Karen Burns
Biographic Data
| ID | 3711196 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karen Burns |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karen |
| FAMILY NAME | Burns |
| SIGNATURE | BURNS K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5691-634X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
A multilevel conceptual framework for navigating gendered career trajectories in the architectural profession
Gender inequalities in careers often unfold gradually. Whilst individual events are important, longitudinal studies of careers offer insight into how gendered advantage and disadvantage can accumulate and compound over time. This article describes a novel multilevel conceptual framework for understanding gender in architectural career trajectories. It integrates three conceptual theories: gendered life course perspective, feminist institutionalis…
Perceptions of STEM Barriers in Adolescence
This 2-year longitudinal study examines the relations between math and science interest, STEM identity, and perceptions of STEM barriers in 280 (68% female; M age = 15.27) adolescents in the United States and the United Kingdom. Structural equation models indicated that higher math interest at time 1 was positively associated with overall STEM identity at time 2, and greater STEM identity at time 2 was related to fewer perceptions of barriers to …
Developmental Trajectories of Adolescents’ Math Motivation
Reciprocal Associations Between Science Efficacy, STEM Identity and Scientist Career Interest Among Adolescent Girls within the Context of Informal Science Learning
Limited research has explored the longitudinal pathway to youth career interests via identity and efficacy together. This study examined the longitudinal associations between science efficacy, STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) identity, and scientist career interest among girls who are historically considered as an underrepresented group among scientists. The sample included 308 girls (M age = 15.22, SD age = 1.66; 42.8% White) fro…
Children's and adolescents’ evaluations of wealth‐related STEM inequality
The fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are rife with inequalities and under-representation that have their roots in childhood. While researchers have focused on gender and race/ethnicity as two key dimensions of inequality, less attention has been paid to wealth. To this end, and drawing from the Social Reasoning Development approach, we examined children's and adolescents' perceptions of STEM ability and access to…
Promoting Diverse Youth’s Career Development through Informal Science Learning
Little research has examined the associations between perceived inclusivity within informal science learning sites, youth program belonging and perceptions of program career preparation. This study explored relations between these factors at three timepoints (T1 = start of program, T2 = 3 months and T3 = 12 months after start). Participants were a diverse sample of 209 adolescents participating in STEM youth programs within informal science learn…
Interest, Mindsets and Engagement
Preparing the Next Generation for STEM
Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) workers need both motivation and interpersonal skills in STEM disciplines. The aims of the study were to identify clusters of adolescents who vary in math and science motivation and interpersonal skills and to explore what factors are related to membership in a high math and science motivation and interpersonal skills cluster. Participants included 467 adolescents (312 female; Mage = 15.12 to SD =…
Gender Stereotypes and Peer Selection in STEM Domains Among Children and Adolescents
Gender stereotypes are harmful for girls' enrollment and performance in science and mathematics. So far, less is known about children's and adolescents' stereotypes regarding technology and engineering. In the current study, participants' ( N = 1,206, girls n = 623; 5-17-years-old, M = 8.63, SD = 2.81) gender stereotypes for each of the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) domains were assessed along with the relation between …
Impact of Youth and Adult Informal Science Educators on Youth Learning at Exhibits
The impact of educators in informal science learning sites (ISLS) remains understudied from the perspective of youth visitors. Less is known about whether engagement with educators differs based on the age and gender of both visitor and educator. Here, visitors (5–17 years old) to six ISLS in the United States and United Kingdom (n = 488, female n = 244) were surveyed following an interaction with either a youth (14–18 -years old) or adult educat…
Experiencing Architecture in the Nineteenth Century
Two of the great sage figures of the nineteenth century—John Ruskin and William Morris—asserted the power of architecture as environment. Even as they contested the contemporary organisation of architectural style and production, these prophets still held to the theory of environmentalism first developed by Montesquieu, a theory which recognised the shaping influence of environment on the lives and conduct of people. From the late 1970s architect…
Time and Telegraphy
Although nineteenth-century writers frequently conceived of rail travel as a dream space of collaged, fleeting, and disjunctive experiences, the transition from everyday life to travel dream state has been rarely explored. This article uses the Flinders Street Station portal (Melbourne, Australia, 1900–09) and its large stained glass lunette to examine the primary role of the station portal as a material and psychological gateway to the railway d…
Learning hand in hand
Developmental science research often involves research questions developed by academic teams, which are tested within community or educational settings. In this piece, we outline the importance of research-practice partnerships, which involve both research and practice-based partners collaborating at each stage of the research process. We articulate challenges and benefits of these partnerships for developmental science research, identify relevan…
Market-Oriented Foreign Investment and Regional Development
Now-standard models of foreign direct investment need modification to explain the nature and location of cross-border investment flows into the U.S. These flows may be important for certain regional economies of the U.S. The market imperf ections model of foreign direct investment (FiJI) and evolving theories of enterprise internationalization are used to generate hypotheses concerning the sector, activity, and size mix of trans-border direct inv…
Interest, Mindsets and Engagement
Promoting Diverse Youth’s Career Development through Informal Science Learning
Little research has examined the associations between perceived inclusivity within informal science learning sites, youth program belonging and perceptions of program career preparation. This study explored relations between these factors at three timepoints (T1 = start of program, T2 = 3 months and T3 = 12 months after start). Participants were a diverse sample of 209 adolescents participating in STEM youth programs within informal science learn…
Gender Stereotypes and Peer Selection in STEM Domains Among Children and Adolescents
Gender stereotypes are harmful for girls' enrollment and performance in science and mathematics. So far, less is known about children's and adolescents' stereotypes regarding technology and engineering. In the current study, participants' ( N = 1,206, girls n = 623; 5-17-years-old, M = 8.63, SD = 2.81) gender stereotypes for each of the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) domains were assessed along with the relation between …
Reciprocal Associations Between Science Efficacy, STEM Identity and Scientist Career Interest Among Adolescent Girls within the Context of Informal Science Learning
Limited research has explored the longitudinal pathway to youth career interests via identity and efficacy together. This study examined the longitudinal associations between science efficacy, STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) identity, and scientist career interest among girls who are historically considered as an underrepresented group among scientists. The sample included 308 girls (M age = 15.22, SD age = 1.66; 42.8% White) fro…
Market-Oriented Foreign Investment and Regional Development
Now-standard models of foreign direct investment need modification to explain the nature and location of cross-border investment flows into the U.S. These flows may be important for certain regional economies of the U.S. The market imperf ections model of foreign direct investment (FiJI) and evolving theories of enterprise internationalization are used to generate hypotheses concerning the sector, activity, and size mix of trans-border direct inv…
Preparing the Next Generation for STEM
Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) workers need both motivation and interpersonal skills in STEM disciplines. The aims of the study were to identify clusters of adolescents who vary in math and science motivation and interpersonal skills and to explore what factors are related to membership in a high math and science motivation and interpersonal skills cluster. Participants included 467 adolescents (312 female; Mage = 15.12 to SD =…
Developmental Trajectories of Adolescents’ Math Motivation
Children's and adolescents’ evaluations of wealth‐related STEM inequality
The fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are rife with inequalities and under-representation that have their roots in childhood. While researchers have focused on gender and race/ethnicity as two key dimensions of inequality, less attention has been paid to wealth. To this end, and drawing from the Social Reasoning Development approach, we examined children's and adolescents' perceptions of STEM ability and access to…
Market-Oriented Foreign Investment and Regional Development
Now-standard models of foreign direct investment need modification to explain the nature and location of cross-border investment flows into the U.S. These flows may be important for certain regional economies of the U.S. The market imperf ections model of foreign direct investment (FiJI) and evolving theories of enterprise internationalization are used to generate hypotheses concerning the sector, activity, and size mix of trans-border direct inv…
Time and Telegraphy
Although nineteenth-century writers frequently conceived of rail travel as a dream space of collaged, fleeting, and disjunctive experiences, the transition from everyday life to travel dream state has been rarely explored. This article uses the Flinders Street Station portal (Melbourne, Australia, 1900–09) and its large stained glass lunette to examine the primary role of the station portal as a material and psychological gateway to the railway d…
Learning hand in hand
Developmental science research often involves research questions developed by academic teams, which are tested within community or educational settings. In this piece, we outline the importance of research-practice partnerships, which involve both research and practice-based partners collaborating at each stage of the research process. We articulate challenges and benefits of these partnerships for developmental science research, identify relevan…
Impact of Youth and Adult Informal Science Educators on Youth Learning at Exhibits
The impact of educators in informal science learning sites (ISLS) remains understudied from the perspective of youth visitors. Less is known about whether engagement with educators differs based on the age and gender of both visitor and educator. Here, visitors (5–17 years old) to six ISLS in the United States and United Kingdom (n = 488, female n = 244) were surveyed following an interaction with either a youth (14–18 -years old) or adult educat…
Experiencing Architecture in the Nineteenth Century
Two of the great sage figures of the nineteenth century—John Ruskin and William Morris—asserted the power of architecture as environment. Even as they contested the contemporary organisation of architectural style and production, these prophets still held to the theory of environmentalism first developed by Montesquieu, a theory which recognised the shaping influence of environment on the lives and conduct of people. From the late 1970s architect…
Gender Stereotypes and Peer Selection in STEM Domains Among Children and Adolescents
Gender stereotypes are harmful for girls' enrollment and performance in science and mathematics. So far, less is known about children's and adolescents' stereotypes regarding technology and engineering. In the current study, participants' ( N = 1,206, girls n = 623; 5-17-years-old, M = 8.63, SD = 2.81) gender stereotypes for each of the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) domains were assessed along with the relation between …
Children's and adolescents’ evaluations of wealth‐related STEM inequality
The fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are rife with inequalities and under-representation that have their roots in childhood. While researchers have focused on gender and race/ethnicity as two key dimensions of inequality, less attention has been paid to wealth. To this end, and drawing from the Social Reasoning Development approach, we examined children's and adolescents' perceptions of STEM ability and access to…
Promoting Diverse Youth’s Career Development through Informal Science Learning
Little research has examined the associations between perceived inclusivity within informal science learning sites, youth program belonging and perceptions of program career preparation. This study explored relations between these factors at three timepoints (T1 = start of program, T2 = 3 months and T3 = 12 months after start). Participants were a diverse sample of 209 adolescents participating in STEM youth programs within informal science learn…
Interest, Mindsets and Engagement
Preparing the Next Generation for STEM
Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) workers need both motivation and interpersonal skills in STEM disciplines. The aims of the study were to identify clusters of adolescents who vary in math and science motivation and interpersonal skills and to explore what factors are related to membership in a high math and science motivation and interpersonal skills cluster. Participants included 467 adolescents (312 female; Mage = 15.12 to SD =…
Developmental Trajectories of Adolescents’ Math Motivation
Reciprocal Associations Between Science Efficacy, STEM Identity and Scientist Career Interest Among Adolescent Girls within the Context of Informal Science Learning
Limited research has explored the longitudinal pathway to youth career interests via identity and efficacy together. This study examined the longitudinal associations between science efficacy, STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) identity, and scientist career interest among girls who are historically considered as an underrepresented group among scientists. The sample included 308 girls (M age = 15.22, SD age = 1.66; 42.8% White) fro…
Perceptions of STEM Barriers in Adolescence
This 2-year longitudinal study examines the relations between math and science interest, STEM identity, and perceptions of STEM barriers in 280 (68% female; M age = 15.27) adolescents in the United States and the United Kingdom. Structural equation models indicated that higher math interest at time 1 was positively associated with overall STEM identity at time 2, and greater STEM identity at time 2 was related to fewer perceptions of barriers to …
A multilevel conceptual framework for navigating gendered career trajectories in the architectural profession
Gender inequalities in careers often unfold gradually. Whilst individual events are important, longitudinal studies of careers offer insight into how gendered advantage and disadvantage can accumulate and compound over time. This article describes a novel multilevel conceptual framework for understanding gender in architectural career trajectories. It integrates three conceptual theories: gendered life course perspective, feminist institutionalis…
Psychology (10 works) · Developmental psychology (9 works) · Career Development and Diversity (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Education, Achievement, and Giftedness (5 works) · Perception (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Youth Development and Social Support (4 works)