Faculty Profile for Dr. Eleanor W Close

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Dr. Eleanor W Close
Associate Professor — Physics
RFM 3240
phone: (512) 245-8664
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Shultz, M., Close, E. W., Nissen, J. M., & Van Dusen, B. (2023). Enacting Culturally Relevant Pedagogy when “Mathematics Has No Color”: Epistemological contradictions. International Journal of Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s40753-023-00219-x
  • Shultz, M., Van Dusen, B., Close, E. W., & Nissen, J. (2022). Epistemological Tensions in Applying Culturally Relevant Pedagogy to Undergraduate Mathematics. In S. S. Karunakaran & A. Higgins (Eds.), Proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (pp. 571–579). Retrieved from http://sigmaa.maa.org/rume/RUME24.pdf
  • Salty, K. I., Gobernatz, A. E., & Close, E. W. (2022). ADH… Disorder? Discoveries on ADHD and physics learning from collaborative autoethnography. In B. W. Frank, D. J. Jones, & Q. Ryan (Eds.), 2022 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings (pp. 407–412). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1119/perc.2022.pr.Salty
  • Shultz, M., Nissen, J. M., Close, E. W., & Van Dusen, B. (2022). The Role of Epistemological Beliefs in STEM Faculty’s Decisions to use Culturally Relevant Pedagogy at Hispanic-Serving Institutions. International Journal of STEM Education, 9(32). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-022-00349-9
  • Nissen, J. M., Her Many Horses, I., Van Dusen, B., Jariwala, M., & Close, E. W. (2022). Providing context for identifying effective introductory physics courses. The Physics Teacher, 60(3), 179–182. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0023763

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Service, College of Science and Engineering, Texas State University. September 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Physics Teacher Education Coalition (PhysTEC) 5+ Club, Physics Teacher Education Coalition. December 2021
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Physics Teacher Education Coalition (PhysTEC) 5+ Club, Physics Teacher Education Coalition. December 2020
  • Award / Honor Recipient: College Achievement Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities, College of Science and Engineering, Texas State University. September 2020
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Service, College of Science and Engineering. September 2018

Selected Grants

  • Lewis, Karen A, Whitten, Steven T (Co-Principal), Hough, Loren (Co-Principal), Hodby, Eleanor (Co-Principal), Theodoropoulou, Nikoleta (Supporting), Close, Eleanor W (Supporting), Rangelov, Blagoy (Supporting), Islam, Tanzima Z (Supporting), Betancourt, Tania (Supporting), Berry, Joe (Supporting), Finklestein, Noah (Supporting), MacGregor, Meredith (Supporting), Brown, Jed (Supporting), Eaves, Joel (Supporting). Creating Equitable Pathways to STEM Graduate Education, Sloan Foundation, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $249299. (Submitted: September 2, 2022, Funded: January 2023 - Present). Grant.
  • Van Dusen, Benjamin (Principal), Close, Eleanor W (Co-Principal), Nissen, Jayson (Co-Principal), Talbot, Robert (Co-Principal). Developing Faculty Resources of Evidence-based Practices that Improve Learning and Equity in STEM, National Science Foundation Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI Program), Federal, $2050450. (Submitted: March 2019, Funded: October 2019 - September 2023). Grant.
  • Close, Eleanor W (Principal), Close, Hunter Garth (Co-Principal), Huling, Leslie L (Co-Principal), Ortiz, Araceli Martinez (Co-Principal), Luxford, Cynthia J (Co-Principal). Responsive, Attentive, Dialogic, and InterActive Noyce Scholars Project, National Science Foundation, Federal, $1254627. (Funded: June 1, 2016 - May 31, 2023). Grant.
  • Close, Eleanor W (Principal), Strickland, Sharon K (Co-Principal), Luxford, Cynthia J (Co-Principal), Van Overschelde, James P (Co-Principal), Collins, Kristina Henry (Co-Principal), Close, Hunter G (Supporting). Preparing Engaged STEM Teachers through Multi-level Peer Mentoring and Early Teaching Experiences, National Science Foundation Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program, Federal, $1200000. (Submitted: August 31, 2022, Funded: June 15, 2023 - June 14, 2028). Grant.
  • Galloway, Heather C, Close, Eleanor W, Olmstead, Alice R, Luxford, Cynthia J, Feng, Li. Building Capacity: Creating Faculty-Student Communities for Culturally Relevant Institutional Change, National Science Foundation Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI Program), Federal, $2499933. (Submitted: March 6, 2019, Funded: October 1, 2019 - September 30, 2024). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Member
Academic Services Committee
January 2022-Present
Member
Research for EDucator Equity & Excellence (REDEE) Center Advisory Board
December 2020-Present
Other
Faculty-Student STEM Communities for Improving STEM Instruction Project (Co-PI; programatic co-lead)
October 2019-Present
Member
Personnel Committee for Physics
September 2018-Present
Advisor
Society for Women in Physics student club, Texas State University
December 2014-Present