Selected Publications

GTA Training

  • Lugo Charriez, K., Halperin, P., Berry, S., Scanlon, E., Chini, J. J., Saitta, E. K. H. Graduate Teaching Assistants’ Conceptualization and Reported Use of Inclusive Teaching Practices in Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratories. Journal of Chemical Education (2025). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.5c00968
  • 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) 102(8), 3142–3149. 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