Amanda Manzanares
Graduate Student
Psychological Sciences
Education and Behavioral Sciences
Contact Information
Education
Ph.D. Student in Educational Psychology specializing in Geology at the University
of Northern Colorado
M.A. in Earth Sciences at the University of Northern Colorado
B.A. in Geology at Beloit College, Wisconsin
Professional/Academic Experience
I grew up in Denver, Colorado. I love Colorado, from the striking blue sky to the
beauty of the Rocky Mountains. My background is in geology, I am an igneous/metamorphic
petrologist (in a nutshell, I research how igneous and metamorphic rocks were formed and altered). I have always
loved to teach and while earning my M.A. at UNC, I began taking educational psychology
courses. I am now earning my Ph.D. in educational psychology while specializing in
geology.
Publications/Creative Works
- Anderson, S. W., & Manzanares, A. D. (2018). Initial knowledge of college-level introductory geology students in the United
States. Terrae Didat, 14(3), 326–329. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.20396/td.v14i3.8653534
- Manzanares, A. D., Anderson S. W.,& Pugh K. J., College Students’ Prior Knowledge and Alternative Conceptions Regarding Mineral Journal of Geoscience Education (Tentatively Accepted).
- Horne, L., Manzanares, A., Babin, N., Perry, D., Thomas, B., Toomey, A., Panday, P., Blavascunas, E., Muchnick,
B., Doner, L., Washington-Ottombre, C., Druckenbrod, D., Jarchow, M., Vincent, S.,
Anderson, S., & Romulo, C. Alignment among environmental programs in higher education:
What Food-Energy-Water concepts are we covering in introductory courses? Journal of Geoscience Education (Tentatively Accepted).
- Manzanares, A. D., Ed Psy and Geology: Insights of a PhD student, website
- Manzanares, A. D., Deep Time, PowToon’s video
- Manzanares, A. D.,Cryovolcanism, online geology lesson
