Academic Publications and Presentations

2019

Kirk, K.B. (2019).“I'm ashamed I believed this stuff.” Insights from people who changed their minds about climate change. Presented at the 2019 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec.

Kirk, K.B. (2019). Unusual but not impossible: Strategies for productive conversations about climate change on Facebook. (Invited presentation) Presented at the 2019 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec.

Webinars

We Need To Talk! How to Have Difficult Conversations about the Climate Crisis, for the Post Carbon Institute. October 10, 2019

Frequent webinar presenter for the CLEAN webinar series for educators.

Teaching climate and energy literacyIt's us: Humans as agents of change within Earth's climate systemTeaching climate consequences: Motivate and inspire; don't despair

2018

Kirk, K.B. (2018). Don’t Look Now But You’re Doing Science: An Unlikely Avenue for Bringing Science Literacy to the Natural Stone Industry. (Invited presentation) Presented at the 2018 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Washington, DC, 10-14 Dec.

Kirk, K.B. and J. Cook, J. (2018). A Field Guide to Climate Contrarians: Strategies for Responding to Misinformation, Myths, and Misunderstandings. Presented at the 2018 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Washington, DC, 10-14 Dec.

Climate Change Solutions: Inspiration from Leaders in Climate Science and Action, presented at Fort Lewis College, October 30, 2018

2017

Kirk, K.B., D. Duggan-Haas, and K. Hayhoe (2017). Common Ground on Climate Change: Pairing Opposing Viewpoints for Conversations about Climate Change. Presented at the 2017 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 11-15 Dec.

Kirk, K.B. (2017). For Me It Was When I Saw a Simple Chart: Former Climate Contrarians Recount What Changed Their Minds. Presented at the 2017 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 11-15 Dec.

2016

Kirk, K.B. and J. Cook (2016). The Good, the Bad, and the ALL CAPS: An Analysis of the Climate Change Debate on Facebook. (Invited presentation) Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs Vol. 48, No. 7. p.237

2015

Kirk, K.B., A.U. Gold, S. Sullivan (2015). Dissecting the Tactics of Climate Denial: Lessons for Communicators. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 47, No. 7, p.837

Kirk, K.B., K.M. Kulick, S.H. Defur, V. McLaughlin, J.R. McDaris, E.M.D. Baer, and R.H. Macdonald (2015). Teaching the Students You Have: Insights and Strategies for Inclusive Instruction. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 47, No. 7, p.107.

Gold, Anne U., Karin Kirk, Deb Morrison, Susan Lynds, Susan Buhr Sullivan, Andrey Grachev, and Ola Persson (2015). Arctic Climate Connections Curriculum: A Model for Bringing Authentic Data Into the Classroom. Journal of Geoscience Education: August 2015, Vol. 63, No. 3, pp. 185-197.

Gold, A.U., Ledley, T.S., Sullivan, S.B., Kirk, K.B., Grogan, M (2015): Supporting Energy Education Online: Climate Literacy And Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN). Journal of Sustainability Education.

Lynds, Susan, Susan Sullivan, Anne Gold, Karin Kirk, Amanda Morton (2015) Evaluating the Climate.gov Web Portal—A Key Resource for Climate Information. Earth Educator’s Rendezvous, Boulder CO.

2014

Kirk, Karin B., Anne U. Gold, Tamara Shapiro Ledley, Susan Buhr Sullivan, Cathryn A. Manduca, David W. Mogk, and Katryn Wiese (2014) Undergraduate Climate Education: Motivations, Strategies, Successes, and Support. Journal of Geoscience Education: November 2014, Vol. 62, No. 4, pp. 538-549.

Bruckner, M.Z., K. O'Connell, J.R. McDaris, K. Kirk, K. Larsen, M. Kent, C.A. Manduca, A. Egger, D. Blockstein, D.W. Mogk, and J. Taber (2014). Infusing Sustainability Across Disciplines to Build Student Engagement. Abstract ED13B-3452 presented at 2014 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 14-19 Dec.

2013

Gosselin, David C., Cathy Manduca, Eric Oches, Jean MacGregor, Karin Kirk (2013). Curricular Materials Integrate Geosciences into the Teaching of Sustainability. In the Trenches, v. 3. No. 4.

Gold, A.U., T. Ledley, K.B. Kirk, S.B. Sullivan, S. Lynds, and C.A. Manduca (2013). Investigating and Supporting Energy Education as a Component of Climate Education. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 45, No. 7, p.502

Gosselin, D.C., K.B. Kirk, and C.M. Manduca (2013). Preparing Students for the Complexities of Future Employment: Linking Learning Outcomes, 21st Century Competencies and the Geosciences. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 45, No. 7, p.875

Ledley, T.S., A.U. Gold, F. Niepold, M. Grogan, K.B. Kirk, S.B. Sullivan, S. Lynds, M. McCaffrey, C.A. Manduca, and S.P. Fox (2013). The Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN): Leveraging Reviewed Educational Resources and a Diverse Community to Achieve Climate Literacy Goals. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 45, No. 7, p.501

McDaris, J. R., K. B. Kirk, K. Layou, R. H. Macdonald, E. M. Baer, R. H. Blodgett, and J. Hodder (2013). Supporting Geoscience Students at Two-Year Colleges: Career Preparation and Academic Success. AGU Fall Meeting. ED11F-02.

2012

Kirk, Karin B., Susan Buhr, John Cook (2012). Teaching Climate Controversies: Lessons Learned from the CLEAN Climate Communications Workshop. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 44, No. 7, p.46

Buhr, Susan M., Tamara Shapiro Ledley, Anne U. Gold, Cathryn Manduca, Sean P. Fox, Karin Kirk, Marian Grogan, Frank Niepold, Susan Lynds, and Cynthia Howell (2012). Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN) – Supporting Teacher's Efforts to Prepare Students to Address Environmental Challenges, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 44, No. 7, p. 351

O'Connell, Kristin, Monica Z. Bruckner, Susan M. Buhr, David C. Gosselin, Karin B. Kirk, Krista Larsen, Tamara Shapiro Ledley, Cathryn A. Manduca, David W. Mogk, and Katryn Wiese (2012). Sustainability and Climate Change Teaching Resources. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 44, No. 7, p. 371

2011

Kirk, Karin B. (2011). Key Strategies for Designing Online Courses from On the Cutting Edge. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 43, No. 5, p. 69

Kirk, Karin B., Katryn Wiese, Cathryn A. Manduca, and Tamara Shapiro Ledley (2011). Supporting Undergraduate Research in Climate and Energy with Professional Development for Faculty. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 43, No. 5, p. 255.

Gold, Anne U., Tamara S. Ledley, Karin B. Kirk, Marian Grogan, Mark S. McCaffrey, Susan M. Buhr, Cathryn A. Manduca, Sean Fox, Frank Niepold, Cynthia Howell, Susan E. Lynds (2011). Addressing climate and energy misconceptions – teaching tools offered by the Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network. Abstract ED11B-0782 Poster presented at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 5-9 Dec.

Larsen, Krista, Peter H. Bohacek, Karin B. Kirk, Cathryn A. Manduca, Tamara Shapiro Ledley, and Lee Schmitt (2011). K-12 Science: A New SERC Portal to Classroom Activities and Pedagogic Guidance. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 43, No. 5, p. 536.

Ledley, Tamara Shapiro, Mark S. McCaffrey, Anne U. Gold, Susan Buhr, Cathryn Manduca, Sean P. Fox, Karin B. Kirk, Marian Grogan, Frank Niepold, Susan E. Lynds, and Cynthia Howell (2011). Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN) - Supporting the Scientists and Citizens of Tomorrow. Abstract ED24A-03 Presentation at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 5-9 Dec.

Wiese, Katryn, Karin B. Kirk, Cathryn A. Manduca, Lucinda J. Shellito, Ester Sztein, Monica Z. Bruckner (2011). Improving Climate Science Education by Supporting Faculty: Climate Programs from On the Cutting Edge (Invited presentation., Abstract ED14B-05 Presentation at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 5-9 Dec.

2010

Kirk, K.B., C.A. Manduca, J.D. Myers, and F. Loxsom (2010). A Portal to Undergraduate Materials For Teaching About Energy From On the Cutting Edge. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 42, No. 5, p. 495

Kirk, K.B., C.A. Manduca, and W.H. Hirt (2010). Venturing Into Online Teaching? Resources From On The Cutting Edge Can Ease the Transition. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 42, No. 5, p. 530

Manduca, Cathryn A., David W. Mogk, Barbara Tewksbury, R. Heather Macdonald, Sean P. Fox, Ellen R. Iverson, Karin Kirk, John McDaris, Carol Ormand, and Monica Bruckner (2010). SPORE: Science Prize for Online Resources in Education: On the Cutting Edge: Teaching Help For Geoscience Faculty: Science, v. 327, no. 5969, pp. 1095-1096.

2009

Kirk, K.B. (2009). Visualization Tools for the Classroom. Invited presentation at the 2009 Cyberinfrastructure Summer Institute for Geoscientists, University of California, San Diego.

Kirk, Karin B. (2009). The Lifestyle Project: Challenging Students to Redefine their Approach to Resource Use. (Invited presentation) Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract ED33C-01.

Kirk, K.B., C.A. Manduca, J.D. Myers, and F. Loxsom (2009). Teaching about Climate Change and Energy with Online Materials and Workshops from On the Cutting Edge. Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract ED32A-03.

Kirk, Karin B., Cathryn A. Manduca, James D. Myers, Fred Loxsom, David W. Mogk, and Monica Z. Bruckner (2009). Teaching About Energy with Online Materials from On the Cutting Edge. Geological Society of America Paper number 47-8.

Kirk, K.B., C.A. Manduca, C.J. Ormand, and J.R. McDaris (2009). Resources for Designing, Selecting and Teaching with Visualizations in the Geoscience Classroom. Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract ED53E-01.