Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., Duke University 2008
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Lecturer in Environmental Science and Policy, Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment 2013 - 2021
  • 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
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  In the News

  • JUL 7, 2021

    Teaching in Duke Forest: Where Students Learn in a Living Classroom

  • JAN 29, 2020

    Cataloging All That Creeps and Slithers
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  Awards & Honors

  • Commendation. Headwaters Group, North Carolina Sierra Club. 2017
  • Clarence F. Korstian Award. Duke Forest. 2015
• Expertise
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  Global Scholarship

  • Research

    • Denmark (Country) 
    • Finland (Country) 
    • Norway (Country) 
    • Poland (Country) 
    • Sweden (Country) 

  • Teaching

    • Afghanistan (Country) 
    • Thailand (Country) 
• Research
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  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
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  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
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  Recent Courses

  • ENVIRON 391: Independent Study 2021
  • ENVIRON 393: Research Independent Study 2021
  • ENVIRON 593: Independent Studies and Projects 2021
  • ENVIRON 632: Environmental Education and Interpretation 2021
  • ENVIRON 701: Forest Measurements 2021
  • ENVIRON 706: Wildlife Surveys 2021
  • ENVIRON 731: Dendrology 2021
  • ENVIRON 899: Master's Project 2021
  • ENVIRON 966: DEL: Professional Writing Course 2021
  • ENVIRON 997: Duke Environmental Leadership: Independent Studies and Projects 2021
  • ENVIRON 999: Duke Environmental Leadership: Master's Project 2021
  • HOUSECS 59: House Course 2021
  • ENVIRON 391: Independent Study 2020
  • ENVIRON 393: Research Independent Study 2020
  • ENVIRON 593: Independent Studies and Projects 2020
  • ENVIRON 701: Forest Measurements 2020
  • ENVIRON 731: Dendrology 2020
  • ENVIRON 899: Master's Project 2020
  • ENVIRON 966: DEL: Professional Writing Course 2020
  • ENVIRON 997: Duke Environmental Leadership: Independent Studies and Projects 2020
  • ENVIRON 999: Duke Environmental Leadership: Master's Project 2020
  • ENVIRON 310: Forest Measurements 2019
  • ENVIRON 311: Dendrology 2019
  • ENVIRON 391: Independent Study 2019
  • ENVIRON 393: Research Independent Study 2019
  • ENVIRON 593: Independent Studies and Projects 2019
  • ENVIRON 701: Forest Measurements 2019
  • ENVIRON 706: Wildlife Surveys 2019
  • ENVIRON 731: Dendrology 2019
  • ENVIRON 896: Professional Communications 2019
  • ENVIRON 897: Writing a Master's Project 2019
  • ENVIRON 899: Master's Project 2019
  • ENVIRON 966: DEL: Professional Writing Course 2019
  • ENVIRON 997: Duke Environmental Leadership: Independent Studies and Projects 2019
  • ENVIRON 999: Duke Environmental Leadership: Master's Project 2019
• Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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  Outreach & Engaged Scholarship

  • DukeEngage Program Leader . Developing and promoting coastal conservation efforts. Global Vision International and STA Travel. May 2017 - July 2017  2017
  • Bass Connections Faculty Team Member . Developing Departmental Energy Reports and a Carbon Pricing Program for Duke University. August 2016 - May 2017  2016 - 2017
  • DukeEngage in Thailand. Instructor. Global Vision International (GVI) and STA Travel. 2014  2014

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