STEM Research Center

Dr. Julie Risien is the Director of the NSF Polar STEAM Initiative which is housed at the Center and conducted in collaboration with the Patricia Valian Reser Center for the Creative Arts, Precollege Programs, and the College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (CEOAS).  She serves as Principal on the ARC-Learn undergraduate research program, also in partnership with CEOAS, and participates in several national science and society initiatives as research partner or adviser.  Julie served as the Associate Director for the Center from 2012 until 2022 when she became the Director of Transdisciplinary Research in the Office for Research Advancement under the Vice President for Research.  She is a Co-PI NSF-funded Resource Center Advancing Research Impacts in Society (ARIS). serves on the graduate faculty for CEOAS and the OSU Environmental Sciences Program. Her research and practice focuses on scientist professional development and inter-institutional partnerships to enhance “Broader Impacts”, the transformative power of learning networks, organizational structures, and partnerships to improve connection at the interface of science and society. 

Curriculum Vitae

Current Projects: 

• Authentic Research through Collaborative Learning (ARC-Learn): Undergraduate Research Experiences in Data Rich Arctic Science (2021-2024)
• PTIE: Promotion and Tenure - Innovation and Entrepreneurship (2019-2023) 
• STEM Ambassadors (2019-2023)
• ARIS (2018-2023)
• BID: Grounding Institutional Partnerships in Structures for Broader Impacts Design (2017-2022) 
• Revealing Progress toward Promotion and Tenure Reform in the Academy (2018-2022) 

Past Projects

• InclusiveExcellence@OSU (2018-2021) 
• Broader Impacts: Towards a Strategic Approach for OSU (2012) and Building a Campus-wide Network (2015) 
• CAISE: Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education (2016-2021)
• A Landscape of University Systems and People: Supporting Scientists in Public Engagement (2017-2018)
• ESTEME@OSU: Enhancing STEM Education at OSU (2014-2018) 
• Learning Network: Case Study of the National Alliance for Broader Impacts (2018)
• Oregon State University Research Impacts Network (ORIN) 
• Undergraduate Success Initiative (2012-2014) 

Media and Publications:

• Carter, R. G., Mundorff, K., Risien, J., Bouwma-Gearhart, J., Bratsch-Prince, D., Brown, S. A., Campbell, A. L., Hartman, J. C., Hasemann, C. A., Hollenbeck, P. J., Lupiani, B., McCarty, O. J. T., McClure, I. D., Mealey, K., Mimura, C., Romero, A. J., Sztajn, P., & Egeren, L. V. (2021). Innovation, entrepreneurship, promotion, and tenure. Science. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abj2098
• Risien, J., & Goldstein, B. E. (2021). Boundaries Crossed and Boundaries Made: The Productive Tension Between Learning and Influence in Transformative Networks. Minerva. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11024-021-09442-9
• Cho H. and Risien, J. (2020). Understanding faculty and student perceptions about reward and advancement: survey of four STEM departments at research intensive universities. Corvallis, OR: STEM Research Center. https://doi.org/10.5399/osu/1145
• Risien, J. (2019). Curators and sojourners in learning networks: Practices for transformation. Evaluation and program planning, 73, 71-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2018.12.001
• Hoke, K., & Risien, J. (2021). Grounding Institutional Partnerships in Structures for Broader Impact Design: Summative Evaluation Report. Oregon State University. https://doi.org/10.5399/osu/1151
• Hoke, K. and Risien, J. (2019). Visualizing Connections and Influences across the Informal Science Education and Science Communication Communities: An interactive map of thinkers and leaders. Washington, D.C.: Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education https://khoke.kumu.io/visualizing-connections-and-influences-across-the-ise-and-scicomm-communities.
• Hoke, K. and Risien, J. (2019) Collaborative Research: Grounding Institutional Partnerships in Structures for Broader Impact Design Mid-Way Evaluation Report. Corvallis, OR: Center for Research on Lifelong STEM Learning. https://stem.oregonstate.edu/sites/stem.oregonstate.edu/files/esteme/BID-mid-way%20report-2019.pdf 
• Risien, J. and Storksdieck, M. (2018) Unveiling Impact Identities: A Path for Connecting Science and Society, Integrative and Comparative Biology, Volume 58, Issue 1, 1 July 2018, Pages 58–66, https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icy011
• Risien, J. and Nilson, R. (2018). Coordinated Reform and Local Solutions: Transforming the University Systems of Reward and Professional Advancement. Center for Research on Lifelong STEM Learning, Oregon State University. Corvallis: OR. https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/articles/n583z1076 
• Skvoretz, J., Risien, J. Goldberg, B. (2018) Network Measurement and Data Collection Methods in Higher Education: Practices and Guidelines. In (Eds) Henderson, C., Rasmussen, C., Knaub, A., Apkarian, N., Daly, A. J., & Fisher, K. Q. (2018). Researching and Enacting Change in Postsecondary Education: Leveraging Instructors' Social Networks (Vol. 28). Routledge.
• Risien, J. & Nilson, R. (2018). Landscape overview of university systems and people supporting scientists in their public engagement efforts: summary of existing recommendations and evidence from the field. Report to the Kavli, Rita Allen, Packard, and Moore Foundations https://www.informalscience.org/support-systems-scientists-communication-and-engagement-workshop-iii-academic-institutions-landscape
• Storksdieck, M., Bevan, B., Risien, J., Nilson, R., & Willis, K. (2018). Charting the Intersection of Informal STEM Education and Science Communication: Results of a Social Network Study. Washington, DC: Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education. https://www.informalscience.org/charting-intersection-informal-stem-education-and-science-communication-results-social-network-study
• Julie Risien (2018). Social Impacts of Science: The New NSF Center to Advance Research Impacts in Society. Think Out Loud live radio show. Portland, OR: Oregon Public Broadcasting. https://www.opb.org/radio/programs/think-out-loud/article/kids-first-project-impacts-of-science-rape-kit-backlog/
• Julie Risien (2016) OSU Ecampus Research in Action podcast, Episode #35
• Risien, J. (May 2015). Perspectives: Discovering our "Research-Impact" Identities. Terra Magazine: Inspired Stories from the Edge of Science. Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University  http://terra.oregonstate.edu/2015/05/perspectives-discovering-our-research-impact-identities/