Publications

Research and Review Papers

       Lunsford, E. (in press). Guided inquiry and social collaboration in an online classroom. Bioscene: Journal of College Biology Teaching. [peer reviewed]

       Melear, C. T. & Lunsford, E. (2007). Worms cultivate our curriculum: A long-term, theme-based unit. Science Activities, 44 (2), 48-54. [peer reviewed]
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       Lunsford, E., Melear, C. T., Roth, W. M., Perkins, M. & Hickok. L. G. (2007). Proliferation of inscriptions and transformations among preservice science teachers engaged in authentic science. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 44 (4), 538-564. [peer reviewed]
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       Lunsford, E., & Bolton, K. (2006). Coming to terms with the online instructional revolution: A success story revealed through action research. Bioscene: Journal of College Biology Teaching, 32(4), 12-16. [peer reviewed]
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       Lunsford, E. (2002). Inquiry in the community college biology lab: A research report and a model for making it happen. Journal of College Science Teaching, 32 (4), 232-235. [peer reviewed].

       Lunsford, E. (1999). The American chestnut blight: An agent of biological and cultural catastrophe. American Biology Teacher, 61 (8), 588-593. [peer reviewed]

       Lunsford, B. E. & Herzog, M. J. R. (1997). Active learning in anatomy & physiology: Student reactions and outcomes in a nontraditional A&P course. American Biology Teacher, 59 (2), 80-84. [peer reviewed]

Book Chapters

       Hagevik, R. A., Melear, C. T., Lunsford, E., Sadler, K. C. & Smith-Walters, C. (in press). Joining the last child in the woods: An argument for environmental education in teacher preparation programs. In Kurtz, P. & Ren, F. Untitled. Prometheus Books: Amherst, New York.

       Lunsford, E. & Melear, C. T. (in press). Inquiry: Time Well Invested. In G. F. Ollington (ed.) Teachers and Teaching: Strategies, Innovations and Problem Solving. Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

       Melear, C. T. & Lunsford, E. (in press). An Emphasis on Inquiry and Inscription Notebooks: Professional Development for Middle School and High School Biology Teachers. In G. F. Ollington (ed.) Teachers and Teaching: Strategies, Innovations and Problem Solving. Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

       Lunsford, E., Melear, C. T. & Hickok, L. G. (2005). Knowing and teaching science: Just do it. In R. E. Yager (Ed.) Exemplary Science: Best Practices in Professional Development. NSTA Press., Arlington VA.  
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       Lunsford, E. (2003). Inquiry in the community college biology lab: A research report and a model for making it happen. In T. M. Cooney (Ed.) Teaching Science in the Two-Year College. NSTA Press, Arlington, VA.

Popular Press

       Lunsford, E. (2006). Chestnut memories: Before the blight, American chestnuts dominated Appalachian forests. Hellbender Press, 8 (5), 1, 21.

Doctoral Dissertation

       Lunsford, B. E. (2002/2003). Inquiry and inscription as keys to authentic science instruction and assessment for preservice secondary science teachers. [Doctoral dissertation, University of Tennessee, 2002]. Dissertation Abstracts International, 63 (12), 4267.

Research Reports Prepared for Funding Agencies

       Melear, C. T., Lunsford, E., Roberson, J. & Mangrum, A. (2007). An Evaluation of Tennessee’s Next Generation Tools for Standards-Based Instruction in Science CD. Report prepared for Tennessee Department of Education.

       Melear, C. T. & Lunsford, E. (2005). Evaluation of Appalachian Math and Science Partnership Biology Institute held at the University of Tennessee, June, 2004. Report prepared for Appalachian Mathematics and Science Partnership.

Conference Presentations

       Melear, C. T., Sadler, K. C., Smith-Walters, C. & Lunsford, E. (2007, October). Conducting Environmental Education through Nature Studies: Exploring the Linkage Between Inside and Outside K-12 Classrooms. Paper presented by C. T. Melear during a panel discussion entitled “Science and the Public: Bridging Formal and Informal Science Education” at the World Congress on Scientific Inquiry and Human Development, Beijing, China.

       Melear, C. T., Perkins, M. & Lunsford, E. (2007, July). Bringing Scientific Inscriptions into the K-16 Classroom. Poster presented by C. T. Melear & M. Perkins at the World Conference on Science and Technology Education, Perth, Australia.

       Lunsford, E., Melear, C. T. & Perkins, M. (2005, October). Bringing Scientific Inscriptions into the Classroom. Paper presented by C. T. Melear and M. Perkins at the Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Association for Science Teacher Educators (SASTE) Athens, GA.

Reviews

Member of Publication Review Panel for Journal of College Science Teaching, (2003- 2006).

Reviewed Mader, S. (2005). Life 9th edition for McGraw Hill Publishers, Iowa.

Reviewed Miller & Harley (1996). Zoology For W. C. Brown Publishers, Iowa. (reviewed editions 2, 3 and 4).