Faculty Profile for Dr. Shelly Forsythe

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Dr. Shelly Forsythe
Associate Professor — Curriculum And Instruction
ED 3055
phone: (512) 245-3339
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Forsythe, M. E., Jackson, J., & Contreras, L. (2018). Hiding in plain sight: How to identify and use trade books to support the 5E Instructional Model. Science and Children, 56(2), 80–87.
  • Forsythe, M. E., & Chan, Y.-W. (n.d.). Building from scientific argumentation to democratic deliberation: An interdisciplinary approach to decision-making about  socioscientific issues. Journal of College Science Teaching, 53.
  • Chan, Y.-W., & Forsythe, M. E. (2024). Integrating scientific argumentation and democratic deliberation in addressing environmental issues. Social Education, 88(5), 301–308.
  • Marty, B. N., Daniel, K. L., & Forsythe, M. E. (2023). Bee Time. Science & Chlidren. Retrieved from 601 University Ave.
  • Ozturk, S., & Forsythe, M. E. (n.d.). Introducing preservice elementary teachers to permaculture education. Journal of Agricultural Education.

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: College Achievement Award for Service, Rank of Assistant Professor, College of Education, Texas State University. 2021
  • Award / Honor Recipient: College Achievement Award for Service, Rank of Assistant Professor, College of Education, Texas State University. 2020
  • Award / Honor Recipient: College Achievement Award for Service, Rank of Assistant Professor, College of Education, Texas State University. 2019
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award in Teaching, Rank of Assistant Professor, College of Education, Texas State University. 2018
  • Award / Honor Recipient: 2017 ESA Education Scholar, Ecological Society of America. 2017

Selected Grants

  • Kipp, Lindsay E. (Principal), Griffin, Luther Kent (Co-Principal), Deringer, Stephen Anthony (Co-Principal), Mettler, Joni A (Co-Principal), Forsythe, Michelle Elizabeth (Co-Principal). Enhancing mental and physical health of children and adolescents through innovative afterschool programs, College of Education Social Innovation Research Accelerator, Texas State University, $13396. (Submitted: October 2019, Funded: January 2020 - May 2022). Grant.
  • Silva, J (Principal), Forsythe, Michelle Elizabeth (Co-Principal), Maldonado, L (Co-Principal). Equity and STEM Integration: Using Wearable Technology to Enhance STEM Education., Teaching and Learning Technology Innovation Grant, Texas State University, $4357. (Funded: 2019). Grant.
  • Forsythe, Michelle Elizabeth (Principal), Jackson, J (Co-Principal). Digital Science Notebooks: Elementary Pedagogy for the 21st Century, Teaching and Learning Technology Innovation Grant, Texas State University, $6000. (Funded: 2017). Grant.
  • Qasem, Apan Muhammad (Principal), Royal, Cindy L (Co-Principal), Hewitt, Barbara A (Co-Principal), Dolezel, Diane M (Supporting), Omana Sudhakaran, Pratheesh O (Supporting), Lollar, Jonathan Ernest (Supporting), Booth, Chad (Co-Principal), Roundtree, Aimee Kendall (Supporting), Ekin, Tahir (Supporting), Cordero, Rafael A (Supporting), Lopez, Omar S (Supporting), Ashford-Hanserd, Shetay Nicole (Co-Principal), Sriraman, Vedaraman (Co-Principal), Forsythe, Michelle Elizabeth (Co-Principal), Mendez, Francis A (Supporting). NSF Grant 22-611, STEM-CLEAR: Creating Contextualized Learning Pathways across Academic and Cultural Boundaries, National Science Foundation, Federal, $2646529. (Submitted: August 8, 2023, Funded: June 1, 2024 - June 2029). Grant.
  • Collins, K (Principal), Torres, A S (Co-Principal), Forsythe, Michelle Elizabeth (Other). The NASA Future Aerospace Engineers and Mathematicians Academy 3 (FAMA 3): High School IDEA (Innovation, Discovery, Exploration in Aerospace and Science), NASA, $479800. (Funded: 2022 - 2025). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Co-Chair
Environmental / Ethnoscience Education Strand, Association for Science Teacher Education
2023-Present
Member
College of Education Representative, Sustainability Research Symposium Planning Committee
2022-Present
Member
College Curriculum Committee, College of Education, Texas State University
August 2022-Present
Member
Teacher Education Council, College of Education, Texas State University
January 2022-Present
Member
Research Enhancement Committee, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Texas State University
2021-Present