Matuk, C.F., & Uttal, D.H. (2010). When form contradicts content: The cognitive and communicative functions of cartoons for teaching evolution. In R.E. Griffin (Ed.), Selected Readings from the Annual Conference of the International Visual Literacy Association (pp. 161-166). Chicago: International Visual Literacy Association. [PDF]
Matuk, C. (2007). Images of evolution. The Journal of Biocommunication 33(3). [PDF]
Matuk, C. (2006). Viewpoint: Mr. Oldenburg extends his invitation: A history of the scholarly journal. The Journal of Biocommunication 32(2). [PDF]
Matuk, C. (2006). Viewpoint: Master of all trades, doctor of none. The Journal of Biocommunication 31(3). [PDF]
Matuk, C. (2006). Seeing the body: The Divergence of ancient Chinese and Western medical illustration. The Journal of Biocommunication. [PDF]
Matuk, C.F. & Uttal, D.H. (In press). Narrative spaces in the representation and understanding of evolution. In K. Rosengren, et al., (Eds.), Evolution challenges: Integrating research and practice in teaching and learning about evolution. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Matuk, C. F. & King Chen, J. (2011). The WISE Idea Manager: A Tool to Scaffold the Collaborative Construction of Evidence-Based Explanations from Dynamic Scientific Visualizations. In J. Shen & H.-Y. Chang (Eds.), Symposium 3, Learning Interactions - Collaboration as Scaffolding: Learning Together with Dynamic, Interactive Scientific Visualizations and Computer Models, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning CSCL2011: Connecting computer supported collaborative learning to policy and practice, July 4-8, 2011. The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Matuk, C. F., Sato, E., & Linn, M. C. (2011). Agreeing to disagree: Challenges with ambiguity in visual evidence. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning CSCL2011: Connecting computer supported collaborative learning to policy and practice, July 4-8, 2011.
Matuk, C., & Uttal, D. (2010). Inventing a representation of relatedness. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference of the Learning Sciences - Volume 2, Chicago, Illinois.
Forbus, K.D., Lovett, A., Lockwood, K., Wetzel, J., Matuk, C.F., Jee, B.D. & Usher, J.M. (2008). CogSketch. In Proceedings of the Twenty-Third AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Chicago, IL, 2008 (pp. 1878-1879). Chicago: AAAI Press.
Matuk, C.F. (2008, September 19-21): Animated cladograms: Interpreting evolution from diagrams. In: G. Stapleton, J. Howse, and J. Lee, (Eds.) Diagrams 2008 - Diagrammatic Representation and Inference - 5th International Conference September 19-21, 2008, Herrsching, Germany. pp. 395-397.
Matuk, C. F. (2008, September). Animating Trees of Life: How Animation Influences the Perception of Evolution. Poster presented at The International Conference on Spatial Cognition (SC08). Freiburg, Germany.
Matuk, C.F. (2008, August 27-29) Animated cladograms: The perception and conception of evolution.In Proceedings of the EARLI Special Interest Group Text and Graphics Bi-annual conference: Exploiting the Opportunities – Learning with Textual, Graphical and Multimodal Representations, Tilburg, the Netherlands, 2008 (pp. 100-103). Rotterdam: EARLI.
Matuk, C., & Uttal, D. (2008, June 24-28). Entertaining evolution: Understanding evolution from animations. In ICLS'08: Proceedings of the 8th international conference for the learning sciences, Utrecht, the Netherlands, 2008 (pp. 93-94). International Society of the Learning Sciences.
Matuk, C., McElhaney, K., & Breitbart, J. (March, 2011). Animating ideas with the Flipbook Animator. Interactive breakout session presented at the Cyberlearning Tools for STEM Education Conference. Berkeley, CA.
Matuk, C.F. & Uttal, D.H. (2009, October 6-9). When form contradicts content: The cognitive and communicative functions of cartoons for teaching evolution. Paper presented at the International Visual Literacy Association (IVLA2009). Chicago, IL.
Matuk, C.F., Diamond, J., & Uttal, D.H. (October 6-9, 2009). Heroes, villains and viruses: How graphic narratives teach science. Paper presented at the International Visual Literacy Association (IVLA2009). Chicago, IL.
Matuk, C.F., & Uttal, D.H. (August, 2009). Interpretation, invention, and interaction: How students (mis)understand cladograms. Paper presented at the Understanding the Tree of Life Harvard Conference. Cambridge, MA.
Matuk, C.F. & Uttal, D.H. (May 4, 2009). Animating narratives of evolution: A case of diagrammatic interpretation with cladograms. Paper presented at the Conference on Research and Training in Spatial Intelligence. Evanston, IL.
Matuk, C. F. & Uttal, D. H. (2009, April 13-17). Countering diagrammatic narratives: The effects of animation on the interpretation of evolution, Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Meeting (AERA). San Diego, CA.
Matuk, C.F. & Uttal, D.H. (2009, February 5-7). Countering narratives of evolution: How animation influences the spatial temporal metaphors interpreted from cladograms. Paper presented at the International Spatial Learning Center (iSLC) conference. Seattle, WA.
Matuk, C., & King Chen, J. (March, 2011). WISE Ideas: A technology-enhanced curriculum to scaffold students' generating data, managing evidence, and reasoning about the seasons. Teacher design focus group presented at the Cyberlearning Tools for STEM Education Conference. Berkeley, CA.
Matuk, C.F. & Uttal, D.H. (2009, October 16-17). Re-telling the tree: How viewers spatialize folk theories of evolution. In K. S. Rosengren (Discussant), Creationism is not the (only) issue: developmental constraints on an understanding of evolution. Symposium conducted at the biennial meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, San Antonio, TX.
Matuk, C. F. (2008, September). Mapping Narrative Spaces: The perception and conception of evolution. Presentation at the NSF International Workshop on Spatial Cognition for two spatial cognition research centers: The Transregional Collaborative Research Center Spatial Cognition – Reasoning, Action, Interaction (SFB/TR8 ) in Germany, and the NSF-funded Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center (SILC). Freiburg, Germany.
Matuk, C. F. (2008, May 23-26). Persuasive displays: Science, art, and power in natural history exhibits. In R. Hariman (Respondent), Displays of Science, Knowledge, and Argument within the Museum Context. Symposium conducted at the Conference of the Rhetoric Society of America (RSA), Seattle, WA.
Matuk, C., Cottingham, I., Farrell, K., Angeletti, A., & Diamond, J. (March, 2011). The World of Viruses interactive comic viewer. Hands-on demonstration presented at the Cyberlearning Tools for STEM Education Conference. Berkeley, CA. [Abstract]
Matuk, C., McElhaney, K., & Linn, M. (2010, December 1-3). Using visualizations to link atomic views of matter to students' everyday ideas about science. In K. Perkins, Interactive visualizations, simulations, and games for science and math learning: Comparing goals, affordances, and challenges across approaches. Interactive poster session conducted at the DR-K12 PI Meeting, Washington DC.
Linn, M., Tinker, R., Chiu, J., King Chen, J., Matuk, C., McElhaney, K., Miller, D. Swanson, H., Zhang, H. (2010, December 1-3). Visualizing to integrate science understanding for all learners (VISUAL). Poster presented at the DR-K12 PI Meeting, Washington DC.
Matuk, C.F. & Uttal, D.H. (2010, April 30-May 4). All have tails, but only two have horns: Inventing an intuitive representation of relatedness. Poster presented at the American Educational Research Association Meeting (AERA). Denver, CO.
Matuk, C.F. & Uttal, D.H. (2010, April 30-May 4). The Rhetorical functions of visual devices: Understanding evolution from museum animations. Poster presented at the American Educational Research Association Meeting (AERA). Denver, CO.
Donovan, S., Matuk, C.F., MacDonald, T., Diamond, J., Uttal, D., Dodick, J., Evans, E.M., Caldwell, R., Scotchmoor, J., Palmquist, S. (November 11-14, 2009). Understanding the tree of life. Poster presented at the National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) Professional Development Conference. Denver, CO.
Matuk, C.F., & Uttal, D.H. (2009, August 6-9). Collages of meaning: Creating understanding of evolution from animation. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association (APA) Convention. Toronto, ON.
Matuk, C.F., & Uttal, D.H. (July, 2009). Inventing an intuitive representation of relatedness. Poster presented at the Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Visualization in Science and Education. Oxford, United Kingdom.
Matuk, C. F. (June 10-12, 2009). Reconstructing evolutionary histories: A game about the tree of life. Poster presented at the Games, Learning and Society Conference 5.0 (GLS) Madison, WI.
Matuk, C., King Chen, J., McElhaney, K., Miller, D.(2011, September 7). The WISE Idea Manager. Invited talk given for the doctoral course ESCI8400: Innovative Technology in Mathematics and Science Education, taught by Ji Shen, Department of Mathematics & Science Education, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.
Matuk, C. (2009, December 14). Interpretation, invention, and interaction: Learning to reason with the Tree of Life. Invited talk given at the Graduate School of Education, University of California, Berkeley.
Matuk, C. (2009, November 12). Interpretation, invention, and interaction: Ideas to scaffold learning about the Tree of Life. Invited talk given at the Graphic Visualization meeting, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
Matuk, C. (2011). On becoming the next new smartphone: The life and times of educational innovations. CADRE Blog, CADRE. 2011.
THESES
Matuk, C. (2010). Narratives in mind and media: A cognitive semiotic account of novices interpreting visual science media. PhD Dissertation, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. [Wordle summary]
CREATIVE WRITING
Matuk, C. (2005). Undress me. TRANSverse. 4: Creative Writing, 4, 30.
Matuk, C. (2003). The middle of orange. PRISM International. 41:3, 40-43.
Matuk, C. (2002). Grocery pie. Comfusion. Summer 2002.
Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. (2007, 2008). Ethnocultural Women and Breast Health Project. (PowerPoint presentation, brochure, magnet, and document designs).
Anastakis, D.J., Chen, R., Davis, K.D., and Mikulis, D. (2005). Cortical Plasticity Following Upper Extremity Injury and Reconstruction. Update on Hand Surgery, 32(4): 617-634. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B75HW-4H0YH0M-K/2/558b76b0f7d08129304411c3cb275978) (2 illustrations)
Corkum, L., (2010). Freshwater fishes of Lake Erie. Windsor: Essex County Field Naturalists' Club. (4 illustrations).
Ngo, K. (2006). Colorimetric evaluation of facial skin and free flap donor sites in various ethnic populations. Canadian Journal of Otolaryngology. (2 illustrations)
Greenwald, A. (2005). The ASCM II clinical skills handbook. Toronto: The University of Toronto. Soon available on the World Wide Web. (6 illustrations)
Molckovsky, A. and Pirzada, K. F. (Eds.), (2004). Toronto Notes 2004, (20th ed.). Toronto: Toronto Notes Medical Publishing, Inc. (4 illustrations)
Stamler, L. and Yiu, L. (2004). Community health nursing: A Canadian perspective (pp.156, 161, 166, 167, and 169). Toronto: Pearsons Education Canada. (5 illustrations)
Mrosovsky, N. (2003). Predicting extinction: fundamental flaws in IUCN’s Red List system exemplified by the case of sea turtles. Toronto: The University of Toronto Press. http://members.seaturtle.org/mrosovsky/ (cover design)
Ngo, K. (2003). Canadian society of otolaryngology 57th Annual Meeting, May 25-28, 2003. (2 illustrations presented by K. Ngo)
Colapinto, M. (2003). The ASCM I clinical skills handbook. Toronto: The University of Toronto Press. Soon available on the World Wide Web. (4 illustrations)
Lala, P., and A. Waddell, (Eds.), (2003). MCCQE 2003 review notes. (19th ed.). Toronto: Toronto Notes Publishing. Also available as a CD-ROM. (2 illustrations)
Ojha, D. (2002-2006). Illustrations and animations of flow dynamics in vascular disease (atherosclerosis and deep vein thrombosis).