Nicolette Cagle | Scholars@Duke

Nicolette Cagle
Lecturer in Environmental Science and Policy

I am a dedicated ecologist and environmental educator with a passion for writing. I work as a Lecturer in the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University where I teach courses emphasizing natural history and environmental education & communication. I am also the Director of the Environmental Science Summer Program at Duke and Director of the NSOE Communications Studio.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Lecturer in Environmental Science and Policy, Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment 2013

Contact Information

9 Circuit Drive, Box 90328, Durham, NC 27708
Box 90328, Grainger Hall, Durham, NC 27708
nicolette.cagle@duke.edu
Environmental Science Summer Program at Duke
NSOE: Nicolette L. Cagle's website
Triangle Naturalist Blog

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Duke University 2008
Duke Appointment History
- Visiting Lecturer, Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment 2013
- Lecturing Fellow in the Thompson Writing Program, Thompson Writing Program, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2011 - 2013
- Instructor, Temporary in NSOE Distributed, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University 2009 - 2011
Recognition
In the News
- JAN 29, 2020
  
  Cataloging All That Creeps and Slithers
Awards & Honors
- Commendation. Headwaters Group, North Carolina Sierra Club. 2017
- Clarence F. Korstian Award. Duke Forest. 2015
Expertise
Global Scholarship
- Research
- Teaching
  - Afghanistan (Country)
  - Thailand (Country)
Research
Selected Grants
- Collaborative Research: Leveraging the AMOC arrays and models to understand heat and freshwater transports in the North Atlantic awarded by Georgia Institute of Technology 2019 - 2022
- Girls on outdoor adventure for Leadership and Science awarded by VF Corporation 2017 - 2018
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Elmore, Jared A., Stephen B. Hager, Bradley J. Cosentino, Timothy J. O’Connell, Corey S. Riding, Michelle L. Anderson, Marja H. Bakermans, et al. “Correlates of bird collisions with buildings across three North American countries.” Conservation Biology : The Journal of the Society for Conservation Biology 35, no. 2 (April 2021): 654–65. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13569.
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  - Cagle, N. L. “Changes in experiences with nature through the lives of environmentally committed university faculty.” Environmental Education Research 24, no. 6 (June 3, 2018): 889–98. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2017.1342116.
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  - Winton, R. S., N. Ocampo-Peñuela, and N. Cagle. “Geo-referencing bird-window collisions for targeted mitigation.” Peerj 2018, no. 1 (January 1, 2018). https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4215.
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  - Hager, S. B., B. J. Cosentino, M. A. Aguilar-Gómez, M. L. Anderson, M. Bakermans, T. J. Boves, D. Brandes, et al. “Continent-wide analysis of how urbanization affects bird-window collision mortality in North America.” Biological Conservation 212 (August 1, 2017): 209–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2017.06.014.
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  - Cagle, Nicolette. “Point of View: Science Classrooms as a Gateway to Comprehensive Pedagogy.” Journal of College Science Teaching 046, no. 03 (2017). https://doi.org/10.2505/4/jcst17_046_03_8.
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  - Hudson, Lawrence N., Tim Newbold, Sara Contu, Samantha L. L. Hill, Igor Lysenko, Adriana De Palma, Helen R. P. Phillips, et al. “The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project.” Ecology and Evolution 7, no. 1 (January 2017): 145–88. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2579.
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  - Wittig, T. W., N. L. Cagle, N. Ocampo-Peñuela, R. S. Winton, E. Zambello, and Z. Lichtneger. “Species traits and local abundance affect bird-window collision frequency.” Avian Conservation and Ecology 12, no. 1 (January 1, 2017). https://doi.org/10.5751/ACE-01014-120117.
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  - Ocampo-Peñuela, N., R. S. Winton, C. J. Wu, E. Zambello, T. W. Wittig, and N. L. Cagle. “Patterns of bird-window collisions inform mitigation on a university campus.” Peerj 2016, no. 2 (January 1, 2016). https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1652.
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  - Cagle, N. L. “Quantifying the Presence of Written Materials and the Use of Outside Texts in Nature Centers for Environmental Education.” Applied Environmental Education and Communication 12, no. 2 (April 1, 2013): 108–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2013.820635.
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  - Cagle, N. L. “Snake species distributions and temperate grasslands: A case study from the American tallgrass prairie.” Biological Conservation 141, no. 3 (March 1, 2008): 744–55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2008.01.003.
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- Book Sections
  - Cagle, N. L. “Naturalists as environmental leaders: Bringing natural history from the past and into the future.” In Environmental Leadership: A Reference Handbook, 83–94, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781452218601.n10.
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- Other Articles
  - Cagle, N. “John Madson's Where the Sky Began: Land of the Tallgrass Prairie.” The Journal of Natural History Education and Experience, n.d.
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Teaching & Mentoring
Recent Courses
Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
Outreach & Engaged Scholarship

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Education, Training, & Certifications

Duke Appointment History

In the News

Awards & Honors

Global Scholarship

Research

Teaching

Selected Grants

Selected Publications

Academic Articles

Book Sections

Other Articles

Recent Courses

Outreach & Engaged Scholarship