Presentations & Publications

Recent poster presentations

Pike, C., Olmstead, A., Vasquez, A., Gutmann, B & Barringer, D., Students’ Values and Ideas about an Ethical Dilemma in Physics. 2022, Texas State’s Undergraduate Research Conference:

Ciana Pike poster 2022

Close, E. W., Quichocho, X. R., Schipull, E. M., Conn, J., & Shultz, M. (2020). The Learning Assistant Model: Creating Community, Supporting Minoritized Learners’ STEM Identity Development and Identity Integration. Poster presented at the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education Annual Conference, virtual conference, March 2021.

Quichocho, X. R., Conn, J., Schipull, E. M., Close, E. W., Experiences of physics students with multiple marginalized identities in an equity and community oriented LA Program, 2020 PhysTec Conference:

Xandria PhysTec Poster

Vasquez, A., Gutmann, B., Barringer, D., Olmstead, A., How can we teach ethics using a case study of the Thirty Meter Telescope?, 2020 APS National Mentoring Community Conference:

TMT Ethics Poster

Quichocho, X. R., Conn, J., Schipull, E. M., Close, E. W., People Like Me: Intersectional Identity Development in a Physics LA Program, 2020 APS National Mentoring Community Conference:

Xandria NMC poster

Olmstead, A., Close, E., Ochoa-Madrid, E., Luxford, C., Feng, L., & Galloway, H., Creating faculty-student communities for culturally relevant institutional change at Texas State, 2019 Texas State HSI week & 2019 International Learning Assistant Conference:

Faculty-Student Communities Poster

Barringer, D.Olmstead, A., Maldonado, A., First steps towards building curriculum around student interests in astronomy, Summer 2019 AAPT/PERC:

Barringer_PERC2019 Poster

Close, H. G., Meaning and purpose in the pursuit of physics teaching careers, Summer 2019 AAPT/PERC:

Meaning&PurposePoster

Das, K., Close, H. G., & White, A., Learning about teacher recruitment and retention from our math department, Summer 2019 AAPT/PERC:

PERC2019 Poster Kushal.v2

Gutmann, B. & Steltzer, T., Supporting math skills in mastery-style learning experiences, Summer 2019 AAPT/PERC:

GutmannPERC2019

Lunk, B., Conceptual blending in computational modeling, Summer 2019 AAPT/PERC:

Lunk PERC 2019

McCauley, A., Adkins, M., Close, E. W., Wolf, S.F., Is it teaching or is it physics?, Summer 2019 AAPT/PERC:

Talking about Teaching vs talking about Physics

Mestas, G. & Close, H. G., Framing the pursuit of a physics degree as a hero’s journey, Summer 2019 AAPT/PERC:

Phys Deg Hero's J poster

Ochoa-Madrid, E. & Olmstead, A, Characterizing physics students’ interpretations of an ethical framework, Summer 2019 AAPT/PERC:

OchoaMadrid-SummerPERCPoster-2019

Sachmpazidi, D., Olmstead, A., Henderson, C., & Beach, A., Designing for sustained improvements: Unpacking how instructional change teams work, Summer 2019 AAPT/PERC:

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Schipull, E., Quichocho, X., & Close, E., “Success together”: Physics departmental practices supporting LGBQ+ women and women of color, Summer 2019 AAPT/PERC:

PERC 2019 Success Together Poster (jpeg)

Recent publications

Olmstead, A., Gutmann, B., Ochoa-Madrid, E., Vasquez, A., Pike, C., & Barringer, D. (2023). How can we design instruction to support student reasoning about phyiscists’ ethical responsibilities in society? The Physics Teacher, 61, 343. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0087490

Abdurrahman, F. & Olmstead, A. (2021). Objectivity, culturelessness, and apoliticism: how cultural beliefs prevent the advancement of equity in astronomy graduate programs. In AIP Conference Proceedings: Physics Education Research Conference 2021, Virtual Conference, doi: 10.1119/perc.2021.pr.Abdurrahman

Gutmann, B. & Stelzer, T. (2021). Values affirmation replication at the University of Illinois. Physical Review Physics Education Research, 17, 020121. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.17.020121

Nissen, J. M., Her Many Horses, I., Van Dusen, B., Jariwala, M., & Close, E. W. (2021). Tools for identifying courses that support development of expertlike physics attitudes. Physical Review Physics Education Research, 17, 013103. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.17.013103

Van Dusen, B., Shultz, M., Nissen, J., Wilcox, B., Holmes, N.G., Jariwala, M., Close, E., Lewandowski, H.J., Pollock, S. (2021). Online administration of research-based assessments. American Journal of Physics. 89(7). DOI: https://aapt.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1119/10.0002888

Sachmpazidi, D., Olmstead, A., Thompson, A. N., Henderson, C., & Beach, A. (2021). Team-based instructional change in undergraduate STEM: Characterizing effective faculty collaboration. International Journal of STEM Education8(1), 1-23. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-021-00273-4

Olmstead, A. (2021, March 9). Four Categories of Change Strategies for Undergraduate STEM. Retrieved from https://ascnhighered.org/ASCN/change_theories/collection/four_quadrants.html 

Thompson, A. (2020, August 24). Instructional Change Teams: An Exploratory Model. Retrieved from https://ascnhighered.org/ASCN/posts/238883.html

Gutmann, B., Ochoa-Madrid, E., & Olmstead, A. (2020). “I’m not that important”: Barriers and bolsters to student agency during conversations about the intersections of physics and ethics. In S. Wolf, M. Bennett, & B. Frank (Eds.). AIP Conference Proceedings: 2020 Physics Education Research Conference, Virtual Conference, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Gutmann

Quichocho, X. R., Schipull, E. M., & Close, E. W. (2020). Understanding physics identity development through the identity performances of Black, Indigenous, and women of color and LGBTQ+ women in physics. In S. Wolf, M. Bennett, & B. Frank (Eds.). AIP Conference Proceedings: 2020 Physics Education Research Conference, Virtual Conference, doi:10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Quichocho

Barringer, D.Olmstead, A., Maldonado, A. (2020). Benefits of a student-led astronomy club: lessons to inform instructional design. In Y. Cao, S. Wolf, & M. B. Bennett (Ed.s), AIP Conference Proceedings: 2019 Physics Education Research Conference, doi:10.1119/perc.2019.pr.Barringer

Close, H. G. (2020). Meaning and purpose in the pursuit of physics teaching careers. In Y. Cao, S. Wolf, & M. B. Bennett (Ed.s), AIP Conference Proceedings: 2019 Physics Education Research Conference,  doi:10.1119/perc.2019.pr.Close

Lunk, B. (2020). Using Conceptual Blending to model how we interpret computational models. In Y. Cao, S. Wolf, & M. B. Bennett (Ed.s), AIP Conference Proceedings: 2019 Physics Education Research Conference, doi:10.1119/perc.2019.pr.Lunk

Mestas, G. & Close, H. G. (2020). Framing the pursuit of a physics degree as a hero’s journey. In Y. Cao, S. Wolf, & M. B. Bennett (Ed.s), AIP Conference Proceedings: 2019 Physics Education Research Conference, doi:10.1119/perc.2019.pr.Mestas

Ochoa-Madrid, E., Olmstead, A, & Gutmann, B. (2020). Characterizing physics students’ ethical reasoning after a unit on the development of the atomic bomb. In Y. Cao, S. Wolf, & M. B. Bennett (Ed.s), AIP Conference Proceedings: 2019 Physics Education Research Conference,  doi:10.1119/perc.2019.pr.Ochoa-Madrid

Schipull, E., Quichocho, X., & Close, E. (2020). “Success together”: Physics departmental practices supporting LGBTQ+ women and women of color. In Y. Cao, S. Wolf, & M. B. Bennett (Ed.s), AIP Conference Proceedings: 2019 Physics Education Research Conference, doi:10.1119/perc.2019.pr.Schipull

Quan, G. M., Gutmann, B., Corbo, J. C., Pollard, B., Turpen, C. and Access Network (2020). The Access Network: Cultivating Equity and Student Leadership in STEM. In Y. Cao, S. Wolf, & M. B. Bennett (Ed.s), AIP Conference Proceedings: 2019 Physics Education Research Conference, doi:10.1119/perc.2019.pr.Quan

Quichocho, X., Conn, J.,  Schipull, E., & Close, E. (2020). Who does physics? Understanding the composition of physicists through the lens of women of color and LGBTQ+ women physicists. In Y. Cao, S. Wolf, & M. B. Bennett (Ed.s), AIP Conference Proceedings: 2019 Physics Education Research Conference, doi:10.1119/perc.2019.pr.Quichocho

Olmstead, A., Beach, A., & Henderson, C. (2019). Supporting improvements to undergraduate STEM instruction: An emerging model for understanding instructional change teams. International Journal of STEM Education, 6(20), doi:10.1186/s40594-019-0173-4

Sault, T. M., Close, H.G., & Wolf, S. F. (2019). Student Cognition in Physics Group Exams. In A. Traxler, Y. Cao, and S. Wolf (Ed.s), AIP Conference Proceedings: 2018 Physics Education Research Conference, doi:10.1119/perc.2018.pr.Sault

Barringer, D., Plummer, J. D., Kregenow, J., Palma, C. (2018). Gamified Approach to Teaching Introductory Astronomy Online. Physical Review Physics Education Research, 14, 010140, doi:10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.14.010140

Close, E. W., Mailloux-Huberdeau, J.-M., Close, H. G., & Donnelly, D. (2018). Characterization of time scale for detecting impacts of reforms in an undergraduate physics program. In L. Ding, A. Traxler, & Y. Cao (Ed.s), AIP Conference Proceedings: 2017 Physics Education Research Conference, 88-91, doi:10.1119/perc.2017.pr.017

Donnelly, D., Mailloux-Huberdeau, J.-M., Nissen, J. M., & Close, E. W. (2018). Comparison of normalized gain and Cohen’s d for Force Concept Inventory results in an introductory mechanics course. In L. Ding, A. Traxler, & Y. Cao (Ed.s), AIP Conference Proceedings: 2017 Physics Education Research Conference, 112-115, doi:10.1119/perc.2017.pr.023

Jariwala, M., Nissen, J. M., Herrarra, X., Close, E. W., & Van Dusen, B. (2018). Participation rates of in-class vs. online administration of low-stakes research-based assessments. In L. Ding, A. Traxler, & Y. Cao (Ed.s), AIP Conference Proceedings: 2017 Physics Education Research Conference, 196-199, doi:10.1119/perc.2017.pr.044

Nissen, J. M., Jariwala, M., Close, E. W., & Van Dusen, B. (2018). Participation and performance on paper and computer-based low-stakes assessments. International Journal of STEM Education, 5(21). doi:10.1119/perc.2017.pr.063

Olmstead, A. & Turpen, C. (2018). “Curriculum swaps” as a pathway into a geographically-distributed instructional community. In A. L. Traxler, Y. Cao, and S. F. Wolf (Ed.s), AIP Conference Proceedings: 2018 Physics Education Research Conference, doi:10.1119/perc.2018.pr.Olmstead

Olmstead, A., Henderson, C. & Beach, A. (2018). Managing teams for instructional change: Understanding three types of diversity,  In L. Ding, A. Traxler, & Y. Cao (Ed.s), AIP Conference Proceedings: 2017 Physics Education Research Conferencedoi:10.1119/perc.2017.pr.066

Plummer, J. D., Palma, C., Gleason, T., & Barringer, D. (2018). Assessing preservice elementary teachers understanding of science practices using dual-purpose children’s storybooks. Paper presented at the NARST: A Worldwide Organization for Improving Science Teaching and Learning through Research annual conference, Atlanta, GA, March 10-13, 2018.

Olmstead, A. & Turpen, C. (2017). Pedagogical sensemaking or “doing school”: In well-designed workshop sessions, facilitation makes the difference. Physical Review Physics Education Research, 13, 020123, doi:10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.13.020123

Close, E. W., Conn, J., & Close, H. G. (2016). Becoming Physics People: Development of Integrated Physics Identity through the Learning Assistant Experience. Physical Review Physics Education Research, 12(1), 010109. In the Focused Collection: Preparing and Supporting University Physics Educators (R. E. Scherr and M. Stetzer, editors). doi:10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.12.010109

Jariwala, M., White, J. S., Van Dusen, B., & Close, E. W. (2016). In-class vs. Online Administration of Concept Inventories and Attitudinal Assessments. In D. L. Jones, L. Ding, and A. Traxler (Eds.), AIP Conference Proceedings: 2016 Physics Education Research Conference (pp. 176-179). doi: 10.1119/perc.2016.pr.039.

Lunk, B. R. & Beichner, R. (2016). Life Science Students’ Attitudes Towards Computational Modeling in Physics,In D. L. Jones, L. Ding, and A. Traxler (Eds.), AIP Conference Proceedings: 2016 Physics Education Research Conference, doi:10.1119/perc.2016.pr.047

Turpen, C., Olmstead, A. & Jardine, H. (2016). A case of physics faculty engaging in pedagogical sense-making, In D. L. Jones, L. Ding, and A. Traxler (Eds.), AIP Conference Proceedings: 2016 Physics Education Research Conference , 356-359, doi:10.1119/perc.2016.pr.084

Olmstead, A. & Turpen, C. (2016). Assessing the interactivity and prescriptiveness of faculty professional development workshops: The real-time professional development observation tool (R-PDOT), Physical Review Physics Education Research, 12, 020136, doi:10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.12.020136

Close, E. W., Seeley, L., Robertson, A. D., DeWater, L. S., & Close, H. G. (2015). Seattle PacificUniversity: Nurturing Physics Teachers at a Small Liberal-Arts School. In E. Brewe & C. Sandifer (Ed.s), Recruiting and Educating Future Physics Teachers: Case Studies and Effective Practices, pp. 37-51. College Park, MD: American Physical Society.

Conn, J., Close, E. W., & Close, H. G. (2015). Learning Assistant Identity Development: Is One Semester Enough? In P. V. Engelhardt, A. D. Churukian, and D. L. Jones (Eds.), AIP Conference Proceedings: 2014 Physics Education Research Conference (pp. 55-58). DOI:  10.1119/perc.2014.pr.010

Olmstead, A. & Turpen, C. (2015). “I got in trouble”: A case study of faculty doing school during professional development, Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings 2015, 243-246, doi:10.1119/perc.2015.pr.056

Close, E. W., Conn, J., & Close, H.G. (2014). Development of Integrated Physics Identity through Physics Learning Assistant Experience.  In J. L. Polman, E. A. Kyza, D. K. O’Neill, I. Tabak, W. R. Penuel, A. S. Jurow, K. O’Connor, T. Lee, and L. D’Amico (Eds.). Learning and becoming in practice: The International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) 2014, Volume 3 (pp. 1533-1534). Boulder, CO: International Society of the Learning Sciences.

Close, E. W., Conn, J., & Close, H. G. (2014). Learning Assistants’ Development of Physics (Teacher) Identity. Invited paper. In P. V. Engelhardt, A. D. Churukian, and D. L. Jones (Eds.), AIP Conference Proceedings: 2013 Physics Education Research Conference (pp. 89-92). DOI: 10.1119/perc.2013.pr.010

Close, H. G., Schiber, C. C., Close, E. W., & Donnelly, D. (2014). Students’ dynamic geometric reasoning about quantum spin-1/2 states. In P. V. Engelhardt, A. D. Churukian, and D. L. Jones (Eds.), AIP Conference Proceedings: 2013 Physics Education Research Conference (pp. 93-96). Finalist for 2013 PERC Paper Award. DOI: 10.1119/perc.2013.pr.011

Schiber, C. C., Close, H. G., Close, E. W., & Donnelly, D. (2014). Student use of a material anchor for quantum wave functions. In P. V. Engelhardt, A. D. Churukian, and D. L. Jones (Eds.), AIP Conference Proceedings: 2013 Physics Education Research Conference (pp. 325-328). DOI: 10.1119/perc.2013.pr.069