SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Book:

Modern Astronomy: An Activities Approach (revised edition) by M. K. Hemenway and R. R. Robbins, University of Texas Press, 1991.

Papers:

"Using Videoconferencing for Elementary/Secondary Teacher Professional Development" by Hemenway, M. K., Wetzel, M., Rood, M., Roberts-Gray, C, and Preston, S. in The Role of Astronomy in Society and Culture, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium, Volume 260, p. 763-766, 2011.

"The Ultimate Astronomical Field Trip: Observing Experiences for Teachers" by Hemenway, M. K. and Lacy, J. in Earth and Space Science: Making Connections in Education and Public Outreach. Edited by Joseph B Jensen, James G. Manning, and Michael G. Gibbs, ASP Conference Series 443, p.256-260, 2011.

"A Real-Life Example of an Evaluation of a NASA-funded Project" by Preston, S., Roberts-Gray, C., Rood, M., Hemenway, M. K., and Wetzel, M. in Earth and Space Science: Making Connections in Education and Public Outreach. Edited by Joseph B Jensen, James G. Manning, and Michael G. Gibbs, ASP Conference Series 443, p.295-297, 2011.

"Students across Texas Celebrate Astronomy Day" by Preston, S., Wetzel, M., and Hemenway, M. K. in Science Education and Outreach: Forging a Path to the Future. Proceedings of a conference held September 12-16, 2009 in Millbrae, California, USA. Edited by Jonathan Barnes, Denise A. Smith, Michael G. Gibbs, and James G. Manning, ASP Conference Series 431, p. 451-455, 2010.

"Lessons Learned from the "Age of the Milky Way" Teacher Professional Development Workshop Evaluation" by Hemenway, M.K., Degennaro, S., Fricke, K., Jeffery, E., Marinova, I., Williams, K., Armosky, B., Harkrider, J., Kilic, M., Liebert, J., Shipman, H., and von Hippel, T. in Science Education and Outreach: Forging a Path to the Future. Proceedings of a conference held September 12-16, 2009 in Millbrae, California, USA. Edited by Jonathan Barnes, Denise A. Smith, Michael G. Gibbs, and James G. Manning, ASP Conference Series 431, p. 160-165, 2010.

"Developing the ``Multiwavelength Astronomy: Galaxies in a Different Light'' Activity" by Hemenway, M. K.; Jogee, S.; Fricke, K.; Worhatch, R.; Ruberg, L. in EPO and a Changing World: Creating Linkages and Expanding Partnerships ASP Conference Series, Vol. 389, proceedings of the conference held 5-7 September 2007, in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Edited by Catharine Garmany, Michael G. Gibbs, and J. Ward Moody. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, p.83, 2008.

"Pre-service astronomy education of teachers" in Teaching and learning astronomy: Effective Strategies for educators worldwide (Ed. Pasachoff & Percy) Cambridge University Press, 2005. Pp. 139-145.

"The SOFIA EXES Teacher Associate Program" by M. K. Hemenway, J. H. Lacy, D. T. Jaffe, and M. J. Richter in NASA Office of Space Science Education and Public Outreach Conference 2002 (ed. Narasimhan, Beck-Winchatz, Hawkins & Runyon), ASP Conference Series, Vol. 319, 309-311, 2004.

"Pre-service astronomy education of teachers" in Teaching and learning astronomy: Effective Strategies for educators worldwide Edited by Jay M. Pasachoff and John R. Percy, Cambridge University Press, 2005. Page 139-145.

"Student Pre-post-visit materials at McDonald Observatory" in Teaching and learning astronomy: Effective Strategies for educators worldwide Edited by Jay M. Pasachoff and John R. Percy, Cambridge University Press, 2005. Page 240.

"Dust in the Universe" by M. K. Hemenway and B. J. Armosky Science and Children (Journal of National Science Teachers Association), vol. 42, no. 2, pp 38-39, October 2004.

"StarDate/Universo: Astronomy for the Masses" by Sandi Preston and Mary K. Hemenway, NASA Office of Space Science Education and Public Outreach Conference 2002, edited by Narasimhan, Beck-Winchatz, Hawkins & Runyon, ASP Conference Series, Vol. 319, page 202, 2004

"The SOFIA EXES Teacher Associate Program" by M. K. Hemenway, J. H. Lacy, D. T. Jaffe, and M. J. Richter, NASA Office of Space Science Education and Public Outreach Conference 2002, edited by Narasimhan, Beck-Winchatz, Hawkins & Runyon, ASP Conference Series, Vol. 319, page 309-311, 2004

"Educational Research in an Introductory Astronomy Course." by M. K. Hemenway, W. J. Straits, R. R. Wilke, & B. Hufnagel Innovative Higher Education 26, 269-277, 2002.

"SALT/HET Cooperation in Education and Public Outreach" by M. K. Hemenway and S. Preston in Astronomy for Developing Countries, Ed. Alan H. Batten, ASP Conference Series 152-156, 2001.

"Our Star, The Sun" Science and Children, vol.38, No.1, pp 48-51, September, 2000. See also related poster

Building Public Support for Astronomy through School-Based Education Science with SALT: the Southern African Large Telescope 157-163, 1998.

EXES: a progress report on the development of a high-resolution mid-infrared grating spectrograph for SOFIA by M. J. Richter, J. H. Lacy, D. T. Jaffe, T. K. Greathouse, and M. K. Hemenway Proc. SPIE Vol. 4014, p. 54-64, Airborne Telescope Systems, Ramsey K. Melugin; Hans-Peter Roeser; Eds., 2000.

Education Programs of American Astronomical Society Astronomy Education: Current Developments, Future Directions Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 89, 218-220, 1996.

Creating Networks and Coalitions by M. K. Hemenway, E. Roettger, and J. Percy Astronomy Education: Current Developments, Future Directions Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series 89, 143-147, 1996.

Proper Motions of RR Lyrae StarsAstronomical Journal 80, 194, 1975.

Abstracts (As noted, some abstracts are expanded to full papers for this web listing):

"K-12 Teacher Professional Development" by M. K. Hemenway American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #222, #108.02, 2013

"Teacher Professional Development with SOFIA from Inception to Flight" by Hemenway, Mary Kay; Lacy, J.; Sneden, C.; SOFIA EXES Teacher Associates, American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #219, #236.02, 2012

"Between the Stars: A Professional Development Workshop for Teachers" by Mary Kay Hemenway and Seth Redfield, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 40, 236, 2008.

"Astronomy as an Engaging Hook for Preservice Teachers and Secondary Mathematics Students" by Eric Jon Hooper, G. Dickinson, J. Pierson, H. Vice, M. Hemenway, K. Oehler Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 39, 734, 2007.

"The Galaxies and Cosmos Explorer Tool: Charting Galaxies over Cosmic Times in the Classroom" Shardha Jogee; M. K. Hemenway; S. Miller; A. Smith; A. Augustine; R. Worhatch; S. Preston; D. Lester; K. Fricke Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 39, 738, 2007.

"Deciphering Stars: A Professional Development Workshop for Teachers" by Hemenway, M. K. and Redfield, S. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 38, 1117, 2005

"White Dwarfs and the Age of our Galaxy: A Professional Development Workshop for Teachers" by Hemenway, M. K.; Armosky, B.J.; Kilic, M; Shipman, H.; von Hippel, T., Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 37, 1337, 2005

"StarDate: The Solar System and StarDate: Beyond the Solar System", by Hemenway, M. K.; Benningfield, D.; Trafton, L. M.; Allende Prieto, C.; Barnes III, R. G.; Johnson, R. A.; Jones, T. M.; Preston, S. L., Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 38, 99, 2006.

"Freshman Seminars: Interdisciplinary Engagements in Astronomy" by Hemenway, M K, International Astronomical Union Abstract Book p. 437, 2006.

"Parallax park: A bilingual, outdoor, interactive family exhibit" by M. K. Hemenway, G. F. Benedict, S. L. Preston, B. J. Armosky, F. W. Cinanciolo, Jr., M.N. Wetzel, R. Freeman, and A. Ransenberg Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 36, p. 1347-1348, 2004.

"What Are Astronomers Doing? at McDonald Observatory: An Education/Public Outreach Website and Museum Kiosk" by M. K. Hemenway; S. L. Preston; R. A. Johnson; C. H.Young; P. S. Connor; A. C. Summers, M. J. Tykoski Bulletin American Astronomical Society 36, 809, 2004.

"Mid-infrared Spectroscopy from the Stratosphere: EXES and SOFIA" by M. J. Richter; J. H. Lacy; D. T. Jaffe; M. K. Hemenway; T. K. Greathouse; Q. Zhu; C. Knez Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society , 951, 2002.

McDonald Observatory Visitor Center Education Programs by M. K. Hemenway, B. J. Armosky, M. Wetzel, S. Preston Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 34, 1108, 2002.

McDonald Observatory Visitors Center: Where Families and Students Decode Starlight by S. Preston, B. J. Armosky, G. F. Benedict, F. Cianciolo, M. K. Hemenway, M. Wetzel, W. R. Wren Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 34, 1108, 2002.

"The SOFIA EXES Teacher Associate Program" by M. K. Hemenway, J. H. Lacy, D. T. Jaffe, and M. J. Richter Office of Space Science Education and Public Outreach Conference page 95, 2002.

Using Educational Research to Modify Instruction in an Introductory Astronomy Class by M. K. Hemenway, W. J. Straits, R. R. Wilke, and B. Hufnagel Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 33, 1424, 2001.

Education/Public Outreach from McDonald Observatory by M. K. Hemenway and S. Preston Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 33, 820, 2001.

Observational Astronomy for Undergraduate Majors: A Hands-On Approach for Learning Professional Techniques by G. Doppmann and M. K. Hemenway Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 32, 1560, 2000. See also the lab activities.

Telescope Technology for Teachers by M. K. Hemenway and B. J. Armosky Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 32, 1559, 2000. Note that the link shown in the abstract has changed to: http://mcdonaldobservatory.org/teachers/classroom/ttt/TelescopeTechnology.html.

Bridging the Gap in Astronomy: K-12 to College The American Association of Physics Teachers Announcer 29, 129, 1999. (Expanded version)

SOFIA Education/Public Outreach with the Echelon Cross Echelle Spectrograph (EXES) by M. K. Hemenway, J. H. Lacy, D. T. Jaffe, M. J. Richter, K. Green, J. L. Harkrider, C. L. Lutsinger, E. Noid, R. Penn, L. Shepherd, R. Suder, M. J. Tykoski, and M. J. Willis Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 30, 1291, 1998.

AASTRA Leadership Workshop by M. K. Hemenway Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 30,1291, 1998.

The Shapley Program 1991-1993 by M. K. Hemenway Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 30, 881, 1998. Full version of paper.

Moving Towards an Exemplary Professional Development Program for Teachers by M. K. Hemenway and James P. Barufaldi Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 29, 795, 1997. (Expanded version)

Astronomy Education K-12 by M. K. Hemenway Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 28, 1304, 1996. (Expanded version)

Formative Evaluation of the American Astronomical Society Teacher Resource Agent Program by J. P. Barufaldi and M. K. Hemenway, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 28, 845, 1996. (Expanded version)

The Effectiveness of the AAS REU Program by M. K. Hemenway, P. B. Boyce, and R. W. Milkey , Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 28, 851, 1996. (Expanded version)

The 'Science in the Stratosphere' Program: Developing a Role for Airborne Astronomy in Elementary Science Education by D. Lester, M. K. Hemenway, P. Stryker, and M. Willis Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 25, 848, 1993.

"CCD Camera for Undergraduate 16-inch Telescope" by M. K. Hemenway, M. D. Shetrone, and N. Smith Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 23, 1435, 1991.

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