Publications

Davis, C. (2022). Summative Evaluation: RCN-UBE: Building capacity for evidence-based undergraduate field experiences Undergraduate-Field Experiences Research Network (U-FERN). Technical Report. University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. https://doi.org/10.5399/osu/1154

Davis, C. (2022). Summative Evaluation: UFERN Framework Professional Learning Community. Technical Report. University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. https://doi.org/10.5399/osu/1153

Flowers, S. K., O’Connell, K., & McDermott, V. M. (2021). Crafting Field Station and Marine Lab Communities for Undergraduate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 102(4), e01908. https://doi.org/10.1002/bes2.1908

Hoke, K., O’Connell, K., Semken, S., & Arora, V. (2020). Promoting a Sense of Place Virtually: A Review of the ESA Weekly Water Cooler Chat Focused on Virtual Sense of Place. The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. https://doi.org/10.1002/bes2.1734

Morales, N., O’Connell, K. B., McNulty, S., Berkowitz, A., Bowser, G., Giamellaro, M., & Miriti, M. N. (2020). Promoting inclusion in ecological field experiences: Examining and overcoming barriers to a professional rite of passage. The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 101(4), e01742. https://doi.org/10.1002/bes2.1742

Morales, N., & Reano, D. (2023). Critically Assessing Undergraduate Field Experiences: Understanding Conceptualizations and Opportunities for Building Inclusive Programs. Integrative and Comparative Biology, icad008. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icad008

O’Connell, K., Hoke, K. L., Giamellaro, M., Berkowitz, A. R., & Branchaw, J. (2022). A Tool for Designing and Studying Student-Centered Undergraduate Field Experiences: The UFERN Model. BioScience, 72(2), 189–200. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biab112

O’Connell, K., Hoke, K., Berkowitz, A., Branchaw, J., & Storksdieck, M. (2020). Undergraduate learning in the field: Designing experiences, assessing outcomes, and exploring future opportunities. Journal of Geoscience Education, 69(4), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/10899995.2020.1779567

O’Connell, K., Hoke, K., Nilson, R. (2018). Report from the Field on the Design, Outcomes, and Assessment of Undergraduate Field Experiences. Technical Report. Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University. https://doi.org/10.5399/osu/1130

Robin, A. N., Farmer, A. A., O’Connell, K., Varty, A. K., Hewlett, J. A., & Lee, J. W. (2022). Community College Students in the Field: A review of a Community Conversation on Successful Programs and Strategies. The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 103(3), e01999. https://doi.org/10.1002/bes2.1999

Shaulskiy, S., Jolley, A., & O’Connell, K. (2022). Understanding the Benefits of Residential Field Courses: The Importance of Class Learning Goal Orientation and Class Belonging. CBE—Life Sciences Education, 21(3), ar40. https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.21-08-0201

Shortlidge, E. E., Jolley, A., Shaulskiy, S., Geraghty Ward, E., Lorentz, C. N., & O’Connell, K. (2021). A resource for understanding and evaluating outcomes of undergraduate field experiences. Ecology and Evolution, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8241

Ward, E. G., O’Connell, K. B., Race, A., Alwin, A., Alwin, A., Cortijo-Robles, K., Esparza, D., Jolley, A., McDevitt, A., Patel, M., Prevost, L. B., Shaulskiy, S., Shinbro, X. A., Treibergs, K., Alvaro, M., & Sea, W. (2021). Affective Learning Outcomes in the Field: A Review of the 2021 Undergraduate Field Experiences Research Network Meeting. The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 102(4), e01920. https://doi.org/10.1002/bes2.1920