Publications & Presentations.

Refereed Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Hughes, R. & Schellinger, J. (In Review). Gatekeepers to science and engineering: Informal science and engineering educator’s role in positioning and recognizing girls’ identity performances. Journal of Research in Science Teaching.

Schellinger, J., Rhemer, D., Ward, C., & Sutherland, S. A. (2024). Why do they stay?: Working to understand factors shaping science teachers’ persistence. In D. Sunal & C. Sunal (Eds.), Crossing the border from preservice to inservice science teacher: Research-based induction as professional development (Volume 9, pp. 37-68 ). Research in Science Education. 

Schellinger, J., Enderle, P. J., Roberts, K., Skrob-Martin, S., Rhemer, D., & Southerland, S. A. (2021). Describing the Development of the Assessment of Biological Reasoning (ABR). Education Sciences, 11(11), 669.

Schellinger, J., Jaber, L. Z., & Southerland, S. A. (2021). Harmonious or disjointed?: Framing dynamics within an integrated science and engineering unit. Journal of Research in Science Teaching.

Atabas, S., Schellinger, J., Whitacre, I., Findley, K., & Hensberry, K. (2020). A Tale of Two sets of norms: Comparing opportunities for student agency in mathematics lessons with and without interactive simulations. Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 58, 100761.

Hughes, R., Schellinger, J., Billington, B., Britisch, B., Carter, S., & Santiago, A. (2020). Summary of research related to gender equitable teaching and learning in STEM spaces.  Journal of STEM Outreach, 3(1), 1-9.

Hughes, R., Schellinger, J., & Roberts, K. (2020). The role of recognition in disciplinary identity for girls. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 58(3), 420-455.

Findley, K., Whitacre, I., Schellinger, J., & Hensberry, K. (2019). Orchestrating mathematics lessons with interactive simulations: Exploring roles in the classroom. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 27(1), 37-62. 

Schellinger, J., Mendenhall, A., Alemanne, N. D., Southerland, S. A., Sampson, V., & Marty, P. F. (2018). Using technology-rich inquiry-based instruction to foster the development of elementary students' views on the nature of science. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 28(134), 1-12. 

Boggs, G. L., Whitacre, I., Schellinger, J., Champagne, Z., & Schoen, R. (2018). Contextual meanings of the equal sign as conceptual blends. For the Learning of Mathematics, 38(2), 34-39.

Hensberry, K. K., Whitacre, I., Findley, K., Schellinger, J., & Wheeler, M. B. (2018). Engaging students with mathematics through play. Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 24(3), 179-183.

Whitacre, I., Hensberry, K., Schellinger, J., & Findley, K. (2018). Variations on play with interactive computer simulations: Balancing competing priorities. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 49, 1-17. 

Schellinger, J. & Boggs, G. L. (2017). Exploring science in the context of middle school comic book design. The American Reading Forum Online Yearbook, Volume XXXVII.

Schellinger, J., Boggs, G. L., Whitacre, I., Champagne, Z., & Schoen, R. C. (2017). Preservice teachers’ interpretation of the equals sign as multiliteracies. The American Reading Forum Online Yearbook, Volume XXXVII.

Schellinger, J., Mendenhall, A., Alemanne, N. D., Southerland, S. A., Sampson, V., & Marty, P. F. (2017). “Doing Science” in elementary school: Using digital technology to foster the development of elementary students’ understandings of scientific inquiry. EURASIA Journal of Math, Science, and Technology Education, 13(8), 4635-4649. 

Kazmer, M. M., Alemanne, N. D., Mendenhall, A., Marty, P. F., Southerland, S. A., Sampson, V., Douglas, I, Clark, A., & Schellinger, J. (2016). "A good day to see a bobcat": Elementary students' online journal entries during a structured observation visit to a wildlife center. First Monday, 21(4).

Swain, T. D., Schellinger, J., Strimaitis, A. M., & Reuter, K. E. (2015). Evolution of cnidarian polyp retraction mechanisms: Convergent functional morphology and evolutionary allometry of the marginal musculature in order Zoanthidea (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia). BMC Evolutionary Biology, 15(1), 123-142.

Strimaitis, A., Schellinger, J., Jones, A., Grooms, J., & Sampson, V. (2014). Development of an instrument to assess student knowledge necessary to critically evaluate scientific claims in the popular media. Journal of College Science Teaching. 43(5), 55-68.

Marty, P., Mendenhall, A., Douglas, I., Southerland, S., Sampson, V., Kazmer, M., Alemanne, N., Clark, A., & Schellinger, J. (2013). The iterative design of a mobile learning application to support scientific inquiry. Journal of Learning Design, 6(2), 41-66.

Marty, P., Alemanne, N., Mendenhall, A., Maurya, M., Douglas, I., Southerland, S., Sampson, V., Kazmer, M., Clark, A., & Schellinger, J. (2013). Scientific inquiry, digital literacy, and mobile computing in informal learning environments. Learning, Media, and Technologies, 38(4), 407-428.

Urhin, A. V. & Schellinger, J. (2011). Marine debris impacts to a tidal fringing-marsh in North Carolina. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 62(12), 2605-2610.

Viehman, S., Vander Pluym, J. L., & Schellinger, J. (2011). Characterization of marine debris in North Carolina salt marshes. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 62(12), 2771-2779.

Refereed Papers Presented at National or International Conferences

Coker, R., Akçil-Okan, Ö., Vande Zande, D., Morandi, S., Schellinger, J., Tekkumru-Kisa, M., Southerland, S. A. (2023). Exploring teachers’ design and enactment of rigorous lessons through a collaborative design experience. National Association for Research in Science Teaching Annual Meeting 2023, Chicago, IL.

Enderle, P., Roberts, K., Schellinger, J., Morandi, S., Krishnan, H., Kaya, S. & Southerland, S. A. (2023). Examining interactions between collaborative professional development, science, teachers’ knowledge, and students’ reasoning. American Educational Research Association 2023 Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Kaya, A., Schellinger, J., & Southerland, S. A. (2023). “It was… frustration that I inflicted on myself because I wanted to know”: An elementary preservice teacher’s vexation about responsive teaching. Annual meeting of the International Society of the Learning Sciences, Montreal, Canada.   

Morandi, S., Hagan, C., Granger, E. M., Schellinger, J., & Southerland, S. (2023). Mapping epistemic orientations towards science with classroom instruction: A longitudinal professional development. American Educational Research Association 2023 Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Schellinger, J., Enderle, P., & Southerland, S. A. (2023). Supporting teachers to support student talk: Multidimensional examination of collaborative and participatory professional learning contexts. National Association for Research in Science Teaching Annual Meeting 2023, Chicago, IL.

Schellinger, J., Jaber, L. Z., & Southerland, S. A. (2023). Attention to student emotions and teacher vulnerability as tools to maintain student disciplinary engagement. National Association for Research in Science Teaching Annual Meeting 2023, Chicago, IL.

Schellinger, J., Jaber, L.Z. & Southerland, S.A. (2023). Examining rights to participate and struggles to belong in science classrooms through a Black girls' engagement in argumentation. Annual meeting of the International Society of the Learning Sciences 2023, Montreal, Canada.   

Schellinger, J., Jaber, L. Z., & Southerland, S. (2023). “I’m going to feel like a failure” – How group dynamics influence one Black girl’s agency. American Educational Research Association 2023 Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Schellinger, J., Rhemer, D., Ward, C., Tekkumru-Kisa, M., & Southerland, S. A. (2023). Interplay of instructional quality and context: Factors shaping novice math and science teachers’ persistence. American Educational Research Association 2022 Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Coker, R., Akçil-Okan, Ö., Vande Zande, D., Morandi, S., Schellinger, J., Tekkumru-Kisa, M., Southerland, S. A. (2022). Exploring teachers’ learning to support rigorous science learning through collaborative design. American Educational Research Association 2022 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

Enderle, P., Hagan, C., Morandi, S. L., Coker, R., Kásper, V., Rhemer, D. M., Schellinger, J., & Southerland, S. A. (2022). Tools for observing productive talk: A comparison of two protocols (RTOP/IQA-SOR). National Association for Research in Science Teaching Annual Meeting 2022, Vancouver, BC.

Kaya, R. A., Schellinger, J., Wittington, K., Skrob-Martin, S., & Southerland. (2022). Development of preservice elementary teachers’ epistemic empathy: Learning to consider learners as sensemakers in science?. American Educational Research Association 2022 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

Krishnan, H., Jaber, L.Z., Schellinger, J., & Southerland, S.A. (2022). Negotiating tensions in collaborations and its role in disciplinary engagement in science. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting 2022, San Diego, CA.

Schellinger, J., Gomez, K., Jaber, L.Z., & Southerland, S.A. (2022). “Why aren’t you listening to me?!: Community and Individual roles in students’ epistemic agency in science. National Association for Research in Science Teaching Annual Meeting 2022, Vancouver, BC.

Schellinger, J., Rhemer, D., Ward, C., Tekkumru-Kisa, M., & Southerland, S. (2022). Why do they stay?: Understanding novice math and science teachers’ views of factors shaping their persistence in teaching. 2022 Noyce Summit, Washington, D.C.

Schellinger, J., Southerland, S. A., & Jaber, L. Z. (2022). Instructional dilemmas and decisions: Transforming engineering contexts to integrated science and engineering learning opportunities. American Educational Research Association 2022 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

Enderle, P. J., Schellinger, J., Akcil Okan, O., Hagan, C., Skrob, S., Granger, E., & Bevis, T. (2021). Which hat should I wear? Examining teacher positioning and engagement in professional development. Paper submitted to the National Association for Research in Science Teaching Annual Meeting 2021, Orlando, FL.

Krishnan, H., Jaber, L. Z., Schellinger, J., & Southerland, S. A. (2021). Finding alignment in framing: Dynamics of collaborative disciplinary engagement in science. Paper submitted to the National Association for Research in Science Teaching Annual Meeting 2021, Orlando, FL.

Roberts, K., Hughes, R., & Schellinger, J. (2021). The role of STEM capital in the development of STEM self-efficacy and STEM identity. Paper submitted to the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting 2021, Orlando, FL.

Schellinger, J., Morandi, S., Southerland, S. A., Jaber, L., Tekkumru-Kisa, M., & Krishnan, H. (2021). Small teacher moves with big impacts in shaping students' sensemaking and intellectual authority in science. Paper submitted to the National Association for Research in Science Teaching Annual Meeting 2021, Orlando, FL.

Southerland, S. A., Schellinger, J., Jaber, L., Morandi, S. Krishnan, H. & Tekkumru-Kisa, M.(2021). The ripple effect of epistemological framing: Linking epistemology, teacher moves, and student learning. Paper submitted to the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting 2021, Orlando, FL.

Enderle, P. J., Schellinger, J., Hagan, C., Akcil Okan, O., Granger, E., & Bevis, T. (2020). What kind of active learning? Examining intersections of learner positioning and engagement in professional development. Paper submitted to the National Association for Research in Science Teaching Annual Meeting 2020, Portland, OR. (Conference Cancelled)

Hughes, R. M., Schellinger, J., & Roberts, K. L. (2020). Recognitions’ role in STEM identity development across three informal STEM education programs. Paper submitted to the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting 2020, San Francisco, CA. (Conference Cancelled)

Krishnan, H., Jaber, L. Z., Schellinger, J., & Southerland, S. A. (2020). Examining dynamics that contribute to the initiation and sustenance of sensemaking in science. Paper submitted to the National Association for Research in Science Teaching Annual Meeting 2020, Portland, OR. (Conference Cancelled)

Krishnan, H., Jaber, L. Z., Schellinger, J., & Southerland, S. A. (2020). Waves of stabilization and destabilization in sensemaking: What sustains disciplinary engagement in a small group? Paper submitted to the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting 2020, San Francisco, CA. (Conference Cancelled)

Roberts, K. L., Hughes, R. M., & Schellinger, J. (2020). A multi-site study of the role of informal science education programs in developing STEM identity. Paper submitted to the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting 2020, San Francisco, CA. (Conference Cancelled)

Schellinger, J., Jaber, L. Z., & Southerland, S. A. (2020). Examining the integration of science and engineering: The stickiness of tinkering in an elementary classroom. Paper submitted to the National Association for Research in Science Teaching Annual Meeting 2020, Portland, OR. (Conference Cancelled)

Schellinger, J., Southerland, S.A., & Krishnan, H. (2020). The stickiness of traditional pedagogical views in shaping students’ sensemaking and intellectual authority in science. Paper submitted to the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting 2020, San Francisco, CA. (Conference Cancelled)

Southerland, S. A., Schellinger, J., Jaber, L. Z., & Krishnan, H. (2020). Tracing links between teacher moves, student framing, and student learning in a middle school classroom. Paper submitted to the National Association for Research in Science Teaching Annual Meeting 2020, Portland, OR. (Conference Cancelled)

Atabas, S., Whitacre, I., & Schellinger, J. (2019). Opportunities for student agency in math lessons with/out interactive sims. Paper presented at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Research Conference, San Diego, CA. (Conference Cancelled)

Granger, E., Schellinger, J., Bevis, T., Skrob, S., Vande Zande, D., & Southerland, S. A. (2019). Design principles for PD on productive student talk in the classroom: Lessons learned. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the UTeach Conference, Austin, TX.

Hagan, C., Akcil Okan, O., Skrob, S., Krishnan, H., Schellinger, J., Enderle, P. J., & Southerland, S. A. (2019). Interactions between teacher engagement in professional development and their co-designed lessons. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting 2019, Toronto, Canada.

Hagan, C., Akcil Okan, O., Skrob, S., Krishnan, H., Schellinger, J., Enderle, P. J., & Southerland, S.A. (2019) Teacher engagement level in different roles during professional development. Paper presented at the 2019 Association of Teacher Educators Annual Meeting., Atlanta, GA.

Hughes, R., Roberts, K., & Schellinger, J. (2019). SciGirls CONNECT2 research. SciGirls Convening, St. Paul, Minnesota.

Schellinger, J., Jaber, L. Z., & Southerland, S. A. (2019). Harmonious or disjointed? Framing dynamics within an integrated science and engineering unit. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting 2019, Toronto, Canada.

Schellinger, J., Jaber, L. Z., & Southerland, S. A. (2019). Harmonious or disjointed?: Framing dynamics within an integrated science and engineering unit. Paper presented at the 2019 Marvalene Hughes Research in Education Conference, Tallahassee, FL.

Schellinger, J., Jaber, L. Z., and Southerland, S. A. (2019). The complexities of epistemological framing within an integrated science and engineering unit. Paper presented at the National STEM Education Research Summit. Raleigh, NC.

Schellinger, J., Billington, B., Britsch, B., Carter, S., Hughes, R. M., & Santiago, A. (2018). Creating opportunities for women and girls in STEM. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting 2018, New York, NY.

Schellinger, J., Billington, B., Britsch, B., Carter, S., Hughes, R. M., & Santiago, A. (2018). Gender equitable teaching and learning in STEM spaces. Paper presented at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching Annual Meeting 2018, Atlanta, GA.

Schellinger, J., Hughes, R. M., & Roberts, K. L. (2018). The three C’s: Coding + collaboration = confidence. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting 2018, New York, NY.

Schellinger, J., Jaber, L. Z., & Southerland, S. A. (2018). The multiple purposes for fifth-grade students’ engagement in modeling. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting 2018, New York, NY.

Findley, K., Schellinger, J., & Whitacre, I. (2017). Identifying barriers and affordances to teaching with interactive simulations: Three middle school mathematics teachers’ experiences. Paper presented at the 20th Annual Conference of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, Orlando, FL.

Perkins, K., Whitacre, I., Hensberry, K. K. R., Schellinger, J., & Findley, K. (2017). Teaching and learning algebraic thinking across the middle grades using PhET interactive simulations. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting 2017, San Antonio, TX.

Schellinger, J., Findley, K., & Hensberry, K. (2017). Instructional models that support sense making using interactive simulations. Paper presented at the 20th Annual Conference of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, Orlando, FL.

Schellinger, J., Findley, K., Whitacre, I., & Hensberry, K. K. R. (2017). A tale of two sets of norms: Instruction that promotes student agency using interactive sims. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting 2017, San Antonio, TX.

Boggs, G., Schellinger, J., & Whitacre, I. (2016). Interpretation of the equal sign as multiliteracies. Paper presented at the 2016 American Reading Forum: Disciplinary Literacy in a Connected World, Sanibel, FL.

Schellinger, J. & Boggs, G., (2016). The use of tradebooks to engage in and learn disciplinary practices. Paper presented at the 2016 American Reading Forum: Disciplinary Literacy in a Connected World, Sanibel, FL.

Schellinger, J. & Boggs, G. (2016). Middle school students’ engagement in science in the context of comic book design. Paper presented at the 2016 American Reading Forum: Disciplinary Literacy in a Connected World, Sanibel, FL.

Schellinger, J., Southerland, S. A., Atar, H., & Granger, E. (2016). Examining the impact of research experiences for teachers (RETs): Secondary students’ science learning. Paper presented at American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting 2016, Washington D.C.

Whitacre, I., Schellinger, J., Schoen, R., & Champagne, Z. (2016). Examining pre-service teachers’ interpretations of the equal sign from a multiliteracies perspective. Paper presented at American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting 2016, Washington D.C.

Schellinger, J. (2015). Making student thinking visible with the assistance of technology tools. Paper presented at the Southeastern Associations of Science Teacher Education Conference 2015, Columbus, GA.

Schellinger, J., Mendenhall, A., Alemanne, N. D., Southerland, S. A., Sampson, V., & Marty, P. (2015). Using technology-rich inquiry-based instruction to foster the development of elementary students’ views of nature of science. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting 2015, Chicago, Il.

Gooden, S., Schellinger, J., Grooms, J., Bremer, M., Sampson, V., & Enderle, P. (2015). The impact of teacher framing and instructional action on student growth in scientific argumentation. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting 2015, Chicago, Il.

Browning, K., Strimaitis, A. M., Schellinger, J., Gooden, S. A., & Southerland, S. A. (2015). Science teachers’ beliefs about the practices of science as they relate to classroom teaching. Paper presented at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching Annual Meeting 2015, Chicago, Il.

Schellinger, J., Gooden, S., Grooms, J., Bremer, M., Sampson, V., & Enderle, P. J. (2015). The influence of one teacher’s framing and instructional actions on students’ scientific argumentation. Paper presented at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching Annual Meeting 2015, Chicago, Il.

Schellinger, J., Mendenhall, A., Alemanne, N. D., Southerland, S. A., Sampson, V., & Marty, P. (2015). Using technology-rich inquiry-based instruction to foster the development of elementary students’ views of nature of science. Paper presented at the Marvalene Hughes Research in Education Conference 2015, Tallahassee, FL.

Schellinger, J., & Southerland, S. A. (2015). Making student thinking visible through 3D modeling. Paper presented at the Florida Association of Science Teachers Conference 2015: Capitalizing on STEM: Translating the Promise of STEM into Student Achievement, Tallahassee, FL.

Schellinger, J., Strimaitis, A., & Southerland, S. A., (2015). Assessing secondary student knowledge necessary to critically evaluate scientific claims in the popular media. Paper presented at the Florida Association of Science Teachers Conference 2015: Capitalizing on STEM: Translating the Promise of STEM into Student Achievement, Tallahassee, FL.

Schellinger, J., Mendenhall, A., Southerland, S. A., Alemanne, N., Sampson, V., & Marty, P. (2014). Fostering elementary students’ understanding of science inquiry: Leveraging informal settings and digital technology. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting 2014, Philadelphia, PA. 

Schellinger, J., Mendenhall, A., Southerland, S. A., Alemann, N., Sampson, V., & Marty, P. (2014). Fostering elementary students’ understanding of science inquiry: Leveraging informal settings and digital technology. Paper presented at the Marvalene Hughes Research in Education Conference 2014, Tallahassee, FL. 

Clark, A., Southerland, S. A., Marty, P. F., Sampson, V., Douglas, I., Kazmer, M. M., Alemanne, N. D., Mendenhall, A., & Schellinger, J. (2013). Use of a technology-based elementary curriculum focused on scientific inquiry: Unexpected barriers in a high stakes world. Paper presented at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching Annual Meeting 2013, Rio Grande, PR.

Urhin, A. V. & Schellinger, J. (2012). Marine debris impacts to a tidal-fringing marsh in North Carolina. Paper presented at the 2012 Southeastern Estuarine Research Society Meeting, Beaufort and at the 2012 National Estuarine Research Reserve System Research Symposium, NC.

Schellinger, J. (2011). The effect of depth, location, and substrate relief on hard-bottom sessile invertebrate communities in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. Paper presented at the 2011 Annual Northern Gulf Institute Conference, Mobile, AL.

Strimaitis, A. M., Schellinger, J., & Swain, T. D. (2011). Evolution of form in Zoanthidea. Paper presented at the 2011 Benthic Ecology Meeting, Mobile, AL.