Presentations and Publications

2023 

1. Barker, M., Pratt, M., Risien, J., Bernard, K. S., Rowe, S. R. M., & Betjemann, P. (2023, December). Broadening Participation in Polar Science through STEAM Collaborations with Educators, Artists, Writers and Researchers. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2023, pp. ED31A-08). 
2. Pratt, M., Barker, M., Risien, J., Betjemann, P., Bernard, K. S., & Rowe, S. R. M. (2023, December). Integrating Art into STEM to Increase Engagement in Polar Science through Polar STEAM. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2023, No. 1392, pp. C31E-1392). 

2024 

3. Barker, M., Risien, J., Hutchings, J., Bernard, K. S., Betjemann, P., & Rowe, S. R. M. (2024, December). Polar STEAM: Broadening the Reach of Educator and Artist Collaborations in Polar Research. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2024, No. 28, pp. C43C-028). 
4. Barker, M. (September, 2024) Broader Impacts Success Through Educator Collaborations [Presentation] COLDEX Meeting.  

2025 

5. Grant, H., & Hock, M. (2025) Integrating Arctic Field Research, Storytelling, and Culture into Geoscience Education: A Polar STEAM Experience in Utqiaġvik, Alaska. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 
6. Ledgerwood, J., Unger, P, Heskell, M, Sheshukov, A. (2025) Drawing the Frozen North: Storytelling the Arctic through Student Voices, Climate Science, and Comics.  AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts  
7. Preheim, K., & Robinson, R. (2025) From the Southern Ocean to the Great Plains: Broadening Polar Science Engagement Through Classroom, Community, and Creativity. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts  
8. Preheim, K., & Robinson, R. (2025) Seagoing Science in the Southern Ocean: Expanding Opportunities and Awareness in Inland Classrooms and Communities.In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts  
9. Ivory, J., Barker, M., Risien, J., O’Connell, K., & Betjemann, P. (2025) Where Curiosity Thrives: Co-creating Polar Science Engagement Through Polar STEAM Collaborations. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts  
10. Barker, M., Ivory, J., O’Connell, K., & Stoneburg, B. E. (2025). Polar Science Education: Broadening Engagement II Oral. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts  
11. Barker, M., Ivory, J., O’Connell, K., & Grant, H. (2025). Polar Science Education: Broadening Engagement I Oral. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts  
12. Beasley, H. (2025) The Armstrongs’ Arctic Adventure! Teaching Polar Science Through A Stage Musical. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts  
13. Stoneburg, B.E., Cusack, J., & Hawkins, V. (2025) Drop by Drop: Exhibiting the Physics of Tidewater Glacier Melt and Bringing Polar Science to a Desert Community. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 
14. Sanders, E. (2025) From Alaskan Tundra to Louisiana Science Center: Developing Educational Resources From Field Experience. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts  
15. Brennan, L. (2025). (Math) Lessons from the Ice: Leveraging Authentic Science for High School Math Education. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts  
16. Ohlstrom, T. (2025) Math Meets the Midnight Sun: Tackling Saltwater Intrusion in Prudhoe Bay. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 
17. Orth, L. Singing the Science of the South Pole Telescope: A STEAM Approach to Polar Education. (2025) In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts  
18. Barker, M., Ivory, J., O’Connell, K., & Ledgerwood, J. (2025). Polar Science Education: Broadening Engagement III Poster. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts  
19. Ledgerwood, J.Unger, P, Heskell, M, Sheshukov, A. (2025) Comics, Climate, and Community: Reimagining Arctic Science through the Eyes of Community College Art Students. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts  
20. Wilson, B. Connecting Field Research and Education: Reflections from a Polar STEAM Experience on the Ice in Utqiaġvik, Alaska. (2025) In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 
21. Barker, M., Ivory, J., Risien, J., & O’Connell, K. (2025) Opening a Window to the Poles: Creative and Educational Engagement Through Polar STEAM. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts  
22. Ivory, J., Barker, M., Risien, J., Hutchings, J., & Bernard, K. S. (2025) At Sea Together: Polar STEAM Collaborations that Illuminate Polar Research and Careers. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts  
23. Barker, M., Ivory, J., Risien, J., Hutchings, J., & Bernard, K. S. (2025) Polar STEAM’s Pathway from Curiosity to Confidence: Preparing Participants to Thrive in Cryosphere Fieldwork. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 
24. Ivory, J., Baker, M., Hawkins, V., (May 10, 2025) Corvallis Kaleidoscope [Table Presentation]. Oregon State University STEM Research Center, Corvallis, OR, United States. 
25. Ivory, J. (January, 2025) Broader Impacts Success Through Educator Collaborations [Presentation] CEOAS Ignite.  
26. O’Connell, K., Amad, K., Barker, M., Ivory, J., Risien, J., Sawyer, J. What is STEAM? Conceptualizations and distinctive outcomes inspired by the Polar STEAM program. Presented at the Organization of Biological Field Stations meeting, Sep. 17-19, 2025;  Crested Butte, Colorado 
27. Wirak-Cassidy, T. (January 30, 2026) Discovering the High Arctic through Polar Research in Greenland [Live Stream]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yba60aDSGE&t=2s

Livestreams:

• Livestream from Antarctic Research Vessel (December 3, 2024)
• Livestream: Interview with a Polar STEAM Artist (February 20, 2025)
• Cool Connections Livestream: Uncovering the Secrets of Sea Ice (April 17, 2025)
• Antarctic Artists and Writers Info Session (April 30, 2025)
• Educator Program Information Session (June 10, 2025)
• Cool Connections Livestream: Saltwater on the Move Along the Arctic Edge (June 18, 2025)
• Cool Connections Livestream: Science on a Glacier’s Doorstep (July 10, 2025)
• Cool Connections Livestream: Drilling for the Oldest Ice with NSF COLDEX (January 7, 2026)
• Cool Connections Livestream: Echoes of the Ice: Sonic & Scientific Stories from Antarctica (February 10, 2026)
• Cool Connections Livestream Drifters Beneath Antarctic Waves (February 12, 2026)
• Cool Connections Livestream: Diving for Breakthroughs in Medicine and Film in Antarctica (March 24, 2026)
• Antarctic Artists & Writers Info Session 2026
• Cool Connections: Digging Through Time in Alaska (June 16, 2026)
• Cool Connections: Deep Secrets of the Arctic Lakes (June 22, 2026)
• Cool Connections: Carbon in the Tundra, an Arctic LTER Story (June 25, 2026)