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Dr. Shelly Forsythe

  • Associate Professor - Curriculum And Instruction
  • Carter, Kamarie B, Adi, Mohamad Nadim, Perkins, Alexandra Gonzenbach, Royal, Cindy L, Evans, Mark William, Burke, Patricia Jean, Shroff, Piyush Ravindra, Hustvedt, Gwendolyn, Rathore, Heena, Blasingame, Dale C, King, Jennifer Anne, Van Loan, Zengara A, Moon, KeriAnne Mauch, Forsythe, Michelle Elizabeth, Taylor, Adrienne, Mondal, Sejuti. CAP: Expanding AI Curriculum and Infrastructure at Texas State University to Advance Interdisciplinary Research and Grow a Diverse AI Workforce, NSF, Federal. (Funded: December 2024 - Present). 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). 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.
  • 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.
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  • 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.
  • Burgess, T., Domjan, H., & Forsythe, S. (2025). Texas Experience Science Grade 1. Savvas Learning Company LLC.
  • Burgess, T., Domjan, H., & Forsythe, S. (2025). Texas Experience Science Grade K. Savvas Learning Company LLC.
  • Burgess, T., Domjan, H., & Forsythe, S. (2025). Texas Experience Science Grade 2. Savvas Learning Company LLC.
  • Burgess, T., Domjan, H., & Forsythe, S. (2025). Texas Experience Science Grade 3. Savvas Learning Company LLC.
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  • 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
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  1. Member

    College of Education Representative, University Scholars Scholarship Review Committee

  2. Member

    College of Education Research Office Advisory Committee

  3. Member

    Search Committee Elementary Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Texas State University

  4. Chair

    Curriculum Committee, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Texas State University

  5. Co-Chair

    Environmental / Ethnoscience Education Strand, Association for Science Teacher Education

  6. Member

    College Curriculum Committee, College of Education, Texas State University

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