Publications and Presentations

Refereed Book (most recent)

• Koul, R., Verma, G., & Nargund-Joshi (2019). Science Education in India - Philosophical, Historical, and Contemporary Conversations. Springer.

Refereed Journal Articles and Book chapter (last 3 years):

Mohammed, A., Verma, G., Biswas, A., Barber, J., Jhong, E. (2025). A Bias-Aware Deep Learning Framework for Hierarchical Micro credential Classification. Proceedings of the Educational Data Mining (EDM) conference, Palermo, Italy. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15870151

*Mohammed, A., Pagare, S., Davis, S., Verma, G., Biswas, A., Barber, J. (2024). Empowering Predictions of Mental Health Social Determinants from Students' Experiential Essays through Large Language Models Augmentation. Proceedings of the Educational Data Mining (EDM) conference, Atlanta, GA. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12729900

Melville, W., Verma, G., Campbell, T., Park, B. Y., Tofel-Grehl, C., Borowczak, A. C., & Mendenhall, M. (2024). Passing the Torch: Handing Over the Editorial Reins. Journal of Science Teacher Education, 35(1), 1-4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1046560X.2023.2293369

Verma, G., Campbell, T., Melville, W., & Byung-Yeol, P (2023). Navigating Opportunities and Challenges of Artificial Intelligence: ChatGPT and Generative Models in Science Teacher Education, Journal of Science Teacher Education, 34 (8), 793-798, DOI: 10.1080/1046560X.2023.2263251

RunningHawk Johnson, S., Cheng, M. M., Karpudewan, M., Campbell, T., Melville, W., Verma, G., & Park, B. Y. (2023). Onto-epistemological realities and assumptions beyond Western science. Journal of Science Teacher Education, 34(6), 583-592. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1046560X.2023.2220174

Douglass, H., & Verma, G. (2023). We are now a STEM school with a summer STEM program? How do we do THAT? In S. Jeong, L. Bryan, D. Tippins, & C. Sexton. (Eds.). Navigating the challenges of elementary science teaching and learning: Using case-based pedagogy to understand dilemmas of practice. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature.

Melville, W., Verma, G., Campbell, T., & Park, B. Y. (2022). Challenging the hegemony of western scientism in science teacher education. Journal of Science Teacher Education, 33(7), 703-709.

Verma, G., Campbell, T., Melville, W., & Park, B. Y. (2022). Science Teacher Education and a Sociopolitical Turn: The Implications for Democratic Citizenship, and Environmental and Social Justice. Journal of Science Teacher Education, 33(5), 459-465.

Verma, G., & Douglass, H. (2021). Commentary: Intellectual virtues, lived experiences, and engaged science learning. Journal of Science Teacher Education, 32(7), 842-846. DOI: 10.1080/1046560X.2021.1932316

Douglass, H., & Verma, G. (2021). Examining STEM Teaching at the Intersection of Informal and Formal Spaces: Exploring Science Pre-service Elementary Teacher Preparation. Journal of Science Teacher Education, 33(3), 247-261. DOI: 10.1080/1046560X.2021.1911456

Verma, G. (2021). Informal Science Learning Environments and Contextualized Innovation Spaces (Jugaad). Exploring Phronesis and a virtue-based theory of knowledge. In D. Kerr & W. Melville (Eds.) Virtues, Science, and Science education (117-142). Routledge.

Puvirajah, A., Verma, G., & Campbell, T. (2020). Advancing Minoritized Learners’ STEM Oriented Communication Competency Through a Science Center-Based Summer Program. Journal of Museum Education, 45(4), 437-449. DOI: 10.1080/10598650.2020.1820812

Verma, G., Campbell, T., Melville, W., & Park, B.Y (2020). Science Teacher Education in the Times of Covid-19 Pandemic. Journal of Science Teacher Education, 31 (5), 483-490, DOI: 10.1080/1046560X.2020.1771514

Verma, G. (2019) Situating “Jugaad – contextualized innovation” in Science Education in India (pp. 209-225). In R. Koul, G. Verma, & V. Nargund Joshi (Eds.). Science Education in India - Philosophical, Historical, and Contemporary Conversations. Springer.