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Nancy M. Trautmann
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Ph.D. - Cornell University, Communication - 2006
M.S. - Cornell University, Natural Resources - 1980
B.A. - Hampshire College, Environmental Sciences - 1975
Nancy Trautmann serves as Director of Education at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, with the
goal of inspiring people of all ages to learn about birds and to care about conserving and restoring biodiversity in their home communities and throughout the world.
Her previous work includes directing Environmental
Inquiry, an NSF-funded curriculum development project aiming to enrich secondary science by engaging
students in authentic research. In 2000-2006, she also directed the Cornell Science Inquiry Partnerships,
an NSF Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12) project in which Cornell graduate students
collaborated with middle and high school science teachers to design and implement inquiry-based lesson plans and student research projects.
Research
Nancy's research interests focus on various aspects of environmental science education and outreach:
- Potential roles of the Internet in supporting collaborative learning among students, teachers, and citizen scientists, including web-based peer review among student scientists,
- Professional development for secondary teachers interested in teaching science through analysis of environmental issues using geospatial technology,
- Techniques for engaging students and teachers in scientific investigations and other forms of inquiry-based learning,
- Effective methods of promoting environmental literacy and cultivating environmental appreciation and responsibility, and
- Design of university science outreach to meet the needs of collaborating teachers and their students.
Selected Publications
- Trautmann, N. M. 2008. Learning to teach: Alternatives to trial by fire. Change. The Magazine of Higher Learning 40(3): 40-45.
- Trautmann, N.M. 2007. Interactive learning through web-mediated peer review of student science reports. Educational Technology Research & Development (prepublished online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11423-007-9077-y).
- Trautmann, N.M., and M.E. Krasny. 2006. Integrating teaching and research: A new model for graduate education? BioScience, 56(2): 159-165.
- Trautmann, N.M. 2005. The Dose Makes the Poison – Or Does It? ActionBioscience.org: http://www.actionbioscience.org/environment/trautmann.html
- Carlsen, W.S., N.M. Trautmann, C.M. Cunningham, and M.E. Krasny. 2004. Watershed Dynamics. Student Edition and Teacher’s Guide. Cornell Scientific Inquiry Series. Arlington, VA: NSTA Press.
- Trautmann, N.M., M.E. Krasny, W.S. Carlsen, and C.M. Cunningham. 2003. Decay and Renewal. Student Edition and Teacher’s Guide. Cornell Scientific Inquiry Series. Arlington, VA: NSTA Press.
- Trautmann, N.M., W.S. Carlsen, C. J. Eick, F. E. Gardner, Jr., L. Kenyon, H. Moscovici, J.C. Moore, M. Thomson, and S.S. West. 2003. Online peer review: Learning science as it’s practiced. Journal of College Science Teaching 32 (7): 443-447.
- Trautmann, N.M. 2003. University/School Partnerships: What Do University Scientists Have to Offer to K-12 Schools? The Volunteer Monitor. The National Newsletter of Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring 15 (1): 12-13.
- Krasny, M.E., N.M. Trautmann, W.S. Carlsen, and C.M. Cunningham. 2002. Invasion Ecology. Student Edition and Teacher’s Guide. Cornell Scientific Inquiry Series. Arlington, VA: NSTA Press.
- Trautmann, N.M., W.S. Carlsen, M.E. Krasny, and C.M. Cunningham. 2001. Assessing Toxic Risk. Student Edition and Teachers’ Guide. Cornell Scientific Inquiry Series. Arlington, VA: NSTA Press.
- Trautmann, N.M. W.S. Carlsen, M.E. Krasny, and C.M. Cunningham. 2000. Integrated inquiry. The Science Teacher. 67(6): 52-55.
- Trautmann, N.M. and J. Terry. 1999. In Touch Science: Chemistry and the Environment. Ithaca, NY: Cornell Media Services.
- Trautmann, N.M. and M.E. Krasny. 1998. Composting in the Classroom. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt. Available as free download.