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Research Publications
Jochman J, McQuillan J, Kelly G, Hill PW, Leadabrand M. 2023. NebrASKa Voices survey methodology report; Including missing data handling and creating a raked weight variable using iterative proportional fitting. Digital Commons@University of Nebraska–Lincoln, digitalcommons.unl.edu/wrldconnex/7.
McQuillan J, Hill PW, Jochman J, Kelly G. 2023. Decline is not inevitable: Changes in science identity during the progression through a U.S. middle school among boys and girls. Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, 9:1-16. DOI: 10.1177/23780231231152195.
Hill PW, Kelly G, McQuillan J, Phillips M, Melson M, Blake J. 2023. Mapping teacher informal advice networks as a tool for district administrators: A case study. Science Educator; 29(1):1-11.
Hill PW, Diamond J, Spiegel AN, VanWormer E, Leadabrand M, McQuillan J. 2022. Accuracy of COVID-19 relevant knowledge among youth: Number of information sources matters. PLOS ONE, 27 Dec 2022. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0267871.
Stevenson N, Sommers AS, Grandgenett N, Tapprich W, McQuillan J, Phillips M, Jensen R, Cutucache C. 2022. Replicating or franchising a STEM afterschool program model: core elements of programmatic integrity. International Journal of STEM Education. 2022;9(1):10. PubMed PMID: 35106273; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8795932; DOI: 10.1186/s40594-021-00320-0.
McQuillan J, Hill PW, M Leadabrand. 2022. Expanding graduate education and career placement through CER. Footnotes: A Magazine of the American Sociology Association 50(1): Winter 2022.
Diamond J, Spiegel A, Hill TW, VanWormer E, Gaiashkibos J, Hall B, Sutherlen A, McQuillan J. 2021. Developing pandemic comics for youth audiences. Journal of STEM Outreach. 2021 Jul;4(2):10.15695/jstem/v4i2.03. doi: 10.15695/jstem/v4i2.03. Epub 2021 Jul 19. PMID: 34532652; PMCID: PMC8443080.
Other Publications & Resources
Network Science Activity Guides
Worlds of Connections SEPA. 2023. Network science: Eye spy networks. DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska-Lincoln. digitalcommons.unl.edu/wrldconnex/13
Worlds of Connections SEPA. 2023. Network science: Hoop network. DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska-Lincoln. digitalcommons.unl.edu/wrldconnex/14
Worlds of Connections SEPA. 2023. Network science: Me & my network. DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska-Lincoln. digitalcommons.unl.edu/wrldconnex/15
Worlds of Connections SEPA. 2023. Network science: String network. DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska-Lincoln. digitalcommons.unl.edu/wrldconnex/12
NE STEM 4U. 2022. Hands-on with NE STEM 4U: For Budding STEMers in Grades 4–8. Omaha, NE: University of Nebraska–Omaha.
NE STEM 4U. 2022. Network science: Genealogy. In Hands-on with NE STEM 4U: For Budding STEMers in Grades 4–8, pp. 143–150. Omaha, NE: University of Nebraska–Omaha.
NE STEM 4U. 2022. Network science: Ecology. In Hands-on with NE STEM 4U: For Budding STEMers in Grades 4–8, pp. 143–150. Omaha, NE: University of Nebraska–Omaha.
NE STEM 4U. 2022. Network science: Fish supply. In Hands-on with NE STEM 4U: For Budding STEMers in Grades 4–8, pp. 128–142. Omaha, NE: University of Nebraska–Omaha.
NE STEM 4U. 2022. Network science: Play dough liaisons. In Hands-on with NE STEM 4U: For Budding STEMers in Grades 4–8, pp. 159–167. Omaha, NE: University of Nebraska–Omaha.
More Publications & Resources
Worlds of Connections. 2023. LPS-UNL Science Connector Directory 2023 [School districtwide science teacher professional learning event directory]. LPS-UNL Science Connector, Aug 9, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lincoln, NE.
McQuillan J, Hill PW, Leadabrand M, Spiegel AN. 2023. Fostering youth STEM identities through social network connections in informal science settings. In Amplifying Informal Science Learning: Rethinking Research, Design, and Engagement, eds. Diamond J and Rosenfeld S. Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK: Routledge. (Forthcoming June 2023.)
Sutherlen A, Diamond J, Leadabrand M, McQuillan J, Reid SPR. 2022. Vaccinate: Posters from the COVID-19 Pandemic. Lincoln, NE: Zea Books.
McQuillan J, Hill PW, Leadabrand M, Spiegel AN, Smith W. 2021. Tracing connections to stop a pandemic. In C’RONA Pandemic Comics, eds. Hall B, Diamond J, VanWormer E, gaiashkibos J. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press. (C’rona Pandemic Comics also available for purchase from University of Nebraska Press.)