Ph.D.  University of Florida, Gainesville

Forest Resources and Conservation, Educational Research and Evaluation

M.Ed.  University of Minnesota, Duluth

Environmental Education

B.A.  College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, MN

Education, Environmental Studies

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Fergus Falls Wetland Management District), Environmental Education Specialist; Instructor at the National Conservation Training Center

USDA Forest Service (Region 9 Office), Public Affairs Specialist

National Park Service (Badlands National Park, Voyageurs National Park), Education Specialist; Park Ranger

Education Program Evaluation

Environment-Based Education/Environment as an Integrating Context Programs/Environmental Service Learning

Federal Agency EE/Resource Education/Conservation Education Programs

Refereed Academic Journals

Ernst, J.  Influences on U.S. middle school teachers’ use of environment-based education.  Environmental Education Research, 15(1), 71-92.

Ernst, J.  (2007).  Teacher persistence in EE: Implications for the interpretive community.  Journal of Interpretation Research, 12(1), 51-65.

Ernst, J.  (2007).  Factors influencing K-12 teachers’ use of environment-based education.  The Journal of Environmental Education, 38(3), 15-32.

Ernst, J. & Monroe, M. (2006).  The effects of environment-based education on students’ critical thinking skills and disposition toward critical thinking.  Selected for reprinting in a special issue of Environmental Education Research: Celebrating Ten Years of Environmental Education Research: Researching education and the environment: Retrospect and Prospect, 12(3/4), 429-443.

Ernst, J. & Stanek, D.  (2006).  The Prairie Science Class: A model for re-visioning environmental education within the National Wildlife Refuge System.  Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 11, 255-265.

Ernst, J.  (2005).  A formative evaluation of the Prairie Science Class.  Journal of Interpretation Research, 10(1), 9-30.

Ernst, J.  & Monroe, M.  (2004).  The effects of environment-based education on students’ critical thinking skills and disposition toward critical thinking.  Environmental Education Research, 10(4), 507-522.

Athman (Ernst), J. & Monroe, M.  (2004).  The effects of environment-based education on students’ achievement motivation.  Journal of Interpretation Research, 9(1), 9-25.

Refereed Practitioner Journals

Ernst, J  (2006, November/December).  Against all odds: Teacher persistence in environmental education.  The Interpreter, 2(6), 10-13.

Ernst, J.  (2005, September/October).  Evaluating the Prairie Science Class.  The Interpreter, 1(5), 6-9.

Ernst, J. & Ellis, D.  (2005, April).  The Prairie Science Class: Pioneering a trail in interdisciplinary learning.  Science Scope, 28(7), 16-19.

Ernst, J. & Monroe, M.  (2004, September/October).  Motivating students through environment-based education.  Legacy, 15(5), 42-44.

Athman (Ernst), J.  (2001, January/February).  Urban environmental education -- Tree-house style!  Legacy, 12(1), 14-20.

Athman (Ernst), J.  (1998, November/December).  E-mail, GIS, and eagle nests: Technology at work in environmental education.  Legacy, 9(6), 25-27.

Athman (Ernst), J. & Bates, T.  (1998, May/June).  Technology and environmental education -- Friend or foe?  Legacy, 9(3), 12-15.

Athman (Ernst), J.  (1997, July/August).  Parks as Classrooms field trips: Just another day in the park?  Legacy, 8(4), 14-36.