NOTE: THIS PAGE IS NOT UP-TO-DATE AND WILL BE POPULATED WITH MORE RECENT WORK AT SOME POINT.
Select Successful Grant Proposals Written for Organizations
Park Based Activities to Decrease Loneliness in Vulnerable Seniors. Florida Blue Foundation. $200,000. 2020.
Increasing Access to Therapeutic Nature Contact for People with Disabilities. Indian River Community Foundation. $50,000. 2017.
Installation of a New Pilot Children’s Nature Playscape. Whitney Foundation. $20,000. 2016.
Teaching Job Skills for a Greener Future: Paid Summer Workforce Experiences for Underresourced Teens. Grand Harbor Community Outreach. $10,000. 2016, 2017.
Nature-Based Therapy Programs to Improve Human Wellness. McCabe Foundation. $100,000. 2016.
Tiny Seedlings: Integrating Nature, Active Play and Teacher/Parent Nature Activity Training into HeadStart Early Childhood Education Centers for Low-Income Families. John’s Island Community Service League. $15,000. 2016, 2017.
Transforming Under-Served Youth into Next-Gen Sustainability Scientists Utilizing Technology. Verizon. $30,000. 2012.
Bringing Eco-Science to Life: Educational Outreach Programs for Youth - Botanic-Based Workforce Development for At-Risk Youth and Fairchild Challenge Interdisciplinary Outreach for K-12 Schools. Grable Foundation. $90,000. 2011, 2013.
Patti Burns Prize for Excellence in Environmental Communication. Charles C. Cohen Foundation. $50,000. 2011.
Increasing Access to Therapeutic Nature Contact for People with Disabilities. Indian River Community Foundation. $50,000. 2017.
Installation of a New Pilot Children’s Nature Playscape. Whitney Foundation. $20,000. 2016.
Teaching Job Skills for a Greener Future: Paid Summer Workforce Experiences for Underresourced Teens. Grand Harbor Community Outreach. $10,000. 2016, 2017.
Nature-Based Therapy Programs to Improve Human Wellness. McCabe Foundation. $100,000. 2016.
Tiny Seedlings: Integrating Nature, Active Play and Teacher/Parent Nature Activity Training into HeadStart Early Childhood Education Centers for Low-Income Families. John’s Island Community Service League. $15,000. 2016, 2017.
Transforming Under-Served Youth into Next-Gen Sustainability Scientists Utilizing Technology. Verizon. $30,000. 2012.
Bringing Eco-Science to Life: Educational Outreach Programs for Youth - Botanic-Based Workforce Development for At-Risk Youth and Fairchild Challenge Interdisciplinary Outreach for K-12 Schools. Grable Foundation. $90,000. 2011, 2013.
Patti Burns Prize for Excellence in Environmental Communication. Charles C. Cohen Foundation. $50,000. 2011.
Written Publications
Steinwald, Molly, Melissa A. Harding, and Richard V. Piacentini. 2014. "Multi-sensory engagement with real nature relevant to real life." In book, Multi-modal museum: A cross-disciplinary perspective on multiple modalities of a museum experience. Editors: Nina Levent and Alvaro Pascual-Leone. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Steinwald, Molly C., Bradley J. Swanson, Jacqueline M. Doyle, and Peter M. Waser. Dec 2013. "Female mobility and the mating system of the banner-tailed kangaroo rat (Dipodomys spectabilis)." Journal of Mammalogy 94: 1258-1265.
Steinwald, Molly. July 2013. "Nature writ small: Kids capture scenes of wild things in the city." Grist, national environmental news agency.
Steinwald, Molly. 2012. "Review of 'Wild Play: Parenting Adventures in the Great Outdoors' by David Sobel." Ecopsychology 4: 72-73.
Steinwald, Molly, Yuta Kawarasaki, Richard E. Lee, Jr., and A. John Bailer. 2010. "Using Gigapan to connect classrooms to Antarctic cryobiologists." Proceedings of the Fine International Conference on Gigapixel Imaging. Carnegie Mellon University.
Steinwald, Mary C., Bradley J. Swanson, and Peter M. Waser. 2006. “Effects of spool-and-line tracking on small desert mammals.” Southwestern Naturalist 51: 71-78.
Steinwald, Mary C. 2004. "Following the bannertail: a study of home range utilization and the mating system of Dipodomys spectabilis via spool-and-line tracking, Unpublished M.S. thesis, Purdue University.
Steinwald, Molly C., Bradley J. Swanson, Jacqueline M. Doyle, and Peter M. Waser. Dec 2013. "Female mobility and the mating system of the banner-tailed kangaroo rat (Dipodomys spectabilis)." Journal of Mammalogy 94: 1258-1265.
Steinwald, Molly. July 2013. "Nature writ small: Kids capture scenes of wild things in the city." Grist, national environmental news agency.
Steinwald, Molly. 2012. "Review of 'Wild Play: Parenting Adventures in the Great Outdoors' by David Sobel." Ecopsychology 4: 72-73.
Steinwald, Molly, Yuta Kawarasaki, Richard E. Lee, Jr., and A. John Bailer. 2010. "Using Gigapan to connect classrooms to Antarctic cryobiologists." Proceedings of the Fine International Conference on Gigapixel Imaging. Carnegie Mellon University.
Steinwald, Mary C., Bradley J. Swanson, and Peter M. Waser. 2006. “Effects of spool-and-line tracking on small desert mammals.” Southwestern Naturalist 51: 71-78.
Steinwald, Mary C. 2004. "Following the bannertail: a study of home range utilization and the mating system of Dipodomys spectabilis via spool-and-line tracking, Unpublished M.S. thesis, Purdue University.
Related Professional/Civic Service
Invited grant review panelist for the Institute for Museum and Library Services. 2014, 2017, 2018.
Invited grant review panelist for the National Science Foundation Advancing Informal STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Learning Directorate. 2013.
Assistant Director, Howe Center for Writing Excellence. Miami University. 2008-2009. (While full-time PhD student; invited to continue in the position for the next year, but chose to return to teaching in the Biology Department.)
Curriculum Committee, Graduate Representative (voting member). Department of Biology. Miami University. 2008-2009.
Academic Advisor for all biology majors. Ave Maria University. 2004-2005.
International Student Advisor. Ave Maria University. 2002-2003.
Recommender of 25+ successful applicants to undergraduate, graduate, medical and dental schools, and environmental and zoological internship programs across the U.S. 2000 - present.
Invited grant review panelist for the National Science Foundation Advancing Informal STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Learning Directorate. 2013.
Assistant Director, Howe Center for Writing Excellence. Miami University. 2008-2009. (While full-time PhD student; invited to continue in the position for the next year, but chose to return to teaching in the Biology Department.)
Curriculum Committee, Graduate Representative (voting member). Department of Biology. Miami University. 2008-2009.
Academic Advisor for all biology majors. Ave Maria University. 2004-2005.
International Student Advisor. Ave Maria University. 2002-2003.
Recommender of 25+ successful applicants to undergraduate, graduate, medical and dental schools, and environmental and zoological internship programs across the U.S. 2000 - present.