Molly Nation is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Education in the Department
of Ecology and Environmental Studies at Florida Gulf Coast University. She earned
her BS. in Biology and Masters of Arts in Teaching from Georgia Southern University
where she then taught high school and middle
school before obtaining her Ph.D. in Science Education from The University of South
Florida. Her research and teaching interests include climate change education and
issues of climate justice.
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Education
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- PhD in Science Education, University of South Florida
- M.A.T. in Secondary Education, Georgia Southern University
- B.S. in Biology, Georgia Southern University
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Specialties
Toggle SpecialtiesEnvironmental Education
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Research and Teaching Interests
Toggle Research and Teaching InterestsSTEM Summer Camp for Girls Co-Facilitator, In-service Teacher Professional Development
Training Facilitator, Research interests include: Climate Change Education, Water
Resilience Education, Climate Justice, Environmental Justice.
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Courses Offered
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- EVR 1001C - Introduction to Environmental Science
- EVR 3712 - Regional Environmental Studies
- EVR 4920 - Current Topics
- EVV/ISC 4940 - Internship in Environmental and Natural Sciences
- EVR 4924/EVR 5925 - Environmental Education
- ISC 3145C - Environmental Research Design
- EVR 4910 – Senior Project Research Environmental Studies
- EVR 4911 – Senior Presentation Environmental Studies
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Publications
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- Feldman, A., Nation, M., Laux, K. (forthcoming). The Effects of Extended Action Research
Professional Development on the Teaching of Climate Science. Educational Action Research
(EAR) on 'Participatory Research to Address Climate Change and Sustainability (Special
Issue)
- Nation, M., Feldman, A. (in press). Environmental Education in the Secondary Science
Classroom: How Teachers' Beliefs Influence Their Instruction of Climate Change. Journal
of Science Teacher Education
- Nation, M., Thomas, S., Combs, S., Daniels, E., Talamas, C., Vinget-Williams, G. (2020).
Improving Water Resilience Through Environmental Education. The Journal of Sustainability
Education Special Issue: Water Resilience.
- Nation M., Feldman A., (in press) Environmental Education Curriculum. Routledge Encyclopedia
of Education
- Dobson, A., Feldman, A., Nation, M., & Laux, K. (2019). Red tide. The Science Teacher, 87(1), 35-41. Retrieved from
- Smith, G.G., Besalti, M., Nation, M., Feldman, A. & Laux, K. (2019). Teaching climate
change science to high school students using computer games in an intermedia narrative,
Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education.
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Conference Presentations
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- North American Association of Environmental Educators
- League of Environmental Educators of Florida
- Association for Science Teacher Education
- American Educational Research Association
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Grants & Awards
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- 2020 – Florida Department of Environmental Protection 319(h) grant $122,318.00 – Principle
Investigator (awarded)
- Project FLOW (Future Leaders of Water Quality) Collaboration between Lee County Public
Schools and FGCU, Co-PI Dr. Serge Thomas
- Nonpoint Source Management Program ($49,603.00 match)
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