Publications

 In Review

Choi, Y.H., E.J. Theobald, V. Velasco, S.L. Eddy. In Review. Exploring how course social and cultural environmental features influence student engagement in STEM active learning courses: A Control-Value Theory approach.


Tatapudy, S., L. Bostrom, A. Colgan, R. Potter, J. Smith, S. Xu, E.J. Theobald. In Review. Visualizing Inequities: A step toward equitable student outcomes.


Tatapudy, S., I. Kayal, K. Boukouzis, M. Rajesh, R. Socko, E.J. Theobald. In Review. Perceived inequities make STEM classes competitive.


Costello, R., (27 co-authors including E.J. Theobald), and D. Ovid. In Review. Beyond broadening representation: Highlighting counter-stereotypical scientists in undergraduate life science courses.


Choi, Y.H., E.J. Theobald, S.L. Eddy. In Review. The role of instructor background and work context on active learning STEM instructors' thinking and practice for supporting minoritized students.


2024

John, A.,  E.J. Theobald, N. Cristea, A. Tan, J. HilleRisLambers. 2024. Using photographs and deep neural networks to understand flowering phenology and diversity in mountain meadows. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. Full article found here.


2023

Alvares, S.M., J.G. Shlichta, J.L. McFarland, E.J. Theobald. 2023. Assessing community college student perceptions of being called on in class. CBE-Life Sciences Education, 22(4), ar51. Full article found here.


Meuler, M., J. Lee, K. Foutch, N. Al-Khayat, K. Boukouzis, P. Christensen, C. Crooks, L. Hassanain, P. Karimi, G.V., Kim, A. Randall, I.K. Redford, R. Socko, and E.J. Theobald. 2023. Biology in a social context: A comprehensive analysis of humanization in introductory biology textbooks. Frontiers in Education, vol. 8, p. 1165239. Full article found here.


Connell, G.L, D.A. Donovan, E.J. Theobald. 2023.  Forming groups in a large enrollment biology class: Group permanence matters more than group size. CBE-Life Sciences Education, 22(4), ar37. Full article found here.


Wachell, L., A. Gardiner, M. Sievers, K. Dickinson, G. Dy, E. Glenski, J. Mukerji, E.J. Theobald, E. Tran, V. Velasco, S. Freeman. 2023. Measuring undergraduates' understanding of the culture of scientific research as an outcome variable in research on CUREs. Journal of Molecular Biology and Biology Education, e00187-22. Full article found here.


Freeman, S., J. Mukerji, M. Sievers, I. Beltran, K. Dickinson, G. Dy, A. Gardnier, E. Glenski, M. Hill, B. Kerr, D. Monet, C. Reemts, E. J. Theobald, E. Tran, V. Velasco, L. Wachell, L. Warfield. 2023. A CURE on the evolution of antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli improves student conceptual understanding. CBE-Life Sciences Education, 22(1), ar7. Full article found here. 


2022

Sievers, M., C. Reemts, K.J. Dickinson, J. Mukerji, I.B. Beltran, E.J. Theobald, V. Velasco, S. Freeman. 2022. Assessing how well students understand the molecular basis of evolution by natural selection. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 1-9. Full article found here.


Kiser, S.L., C.M. Andrews, S.B. Seidel, M.R. Fisher, N.A. Wright, E.J. Theobald. 2022. Increased pass rates in Introductory Biology: benefits and potential costs of implementing a mathematics prerequisite in a community college setting. CBE-Life Sciences Education, 21(4), ar72. Full article found here.


Manzanedo, R., A. John, M.L. Sethi, E. J. Theobald, B. Brosi, J. Jenkins, A. Kloss-Schmidt, E. Lia, A. Schiffer, J. Sevigny, A. Wilson, Y. Yogev, and J. HilleRisLambers. 2022. MeadoWatch: a long-term community-science database of wildflower phenology in Mount Rainier National Park. Scientific Data, 9:151. Full article found here.


Shukla, S.Y., E.J. Theobald, J.K. Abraham, and R.M. Price. 2022. Reframing educational outcomes: Moving beyond achievement gaps. CBE-Life Sciences Education, 21(2), es2. Full article found here.


Clemmons, A.W., D.A. Donovan, E.J. Theobald, and A.J. Crowe. 2022. Using the Intended-Enacted-Experienced curriculum model to map the Vision and Change Core Competencies in undergraduate biology programs and courses. CBE-Life Sciences Education, 21(1). Full article found here.


2021

Segura-Totten, M., (49 co-authors including E.J. Theobald), and S. Rautt. 2021. Chronicling the journey of the Society for the Advancement in Biology Education Research (SABER) in its effort to become antiracist: from acknowledgement to action. Frontiers in Education. Full article found here.


Yannier, N., S. Hudson, K. Koedinger, K. Hirsh-Pasek,  R. Michnick Golinkoff, Y. Munakata, S. Doebel, D. Schwartz, L. Deslauriers, L. McCarty, K. Callaghan, E.J. Theobald, S. Freeman, K.M. Cooper, S. E. Brownell. 2021. Back to school with Active Learning: When hands-on is minds-on. Science, 374(6563), pp. 26-30. Full article found here.
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 This paper was featured in a Science podcast found here as well as other outlets listed here.


HilleRisLambers, J., A. Cannistra, A. John, E. Lia, R.D. Manzanedo, M. Sethi, J. Sevigny, E.J. Theobald, and J.K. Waugh. 2021 Climate change impacts on natural icons: do phenological shifts threaten the relationship between peak wildflowers and visitor satisfaction? Climate Change Ecology, 2(2021)100008. Full article found here.


2020

Theobald, E.J., et al. (incl. 32 co-authors) and S. Freeman. 2020. Active learning narrows achievement gaps for underrepresented students in undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and math. PNAS, 117(12).  Full article found here.
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 This paper was in the 2020 Altmetric Top 100.


Harris, R.B., M.R. Mack, J.R. Bryant, E.J. Theobald, and S. Freeman. 2020. Reducing achievement gaps in undergraduate general chemistry could lift underrepresented students into a "hyperpersistent zone." Science Advances,  6(24). Full article found here. 


Sethi, M.L., E.J. Theobald, I. Breckheimer, and J. HilleRisLambers. 2020. Early snowmelt and warmer, drier summers shrink post-flowering transition times in subalpine wildflowers. Ecology. Full article found here.  


John, Aji, J. Ong, A. Tan, E.J. Theobald, J.D. Olden, and J. HilleRisLambers. 2020. Detecting montane flowering phenology with CubeSat imagery. Remote Sensing. Full article found here.  


2019

Theobald, E.J., M. Aikens, S.L. Eddy, H. Jordt. 2019. Beyond linear regression: a reference for analyzing common data types in discipline-based education research. Physical Review of Physics Education Research, 15, 020110. Full article found here. 


Breckheimer, I.K., E.J. Theobald, N. Cristea, A. Wilson, J. Lundquist, R. Rochefort, & J. HilleRisLambers. 2019. Crowd-sourced data reveals climate-driven phenological mismatch between social and ecological systems.  Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 18(2): 76-82. Full article found here. 


2018

Theobald, E.J., 2018. Students are rarely independent: When, why, and how to use random effects in discipline-based education research. CBE-Life Sciences Education, 17(2). Full article found here. 


Stanich, C.A., M. Pelch, E.J. Theobald, S. Freeman. 2018. A new approach to supplementary instruction improves course performance and affect in general chemistry - especially for underrepresented minorities, first-generation students, and women. Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 19(3): 846-866. Full article found here.


2017

Theobald, E.J., S. Eddy, D. Grunspan, B. Wiggins, & A. Crowe. Student perception of group dynamics predicts individual performance: comfort and equity matter. 2017. Plos One, 12(7):e0181336. Full article found here.
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 Highlighted on the STEM Prof listserve (homepage here), Sept. 8 - Oct. 3 issue number 61.
 In the Chronicle of Higher Education on September 28, 2017.
 In the University of Washington news on September 25, 2017.

         

Wiggins, B.L., S.L. Eddy, L. Wener-Fligner, K. Freisem, D.Z. Grunspan, E.J. Theobald, J. Timbrook, A.J.Crowe. 2017. ASPECT: A Survey to Assess Student Perspective of Engagement in an Active-Learning Classroom. 2017. CBE - Life Sciences Education, 16(2). Full article found here.


Theobald, E.J.*, I. Brekheimer*, & J. HilleRisLambers. Climate drives phenological reassembly of a mountain wildflower meadow community. 2017. Ecology, 98(11): 2799-2812. *Indicates equal contribution. Full article found here.   
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 Selected as the cover article for the November issue of Ecology.
 Highlighted in National Parks Traveler, a national resource for all National Parks, on November 17, 2017.
 On KING5 news, the local TV news station for King County, on November 6, 2017.
 On KUOW, a Seattle-area NPR station.
In the University of Washington news, on November 7, 2017.


Ford, K.R., I. Brekheimer, J. Franklin, J. Freund, S. Kroiss, A. Larson, E.J. Theobald, & J. HilleRisLambers. 2017. Competition alters tree growth responses to climate at individual and stand scales. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 47:53-62. Full article found here.
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 Selected as Editor's Choice.


Wilson, A., K. Bacher, I. Breckheimer, J. Lundquist, R. Rochefort, E. Theobald, L. Whiteaker, & J. HilleRisLambers. 2017. Monitoring wildflower phenology using traditional science, citizen science, and crowd sourcing approaches. Park Science, 33(1):17-26. Full article found here. 


Burgess, H.K.*, L.B. DeBey*, H.E. Froehlich, N. Schmidt, E.J. Theobald, A.K. Ettinger, J. HilleRisLambers, J. Tewksbury, & J.K. Parrish. 2017. The science of citizen science: exploring barriers to use as a primary research tool. *Indicates equal contribution. Biological Conservation, 208:113-120. Full article found here.


2016

Theobald, E.J., H. Gabrielyan, & J. HilleRisLambers. 2016. Lilies at the limit: Variation in plant-pollinator interactions across an elevational range. American Journal of Botany, 103(2):189-197. Full article found here.
Press
 Selected as the cover article for the February issue of American Journal of Botany.
 On the front page of the Seattle Times on August 20, 2012.
In the Tacoma News Tribune on December 21, 2014.
 In a video about People of Rainier on November 1, 2016.


2015

Theobald, E.J., A. Crowe, J. HilleRisLambers, M.P. Wenderoth, & S. Freeman. 2015. Women learn more from local than global examples of the biological impacts of climate change. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 13(3): 132-137. Full article found here.


Theobald, E.J.*, A.K. Ettinger*, H.B. Burgess, L.B. DeBey, N. Schmidt, H. Froelich, C. Wagner, J. HilleRisLambers, J. Tewksbury, M.A. Harsch, & J. Parrish. 2015. Global Change and Local Solutions:Tapping the unrealized potential of citizen science in biodiversity research. Biological Conservation, 181:236-244. *Indicates equal contribution. Full article found here.
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 In the Huffington Post on September 30, 2015.
 In a White House memo by J. Holdren, director of the office of Science Technology Policy under President Obama, on September 30, 2015.


2013

HilleRisLambers, J., M. Harsch, A.K. Ettinger, K.R. Ford, & E.J. Theobald. 2013. How will biotic interactions influence climate change-induced range shifts? Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1297:112-125. Full article found here.


2008

Stone, J.S. & E.G. Jenkins 2008. Pollinator abundance and pollen limitation of fruit set for Witheringia solanacea at premontane and lower montane sites. Biotropica, 40(1):55-61. Full article found here.