Selected Publications

GTA Training

  • Doty, C. M., Geraets, A. A., Wan, T., Nix, C. A., Saitta, E. K., Chini, J. J. Impact of high-intensity training with a mixed-reality simulator on graduate teaching assistants use of questioning. Physical Review Physics Education Research (2023) 19(2), 020101. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.19.020101
  • Wan, T., Doty, C. M., Geraets, A. A., Saitta, E. K., Chini, J. J. Responding to incorrect ideas: science graduate teaching assistants’ operationalization of error framing and undergraduate students’ perception. International Journal of STEM Education (2023) 10(1), 1-17. DOI: 10.1186/s40594-023-00398-8
  • Sona, A.J., Kwaschyn, M., Nottolini, I., Saitta, E. K. H. Creation of a mixed-reality simulator professional development module to attend to the unique needs of international teaching assistants in active learning classrooms. International Journal of Higher Education (2022) 11(6), 140-153. DOI: 10.5430/ijhe.v11n6p140
  • Geraets, A., Nottolini, I., Doty, C., Wan, T., Chini, J., Saitta, E. Preparing GTAs for Active Learning in the General Chemistry Lab: Development of an Evidence-Based Rehearsal Module for a Mixed-Reality Teaching Simulator. Journal of Science Education and Technology (2021) 30, 829-840. DOI: 10.1007/s10956-021-09923-2
  • Wan, T., Doty, C. M., Geraets, A. A., Nix, C. A., Saitta, E. K. H., Chini, J. J. Evaluating the impact of a classroom simulator training on graduating teaching assistants’ instructional practices and undergraduate student learning. Physical Review Physics Education Research (2021) 17(1), 010146. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.17.010146
  • Wan, T.; Geraets, A. A., M. Doty, C. M., Saitta, E. K. H., Chini, J. Characterizing science graduate teaching assistants’ instructional practices in reformed laboratories and tutorials. International Journal of STEM Education (2020), 1-21. DOI: 10.1186/s40594-020-00229-0
  • Saitta, E., Wilcox, M., James, W., Chini, J. The views of GTAs impacted by cross-tiered professional development: Messages intended and received International Journal of Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (2020), 421-445. DOI: 10.1007/s40753-020-00115-8
  • Doty, C. M., Wan, T., Geraets, A. A., Nix, C. A., Saitta, E. K. H., Chini, J. J. Impact of changing physical learning space on GTA and student behaviors. In Physics Education Research Conference 2020. (2020) DOI: 10.1119/perc.2020.pr.Doty
  • Wan, T., Doty, C., Geraets, A., Saitta, E .K. H., Chini, J. Characterizing graduate teaching assistants’ teaching practices in physics “mini-studios.” In Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings (2019) DOI: 10.1119/perc.2019.pr.Wan

 

Inclusivity and Accessibility in STEM

  • Dreamerson, J. T., Saitta, E. K. H. The Current State of Literature on the Education of Blind and Visually Impaired (BVI) Students in Chemistry and STEMM in Higher Education. Journal of Chemical Education (2025). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.5c00269
  • Sona, A. J., Laboy Santana, J., Saitta, E. K. H. Looking through a Prism: A Systematic Review of LGBTQ+ STEM Literature. Journal of Chemical Education (2022) 100(1), 125-133. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00391
  • Chini, J. J., Saitta, E. K. H., Abdelkader, K., Scanlon, E. Explicating Universal Design for Learning-aligned instructional practices for postsecondary STEM. In Physics Education Research Conference 2021. (2021). DOI: 10.1119/perc.2021.pr.Chini

 

Curriculum Design and Classroom-Based Research

  • Nix, C. A., Hughes, H., Saitta E. K. H. Exploration of Student Approaches to Creative Exercises in Undergraduate Biochemistry. Journal of Chemical Education (2023) 100(10), 3784-3794. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.3c00175
  • Dagley, M. A., Gill, M., Saitta, E., Moore, B., Chini, J., Li, X. Using Active Learning Strategies in Calculus to Improve Student Learning and Influence Mathematics Department Cultural Change. Proceedings of the Interdisciplinary STEM Teaching and Learning Conference (2018) 2, 8. DOI: 10.20429/stem.2018.020108
  • Saitta, E. Morrison, B. Waldrop, J. B., Bowdon, M. Introduction: Joining the Flipped Classroom Conversation. in Waldrop, J. & Bowdon, M. Best Practices for Flipping the College Classroom (pp. 1-24) (2016). DOI: 10.4324/9781315777542
  • Saitta, E. K. H., Zemliansky, P., Turner, A. A Model for Program-Wide Assessment of the Effectiveness of Writing Instruction in Science Laboratory Courses. Journal on Excellence in College Teaching (2015) 26(4), 149-172.
  • Griffin, M., Saitta, E., Bowdon, M., Walters, L. J. Engaging STEM: Service-Learning, Technology, Science Education and Community Partnerships. In M. Bowdon, & R. Carpenter (Eds.), Higher Education, Emerging Technologies, and Community Partnerships: Concepts, Models and Practices (pp. 51-56) (2011). DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-623-7.ch005
  • Saitta, E.H., Gittings, M., Geiger, C. Learning Dimensional Analysis through Cooperatively Working with Manipulatives. Journal of Chemical Education (2011) 88(7), 910-915. DOI: 10.1021/ed100019f
  • Saitta, E. K. H., Bowdon, M., Geiger, C. Incorporating Service-Learning, Technology, and Research Supportive Teaching Techniques into the University Chemistry Classroom.  Journal of Science Education and Technology (2011) 20, 790-795. DOI: 10.1007/s10956-010-9273-0

 

Faculty and Student Experiences

  • Richards, E. R., Luciano, K. M., Nix, C. A., Kolpashchikov, D. M., Saitta, E. K. H. Outlooks on Organic Chemistry: Student and Faculty Perspectives as a Model for Change. Journal of Chemical Education (2025) 102(4), 1398–1409. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.4c01437
  • Francom, E. R., Saitta, E. K. H. Speaking of Organic Chemistry: A Faculty Metaphor Analysis in Organic Chemistry Education. College Teaching (2024). DOI: 10.1080/87567555.2024.2343488
  • Nix, C., Nottolini, I., Caranto, J., Gerasimova, Y., Kolpashchikov, D., Saitta, E. Championing the Involvement of Practitioners in the Biochemistry Educational Research Process: A Phenomenological View of the Early Stages of Collaborative Action Research. International Journal of Higher Education (2022) 11(6), 114-139. DOI: 10.5430/ijhe.v11n6p114
  • Saitta, E. K. H., Donnelly, J. The Role and Influence of the Discipline-Based Education Research (DBER) Community on STEM Faculty Development. In S. M. Linder, C. M. Lee, S. K. Stefl, & K. A. High (Eds.), Handbook of STEM Faculty Development (pp. 61-70) (2023).
  • Donnelly, J. Miller, A., Krsmanovic, M., Saitta, E. K. H. Response of STEM and Social Science Faculty to the COVID-19 Crisis: an Application of Organizational Learning. College Teaching (2021), 1-9. DOI: 10.1080/87567555.2021.1973948

 

Industrial and Environmental Research

  • Saitta, E. K. H., Gittings, M., Novae-Card, S., Quinn, J., Clausen, C., O’Hara, S., Yestrebsky, C. Case Study of a Non-Destructive Treatment Method for the Remediation of Military Structures Containing Polychlorinated Biphenyl Contaminated Paint. Journal of Environmental Management (2015) 158, 40-48. DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.04.038
  • Saitta, E. K. H., Gittings, M. J., Clausen, C., Quinn, J., Yestrebsky, C. L. Laboratory Evaluation of a Prospective Remediation Method for PCB-Contaminated Paint. Journal of Environmental Health Science & Engineering (2014) 12, 57. DOI: 10.1186/2052-336X-12-57
  • Saitta, E. K. H., Legron-Rodgriguez, T., Bowdon, M. An Inquiry into the Water Around Us.  Science (2013), 341, 971-972. DOI: 10.1126/science.1230000
  • Maloney, P., DeVor, R, Novaes-Card, S., Saitta, E., Quinn, J., Clausen, C., Geiger, C. Dichlorination of Polychlorinated Biphenyls using Magnesium and Acidified Alcohols. Journal of Hazardous Materials (2011), 187, 235-240. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.01.006