Faculty Profiles

Colleges and Departments

Dr. Shelly Forsythe

  • Associate Professor at Curriculum And Instruction, College of Education

Grants

2025

  • Justice, Sean Bradley (Principal), Assaf, Lori Czop (Co-Principal), Forsythe, Michelle Elizabeth (Co-Principal), Ramos Perez de Miles, Adetty (Co-Principal). Expressive STEM Centers in Central Texas (AISL), National Science Foundation, Federal, $1894000. (Submitted: September 20, 2025, Funded: September 20, 2025 - September 20, 2028). Grant.

2024

  • Qasem, Apan Muhammad (Principal), Royal, Cindy L (Co-Principal), Hewitt, Barbara A (Co-Principal), Booth, Chad (Co-Principal), Ashford-Hanserd, Shetay Nicole (Co-Principal), Sriraman, Vedaraman (Co-Principal), Forsythe, Michelle Elizabeth (Co-Principal), Dolezel, Diane M (Supporting), Omana Sudhakaran, Pratheesh O (Supporting), Lollar, Jonathan Ernest (Supporting), Roundtree, Aimee Kendall (Supporting), Ekin, Tahir (Supporting), Cordero, Rafael A (Supporting), Lopez, Omar S (Supporting), 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.
  • Forsythe, Michelle Elizabeth (Principal). Collaborative Research: Equitable Noticing of Teaching Across Sites in Science, NOYCE program, NSF, Federal, $105316. (Funded: June 2024 - May 2027). Grant.

2022

  • 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.
  • Forsythe, Michelle Elizabeth (Principal). Collaborative Research: Building Capacity for Cross-site Research on Promoting Noticing for Equity and Equitable Science Teaching Practice through Video Analysis., NOYCE program, NSF, Federal, $31500. (Funded: 2022 - 2023). Grant.

2021

  • Dussler, R (Principal), Forsythe, Michelle Elizabeth (Co-Principal), Spring Lake VR Team (Co-Principal). VR at Spring Lake, Summerlee Foundation, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $15000. (Funded: 2021 - 2022). Grant.

2020

  • 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.

2019

  • 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 (Principal), Spring Lake VR Team (Co-Principal). Enhancing Environmental Education through an Innovative Virtual Reality Application, College of Education Social Innovation Research Accelerator, Texas State University, $7000. (Funded: 2019 - 2022). Grant.

2017

  • 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.
  • Forsythe, Michelle Elizabeth (Principal), Jackson, Julie (Co-Principal). Digital Science Notebooks: Elementary Pedagogy for the 21ST Century, Teaching and Learning Technology Innovation Grant (TLTIG), Texas State University, $6000. (Funded: 2017 - 2018). Grant.
  • Forsythe, Michelle Elizabeth. Life Discovery Conference Travel Award and LDC-QUBES Faculty Mentoring Network, NSF/ESA, $1000. (Funded: 2017 - 2018). Grant.

2016

  • Forsythe, Michelle Elizabeth (Principal). TxSTATE ScienceATLAS, National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, Private / Foundation / Corporate. (Funded: 2016 - 2021). Grant.
  • Forsythe, Michelle Elizabeth, Jackson, Julie. The impact of reflective video cases on preservice teachers' science instruction, Research Enhancement Program, Texas State University, $12000. (Funded: 2016 - 2018). Grant.
  • Forsythe, Michelle Elizabeth. Seeing science: Elementary teachers' critique and adaptation of representations in informational trade books, Alkek Library New Faculty Research, Texas State University, $160. (Funded: 2016). Grant.