SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Book:

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

Papers:

"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):

"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://www.as.utexas.edu/stardate/ttt/ttt.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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