Quardokus Fisher, Kathleen
- Assistant Professor, Earth and Environment , College of Arts, Sciences & Education

Overview
overview
- Kathleen Quardokus Fisher is an Assistant Professor in Earth and Environment and the STEM Transformation Institute. She is a Discipline-Based Education Researcher (DBER) in meteorology. Quardokus Fisher's research focuses on the teaching and learning of the geosciences at the postsecondary level. She also investigates the design and implementation of educational change initiatives. Her current research includes: the impact of faculty social networks on their instructional beliefs and practices, faculty measurement of student cognitive and social engagement in postsecondary classrooms, broadening participation in the geosciences by creating supportive and inclusive environments.
research interests
- Discipline-Based Education Research, meteorology, teaching and learning of the geosciences at the postsecondary level, the impact of faculty social networks on their instructional beliefs and practices, faculty measurement of student cognitive and social engagement in postsecondary classrooms, broadening participation in the geosciences by creating supportive and inclusive environments.
Scholarly & Creative Works
selected publications
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Article
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2022Talking Science: Undergraduates' Everyday Conversations as Acts of Boundary Spanning That Connect Science to Local CommunitiesFull Text via DOI: 10.1187/cbe.21-06-0151 Web of Science: 000773144400002
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2019Using social network analysis to develop relational expertise for an instructional change initiativeFull Text via DOI: 10.1186/s40594-019-0172-5 Web of Science: 000468529900001
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2018Department-Level Instructional Change: Comparing Prescribed versus Emergent StrategiesFull Text via DOI: 10.1187/cbe.17-02-0031 Web of Science: 000451641700002
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2018Finding the leaders: an examination of social network analysis and leadership identification in STEM education changeFull Text via DOI: 10.1186/s40594-018-0124-5 Web of Science: 000435908700002
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2015Promoting instructional change: using social network analysis to understand the informal structure of academic departmentsFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10734-014-9831-0 Web of Science: 000359944300002
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Book Chapter
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2019Change in Higher Education. 7-21.Web of Science: 000467304500003
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2019Instructor Discussion Networks Across 22 STEM Departments. 96-124.Web of Science: 000467304500008
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Conference
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2017GEO OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEADERSHIP IN DIVERSITY (GOLD): HEARTS OF GOLDFull Text via DOI: 10.1130/abs/2017am-294637
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2016Enhancing STEM Education at Oregon State University - Year 2Full Text via DOI: 10.18260/p.26704
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2015Enhancing STEM Education at Oregon State University – Year 1. 26.664.1-26.664.12.Full Text via DOI: 10.18260/p.24002
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2013Department-Level Change: Using Social Network Analysis to Map the Hidden Structure of Academic Departments. 170-173.Full Text via DOI: 10.1063/1.4789679 Web of Science: 000315023900042
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Editorial Material
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2021Large-scale analysis of teaching practices and education communities in the geosciences and beyond. 323-325.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/10899995.2021.1979875
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Research
principal investigator on
- EAGER: Networking Faculty Seeds for Collective Change in the Geosciences awarded by National Science Foundation 2020 - 2022
- Initiating a Network of Two-Year College Education Researchers: Collaborative Exploration by Practicing Teachers (INTERCEPT) of Mathematics awarded by National Science Foundation 2017 - 2021
- GEO Opportunities for Leadership in Diversity (GOLD): Hearts of GOLD awarded by National Science Foundation 2016 - 2020
- Enhancing STEM Education at Oregon State University (ESTEME@OSU) awarded by Oregon State University 2017
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Contact
full name
- Kathleen Quardokus Fisher
Identifiers
ORCID iD
- https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3319-9146 (confirmed)