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CURRICULUM VITAE

MICHAEL PAUL MUELLER

University of Alaska Anchorage
College of Education

3211 Providence Drive
Anchorage, Alaska 99508
Email: mike.summerroots@gmail.com

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D., Science Education and Philosophy of Education, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2007

    • Dissertation: A philosophical analysis of Chet Bowers' ethical theory of ecojustice: Shifting towards uncertainty thinking in science education, Prof. Barbara J. Thayer-Bacon, Chair.
  • M.A., Curriculum and Instruction, Ottawa University, Kansas City, Kansas, 2004

  • B.Sc., Metropolitan State University, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 1998

  • Diploma, Eagan High School, Eagan, Minnesota, 1993

HONORS and AWARDS

  • Jack Freeland Memorial Award, Tennessee Press Association, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2007
  • Eddie Griffin Memorial Award for Outstanding Position Paper, SASTE, Athens, Georgia, 2005

  • Teacher of the Year, Westside Impact, Phoenix, Arizona, 2004

  • Excellence in Education Award, Tolleson Education Association, Avondale, Arizona, 2002

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Assistant Professor, Mathematics and Science Education, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 2007-
    • ESCI 3450 Practicum in Science Education
    • ESCI 6100/4100 Laboratory Teaching Internship

    • ESCI 6200 Science, Technology and Society

    • ESCI 6450/4450 Science Curriculum and Instruction

    • ESCI 6460/4460 Methods of Science Teaching

    • ESCI 7000/7650/7300 Master\342\200\231s Research, Project, and Thesis

    • ESCI 7080 Curriculum Planning in Science Education

    • ESCI 8990 Research Seminar in Science Education

    • ESCI 9600 Educational Research in Science Education

  • Assistant Professor, Teacher Education, Roane State Community College, Harriman, Tennessee, 2004-2007

  • Earth Science Teacher, Westview High School, Avondale, Arizona, 2002-2004

  • Long-term Substitute Teacher, Cheyenne Elementary, Peoria, Arizona, 2001-2002

  • Reserve Petty Officer 2nd Class, United States Coast Guard, San Diego, California, 2000-2008

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Ecoeducational theory to guide ecojustice, citizen science, ecological schools, science education, and youth activism
PUBLICATIONS

Books and Chapters in Books:

  • Stewart, A.J., & Mueller, M.P. (book, in preparation). The art of teaching science with essential questions.
  • Mueller, M.P., & Zeidler, D. (2010, in preparation). Moral-ethical character and science education: Cultivating ecojustice ethics through socioscientific issues. In D. Tippins, M. Mueller, M.W. van Eijck & J. Adams (Eds.), Cultural studies and environmentalism: The confluence of ecojustice, place-based (science) education, and indigenous knowledge systems (pp. 00-00). New York: Springer.

  • Mueller, M.P., & Tippins, D.J. (2010, in preparation). Ecodemocracy and school science: Of ecojustice, indigenous knowledge systems and a sense of place. In D. Tippins, M. Mueller, M.W. van Eijck & J. Adams (Eds.), Cultural studies and environmentalism: The confluence of ecojustice, place-based (science) education, and indigenous knowledge systems (pp. 00-00). New York: Springer.

  • Tippins, D.J., Mueller, M.P., van Eijck, M.W., & Adams, J. (2010, in preparation). The need for cultural studies and environmentalism in science education: Why ecojustice, indigenous knowledge systems and a sense of place (as sociocultural theory and opportunity). In D. Tippins, M. Mueller, M.W. van Eijck & J. Adams (Eds.), Cultural studies and environmentalism: The confluence of ecojustice, place-based (science) education, and indigenous knowledge systems (pp. 00-00). New York: Springer.

  • Tippins, D.J., Mueller, M.P., van Eijck, M.W., & Adams, J. (Eds.). (2010, in preparation). Cultural studies and environmentalism: The confluence of ecojustice, place-based (science) education, and indigenous knowledge systems. New York: Springer.

  • Mueller, M.P., & Tippins, D.J. (2010, in press). Citizen science, ecojustice, and science education: Rethinking an education from nowhere. In B.J. Fraser, K. Tobin, & C. McRobbie (Eds.), Second international handbook of science education (pp. 00-00). New York: Springer.

  • Tippins, D.J., & Mueller, M.P. (2009). As if local people and places mattered: A relational, ecological pragmatist framework to guide projects of rural science education. In W.M. Roth & K. Tobin (Eds.), The world of science education: Handbook of research in North America (pp. 529-542). Rotterdam: Sense.

National and International Peer-reviewed Journal Articles:

  • Mueller, M.P. (in press). On ecological reflection: The tensions of cultivating ecojustice and youth environmentalism. Cultural Studies of Science Education.
  • Mueller, M.P., & Tippins, D.J. (in press). van Eijck and Roth\342\200\231s utilitarian science education: Why the recalibration of science and traditional ecological knowledge invokes multiple perspectives to protect the sciences from being exclusive. Cultural Studies of Science Education.

  • Mueller, M.P., & Bentley, M.L. (2009). Environmental and science education in \342\200\234developing nations\342\200\235: A Ghanaian approach to renewing and revitalizing the local community and ecosystems. Journal of Environmental Education, 40(4), 53-64.

  • Mahaya, E., Tippins, D.J., Mueller, M.P., & Thomson, N.E. (2009). Infectious disinfection! Exploring global water quality. Science Activities, 46(2), 25-31.

  • Mueller, M.P. (2008). Educational reflections on the \342\200\234ecological crisis\342\200\235: Ecojustice, environmentalism, and sustainability. Science & Education, doi 10.1007/s11191-008-9179-x

  • Mueller, M.P., & Bentley, M.L. (2007). Beyond the \342\200\234decorated landscapes\342\200\235 of educational reform: Towards landscapes of pluralism in science education. Science Education, 91(2), 321-338.

  • Mueller, M.P., & Valderrama, P. (2006). Crater Appeal. Science Teacher, 73(5), 22-25.

Essay Review:

  • Mueller, M.P. (2008). Ecojustice as ecological literacy is much more than being \342\200\234green!\342\200\235 A philosophical review of Chet Bowers\342\200\231 Transforming environmental education: Making the cultural and environmental commons the focus of educational reform. Implications for commons education. Educational Studies, 44(2), 155-166.
  • Article rejoinder: Bowers, C.A. (2008). More than being green. A response to Mike Mueller\342\200\231s review of Transforming environmental education: Making the cultural and environmental commons the focus of educational reform. Educational Studies, 44(3), 301-306.

Regional and State Peer-reviewed Journal Articles:

  • Mitchell, D., & Mueller, M.P. (2008). The role of ecological literacy in middle school learning communities. Tennessee Association of Middle Schools Journal, 39, 1-9.
  • Mueller, M.P., Collins, R.L., & Qualls, D.S. (2008). Interdisciplinary middle school teaching in math, science, and social studies through its aesthetic appeal. Becoming: Journal of the Georgia Association of Middle Schools, 19(1), 41-47.

  • Mueller, M.P. (2007). Integrating ecojustice in middle school science education. Tennessee Association of Middle Schools Journal, 37, 7-13.

  • Mueller, M.P. (2006). Fostering eco-consciousness through sciencesthetics in middle schools. Tennessee Association of Middle Schools Journal, 35, 3-11.

  • Mueller, M.P., & Bentley, M.L. (2005). An aesthetic approach to teaching middle school science. Tennessee Association of Middle Schools Journal, 33, 2-7.

Other Publications for a Community Audience:

  • Mueller, M.P. (2009). Citizen science can renew a child\342\200\231s love for nature. Education.com. Retrieved April 22, 2009 from http://www.education.com/reference/article/citizen-science-childrens-love-nature/#
  • Dollar, A., McCarter, T., Ball, M.V., King, P., Light, K.H., Mueller, M.P., Nicely, T., Pfeffer, J., Rivero, R.E., Saito, T., & Sankey, Y.K. (2006). Nature explorers: News Sentinel science curriculum. Knoxville: News Sentinel Press.

  • Mueller, M.P. (Ed.). (2006). Symposium on powerful teaching: Vol. 1. Harriman: Roane State Community College.

Proceedings Publications:

  • Mueller, M.P. (2008). Groundwork for ecojustice: Exploring the cultural myth of ecological crisis. Proceedings of the 2008 Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association, USA, 261[43.021].
  • Mueller, M.P. (2006). Educational democracy: Fostering the social imagination. In J. Cao & J. Spirko (Eds.), Proceedings of the 11th Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Educational Studies. Knoxville: University of Tennessee.

Abstract Publications:

  • Mueller, M.P., & Love, K. (2009). Chet Bowers\342\200\231 \342\200\234Transforming environmental education: Making the renewal of the cultural and environmental commons the focus of educational reform\342\200\235: Implications for teachers [Abstract]. Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference of the Association for Science Teacher Education.
  • Mueller, M.P. (2009). A guiding framework for taking action in the local community and ecosystems: Methods of science teaching that prepare teachers to engage in ecojustice activism [Abstract]. Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference of the Association for Science Teacher Education.

  • Mueller, M.P., & Carroll, G.D. (2009). Exploring the community-ecology-education (CEE) movement in science education: Teaching methods that prepare local science teachers to engage students in ecojustice [Abstract]. Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference of the Association for Science Teacher Education.

  • Eick, C.J., Tippins, D.J., Brown, S., Smolleck, L., Koehler, C., & Mueller, M.P. (2009). Science education scholarship for new professors: Defining and doing it for successful promotion and tenure [Abstract]. Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference of the Association for Science Teacher Education.

  • Mueller, M.P. (2008). The case for Chet Bowers\342\200\231 ecojustice philosophy in science education [Abstract]. Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference of the Association for Science Teacher Education.

  • Mueller, M.P. (2006). Has science education in developing countries been hampered by Western influence [Abstract]? Proceedings of the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences Graduate Student Colloquium, USA, 2(1), 9.

PRESENTATIONS

National and International Conventions:

  • Mueller, M.P., Rowe, B., Love, K., & Pagan, T.W. (2009, November). Ecojustice perspectives: Environmentalism, food culture, and river advocacy. Panel session presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Studies Association, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Mueller, M.P. (2009, April). Way beyond cultural neutrality: Preparing teachers to think about justice, morals, and right relationships in science education. Invited symposium (Eco-justice in and through science education: A community discussion) paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of Research in Science Teaching, Anaheim, CA.

  • Mueller, M.P., & Love, K. (2009, January). Chet Bowers\342\200\231 \342\200\234Transforming environmental education: Making the renewal of the cultural and environmental commons the focus of educational reform\342\200\235: Implications for teachers. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Science Teacher Education, Hartford, CT.

  • Eick, C.J., Tippins, D.J., Brown, S., Smolleck, L., Koehler, C., & Mueller, M.P. (2009, January). Science education scholarship for new professors: Defining and doing it for successful promotion and tenure. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Science Teacher Education, Hartford, CT.

  • Mueller, M.P. (2009, January). A guiding framework for taking action in the local community and ecosystems: Methods of science teaching that prepare teachers to engage in ecojustice activism. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Science Teacher Education, Hartford, CT.

  • Mueller, M.P., & Carroll, G.D. (2009, January). Exploring the community-ecology-education (CEE) movement in science education: Teaching methods that prepare local science teachers to engage students in ecojustice. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Science Teacher Education, Hartford, CT.

  • Mueller, M.P., & Tippins, D.J. (2008, October). A citizen-science movement for community life in the twenty-first century. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Studies Association, Savanna, GA.

  • Mueller, M.P., Tippins, D.J., Pagan, T.W., Cajigal, A.R.V., Hodges, G.W., Britton, S.A., & Wilson, R.E. (2008, October). Beyond an education of nowhere: Advocacy, ecojustice, and uncertainty. Panel session presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Studies Association, Savanna, GA.

  • Pagan, T.W., & Mueller, M.P. (2008, October). Do rivers have rights? River advocacy and uncertainty. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the North American Association of Environmental Education, Wichita, KS.

  • Carroll, G. D., Mueller, M.P., Shelton, J.L., & Jackson, R. (2008, October). Ecojustice, uncertainty, and teachers of Georgia\342\200\231s Satilla watershed. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the North American Association of Environmental Education, Wichita, KS.

  • Mueller, M.P. (2008, July). The moral and ethical consequences of engaging youth in scientific inquiry: Implications for strengthening communities through ecojustice and science education. Paper presented at the 2008 Provoking Research Provoking Communities Conference, Windsor, OT, Canada.

  • Mueller, M.P. (2008, March). Groundwork for ecojustice: Exploring the local authority of the commons. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.

  • Mueller, M. P. (2008, March). Groundwork for ecojustice: Exploring the cultural myth of ecological crisis. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.

  • Mueller, M.P. (2008, January). The case for Chet Bowers\342\200\231 ecojustice philosophy in science education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Science Teacher Education, St. Louis, MO.

  • Mueller, M.P., & Valderrama, P. (2007, March). Mars student imaging project: Conducting inquiry-based authentic research. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Science Teachers Association, St. Louis, MO.

  • Mueller, M.P. (2007, January). Beyond Earth Day: Cultivating environmental care, connection, and community through a service learning project in teacher education. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Science Teacher Education, Clearwater, FL.

  • Mueller, M.P. (2006, November). The symposium on powerful teaching: A contextual learning approach to professional development. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Tech Prep Network, Dallas, TX.

  • Mueller, M.P. (2006, July). Add the arts and mix! Using a sciencesthetics approach to expand and enhance students\342\200\231 exploration and inquiry skills in science education. Paper presented at the 2006 4th International Conference on Imagination and Education, Imaginative Education Research Group, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

  • Mueller, M.P. (2006, July). An imagined conversation with Benjamin Franklin on the challenges of an education for democracy. Paper presented at the summer conference of the Association of Teacher Educators, Philadelphia, PA.

  • Mueller, M.P., & Bentley, M.L. (2006, July). Fostering cultural and ecological sustainability through science education. Paper presented at the summer conference of the Association of Teacher Educators, Philadelphia, PA.

Regional and State Conventions:

  • Carroll, G.D., Mueller, M.P., & Saul, B.M. (2009, April). Empowering students by engaging teachers in watershed science. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Georgia Water Resources Conference, Athens, GA.
  • Carroll, G.D., & Mueller, M.P. (2009, March). Using citizen science as a tool to improve inquiry based learning and student activism. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Georgia Environmental Education Conference, Tifton, GA.

  • Mueller, M.P. (2008, October). Citizen science and ecojustice: Two challenges for preparing science teachers. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Association for Science Teacher Education, Columbia, SC.

  • Mueller, M.P. (2006, October). Why the \342\200\234decorated landscapes\342\200\235 of educational reform endanger future generations and their livelihoods. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Association for Science Teacher Education, Macon, GA.

  • Mueller, M.P., & Sankey, Y.K. (2006, April). The newspaper in education program. Paper presented at the 2006 Symposium on Powerful Teaching, Harriman, TN.

  • Mueller, M.P. (2006, April). Mapping Mars from the classroom. Paper presented at the 2006 Symposium on Powerful Teaching, Harriman, TN.

  • Mueller, M.P. (2006, March). Has science education in developing countries been hampered by Western influence? Poster presented at the annual College of Education, Health, and Human Services Graduate Colloquium, Knoxville, TN.

  • Mueller, M.P. (2006, February). Educational democracy: Fostering the social imagination. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Association of Educational Studies, Knoxville, TN.

  • Mueller, M.P. (2006, February). Introducing sciencesthetics: Expanding students\342\200\231 exploration and inquiry skills with aesthetic language in science education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southeast Philosophy of Education Society, Decatur, GA.

  • Mueller, M.P. (2005, October). Traveling on aesthetic journeys of experience in science education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Association for Science Teacher Education, Athens, GA.

  • Mueller, M.P. (2005, October). Sciencesthetics: An aesthetic way of knowing in science teacher education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Association for Science Teacher Education, Athens, GA.

INVITED LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
  • Mueller, M.P. (2009, July). Advanced inquiry, citizen science, and participatory action research. US Department of Energy Academies Creating Teacher Scientists (ACTS) teacher professional development program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN.
  • Mueller, M.P. (2009, June). Inquiry, nature of science, and the national science education standards. US Department of Energy Academies Creating Teacher Scientists (ACTS) teacher professional development program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN.

  • Mueller, M.P. (2008, June). Exploring Mars, classroom inquiry, and sustainability. US Department of Energy 9-12 Science Education Workshop at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN.

  • Mueller, M.P. (2007, June). Integrating Mars into the classroom through sciencesthetics. US Department of Energy 9-12 Science Education Workshop at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN.

  • Mueller, M.P. (2006, July). Integrating Mars into the classroom through sciencesthetics. US Department of Energy 9-12 Science Education Workshop at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN.

  • Mueller, M.P. (2005, August). Integrating Mars into the classroom through sciencesthetics. US Department of Energy 9-12 Science Education Workshop at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN.

FUNDED PROJECTS
  • University of Georgia\342\200\231s Satilla River Watershed Program: A Model for Understanding Georgia\342\200\231s Natural Resources and Developing Ecological Relationships (Submitted; Funded 2009). Improving Teacher Quality Grants Program, The University of Georgia/Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, James Shelton (PI), Todd Rasmussen (Co-PI), Michael Mueller (Co-PI), and G. Denise Carroll (Co-PI), $34,923.
  • STEM Learning Community: Georgia Citizen Science Education Network (Submitted; Funded 2008). STEM Small Grants Program, The University of Georgia/Mathematics and Science Education, Michael Mueller (PI), $2,000.

  • Ethical Decision-Making in the Education of Future Science Teachers: Exploring the Nature of Science through Popular Culture Videocases (Submitted; Funded 2008). STEM Small Grants Program, The University of Georgia/Mathematics and Science Education, Deborah Tippins (PI), Michael Mueller (Co-PI), Anne Shenk (Co-PI), and G. Denise Carroll (Co-PI), $7,980.

  • Community Development and Service Learning: The UGA Costa Rica Integrated Farm System (Submitted; Funded 2008). 2008 Scholarship of Engagement, The University of Georgia/Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, Kris Irwin (PI), James Shelton (Co-PI), and Michael Mueller (Co-PI), $5,500.

  • Northeast Georgia Watershed Explorers Program: A Proposal for Early Career Faculty Grant Development (Submitted; Funded 2008). COE Faculty Grant Development Program, The University of Georgia/Mathematics and Science Education, Michael Mueller (PI), $6,838.50.

COURSE DEVELOPMENT
  • ESCI(EFND) 8310 Inquiry of EcoJustice Issues (Science Education and Educational Foundations)
EDITORIAL BOARDS AND REVIEW ACTIVITIES
  • American Educational Research Association, Reviewer, 2007
  • Association for Science Teacher Education, Reviewer, 2007

  • Cultural Studies of Science Education, Editorial Board, 2009-

  • Educational Studies: A Journal of AESA, Reviewer, 2006-

  • Environmental Education Research, Reviewer, 2008

  • Improving Teacher Quality Grants Program, Reviewer, 2008

  • North American Association of Environmental Education, Reviewer, 2008

  • Science Education, Reviewer, 2008

  • Springer, Book Manuscript: \342\200\234Progressing Science Education\342\200\235, Reviewer, 2008

UNIVERSITY ACTIVITIES
  • Education Club, Roane State Community College, 2004-2007
  • Science Education Synergy Colloquia, The University of Georgia, 2007-2008

  • Secondary Science Education Committee, The University of Georgia, 2007-2009

  • The Academy of the Environment at The University of Georgia, 2007-2009

  • The Graduate Student Research Conference Committee, The University of Georgia, 2009

MENTORING ACTIVITIES
  • Doctoral Committee Member, Jennifer Lance Atkinson, in progress
  • Educational Specialist Committee Member, Donna Gast, 2009

  • Master\342\200\231s Thesis Committee Chair, Debbie Mitchell, 2009: \342\200\234A philosophical analysis of David Orr\342\200\231s theory of ecological literacy: Biophilia, ecojustice and moral education in middle school learning communities\342\200\235

  • Independent Study, Aris Cajigal (qualitative research methods), 2009

  • Independent Study, Debbie Mitchell (philosophical research methods), 2008, 2009

  • Independent Study, Joy Dike (philosophical-historical research methods), 2008

  • Independent Study, Stacey Britton (theory writing), 2008

COMMUNITY SERVICE
  • Development of the GEORGIA CITIZEN SCIENCE EDUCATION NETWORK (GCSEN), 2008-2009
  • Parent Volunteer for Oconee County Parks and Recreation (Youth Soccer), 2008

COMMUNITY SERVICE
  • American Educational Research Association
  • American Educational Studies Association

  • Association for Science Teacher Education

  • National Association for Research in Science Teaching

  • National Science Teachers Association

  • Southeastern Association for Science Teacher Education

Updated: 6 July 2009

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