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Cailin Huyck Orr
Science Education Resource Center - Carleton College
507-222-5980, corr@carleton.edu
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As the Associate Director I work closely with the SERC team and our partners at institutions across the country to improve the undergraduate experience for students of all backgrounds in STEM and related fields. My work is primarily in project management, professional development and dissemination, community visioning and bringing science into broader use. I have become increasingly involved with SERC's research efforts and planning in next steps for increasing the reach of work from projects such as the InTeGrate STEP center.
The EDDIE Earth and Ecosystems project continues the work done in earlier Environmental Data-Driven Inquiry and Exploration projects working with undergraduate faculty to create teaching modules that expand the range of environmental data and approaches to working with data that students use in environmental science, limnology, ecology, hydrology and geology courses. The project is developing and validating a much larger suite of curricular modules to 1) improve student quantitative reasoning, 2) develop a community of practice to engage faculty members and foster a pedagogical orientation that favors open inquiry with large datasets and, 3) determine what mechanisms contribute to shifts in an instructor's pedagogical orientation.
The InTeGrate Implementation program is an example of a project with a significant project management component that is indicative of SERC practices. This is a program within the InTeGrate STEP center focused on using and adapting curricular material, developed and tested by InTeGrate author teams, to new contexts. We solicit proposals from, and then support, teams of faculty members using InTeGrate modules or approaches in improving cross-disciplinary learning, broadening access and workforce preparation in undergraduate students. We are supporting faculty members building interdisciplinary programs, redesigning majors and minors, bridging or developing pathways for two-year/four-year school transitions and using online or blended delivery mechanisms, and helping them evaluate the outcomes of their projects.
In 2013 the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities launched a national discussion on university-based STEM Education Centers. With university partners, and spearheaded by APLU, this project has grown into an effort to build a network of STEM centers to foster communication and interaction among STEM Education Centers to facilitate synergy and increase capacity among centers. I was involved in planning the second national meeting of this group and now am a member of the project steering committee.
The LSAMP IINSPIRE program was formed as a consortium of 16 colleges and universities in the Midwest, and primarily Iowa, to broaden the participation of underrepresented minorities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. They set out to double the number of graduates from underrepresented groups in STEM disciplines across their schools. SERC has been working with LSAMP, and particularly members at Grinnell College, to host workshops for IINSPIRE faculty on using evidence-based practices in their courses. In 2014 I worked with IINSPIRE members on workshops focused on increasing authentic research experiences for undergraduates, especially at two-year schools.
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Limnology and Marine Science, M.S. and Ph.D.
Carleton College, Biology, B.A.
Metzger, E, D. Gosselin, and C.H.Orr. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality educationand promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. In J.C. Gill and M. Smith, Editors, Geology and the Sustainable Development Goals: Facilitating Responsible Earth Stewardship. Springer-Nature.In Press.
Orr, C.H. and J.R. McDaris. 2019. Supporting implementation of program-level changesto increase learning about Earth. In A. Egger, J. Taber and D. Gosselin editors, Interdisciplinary Teaching about Earth and the Environment for a Sustainable Future, Springer.
McDaris, J.R., C.A. Manduca, E.R. Iverson, C.H. Orr. 2017. Looking in the Right Places: Minority Serving Institutions as Sources of Diverse Earth ScienceLearners. Journal of Geoscience Education 65:407-415.
Kelley, C.J., C.K. Keller, J.L. Smith, E. Brooks, C.H. Orr. 2017. Water and Nitrogen movement through a semi-arid dryland agroecosystem: Seasonal and decadal trends. Hydrological Processes. doi:10.1002/hyp.11152.
Ortega-Pieck, A. A.K. Fremier, C. H. Orr. 2017. Agricultural influences on themagnitude of whole-stream metabolism in humid tropical headwater streams. Freshwater Science. doi:10.1007/s10750-017-3204-5.
Orr, C.H., Manduca, C.A. 2016. Interdisciplinary Teaching of Geoscience for a Sustainable Future: InTeGrate. In the Trenches 6:3:3-4.
Orr C.H, K.I. Predick, E.H. Stanley and K.L. Rogers. 2014. Spatial variability of denitrification and associated soil properties on a restored and a natural floodplain. Wetlands 34:89-100.
Kelley, C.J., C. Keller, R.D. Evans, C.H. Orr, J.L. Smith, and B.A. Harlow. 2013 Nitrate-nitrogen and oxygen isotope ratios for identification of nitrate sources and dominant nitrogen cycle processes in a tile-drained dryland agricultural field. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 57:731-738.
Singh, A, J. Marr, C. Hill, S. Johnson, C. Ellis, J. Mullin, C.H. Orr, P. Wilcock, M. Hondzo, C. Paola, E. Foufoula-Georgiou. 2012. StreamLab: Overview of experiments, instrumentation, and data collected. Water Resources Research 49:1746-1752.
Orr, C.H. J.J. Clark, P.R. Wilcock, M.W. Doyle. 2009. Impact of channel geometry and algae growth on hyporheic exchange and nutrient uptake : Insights from a field-scale flume. JGR Biogeosciences 114, G02019, doi:10.1029/2008JG000825.
Wilcock, P.R, C.H. Orr, J. Marr. 2008. Particles, solutes, and life in flowing water: a large-scale multidisciplinary experiment at St Anthony Falls Laboratory. EOS 89(1): 6.
Orr, C.H., S.J. Kroiss, K.L. Rogers and E.H. Stanley. 2008. Response of benthic sediments and metabolism to dam removal in a small Wisconsin stream. River Research and Applications 24(6): 804.
Riggsbee, J.A, C.H. Orr, J.C. Julian, D.A. Leech, M.W. Doyle, and R.G. Wetzel. 2008. Suspended sediment, carbon and nitrogen fluxes and transformations during the dewatering of a low-head impoundment. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences doi:10.1029/2007JG000654
Orr, C.H., E.H. Stanley, K.A. Wilson, and J.C. Finlay. 2007. Changes in denitrification following reintroduction of flooding to a leveed Midwestern floodplain. Ecological Applications 17: 2365–2376.
Stanley, E.H., M.J. Catalono, N. Mercado-Silva and C.H. Orr. 2007. Implications of small dam removal for distribution of non-native trout in Central Wisconsin. River Research and Applications 23:792-798.
Orr, C.H., K.L. Rogers, and E.H. Stanley. 2006. Phosphorus uptake and channel geometry following small dam removal. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 25:556-568.
Orr, C.H. and E.H. Stanley. 2006. Vegetation development and restoration potential of drained reservoirs following dam removal in Wisconsin. River Research and Application 22:281-295.
Doyle, M.W., E.H. Stanley, C.H. Orr, A.R Selle, and J.M. Harbor. 2005. Fluvial geomorphic controls on stream ecosystem processes: Lessons from the heartland of small dam removals. Geomorphology 71: 227-244.
Orr, C.H. and B.M Roth, J.D. Gonzales, K.J. Forshay, M.M. Papenfus, and R.D.G. Wassell. 2004. An Examination of Physical and Regulatory Variables Leading to Small Dam Removal in Wisconsin. Environmental Management 33(1):99-109.
Overdevest, C., C.H. Orr and C. Stepenuk. 2004. Volunteer stream monitoring and local participation in natural resource issues. Human Ecology Review 11(2):177-185.
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