K C Busch
Bio
Dr. K.C. Busch (she/her) is an Assistant Professor of STEM Education at North Carolina State University, specializing in science learning and affiliated with the Leadership in Public Science interdisciplinary cluster. Her long-term career goal is to explore and advance educational experiences that empower individuals to engage in collective action to improve their lives and their communities.
Drawing on research from the fields of science communication and environmental psychology, Dr. Busch has investigated the language used to teach about climate change in educational settings, and how that framing affects youth perception of the problem and their capacity for creating solutions. She is co-founder of the Climate Change Education Collective.
Her current research is investigating the role of social relationships in learning using social network analysis. Through an NSF-funded CAREER grant, Dr. Busch is reconceptualizing scientific literacy at the community level, exploring how scientific information is used in communities to make decisions about climate change adaptation.
https://ced.ncsu.edu/people/kbusch/
Publications
- Becoming the change we want to see: Aspirations and initial progress with diversity, equity, access, and inclusion practices to create welcoming environments and center community in informal science institutions , CURATOR-THE MUSEUM JOURNAL (2024)
- Conceptualizing community scientific literacy: Results from a systematic literature review and a Delphi method survey of experts , SCIENCE EDUCATION (2024)
- Conceptualizing community-level environmental literacy using the Delphi method , ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION RESEARCH (2024)
- How mixed messages may be better than avoidance in climate change education , JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND SCIENCES (2024)
- Pushing toward systemic change in the Capitalocene: Investigating the efficacy of existing behavior prediction models on individual and collective pro-environmental actions in high school students , JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION (2024)
- The making of an outdoor educator: a mixed methods study of identity through voice and discourse , INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENCE EDUCATION PART B-COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT (2024)
- Using social network analysis to assess connections within climate and energy education organizations: A case study conducted by the Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN) , ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION RESEARCH (2024)
- Collaborative capacity-building for collective evaluation: a case study with informal science education centers , INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENCE EDUCATION PART B-COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT (2023)
- Facilitator organizations enhance learning and action through citizen science: a case study of Girl Scouts' Think Like a Citizen Scientist journey on SciStarter , ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION RESEARCH (2023)
- Adolescent framings of climate change, psychological distancing, and implications for climate change concern and behavior , CLIMATIC CHANGE (2022)