Publications
iSWOOP Implementation in National Parks: Perspectives from Park Leaders, Interpreters, Visitors, and Scientists
Evaluation reports can be found here:
Interpreter Study | Scientist Study | Visitor Study | Leader Study
Talking Visuals in a Digital Age
Shaping Outreach and Education Collaborations with National Park Interpreters (Scientists’ Outreach Preferences)
Tips in Words and Drawings: Launching Outreach Partnerships in National Parks
Based on work with scientists and park interpreters to increase appreciation for scientists’ work and for parks as outdoor labs, we have some hard-won insights. We wrote up our tips and illustrated them for a quick read designed to help you navigate the complexity of NPS, avoid some pitfalls, set up students and colleagues for success, and to bring forth a smile.
https://593de9.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/TiWaD1.0_Final3.pdf
Diverse Audiences
Finding a Way Forward: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Indiana Dunes National Park, Report on iSWOOP and People of Color Leaders at the Dunes, Forming Equitable Partnerships
Research Briefs through Interpreters’ Eyes
An examination of how the familiar and concise research brief can be a tool for interpretive park rangers dedicated to increasing the visibility of science research for the public at large. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bes2.1739
Visitor Interest Activity–iSWOOP Instrument Development and Piloting
Report 2018-2019
This version includes report on the pilot with English-speaking families in 2018 and with Spanish-speaking families in 2019.
This version includes the instruments, the protocol, and the report on the pilot with English-speaking families.
Bilingual Interview and Activity Sheet
This version includes the instruments and the protocol used with Spanish-speaking families in 2019.
INTEGRATIVE & COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY
Papers from the symposium, Science in the Public Eye: Leveraging Partnerships.
Integrative & Comparative Biology Volume 58, Issue 1, July 2018
Science in the Public Eye: Leveraging Partnerships – An Introduction
Unveiling Impact Identities: A Path for Connecting Science and Society
Science in Places of Grandeur: Communication and Engagement in National Parks
Beyond the Brown Bag: Designing Effective Professional Development for Informal Educators
So You Want to Share Your Science…Connecting to World of Informal Science Learning
Species Loss: Exploring Opportunities with Art-Science
Designing for Broad Understanding of Science
Cultivating Collaborations: Site Specific Design for Embodied Science Learning
On the Cutting Edge of Research to Conserve At-Risk Species: Maximizing Impact through Partnerships
Exposing the Science in Citizen Science: Fitness to Purpose and Intentional Design
iSWOOP 2018 in Review and 2019 Plans
Articles featured in the George Wright Forum
Interpreters’ needs for science information
Download Seeking Park-based Science Information: Interpreters at the Gate
Strategies and challenges behind communicating science to the public
Download The Goldilocks Syndrome
Journal of Interpretation Research
iSWOOP Professional Development
Two page summary January 2014-October 2014 of pilot at Carlsbad Caverns National Park (CAVE)
National Park Service newsletter features iSWOOP
To be more inquisitive in the natural world
Evaluation of the Interpreters and Scientists Working on Our Parks, (iSWOOP) pathways project
iSWOOP’s external evaluator has completed her report and provided an executive summary:_iswoopexecsum92115_FiNAL
Monarchs
https://593de9.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Hristov-etal-MonarchsLIDARandSVE-2019.pdf