Faculty Profiles

Guida, R. J., Moss, D. K., Zhou, R., Hill, J., Cooper, B., Harris, J. P., … Solem, M. (2025). A comparative study of outreach programs to enhance geoscience perceptions among Southeast Texas students. Journal of Geoscience Education.

Moss, D. K., Guida, R. J., Zhou, R., Cooper, B., Harris, J. P., Hill, J., … Young, C. (2025). Recruiting geoscience majors: Student perceptions and a path forward. Journal of Geoscience Education.

Embury, J., Nara, A., León, K., Herman, T., Rey, S., & Solem, M. (n.d.). Assessing the effects of geocomputation lessons on secondary school students’ perceptions of geography and computer science. Annals of the American Association of Geographers.

Solem, M., Boehm, R. G., & Zadrozny, J. (2024). Powerful Geography for Powerful Teaching and Learning in Social Studies. Social Education, 88(5), 294–300.

Solem, M., & Vaughan, P. W. (2024). Reducing Inequality in Student Outcomes in U.S. Geography Education: The Importance of Understanding Student Attitudes. Education Sciences, 14(1). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14010009

Solem, M., Foote, K., O’Lear, S., Eaves, L., & Lee, J. (2024). Thriving in an Academic Career. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003342953

Solem, M. (2024). Lou Reed’s Emotional Geography. GeoHumanities, 10(2), 360–389. https://doi.org/10.1080/2373566x.2024.2405508

Solem, M., Boehm, R. G., & Zadrozny, J. (Eds.). (2024). Powerful Geography: International Perspectives and Applications. Switzerland: Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54845-1

Solem, M., Boehm, R. G., & Zadrozny, J. (2024). Twenty Years of Advanced Placement® Human Geography: A Program Assessment. Professional Geographer, 76(1), 61–65. https://doi.org/10.1080/00330124.2023.2275313

Zadrozny, J., Crane, M., Boehm, R. G., & Solem. (2023). Teaching Climate Change through Powerful Geography. The Geography Teacher, 20(3), 141–149. https://doi.org/10.1080/19338341.2023.2261480

Brysch, C., & Solem, M. (2023). Advanced Placement Human Geography: Program Access and Effectiveness by Race, Ethnicity, and Gender, 2001-2020. The Professional Geographer, 76(1), 87–96. https://doi.org/10.1080/00330124.2023.2261536

Solem, M., & Stoltman, J. (2023, November 2). National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in Geography Education. In Oxford Bibliographies. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/OBO/9780199874002-0279

Solem, M., Vander Weil, B. P., & Choi, Y. (2023). Advanced Placement Human Geography: Program Access and Effectiveness by Grade Level, 2001-2020. The Professional Geographer, 76(1), 66–76. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/00330124.2023.2228870

Solem, M., & Vaughan, P. W. (2023). Factors that Affect Student Outcomes in U.S. Geography Education. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 113(6), 1383–1401. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2023.2187341

Solem, M. (2023). Geography Achievement and Future Geographers. The Professional Geographer, 75(2), 207–219. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/00330124.2022.2081227

Solem, M. (2023, February 11). Geographical Education. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from www.agta.asn.au

Solem, M., Vander Weil, B. P., Boehm, R. G., & Zadrozny, J. (2022, November 8). Powerful Geography at Work. AAG Newsletter. https://doi.org/10.14433/2017.0121

Solem, M. (2022). The NAEP Data Explorer: Digging Deeper into K-12 Geography Achievement and Why It Matters. The Geography Teacher, 19(1), 12–21.

Solem, M., & Foote, K. (2022). Valuing Mentoring: Jan Monk’s Role in Creating a Community of Support for Early Career Researchers. In Bridging Worlds - Building Feminist Geographies: Essays in Honour of Janice Monk. Routledge.

Larsen, T., Solem, M., Zadrozny, J., & Boehm, R. G. (2022). Contextualizing powerful geographic knowledge in higher education: Data-driven curriculum design to interweave student aspirations with workforce applications. International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 31(2), 139–151. https://doi.org/10.1080/10382046.2021.1902622

Solem, M. (2022). The NAEP Geography Assessment: A Closer Look at U.S. Gaps and Trends in Geography Achievement. In Assessment in Geographical Education: An International Perspective. Springer. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95139-9_7

Larsen, T., & Solem, M. (2022). Conveying the applications and relevance of the Powerful Geography approach through humanitarian mapping. The Geography Teacher, 19(1), 43–49.

Solem, M., Vaughan, P. W., Savage, C., & De Nadai, A. S. (2021). Student- and school-level predictors of geography achievement in the United States, 1994-2018. Journal of Geography, 120(6), 201–211.

Solem, M. (2021). Geography, student outcomes, and education debts: What do geographers owe young people? Journal of Geography, 120(6), 195–200.

Solem, M., Boehm, R. G., & Zadrozny, J. (2021, December 14). Advanced Placement Human Geography: Time for a Reappraisal? AAG Newsletter. Retrieved from http://news.aag.org/2021/12/december-perspective/

Solem, M., Dony, C., Herman, T., Leon, K., Magdy, A., Nara, A., … Russell, R. (2021). Building educational capacity for inclusive geocomputation: A research-practice partnership in southern California. Journal of Geography. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1080/00221341.2021.1933140

Solem, M., Vaughan, P. W., Savage, C., & De Nadai, A. S. (2021). Student- and School-Level Predictors of Geography Achievement in the United States, 1994–2018. Journal of Geography, 120(6), 201–211. https://doi.org/10.1080/00221341.2021.2000009

Solem, M., & Stoltman, J. (2020). The NAEP Geography Assessment: Will it come back? Journal of Geography, 119(4), 136–139. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/3dPHlno

Boehm, R. G., Solem, M., Zadrozny, J., & Larsen, T. (2020, April). A Report on a Roundtable Discussion of the Future of Geography Education. Research in Geographic Education.

Dony, C., Nara, A., Rey, S., Solem, M., & Herman, T. (2019). Encoding geography: Building capacity for inclusive geo-computational thinking with geospatial technologies. California State University Geospatial Review.

Solem, M., Huynh, N. T., & Kerski, J. (2019). Teaching geography students about careers. In H. Walkington, J. Hill, & S. Dyer (Eds.), Handbook for Teaching and Learning in Geography (pp. 443–457). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/3hKFodb

Boehm, R. G., Solem, M., & Zadrozny, J. (2018). The Rise of Powerful Geography. The Social Studies, 109(2), 125–135. https://doi.org/10.1080/00377996.2018.1460570

Solem, M. (2018). Bridging High School and Introductory Undergraduate Courses in Geographic Information Science and Technology. Journal of Geography, 117(4), 165–173. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/3dP7Xov

Solem, M., Stoltman, J., Lane, R., Bourke, T., Chang, C. H., & Viehrig, K. (2018). An Assessment Framework and Methodology for a Trends in International Geography Assessment Study (TIGAS). Geographical Education, 31, 7–15. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/3wqbGzg

Walkington, H., Dyer, S., Solem, M., Haigh, M., & Waddington, S. (2018). A Capabilities Approach to Higher Education: Geocapabilities and implications for geography curricula. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 42(1), 7–24. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/3jQqFzU

Solem, M., & Zhou, W. (2018). The role of geography education for global understanding. In A. Demirci, R. Gonzalez, & S. Bednarz (Eds.), Geography Education for Global Understanding (pp. 59–69). Cham, Switzerland: Springer. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/2UtsuYK

Solem, M., & Boehm, R. G. (2018). Transformative Research in Geography Education: The Role of a Research Coordination Network. Professional Geographer, 70(3), 374–382. https://doi.org/10.1080/00330124.2017.1385403

Solem, M., & Boehm, R. G. (2018). Research in geography education: Moving from declarations and road maps to actions. International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 27(3), 191–198. https://doi.org/10.1080/10382046.2018.1493896

Solem, M., Kollasch, A., & Lee, J. (2017). Developing workplace skills and competencies in geography graduate programs. Research in Geographic Education, 19(1), 10–42.

Lambert, D., & Solem, M. (2017). Rediscovering the teaching of geography with a focus on quality. Geographical Education, 30, 8–15. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/2TJnrnd

Solem, M. (2017). Finding a place for “place” in learning progressions research, 117(3), 119–121. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/3ytYjQ5

Muniz Solari, O. A., Solem, M., & Boehm, R. G. (Eds.). (2017). Learning Progressions in Geography Education: International Perspectives. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/2TFsiWt

Solem, M. (2017). Geography education, workforce trends, twenty-first-century skills, and geographical capabilities. In AAG International Encyclopedia of Geography.

Solem, M., & Tani, S. (2017). Geography education, primary and secondary, international perspectives. In AAG International Encyclopedia of Geography.

Summers, E. J., Zadrozny, J., Van Overschelde, J. P., Huynh, N. T., Solem, M., & Boehm, R. G. (2017). Integrating geospatial technology in pre-service teacher training programs. Research in Geographic Education, 19(1), 102–126.

Solem, M. (2017). The NAEP Data Explorer: Digging deeper into K-12 geography achievement and why it matters. The Geography Teacher, 19(1), 12–21. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1080/19338341.2021.1895864

Solem, M., Boehm, R. G., & Huynh, N. T. (2015). Learning progressions for maps, geospatial technology, and spatial thinking: A research handbook. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Pub.

Huynh, N. T., Solem, M., & Bednarz, S. W. (2015). A road map for learning progressions research in geography. Journal of Geography, 114(2), 69--79. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/2Viszzf

Lambert, D., Solem, M., & Tani, S. (2015). Achieving human potential through geography education: A capabilities approach to curriculum making in schools. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 105(4), 723--735. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/3hlnX3S

Bednarz, S., Heffron, S., & Solem, M. (2014). Geography standards in the United States: Past influences, future prospects. International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 23(1), 79–89. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/3e7Rxb9

Klein, P., Pawson, E., Solem, M., & Ray, W. (2014). Geography education for “An Attainable Global Perspective.” Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 38(1), 17–27. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/3jPHSJY

McKendry, J., Adams, J., & Solem, M. (2014). Employer perspectives on the value of geographic expertise, skills, and technologies. Research in Geographic Education, 16, 23–39.

Schlemper, B., Adams, J., & Solem, M. (2014). Geographers in business, government, and nonprofit organizations: Skills, challenges, and professional identities. The Professional Geographer, 66, 480–492. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/2UpOm7t

Solem, M., & Balachandran, C. (2014). Internationalizing geography education: a focus on India. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 38, 7–16. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/3hlat81

Healey, M., Pawson, E., & Solem, M. (2013). Active learning and student engagement: International perspectives and practices in geography in higher education. Routledge.

Solem, M., Kollasch, A., & Lee, J. (2013). Career goals, pathways and competencies of geography graduate students in the USA. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 37(1), 92--116. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/3qN2mo0

Solem, M., Lambert, D., & Sirpa, T. (2013). Geocapabilities: Toward an international framework for researching the purposes and values of geography education. Review of International Geographical Education Online, 3(3), 214--229. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/3xzvWA5

Solem, M., Foote, K., & Monk, J. (Eds.). (2013). Practicing Geography: Careers for Enhancing Society and the Environment. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/3dN2gHu

Foote, K., Bednarz, S., Monk, J., Solem, M., & Stoltman, J. (2012). Rethinking postgraduate geography education in the USA: Issues and concerns. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 36, 57–64. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/3Azwxn6

Monk, J., Foote, K., & Solem, M. (2012). Rethinking postgraduate education in geography: International perspectives on improving practice. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 36, 25–27. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/3hkLX7h

Ray, W., Muniz Solari, O. A., Klein, P., & Solem, M. (2012). Effective online practices for international learning collaborations. Review of International Geographical Education Online, 2, 26–44. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/3AyOYIq

Solem, M. (2012). Geography Education: The Quest for Geographic Literacy and Beyond. In J. Stoltman (Ed.), 21st Century Geography: A Reference Handbook (pp. 763–772). Thousand Oaks, CA, USA: SAGE Publications, Inc.

Solem, M. (2011). Towards a scholarship of academic practice. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 35, 311–314. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/3dRePBT

Solem, M., & Ray, W. (2011). Thinking geographically about Asia: Case studies and collaborative projects for high school and undergraduate students. Education About Asia, 16(Spring 2011), 59–61.

Solem, M., Hopwood, N., & Schlemper, B. (2011). Experiencing graduate school: A comparative analysis of students in geography programs. The Professional Geographer, 63, 1–16. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/36eA9wZ

Solem, M., Foote, K., & Monk, J. (Eds.). (2009). Aspiring Academics. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/3wqk7KW

Solem, M., & Foote, K. E. (2009). Teaching college geography: A practical guide for graduate students and early career faculty. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/3jPv9a4

Solem, M., Lee, J., & Schlemper, B. (2009). Departmental climate and student experiences in graduate geography programs. Research in Higher Education, 50(3), 268--292. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/3ADcRPo

Ray, W., & Solem, M. (2009). Gauging disciplinary engagement with internationalization: A survey of geographers in the United States. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 33(1), 103--121. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/3qN4HiM

Foote, K. E., & Solem, M. (2009). Toward better mentoring for early career faculty: Results of a study of US geographers. International Journal for Academic Development, 14(1), 47--58. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/3hiXMdR

Solem, M., & Foote, K. (2009). Enhancing Departments and Graduate Education in Geography: A disciplinary project in professional development. International Journal of Researcher Development, 1(1), 11–28. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/2TGdZks

Solem, M. (2009). Geography and Global Education. In M. Solem & K. Foote (Eds.), Teaching College Geography: A Practical Guide for Graduate Students and Early Career Faculty (pp. 111–120). Upper Saddle River, NJ, USA: Pearson Prentice Hall.

Klein, P., & Solem, M. (2008). Evaluating the impact of international collaboration on geography learning. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 32(2), 245--267. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/36eZPtp

Solem, M., Cheung, I., & Schlemper, M. B. (2008). Skills in professional geography: An assessment of workforce needs and expectations. The Professional Geographer, 60(3), 356--373. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/2V58yMc

Higgitt, D., Donert, K., Healey, M., Klein, P., Solem, M., & Vajoczki, S. (2008). Developing and enhancing international collaborative learning. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 32, 121–133. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/3dL9R9C

Solem, M., Chalmers, L., Dibiase, D., Donert, K., & Hardwick, S. (2006). Internationalizing professional development in geography through distance education. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 30(1), 147--160. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/3hgX5BT

Solem, M., & Foote, K. E. (2004). Concerns, attitudes, and abilities of early-career geography faculty. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 94(4), 889--912. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/3jJP0Ya

Solem, M., Bell, S., Fournier, E., Gillespie, C., Lewitsky, M., & Lockton, H. (2003). Using the Internet to support international collaborations for global geography education. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 27(3), 239--253. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/36jrJEl

Solem, M. (2001). Choosing the Network Less Traveled: Perceptions of Internet-Based Teaching in College Geography. The Professional Geographer, 53(2), 195--206. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/3jQAm1g

Taylor, A. H., & Solem, M. (2001). Fire regimes and stand dynamics in an upper montane forest landscape in the southern Cascades, Caribou Wilderness, California. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, 350--361. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/3wlodE4

Solem, M. (2001). A scoring guide for assessing issues-based geographic inquiry on the Web. Journal of Geography, 100, 87–94. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/3AuOSln

Stainfield, J., Fisher, P., Ford, B., & Solem, M. (2000). International virtual field trips: a new direction? Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 24(2), 255--262. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/36eWo5F

Solem, M. (2000). Differential adoption of Internet-based teaching practices in college geography. Journal of Geography, 99, 219–227. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/3ADhzwy

Solem, M. (2000). The Virtual Geography Department project: assessing an agent of change in geography education. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 24, 353–364. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/3hFyl5o

Hill, A. D., & Solem, M. (1999). Geography on the Web: changing the learning paradigm? Journal of Geography, 98, 100–107. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/3hKFodb