Dr. Dave Smaldone, West Virginia University
Additional readings used in graduate class on citizen science and
natural resource management
Resource Stewardship & Place-based Education
Bixler, R., James, J., & Vadala, C. (2011). Environmental Socialization Incidents with Implications for the
Expanded Role of Interpretive Naturalists in Providing Natural History Experiences. Journal of
interpretation Research, 16(1), 35-66.
Colvin, Corrie R. (2011). “Place-Based Education Annotated Resource List.” Children, Youth and
Environments, 21(1), 332-348.
Demarest, Amy and Powers, Amy. (2002). Connecting Students to their Home Place: A Handbook for
Designing Place-based Curriculum. Shelburne, VT: Shelburne Farms.
Elder, John, ed. (1998). Stories in the Land: A Place-Based Environmental Education Anthology. Great
Barrington, MA: The Orion Society.
Gruenewald, D. (2003). Foundations of Place: A multidisciplinary framework of place conscious
education. American Educational Research Journal, 40, 619-654.
Harwell, K. & Reynolds, J. (2006). Exploring a Sense of Place: How to create your own local program for
reconnecting with nature. Conexions: Partnerships for a Sustainable Future. Palo Alto: CA.
Haskell, D. (2013). The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature. Penguin Books.
Johnson, B., Duffin, M., & Murphy, M. (2012). Quantifying a relationship between place-based learning
and environmental quality. Environmental Education Research, 1-16.
Rosenthal, J. (2008). Place-based education research and studies: Annotated bibliography. Can be found
online here (towards bottom of page): https://promiseofplace.org/research-evaluation/research-andevaluation
Sobel, D. (2004). Place-Based Education: Connecting Classrooms & Communities. Orion Society.
Citizen Science
Ady, Janet. (2016). Framing Youth Citizen Science for Education, Youth Development, & Public Land
Conservation. Unpublished dissertation. Prescott College.
Akiko, B. (2013). The incidental steward: Reflections on citizen science. Yale University Press.
Briggs, L. (2013). Conservation in cities: Linking CS & Civic Ecology Practices. Report. 1-13.
Conrad, C., & Hilchey, K. (2011). A review of citizen science and community-based environmental
monitoring: issues & opportunities. Environmental Monitoring & Assessment, 176: 273-291.
Devictor, V., Whittaker, R., & Beltrame, C. (2010). Beyond scarcity: Citizen Science programmes as
useful tools for conservation biogeography. Diversity and Distributions. 16: 354-362.
Dickinson, E. & Booney, R. (Eds.). (2012). Citizen Science: Public Participation in Environmental Research.
Ithaca: Cornell University Press. Key Chapters: 1, 2, 5, & 14.
Haywood, B. (2014). Birds and Beaches: The Affective Geographies and Sense of Place of Participants in
the Coast Citizen Science Program. Unpublished Dissertation. University of South Carolina.
Jones, M. The Conservation Volunteers. (2013). The impact of citizen science activities on participant
behaviour & attitude. Project Report.
McCallie, E., Bell, L., Lohwater, T., Falk, J. H., Lehr, J. L., Lewenstein, B. V., Needham, C., and Wiehe, B.
(2009). Many Experts, Many Audiences: Public Engagement with Science and Informal Science
Education. A CAISE Inquiry Group Report. Washington, D.C.: Center for Advancement of Informal
Science Education (CAISE). http://caise.insci.org/uploads/docs/public_engagement_with_science.pdf
Phillips TB, Ballard HL, Lewenstein BV, Bonney R. (2019). Engagement in science through citizen science:
Moving beyond data collection. Science Education. 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1002/sce.21501.
Price, C. & Lee, H-S. (2013). Changes in Participants’ Scientific Attitudes and Epistemological Beliefs
During an Astronomical Citizen Science Project. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 50(7), 773-801.
Tools of Engagement: A Toolkit for Engaging People in Conservation. (2011). National Audubon Society.
EETAP, USFWS & TogetherGreen. Available at http://web4.audubon.org/educate/toolkit/
Trautmann, N. M. (Ed.). (2013). Citizen Science: 15 Lessons that Bring Biology to Life, 6-12. NSTA Press.
Tweddle, J.C., Robinson, L.D., Pocock, M.J.O. & Roy, H.E (2012). Guide to citizen science: developing,
implementing and evaluating citizen science to study biodiversity and the environment in the UK.
Natural History Museum and NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydrology for UK-EOF. Available online:
www.ukeof.org.uk
US Department of Interior Service-learning Toolkit. (2014). Innovations in Civic Participation.
Wiggins, A., et al. (2013). Data Management Guide for Public Participation in Scientific Research.
DataONE Public Participation in Scientific Research Working Group.
Lost Ladybug Project—Summative Evaluation Report (2012). Prepared by Jessica Sickler. Institute for
Learning Innovation.
Environmental Protection Belongs to the Public: A Vision for Citizen Science at the EPA. (2016). White
paper by the NACEPT.
Informal Science & Persuasive Communication:
Cooney, N. (2011). Change of Heart: What Psychology Can Teach Us About Spreading Social Change. NY:
Lantern Books.
Ham, S. (2013). Interpretation: Making a Difference on Purpose. Golden, CO: Fulcrum Publishing.
Heimlich, J. & Ardoin, N. (2008). Understanding behavior to understand behavior change. Environmental
Education Research, 14(3), 215-237.
http://lewenstein.comm.cornell.edu/science-communication-resources/