Publications
In Preparation
Bush, D. & Sieber, R. (In Preparation). Commentary: The new political economy of government by artificial intelligence and algorithm. Big Data and Society.
Under Review
Bush, D., Xing, J. & Sieber, R. (Submitted for Initial Review; File Number: CLIM-D-19-00679). Twitter, Trump and climate change: Using big data to examine public climate science opinions online. Climatic Change.
Bush, D. & Bell, A. (Book Chapter Proposal Accepted; Submitted for Second Review). Teaching incarcerated students quantitative reasoning through a gateway environmental science course at Wallkill Correctional Facility in Wallkill, NY. In J. Carey, J. Lockard, T. Mor & J. Stockwell (Eds.) STEM Education in US Prisons.
Bush, D., Slonosky, V., Pearce, G. & Sieber, R. (Paper Proposal Accepted for Special Issue; Submitted for Second Review). Enlisting students to transcribe historical climate and weather data for research: Building knowledge communities by classroom-based citizen science. Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship.
Bush, D. (Submitted for Initial Review; File Number: 12-18-TCG-656). Handbook on the Geographies of Energy by Barry D. Solomon & Kirby E. Calvert (Eds.), Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, Malden, Cheltenham, United Kingdom, 2017, 544 pp., paper $315 (ISBN 978-1-78536-561-4). The Canadian Geographer/Le Géographe Canadien.
Published
Bush, D., Sieber, R., Seiler, G., Chandler, M. & Chmura, G. L. (2018).
Bringing climate scientists’ tools into classrooms to improve conceptual understanding. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences,9(1), 25-34.
Bush, D. (2015).
Human geography: A concise introduction by Mark Boyle, Wiley‐Blackwell, Malden, Massachusetts and Oxford, England, 2015, 344 pp., paper $43.95 (ISBN 978‐1118451502). The Canadian Geographer/Le Géographe Canadien, 59(4), e93-e93.
Presentations and Workshops
Invited Talks and Panel Sessions
Bush, D., Xing, J., & Sieber, R. (Planned). Twitter, Trump, and climate change: Examining the big data of public opinion online. Do North Coworking, Northern Vermont University, Lyndonville, VT.
Bush, D., Slonosky, V., Pearce, G. & Sieber, R. (2019, May). Fall 2018 SALTISE Mini-Grant report: Investigating how students learn by rescuing historical weather data. Paper presentation at the 8th Annual Supporting Active Learning and Technological Innovation in Studies of Education Conference, Montreal, QC.
Bush, D., Slonosky, V., Pearce, G. & Sieber, R. (2018, May). Training climate and weather citizen scientists: Investigating how students learn by rescuing historical weather data. Paper presentation at the 7th Annual Supporting Active Learning and Technological Innovation in Studies of Education Conference, Montreal, QC.
Bush, D. (2018, March). Citizen scientists and global climate models: Investigating how to improve public science understandings to enable collaborative policy solutions. ATM Seminar in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Northern Vermont, Lyndon, Lyndon, VT.
Bush, D. (2017, April). Effective pedagogies for sustainability and climate change in higher education. Invited discussant at the American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
Bush, D. (2010, August). Examining the impacts of Cape Wind utilizing uncertainty. Yellow sheet talk at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA.
Paper Presentations
Bush, D., Xing, J. & Sieber, R. (2018, June). Twitter, Trump and climate change: How does the public understand and learn about climate science online. Paper presentation at the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences Annual Meeting, American University, Washington, DC.
Bush, D., Sieber, R., Chandler, M. & Sohl, L. (2018, April). International perspectives on the efficacy of teaching climate change using a NASA global climate model. Paper presentation at the American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Bush, D., Sieber, R., Seiler, G. & Chandler, M. (2017, July). How does group inquiry work with an authentic scientific instrument alter climate science learning. Paper presentation at the Earth Educator’s Rendezvous, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
Bush, D., Sieber, R., Seiler, G. & Chandler, M. (2017, June). Classroom communities of engagement: How student group research with an authentic scientific instrument alters classroom learning of climate change. Paper presentation at the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences Annual Meeting, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
Bush, D. & Sieber, R. (2017, May). Landscapes of change: How student experiences in the natural world impact learning of climate science and policy. Paper presentation at the Idea of Place: Space and Culture 20th Anniversary Conference, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB.
Bush, D., Sieber, R., Seiler, G., Chandler, M. & Chmura, G. L. (2017, April). The impact of classroom-adapted climate models on student climate change understandings. Paper presentation at the American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
Bush, D., Sieber, R., Seiler, G. & Chandler, M. (2016, June). Inquiry climate change teaching using classroom adapted technology to impart scientific process skills and build conceptual understanding. Paper presentation at the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences Annual Meeting. American University, Washington, DC.
Bush, D. & Hoagland, P. (2016, June). Overcoming offshore wind NIMBYISM: Educating the public for informed siting decisions. Paper presentation at the 2nd Annual National Energy Education Summit. American University, Washington, DC.
Bush, D. & Sieber, R. (2016, June). Technology-enabled inquiry climate change learning: Examining group work with realistic scientific tools. Paper presentation at the 5th Annual Supporting Active Learning and Technological Innovation in Studies of Education Conference, Montreal, QC.
Bush, D. & Sieber, R. (2015, May). Global climate models for the classroom: A review of active learning in inquiry climate change teaching and its implications for new educational technologies. Paper presentation at the 4th Annual Supporting Active Learning and Technological Innovation in Studies of Education Conference, Montreal, QC.
Bush, D. & Sieber, R. (2015, June). Global climate models for the classroom: A review of inquiry-based climate change teaching and its implications for new educational technologies. Paper presentation at the Climate Change in Culture Conference, Charlottetown, PEI.
Workshops
Bush, D. (Planned).
Writing for online audiences and blogs. Half-day workshop at
OpenNorth. Montreal, QC.
Chandler, M., Sohl, L. & Bush, D. (2015, April). Teaching with NASA climate models. One-day workshop at the Joint Assembly of the American Geophysical Union. Montreal, QC.
Posters
Bush, D., Slonosky, V., Pearce, G. & Sieber, R. (2018, December). Building partnerships to train climate and weather citizen scientists: Investigating public participation in the rescue of historical weather data. Post presentation at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Bush, D., Sieber, R., Seiler, G. & Chandler, M. (2017, December). Global climate models for the classroom: The educational impact of student work with a key tool of climate scientists. Poster presentation at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Bush, D., Sieber, R., Chmura, G. & Seiler, G. (2013, June). Does an individual’s digital and physical geography impact perceptions of and learning about climate change? Poster presentation at the American Geophysical Union Chapman Conference, Communicating Climate Science, Granby, CO.
Bush, D. (2011, April).
Uncertainty and expert assessment of the Cape Wind Project's impacts. Poster presentation at the 4th Annual Marine Renewable Energy Conference, Washington, DC.
Professional Memberships
American Geophysical Union (AGU), National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT), American Association of Geographers (AAG) and Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences (AESS)
Past and Present Teaching Experience
| 2018 - Present |
Cornell University and the University of New Hampshire, Shoals Marine Laboratory, Kittery, ME
Curriculum Designer and Instructor—Biosm 2300 / Mefb 507: Examining Marine Climate Changes on Appledore Island, ME
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| 2016 - 2019 |
American Museum of Natural History, Lang Science
Program, New York, NY
Curriculum Designer and Instructor—Climate Research
Team
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| Summer 2017 |
New York University, Prison Education Program, Wallkill, NY
Instructor—Envst.UA-100: Environmental Systems Science
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| Fall 2015 and 2016 |
New York University, Department of Environmental
Studies, New York, NY
Recitation Section Instructor—Envst. UA-100: Environmental
Systems Science
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| 2011 - 2019 |
McGill University, Department of Geography and School of
Environment, Montreal, QC
Guest Lecturer—Edem 646: Planning and Evaluation
Co-Instructor—Envr 650: Environmental Seminar 1, Envr
651: Environmental Seminar 2 and Envr 652: Environmental
Seminar 3
Lead Teaching Assistant—Geog 210: Global Places and
Peoples
Co-Instructor—Geog 205: Global Change: Past, Present and
Future
Guest Lecturer—Geog 407: Principles of the Geospatial
Web
Teaching Assistant—Envr 201: Society, Environment and
Sustainability, Envr 301: Environmental
Research Designs and Envr 203: Knowledge, Ethics and
Environment |
Academic and Educational Service
| 2019 - Present |
Board Member, Lyndon Outing Club, Lyndon, VT |
| 2017 - Present |
Committee Member and Chair Elect, Membership Committee, Association for Environmental
Studies and Sciences, Washington, DC
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| December 2017 |
Session Convener and Chair, Climate Literacy in Higher Education: Challenges and Opportunities,
American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA,
December 11-15,2017
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| Fall 2017 |
Activity Reviewer, Teach the Earth, Science Education Resource Center (SERC),
Carleton College, Northfield, MN
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| June 2017 |
Session Chair, Climate Change Outreach and Engaged Learning,
Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences (AESS) Annual Meeting,
University of Arizona, Tuscon, AZ. June 24, 2017
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| May 2017 |
Session Chair, Session 6: Surrounding, Idea of Place: Space and Culture
20th Anniversary Conference, Edmonton, AB. May 6, 2017
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| April 2017 |
Session Chair, Climate Change and Education, American
Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. April 8, 2017
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| 2014 - 2017 |
Founder and Director, Be A Climate Modeler For A Week Camp,
McGill University, Montreal, QC
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| Spring 2016 |
Volunteer Educator, Prison Education Program, New York
University, New York, NY
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| 2013 - 2015 |
Graduate Mentor, Graduate-Undergraduate Mentorship Program, Department of Geography,
McGill University, Montreal, QC
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| 2013 - 2014 |
Committee Member, Geospectives Seminar Series, Department of Geography,
McGill University, Montreal, QC
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| Winter 2013 |
Graduate Student Representative, Hiring Committee, Department of Geography
and McGill School of Environment, Montreal, QC
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| 2012 - 2018 |
Naturalist and Committee Chair, Lyman V. Rutledge Marine
Laboratory, Star Island Corporation, Portsmouth, NH
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| 2012 - 2014 |
Graduate Editor and Mentor, Field Notes: Journal of the McGill Undergraduate Geography Society,
Department of Geography, McGill University, Montreal, QC
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| 2012 - 2013 |
Treasurer, Geography Graduate Student Society, Department of
Geography, McGill University, Montreal, QC
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| 2010 - 2011 |
Gardener, The Sarah P. Duke Gardens, Durham, NC
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| Summer 2009 |
Volunteer Research Assistant, Duke University Doctoral Research of
Dr. Ruth Steel, Mang’ula, TZ
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| 2007-2009 |
Gardener, United States National Arboretum, Washington, DC
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| 2007-2009 |
Gardener, Common Good City Farm, Washington, DC
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| 1999-2002 |
Op-Ed Columnist and Reporter, The Colby Echo, Colby College, Waterville, ME
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| 1998-2002 |
Co-Founder and Managing Editor, The Colby Reader, Colby College, Waterville, ME
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