Welcome to the Network!

We are a network of educators, researchers, project leaders, and citizen science enthusiasts excited about the potential of citizen science to enhance undergraduate education. Please join us!

Members can browse our collections of educational and project-related resources, share new resources widely with colleagues, and discuss best practices, classroom tips, and more in our Forum.

Check out the Get Started page for how to most effectively explore the website.

 

Upcoming Events

By joining, you will also receive periodic news and highlights about how citizen science is currently being used in higher education classrooms.

Stay tuned for more information about upcoming webinars.

Recent News

Two new USE CitSci Publications in 2024!

The Social Justice Working Group recently published an article based on their meetings over the past year in CBE - Life Sciences Education titled "Social Justice, Community Engagement, and Undergraduate STEM Education: Participatory Science as a Teaching Tool". 

We also just published an overview of the USE CitSci Network summarizing its activities and goals in the Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America titled "Bringing global ecological research to undergraduate students through citizen science".

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Our group recently published a literature review in BioScience to understand the state of the field. Click to read more!