistants’ Perspectives on Increasing Student Interest for Learning in Introductory Geology Courses. Oral presentation, GSA Connects, Portland, OR.
  25. Bitting, K., & Merricks, J. (July 2021). What’s in the Water? A place-based unit investigating PFAS contamination in central NC drinking water. Poster presentation (virtual), Earth Educators Rendezvous Conference.
  26. Merricks, J., & Bitting, K. (July 2021). Fostering Agents of Change: Can a local water crisis shift students’ values, goals, and priorities? Oral presentation (virtual), Earth Educators Rendezvous Conference.
  27. Donat, B., Teasdale, R., Bitting, K., & Ryker, K. (July 2021). Changes in TA Beliefs from Teaching Inquiry-Based Activities in Introductory Geology Labs. Poster presentation (virtual), Earth Educators Rendezvous Conference.
  28. Ryker, K., Teasdale, R., & Bitting, K. (July 2021). Making Sense of Interest and Learning in Introductory Geology Courses: Teaching Assistant and Student Perspectives. Oral presentation (virtual), Earth Educators Rendezvous Conference.
  29. Merricks, J., & Bitting, K. (July 2021). Can a local water crisis shift students’ frame of reference toward civic engagement? Poster presentation (virtual), SABER 2021 Virtual Meeting.
  30. Bitting, K., Ryker, K., & Teasdale, R. (Feb. 2021). TA Teaching Beliefs, Undergraduate Interest, and Learning in Introductory Geology Courses: Preliminary Results from the Pandemic. Poster presentation, X-DBER Conference (virtual), hosted by University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
  31. Werts, S., Romulo, C., Bitting, K., & Turner, R. (Jan. 2021). Fostering Sustainability Out of a Pandemic: Pathways for Higher Education to Create a More Resilient Institution and Society. Discussion-based session, AAC&U Annual Meeting.
  32. *Collins-Brown, E., Little, D., Bitting, K., Abbot, S., Morrison, B., & Pollard, T. (Nov. 2020). Looking Inward, Thinking Forward: Models and Tools for Center Evaluation. 30-minute Interactive Session- On Demand, POD Network Annual Conference.
  33. Teasdale, R., Ryker, K., & Bitting, K. (Oct. 2020). Increasing the Level of Inquiry Laboratory Activities for Introductory Geology Courses. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 52(6).
  34. Bitting, K., Ryker, K., & Teasdale, R. (July 2020). Creating Inquiry Labs for Introductory Geology Courses. 3-morning workshop, Earth Educators Rendezvous Conference.

Professional Activities

Consulting Work

  • Focus group and community forum facilitator, NSF INCLUDES WIND (Women in a Network of Discovery) Planning Grant, Alamance Community College (PI: Constance Wolfe; Co-I: Sirena Hargrove Leak, Co-I: Leah Bug), Feb. 2021-April 2022
  • Institutional coach, American Association of Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) Teaching to Increase Diversity and Equity in STEM (TIDES) Institute, June 20-23, 2022; June 12-16, 2023; June 24-27, 2024
  • Institutional coach, American Association of Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) Institute on Reframing Institutional Transformation for Non-Tenure Track Faculty, July 25-29, 2022; July 29-August 1, 2024

Leadership in Professional Societies

  • Journal of Geoscience Education: Associate Editor, January 2023-December 2025
  • Earth-Centered Special Interest Group of the POD Network: Programming Director, 2021-2022; Founding Leadership Collaborative Member, 2020-2021
  • Geoscience Education Research Division of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT): Past-President, 2020-2021; President, 2019-2020; Vice-President, 2018-2019; Interim Secretary, 2017; Communication Committee Chair, 2015-2018
  • Mindfulness & Contemplative Pedagogy Special Interest Group of the POD Network: Founding Co-Chair, 2017-2018; Past Chair, 2018-2019.
  • Association for Women Geoscientists: Chair of the Outstanding Educator Award Committee, 2015-2019; Northeast Regional Delegate, 2015-2017
  • On the Cutting Edge Classroom Observation Project: Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol (RTOP) Observer, 2014-2016

Manuscript and Teaching Activity Reviews

  • POD Network Conference, 2020 & 2022
  • International Journal for Academic Development, 2020, 2021
  • National Science Foundation, 2020
  • Sustainability, 2020
  • Teaching with Online Field Experiences, NSF-Sponsored Activity Collection of the Teach the Earth portal, 2020
  • Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 2020
  • Earth Educators Rendezvous contributed conference program, 2019 & 2020
  • Journal of Geoscience Education, 2018 & 2019
  • Teaching and Learning Inquiry, 2017
  • InTeGrate (Interdisciplinary Teaching about Earth for a Sustainable Future) Teaching Activity Collection, 2015 & 2019

Chaired Conference Sessions

  • “Bringing Inquiry into Geoscience Labs for Students, Teaching Assistants, and Faculty,” Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, fall 2022
  • “Making Sense of Methodologies and Theoretical Frameworks in Geoscience Education Research,” Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, fall 2021
  • “Professional Development for Undergrads, Grads, and Faculty; Broadening Participation,” Earth Educators Rendezvous, summer 2019
  • “Beyond the Road-Cut: Virtual, Local, and Non-Traditional ‘Field’ Teaching and Learning Experiences,” Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, & Fall 2019
  • “Improving Learning Outcomes by Transforming the Geoscience Classroom,” Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Fall 2014
  • “Geoscience Education Outside the Classroom,” Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Fall 2011

Service Activities

University-level Service

  • Oral Presentation Session Moderator, Student Undergraduate Research Forum, April 2024
  • Community-Based Learning Faculty Meetup: Best Practices from Across the Disciplines (Panelist), Kernodle Center for Civic Life, February 2024
  • Undergraduate Research Program Advisory Committee, fall 2023-spring 2026
  • Course-Embedded Research (CER) Working Group, fall 2022-spring 2023
  • Environmental Advisory Council, fall 2021-spring 2023
  • Festival of Lights and Luminaries volunteer, December 2022
  • Mental Health Advisory Panel, CATL representative, spring 2022
  • Sustainability Leaders, CATL Representative, spring 2020-spring 2022
  • Academic Service-Learning Committee, CATL representative, fall 2020-spring 2022
    • Community Partnership Initiative Grants sub-committee member
  • DEI Professional Development/Faculty Evaluation Working Group, spring 2021
  • Don’t Trash It program volunteer, 2021 & 2022
  • Managing Zoom Fatigue (session for Sp’21 remote Elon students), March 2021
  • Campus Conversation: Teaching Through the Lens of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism, Discussion Leader, October 2020
  • “Chair and Office Yoga” session leader, Mindfulness Employee Resource Group, March 2020
  • Phi Beta Kappa, Eta NC Chapter, voting member, fall 2019-present

School- or Department-Level Service (outside Environmental Studies)

  • Outdoor Leadership and Education Advisory Board, spring 2024-present
  • Public Policy Advisory Board, fall 2023-present
  • Mentor, Preparing Future Faculty Program (Duke University collaboration with Elon College of Arts & Sciences), fall 2023-spring 2024
  • Duke University Preparing Future Faculty Program- Elon Visits
    • Elon students panel host, spring 2021
    • Elon administrators panel host, fall 2020 & fall 2021
    • Elon faculty panel host, fall 2020 & fall 2021
  • Read On, Elon book club organizer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer, summer 2021
  • Focus Group Facilitator, Belk Library assessment of support for mid-level courses, November 2019
  • Virtual Mindfulness Meditation, Elon School of Law, May 2020

Environmental Studies Service

  • Host & event coordinator, Coffee with Pulitzer Center Rainforest Fellows, September 2024
  • Host & event coordinator, ENS Internship Slam, spring 2024-ongoing
  • Lab Coordinator, ENS 1710 (integrated lab-lecture), spring 2024-ongoing
  • Lab Coordinator, ENS 1130 (traditional 3-hour lab), fall 2022-fall 2023
  • Co-PI, CATL Diversity & Inclusion Grant to Environmental Studies, summer 2023-spring 2024
  • Departmental website editor, fall 2022-spring 2024
  • Compiled initial scheduling document for upcoming year courses, fall 2023-spring 2024
  • Represented the Environmental Studies Department at an Admissions event, October 8, 2022
  • Unofficial liaison to the Office of Sustainability, ongoing

Awards

  • Enhance Award for service to the society, Association for Women Geoscientists, 2017
  • SENCER (Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities) Model Course, “DNA to Dinosaurs: Prehistoric Life (Geology 121).”
  • Graduate Research Fellow, National Science Foundation, 2006-201