Faculty Profile for Dr. Carrie Jo Bucklin

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Dr. Carrie Jo Bucklin
Assistant Professor — Biology
SUPP 214
phone: (512) 245-3361
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Biography Section

Biography and Education

 I have been a Discipline-based Education Researcher (Biology) since 2015 when I completed by Ph.D. program at The University of Southern Mississippi. My research interests revolve around investigating ways to help undergraduate students learn biology and increase diversity in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Prior to my Ph.D. program, I completed my Master's degree in Science Education at The University of Southern Mississippi in 2010. I completed my Bachelor's of Arts in Biological Sciences with a Minor in Natural Resources in 2008 from the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Rachel, B., Ogburn, M., & Bucklin, C. J. (n.d.). Ecology in Action: A Niche Modeling CURE. American Biology Teacher, 86(4).
  • Daniel, K. L., Ferguson, D. G., Leone, E. A., & Bucklin, C. J. (2024). A Comparison of Measured Outcomes across Tree-Thinking Interventions. American Biology Teacher, 86(2), 71–77. https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2024.86.2.71
  • Gold, R., Bucklin, C. J., Forshee, L., Weeks, C., & Hardin, L. (2023). Exploring the Leech Gut Microbiome as a Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience. Journal of College Science Teaching, 52(5), 70–79.
  • Johnson, S., & Bucklin, C. J. (2023). Using Pipe Cleaners to Bring Proteins to Life. American Biology Teacher, 85(3), 168–170.
  • Bucklin, C. J., & Mauger, L. (2022). CUREs: How to create & incorporate a collaborative ant-based project to teach science practices. American Biology Teacher, 84(6), 353–357.

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Outstanding Faculty, Southern Utah University. 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Distinguished Educator, Southern Utah University. 2021

Selected Grants

  • Grimes, Kristin Wilson (Principal), Brandt, Marilyn (Co-Principal), Jones, Nastassia (Co-Principal), Medina, Monica (Co-Principal), Bucklin, Carrie Jo (Co-Principal). Collaborative Research: Changing the Face of STEM in the U.S. Virgin Islands through Targeted Interventions to Expand Opportunities and Broaden Participation, NSF, Federal, $300000. (Funded: 2016 - 2019). Grant.
  • Grimes, Kristin Wilson (Principal), Bucklin, Carrie Jo (Co-Principal), Habtes, Sennai (Co-Principal), Taylor, Marcia (Co-Principal), Forbes, Howard (Co-Principal). Pride in Our Seas, Pride in Ourselves: Preventing Land-Based Sources of Marine Debris in the US Virgin Islands through Educational Transformation and Community Engagement, NOAA, Federal, $99411. (Funded: 2016 - 2018). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Reviewer / Referee
Grant Reviewer, National Geographic Society
2022-Present
Member
Daughters of the American Revolution, Bald Eagle Chapter
2021-Present
Reviewer / Referee
Poster Session Judge, National Association of Biology Teachers
2019-Present
Attendee / Participant
AP Reader - College Board
2018-Present
Reviewer / Referee
Article Reviewer, American Biology Teacher
2015-Present