Publications

Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters and Journal Articles

• (Submitted) Sorensen-Unruh, C. (2024). The ungrading learning theory we have is not the ungrading learning theory we need. CBE: Life Sciences.
• (In review) Knottenbelt, S. & Sorensen-Unruh, C. (2024). Reflections from pandemic teaching and beyond: mitigating the tension between student and faculty intersectionalities. In Chemistry in General Education, G. Crawford & K. Kloepper (eds), ACS Symposium Series(Vol. ???, pp. ???). Washington, DC: American Chemical Society.
• (In review) Sorensen-Unruh, C., Aarons Gillings, J., Beatty, C., Nicely, A., Sperling, L., & Kloepper, K. (2024). Teaching Chemistry at a Community College. In Chemistry in General Education, G. Crawford & K. Kloepper (eds), ACS Symposium Series(Vol. ???, pp. ???). Washington, DC: American Chemical Society.
• Denial, C., Sorensen-Unruh, C., Lehfeldt, E.A. (2022). After the great pivot should come the great pause. The Chronicle of Higher Education. https://www.chronicle.com/article/after-the-great-pivot-should-come-the-great-pause
• Sorensen-Unruh, C. (2020). A STEM Ungrading Case Study: A Reflection on First-time Implementation in Organic Chemistry II. In S. Blum (Ed.) Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and what to do instead) (pp. 139-155). Morgantown, WV: West Virginia University Press. https://wvupressonline.com/node/844
• Schwartz, D.B., Shimabukuro, K., Meyers, K., Gautschi, H., Bernardi, F., Spelic, S., Sorensen-Unruh, C., Robinson, W. & Carlson, B. (2020). Educators Reflect on the COVID-19 Crisis. The National Teaching & Learning Forum, 29(4), 3-7. https://doi.org/10.1002/ntlf.30240
• Sorensen-Unruh, C. (2020). A Statistical Analysis of the UNM FACETS Design Identity & Beliefs Survey Data (149) [Master’s thesis, University of New Mexico]. UNM Digital Repository.
• Sorensen-Unruh, C. (2018). A Reflective Teaching Evolution: Using Social Media for Teaching Reflection and Student Engagement. In C. Sorensen-Unruh & T. Gupta (Eds.), ACS Symposium Series (Vol. 1274, pp. 35–59). Washington, DC: American Chemical Society. https://doi.org/10.1021/bk-2018-1274.ch003
• Sorensen-Unruh, C. (2017). ConfChem Conference on Select 2016 BCCE Presentations: Radical Awakenings—A New Teaching Paradigm Using Social Media. Journal of Chemical Education, 94(12), 2002-2004. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.6b01011

Peer-Reviewed Books

• Sorensen-Unruh, C. & Gupta, T. (Eds.). (2018). Communicating Chemistry Through Social Media. ACS Symposium Series (Vol. 1274). Washington, D.C.: ACS Publications. https://doi.org/10.1021/bk-2018-1274
  • Chapter and Book are cited in:
    • Halford, Bethany. (2016, October 31). Teaching social media to scientists. Chemical and Engineering News, 94(43). Retrieved from https://cen.acs.org/articles/94/i43/Teaching-social-media-scientists.html

Digital Open, Cited Scholarship

• Regular Blog Contributor to ChemEdX and My Website Blog
• Sorensen-Unruh, C. (2019, September 13). Statistics in education: It’s harder than it looks [Blog Post]. https://clarissasorensenunruh.com/2019/09/13/statistics-in-education-its-harder-than-it-looks/
  • Article blog is cited in: Supiano, Becky. (2019, September 26). Teaching: Why a Professor Tells Students About Her Lowest Moment in Higher Ed [Online Article]. The Chronicle of Higher Education. https://www.chronicle.com/article/Why-a-Professor-Tells-Students/247221
  • Flaherty, Colleen. (2019, September 9). ‘The dangers of fluent lectures’: A study says smooth-talking professors can lull students into thinking they’ve learned more than they actually have – potentially at the expense of active learning [Online Article]. Chemical and Engineering News. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/09/09/study-how-smooth-talking-professors-can-lull-students-thinking-theyve-learned-more
• Sorensen-Unruh, C. (2019, February 10). Ungrading: A series (Part 1 of 5). Retrieved from https://clarissasorensenunruh.com/2019/02/10/ungrading-a-series-part-1/
  • Articles blogs (and chapter) are cited in: Jarvis, Claire. (2020, April 26). Chemistry educators try ‘ungrading’ techniques to help students learn. Chemical and Engineering News, 98(16). https://cen.acs.org/education/undergraduate-education/Chemistry-educators-try-ungradingtechniques-help/98/i16
  • Flaherty, Colleen. (2019, April 2). When grading less is more: Professors’ reflections on their experiences with ‘ungrading spark renewed interest in the student-centered assessment practice [Online Article]. Inside Higher Ed. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/04/02/professors-reflections-their-experiences-ungrading-spark-renewed-interest-student
  • Supiano, Beckie. (2019, July 19). Grades can hinder learning. What should professors use instead? [Online Article]. The Chronicle of Higher Education. https://www.chronicle.com/interactives/20190719_ungrading

Manuscript Review
Journal of Chemical Education, Active 2009-present
Chemistry Education Research and Practice, Active 2018-present

Outreach

• @VConnecting Virtual Buddy (2018). http://virtuallyconnecting.org/blog/2018/05/14/virtually-connecting-at-t3snc-tue-22-may-2018/
• STEM Shoutout from Advance UNM (May 3, 2018). https://advance.unm.edu/2018/05/03/stem-shoutout-clarissa-sorensen-unruh/
• Curator for @RealScientists for the week of July 31^st, 2016
• AAAS blog “5 Questions for a Scientist” (http://sciencenetlinks.com/blog/snl-educator/5-questions-scientist-chemistry-instructor-clarissa-sorensen-unruh/)
• NM EPSCOR recorded webinar and resulting panel for STEM families (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXYoCPrvbZI&list=FLz0Z8z__y3LN3st6PgH4TwA)

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