Skip to main content Dr. Shelly Forsythe
- Associate Professor at Curriculum And Instruction, College of Education
Service Activities
Ongoing
- Member, College of Education Representative, University Scholars Scholarship Review Committee.
2024 - Present.
- Member, College of Education Research Office Advisory Committee.
2024 - Present.
- Member, Search Committee Elementary Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Texas State University.
2024 - Present.
- Chair, Curriculum Committee, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Texas State University.
August 2024 - Present.
- Co-Chair, Environmental / Ethnoscience Education Strand, Association for Science Teacher Education.
2023 - 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.
- Department ATLAS Coordinator, Department of Curriculum & Instruction.
August 2020 - Present.
- Editorial Review Board Member, Innovations in Science Teacher Education.
2019 - Present.
- Member, Scholarship Committee, College of Education, Texas State University.
August 2018 - Present.
- Member, Undergraduate and Graduate Elementary EC-6 Program.
2016 - Present.
2024
- Member, College of Education Representative, University MWF Task Force, Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs.
2024.
- Reviewer / Referee, Contemporary Justice Review: Issues in Criminal, Social, and Restorative Justice.
2024.
- Reviewer / Referee, Conference Proposals for National Science Teaching Associate (NSTA).
2024.
- Volunteer, Graduate and Professional Fair, Texas State University.
October 10, 2024.
2023
- Member, Search Committee College of Education Round Rock Coordinator, College of Education, Texas State University.
2023.
- Member, Search Committee, Assistant Professor of Biology Education, Department of Biology, Texas State University.
2023.
- Member, Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, Proposal for New Doctoral Program Writing Team, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Texas State University.
2023.
- Chair, Search Committee, Director of Teacher Residency and Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Texas State University.
2023.
- Member, College of Education Representative, Sustainability Research Symposium Planning Committee.
2022 - 2023.
- Reviewer / Referee, Teaching in Higher Education.
2022 - 2023.
- Instructor and Curriculum Designer, NASA FAMA 3: High School IDEA program.
2022 - 2023.
- Member, College of Education Representative, Minor in Innovation and Entrepreneurship Working Group and Proposal for New Minor Working Team.
2021 - 2023.
- Co-Chair, Informal / Out-of-School Science Education Strand, Association for Science Teacher Education.
2021 - 2023.
- Member, Undergraduate and Graduate Middle Level Education Program.
2019 - 2023.
2022
- Member, Assessment Jigsaw Committee.
2022.
- Member, Practice-Based Teaching Jigsaw Committee.
2022.
- Member, Southwest Regional Conference Planning Committee - Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE) Annual Conference.
2022.
- Reviewer / Referee, National Science Foundation.
2022.
- Member, Search Committee Elementary Bilingual/Bicultural Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Texas State University.
2021 - 2022.
- Member, Curriculum and Standards Jigsaw Committee for Raise Your Hand Texas / Raising Texas Teachers.
2019 - 2022.
- Member, College of Education Representative, Faculty Senate Environment and Sustainability Committee.
2019 - 2022.
- Science Representative, UG Prep Residency Program Curriculum Design Committee.
September 2021 - October 2022.
2021
- Reviewer / Referee, Environmental Education Review.
2021.
- Co-Chair, Curriculum and Standards Jigsaw Committee.
2020 - 2021.
- Member, Undergraduate and Graduate Secondary Education Program.
2020 - 2021.
- Conference Session Presider, Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE) Annual Conference.
2020 - 2021.
- Science Representative, UG Elementary Education Program, Redesign Task Force.
August 2020 - 2021.
2020
- Reviewer / Referee, Conference Proposals for Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE).
2017 - 2020.
- Member, Education and Outreach Initiatives Working Group, Dry Comal Creek and Comal River Watershed Protection Plan.
2017 - 2020.
- Reviewer / Referee, Conference Proposals for National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) Annual Conference.
2013 - 2020.
- Treasurer, Faculty Advisory Council, College of Education, Texas State University.
December 2018 - August 2020.
- Member, Faculty Advisory Council, College of Education, Texas State University.
September 2017 - August 2020.
2019
- Member, "Center for Nature Research" Big Idea Proposal Team for University Advancement.
2019.
- Member, Scope & Sequence Committee, Elementary Undergraduate Program, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Texas State University.
2018 - 2019.
- Member, Comprehensive Exam Replacement Committee, Graduate Elementary Education Program, Department of Curriculum & Instruction, Texas State University.
2018 - 2019.
- Member, Elementary Education Social Studies Search Committee, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Texas State University.
2018 - 2019.
- Reviewer / Referee, Conference Proposals for AERA.
2017 - 2019.
- Volunteer Educational Consultant, San Antonio Zoo.
2017 - 2019.
- Conference Session Presider, National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) Annual Conference.
2015 - 2019.
- Invited Guest Speaker, Bilingual Education Student Organization (BESO) meeting.
December 4, 2019.
- Reviewer / Referee, Science & Education.
November 2018 - February 2019.
- Volunteer, Bobcat Day, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Texas State University.
February 19, 2019.
2018
- Volunteer, Asian Student Welcome Reception, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Texas State University.
September 10, 2018.
- Member, Scholarship Committee, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Texas State University.
August 2016 - August 2018.
- Course Lead (4355) for TEA Audit and Curriculum Alignment, Elementary Undergraduate Program, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Texas State University.
August 2017 - May 2018.
2017
- University Mentor, 2017 Texas State University NASA MUREP Educator Institute Team, John Glenn Space Center.
2017.
- Volunteer, Science Teachers Association of Texas Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching.
2017.
- Organizer, Co-Designed and Led Workshop "Finding your Hidden Figures" for FAMA Family Nights at Centro Cultural Hispano De San Marcos.
2017.
- Volunteer, Gave Workshop "Finding your Hidden Figures" for ESC Region 13 Central Texas MiniCast.
2017.
- Volunteer, Gave workshop "Spiraling students' engagement with phenomenon" for ESC Region 13 Central Texas MiniCast.
2017.
- Member, Central Texas Mini-Cast Planning Committee, Science Teacher Association of Texas.
2016 - 2017.
- Coordinator, Preservice Teacher Volunteers, Central Texas Mini-Cast, Science Teacher Association of Texas.
2016 - 2017.
- Volunteer, Bobcat Preview Day, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Texas State University.
November 18, 2017.
2016
- Volunteer Docent, Nashville Zoo at Grassmere.
2011 - 2016.
2015
- Doctoral Student Association Co-Chair, Vanderbilt University, Department of Teaching and Learning.
2014 - 2015.
- Regional Conference Program Chair, AZADV - Association of Zoo and Aquarium Docents and Volunteers.
2014 - 2015.
2012
- Doctoral Student Association Faculty Representative, Vanderbilt University, Department of Teaching and Learning.
2012.
- Outreach Coordinator "Take ME (Mechanical Engineering) to School", Vanderbilt University, Department of Teaching and Learning & Vanderbilt Aerospace Design Lab.
2011 - 2012.
2010
- Special Awards Coordinator & Committee Member, Montgomery County Science Day.
2006 - 2010.
2008
- Volunteer Educator & Ambassador, Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden.
2004 - 2008.
