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Employment (5)

Vanderbilt University: Nashville, Tennessee, US

2020-05-01 to present | Director, Peabody Research Office (Peabody College of Education)
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Christopher Vanags

Vanderbilt University: Nashville, TN, US

2018 to present | Director of Research Initiatives (Peabody College of Education)
Employment
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Christopher Vanags

Vanderbilt University: Nashville, TN, US

2014 to present | Research Assistant Professor (Earth and Environmental Science)
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Christopher Vanags

Vanderbilt University: Nashville, TN, US

2010 to 2018 | Associate Director (Center for Science Outreach)
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Christopher Vanags

Vanderbilt University: Nashville, TN, US

2007 to 2015 | Instructor (Center for Science Outreach)
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Education and qualifications (3)

University of Sydney: Sydney, NSW, AU

2003 to 2007 | Ph.D. (Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources)
Education
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Christopher Vanags

University of Georgia: Athens, GA, US

2000 to 2002 | M.S. (Crop and Soil Science)
Education
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Christopher Vanags

University of Georgia: Athens, GA, US

1995 to 2000 | B.S. (Geology)
Education
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Christopher Vanags

Professional activities (23)

The School for Science and Math at Vanderbilt: Nashville, TN, US

2020 to present | Development Chair
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Christopher Vanags

Tennessee Computer Scinece Teacher Association: Nashville, TN, US

2020 to present | Board of Directors (founding member)
Service
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Christopher Vanags

National Council of University Research Administrators: Washington D.C., District of Columbia, US

2020 to present
Membership
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Computer Science Teachers Association: Arlington, VA, US

2020 to present
Membership
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The School for Science and Math at Vanderbilt: Nashville, TN, US

2019 to present | Board of Directors
Service
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Tennessee Department of Education: Nashville, TN, US

2019 to present | Governor Bill Lee’s Computer Science Task Force
Invited position
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Christopher Vanags

Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation: Nashville, TN, US

2017 to present | Partnership for Environmental Literacy in Tennessee
Invited position
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Christopher Vanags

Governor Bill Lee's Office of Policy and Sustainable Practices: Nashville, TN, US

2019 | Governor’s Environmental Stewardship Award
Distinction
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Christopher Vanags

Center for Nonprofit Management: Nashville, TN, US

2019 | Innovation and Action Award
Distinction
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Christopher Vanags

Tennessee Department of Education: Nashville, TN, US

2014 to 2019 | Governor Bill Haslam’s STEM Industry Advisory Council
Invited position
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Christopher Vanags

Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation: Nashville, TN, US

2016 to 2018 | Tennessee Environmental Literacy Plan Steering Committee
Invited position
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Christopher Vanags

Urban Green Lab: Nashville, TN, US

2013 to 2017 | Board of Directors
Service
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Christopher Vanags

Urban Green Lab: Nashville, TN, US

2013 to 2017 | Education Committee Co-Chair
Service
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National Association of Geoscience Teachers: Northfield, MN, US

2016 | State Outstanding Earth Science Teacher (Tennessee)
Distinction
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Christopher Vanags

Nashville Chamber of Commerce: Nashville, TN, US

2016 | Nashville Emerging Leader Award Finalist
Distinction
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Christopher Vanags

Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County: Nashville, TN, US

2013 to 2016 | Stormwater In-Fill Redevelopment Committee
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National Association of Geoscience Teachers: Northfield, MN, US

2012 to 2016
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American Geophysical Union: Washington, DC, US

2005 to 2016
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Geological Society of America: CO, CO, US

2000 to 2016
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Geological Society of America: CO, CO, US

2012 | Award for Excellence in Earth Science Teaching
Distinction
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Christopher Vanags

Society of Exploration Geophysicists: Tulsa, OK, US

2005 to 2012
Membership
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Christopher Vanags

Australian Society of Soil Scinece : Braeside, Victoria, AU

2003 to 2006
Membership
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Christopher Vanags

Soil Science Society of America: Madison, WI, US

2000 to 2003
Membership
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Christopher Vanags

Funding (13)

Place-based learning, STEM identity work and identity play with storytelling technologies

2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30 | Grant
Directorate for STEM Education (Alexandria, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 2241814
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Christopher Vanags via DimensionsWizard

Collaborative Research: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Prepare Undergraduates for Data Science Using Real-World Data from High Frequency Monitoring Systems

2019-10-01 to 2023-09-30 | Grant
Directorate for Education & Human Resources (Arlington, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 1915487
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Christopher Vanags via DimensionsWizard

GP:IMPACT: Collaborative Research: TSU-Vanderbilt Partnership - A Pathway to Broaden Participation of Underrepresented Groups in Graduate School and the Geoscience Workforce

2018-09-01 to 2021-08-31 | Grant
Directorate for Geosciences (Arlington, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 1801362
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Christopher Vanags via DimensionsWizard

Sustainable Classrooms

2017 to 2019 | Grant
Tennesee Department of Environment and Conservation (Nashville, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 32701-03138
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Christopher Vanags

CSforAll: EAGER: NetsBlox: Visual Programming Environment for Teaching Distributed Computing Concepts

2016-09-01 to 2019-08-31 | Grant
Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering (Arlington, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 1644848
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Christopher Vanags via DimensionsWizard

CSforAll: EAGER: NetsBlox: Visual Programming Environment for Teaching Distributed Computing Concepts

2016-09-01 to 2018-08-31 | Grant
Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering (n/a, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: grant.1644848
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Christopher Vanags via DimensionsWizard

NetsBlox: Cyber Infrastructure and Curriculum to Teach Distributed Computing.

2014 to 2016 | Grant
Vanderbilt University (TN, TN, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: TIPS2015
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Christopher Vanags

Dynamic, spatially-referenced walking tour of Vanderbilt Campus

2014 to 2015 | Award
Creative Campus Innovation Grant, The Curb Center for Art, Enterprise & Public Policy (Nashville, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: Curb2014
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Christopher Vanags

Wetland Development at Bells Bend Park

2013 to 2018 | Contract
Tennessee Department of Transportation (Nashville, US)
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Christopher Vanags

Transforming STEM Learning in Urban Schools Using the SSMV Model

2013 to 2015 | Award
National Institutes of Health (MD, MD, US)
GRANT_NUMBER:

R25RR032182-01

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Christopher Vanags

Young Scientist Journal

2010 to 2018 | Award
Vanderbilt University (TN, TN, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 2010YSJ
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Christopher Vanags

Connected Green Space – Wireless and Program access partnering Shelby Bottoms Nature Center and the Vanderbilt Center for Science Outreach

2007 to 2013 | Grant
AT&T (Dallas, US)
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Christopher Vanags

The School for Science and Math at Vanderbilt

2007 to 2011 | Award
National Institutes of Health (MD, MD, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: R25RR024261
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Christopher Vanags

Works (21)

Integrating Data Science Into Undergraduate Science and Engineering Courses: Lessons Learned by Instructors in a Multiuniversity Research–Practice Partnership

IEEE Transactions on Education
2024 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 0018-9359
Part of ISSN: 1557-9638
Contributors: Mohammad Yunus Naseri; Caitlin Snyder; Katherine X. Pérez-Rivera; Sambridhi Bhandari; Habtamu Workneh; Niroj Aryal; Gautam Biswas; Erin Henrick; Erin R. Hotchkiss; Manoj Jha et al.
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Christopher Vanags

A modular approach for integrating data science concepts into multiple undergraduate STEM+C courses

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings
2022 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85138230277

Part of ISSN: 21535965
Contributors: Naseri, M.Y.; Snyder, C.; McLoughlin, B.; Bhandari, S.; Aryal, N.; Biswas, G.; Henrick, E.; Hotchkiss, E.R.; Jha, M.K.; Jiang, S. et al.
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Christopher Vanags via Scopus - Elsevier

US Urban and Suburban Yardscaping

The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Futures
2022 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9783030877446
Part of ISBN: 9783030877453
Contributors: Zdravka Tzankova; Christopher Vanags
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Christopher Vanags

Understanding Data Science Instruction in Multiple STEM Disciplines

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings
2021 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85124567824

Part of ISSN: 21535965
Contributors: Snyder, C.; Asamen, D.M.; Naseri, M.Y.; Aryal, N.; Biswas, G.; Dubey, A.; Henrick, E.; Hotchkiss, E.R.; Jha, M.K.; Jiang, S.X. et al.
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Christopher Vanags via Scopus - Elsevier

Earth Horizons: a Tsu-Vu Partnership to Broaden Participation in Geosciences

Geological Society of America Abstracts
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Claiborne, Lily L.; Oster, Jessica L.; Young, De'Etra; Byl, Thomas D.; Vanags, Chris P.; Kelley, Neil P.; Goodbred, Steven L.; de Koff, Jason P.
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NASA Astrophysics Data System

Earth, Environment and Human Interactions in Tennessee: Insights from a Multi-Institutional Field Course Experience

Geological Society of America Abstracts
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Kelley, Neil P.; Blackwell, Rodney; Bryant, Aniya; Daniels, Amaris; Lawson, Darrius; Morton, Nakana; Nelson, Shakarah; Vanags, Chris P.; Oster, Jessica L.; Claiborne, Lily L.
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NASA Astrophysics Data System

Earth, Environment and Human Interactions in Tennessee: Insights from a Multi-Institutional Field Course Experience

Joint 69th Annual Southeastern/55th Annual Northeastern Section Meeting-2020
2020 | Conference paper
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Christopher Vanags

Earth Horizons: Addressing the Lack of Diversity in the Geosciences through a TSU-Vanderbilt Partnership

AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
2020-12 | Conference paper
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Christopher Vanags
grade
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Earth Horizons: a Tsu-Vanderbilt Partnership Building a Pathway to Broaden Participation of Underrepresented Groups in Graduate School and the Geoscience Workforce

Geological Society of America Abstracts
2018 | Journal article
Contributors: Claiborne, Lily L.; Oster, Jessica L.; Young, De'Etra; Byl, Thomas D.; Vanags, Chris P.; Kelley, Neil P.; de Koff, Jason P.; Goodbred, Steven L.
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NASA Astrophysics Data System

A visual programming environment for introducing distributed computing to secondary education

Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing
2018-08 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0743-7315
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Christopher Vanags
grade
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A Visual Programming Environment for Learning Distributed Programming

Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education - SIGCSE '17
2017 | Conference paper
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Christopher Vanags

Introducing parallel and distributed computing to K12

Proceedings - 2017 IEEE 31st International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium Workshops, IPDPSW 2017
2017 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85028080061

Contributors: Broll, B.; Ledeczi, A.; Volgyesi, P.; Sallai, J.; Maroti, M.; Vanags, C.
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Christopher Vanags via Scopus - Elsevier

The school for science and math at vanderbilt: An innovative research-based program for high school students

CBE Life Sciences Education
2014 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84901826886

Contributors: Eeds, A.; Vanags, C.; Creamer, J.; Loveless, M.; Dixon, A.; Sperling, H.; McCombs, G.; Robinson, D.; Shepherd, V.L.
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Christopher Vanags via Scopus - Elsevier

Hydrological and water-use efficiency implications of geomorphological stratification in palæochannels in the Northern Murray-Darling basin

Crop and Pasture Science
2013 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84890841309

Contributors: Vanags, C.P.; Vervoort, R.W.
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Christopher Vanags via Scopus - Elsevier
grade
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A geophysical and hydrological investigation of palaeochannels in northern New South Wales

2007 | Dissertation/Thesis
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Christopher Vanags

How do Sandy Palaeochannels affect Shallow Groundwater Flow in a Clay-Dominated Vadose Zone under Flood Irrigation?

2005 | Conference paper
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Christopher Vanags
grade
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Inverting Electromagnetic Data to Identify Soil Hydraulic Properties in Northern New South Wales, Australia

American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting
2005 | Conference paper
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Christopher Vanags

Bermudagrass Sod Growth and Metal Uptake in Coal Combustion By-Product-Amended Media

Journal of Environmental Quality
2004 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-1642290944

Contributors: Schlossberg, M.J.; Vanags, C.P.; Miller, W.P.
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Christopher Vanags via Scopus - Elsevier

Simulated hydrological behaviour of a shallow palaeochannel system under irrigation

Supersoil 2004: Program and Abstracts for the 3rd Australian New Zealand Soils Conference
2004 | Conference abstract
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Christopher Vanags

The dynamic penetrometer for assessment of soil mechanical resistance

SuperSoil 2004: 3rd Australian New Zealand Soils Conference
2004-12-05 | Conference paper
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Christopher Vanags

A pedological study of soil genesis on Skidaway Island

2002-12 | Dissertation/Thesis
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Christopher Vanags