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Hatfull, G. F. (2025). All the world’s a phage. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(43), e2523344122. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2523344122

Gil-Serna, J., Antunes, P., Campoy, S., Cid, Á., Cobo-Molinos, A., Durão, P., Fajardo, C., Fouz, B., Freitas, A. R., Grosso, F., Groot, P. W. J. de, Miguel, T. de, Zorn, B. G., Hinojosa, B., Leão, M. J., Llagostera, M., Llanos, R. de, Lucía, A., Maicas, S., … Cid, V. J. (2025). Citizen science to raise antimicrobial resistance awareness in the community: The MicroMundo Project in Spain and Portugal. 18(3), e70123. https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.70123

Bitrus, A. B., & Sweny, J. (2025). Discovery of antibiotic-producing soil microorganisms. Chemistry in New Zealand, 89(2). https://www.cinz.nz/posts/discovery-of-antibiotic-producing-soil-microorganisms-isolation-characterisation-and-bioactivity-assessment

Mehta, I., Palmer, K. L., Gabel, C. D., Kifle, Y., Dahl, H., Luong, M., Ngo, T.-V. C., Asad, A., Garcia, A., Nguyen, E., Nguyen, J., Kariampally, R., Theruvath, E., Alvarez, A., Bracewell, J., Ebrahimzadeh, A., Kunder, N., & Sharon, B. (2025). Genome sequences of fifteen soil bacteria isolated from the Dallas-Fort Worth Area, United States. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 14(2). https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.00832-25 

Thomas, A., Davis, D., Faue, J., & Kicker, S. (2025). Learning from feces: A case study teaching microbiome analysis. Frontiers in Education, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2024.1380117

Thacker, I., Schroeder, R., Shields-Menard, S., & Goforth, N. (2024). Dirt don’t hurt: How relevant soil data can support learning and motivation at a Hispanic serving institution. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 23, 803–826. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10763-024-10491-1

Miller, S., Kerr, J. E., & Handelsman, J. (2022). AJEDI in science: Leveraging instructor communities to create antiracist curricula. Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education, 23(1). https://doi.org/10.1128/jmbe.00248-21

Hurley, A., Chevrette, M. G., Acharya, D. D., Lozano, G. L., Garavito, M., Heinritz, J., Balderrama, L., Beebe, M., DenHartog, M. L., Corinaldi, K., Engels, R., Gutierrez, A., Jona, O., Putnam, J. H. I., Rhodes, B., Tsang, T., Hernandez, S., Bascom-Slack, C., Blum, J. E., … Handelsman, J. (2021). Tiny Earth: A big Idea for STEM education and antibiotic discovery. mBio, 12(1), e03432-20. https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.03432-20

Hernandez, S., Tsang, T., Bascom-Slack, C., Broderick, N., & Handelsman, J. (2020). Tiny Earth: A research guide to studentsourcing antibiotic discovery.

Handelsman, J., Elgin, S., Estrada, M., Hays, S., Johnson, T., Miller, S., Mingo, V., Shaffer, C., & Williams, J. (2022). Achieving STEM diversity: Fix the classrooms. Science, 376(6597), 1057–1059. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abn9515

President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). (n.d.). Engage to excel: Producing one million additional college graduates with degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Retrieved https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JvNHFB7RImIIjXECsT_lf7Kq6kAe2LT2/view?usp=sharing (Original work published 2012)

Pfund, C., Miller, S., Brenner, K., Bruns, P., Chang, A., Ebert-May, D., Fagen, A. P., Gentile, J., Gossens, S., Khan, I. M., Labov, J. B., Pribbenow, C. M., Susman, M., Tong, L., Wright, R., Yuan, R. T., Wood, W. B., & Handelsman, J. (2009). Summer institute to improve university science teaching. Science, 324(5926), 470–471. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1170015

Miller, S., Pfund, C., Pribbenow, C. M., & Handelsman, J. (2008). Scientific teaching in practice. Science, 322(5906), 1329–1330. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1166032

Handelsman, J., Miller, S., & Pfund, C. (2007). Scientific Teaching. W.H. Freeman.

Pfund, C., Pribbenow, C. M., Branchaw, J., Miller, S., & Handelsman, J. (2006). The merits of training mentors. Science, 311(5760), 473–474. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1123806

Handelsman, J., Ebert-May, D., Beichner, R., Bruns, P., Chang, A., DeHaan, R., Gentile, J., Lauffer, S., Stewart, J., Tilghman, S. M., & Wood, W. B. (2004). Scientific teaching. Science, 304(5670), 521–522. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1096022