Session: 4C
Talks: Research on and Evaluation of the Citizen Science Experience

Chair

Tom Rusert

Time

16:10 - 17:25 on Wednesday, 11th of February 2015

Venue

LL20C

16:10

How the sausage is made: When public participation in science leads to decreased trust of scientific assessment

Stephen Gray Testing (University of Massachusetts)
16:25

Citizen Science Learning and Epistemology in Socio-Ecologically Oriented Projects

Rebecca Jordan (Rutgers University), Stephen Gray Testing (University of Massachusetts), Alycia Crall (Virginia Tech), Amanda Sorensen (Rutgers University), David Mellor (Virginia Tech)
16:40

Promoting Rigorous Citizen Science: Evaluating the Learning Impact of the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST)

Cynthia Char (Char Associates), Julia Parrish (University of Washington), Jane Dolliver (University of Washington)
16:55

Audience Matters: The Role of Outside Audiences on Youth Experiences in Citizen Science Projects

Emily Harris (University of California, Davis), Heidi Ballard (University of California, Davis), Colin Dixon (University of California, Davis)
17:10

Viewing wildlife images through citizen science: Impact on the anxiety levels of military veterans with varying levels of PTSD

Scott Smedley (Trinity College, Hartford, CT), Nicole Evancha (Trinity College, Hartford, CT), Kathryne Marinchak (Trinity College, Hartford, CT), Lisa Nisbet (Trent University)