Mathis, C., Periard, C., Azam, H., Kelly, J., Assi, H., & Ikram, M. (2026). Cultural contexts as catalysts for learning: Integrating students’ lived experiences into physics assessments. In Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS 2026) (pp. 513–520). International Society of the Learning Sciences.

Fackler, A. K., & Mathis, C. (2026). It’s not just a hurricane: How a Cajun teacher’s fugitive space informs her climate change pedagogy. In Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS 2026) (pp. 3087–3089). International Society of the Learning Sciences.

Mathis, C., Assi, H., Neuhart, I., Kelly, J., & Azam, S. H. (2025). Cultural resources in physics sensemaking: What students reveal through formative assessment. Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 264-26, https://doi.org/10.1119/perc.2025.pr.Mathis

Nonyelum, L., Mathis, C., Akcil-Okan, O., & Smith, M. (2025). Framing towards culturally relevant practice for physics education in Nigeria.  Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 320-325, https://doi.org/10.1119/perc.2025.pr.Nonyelum 

    Azam, S. H., Mathis, C., & Brown, M. (2025). Teaching toward equity: The role of student conceptions in physics instruction.  Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 41-46, ​​https://doi.org/10.1119/perc.2025.pr.Azam

      Mathis, C., Southerland, S. A., & Jaber, L. Z. (2025). Tracing different forms of politicized care in teaching physics to students traditionally underserved in science. Physical Review Physics Education Research, 21(2), 020121. https://doi.org/10.1103/yvbc-n7vk

      Mathis, C., Mutegi, J., Carroll, T., Patel, M., & Wooley, A. (2025). Exploring physics teacher identity: Pathways toward equitable instruction among teachers. Physical Review Physics Education Research, 21(2), 020123. https://doi.org/10.1103/qmv3-jwm2

      Mathis, C., Kiruma, J, Poulan P., Avalos J. (2025), Collaborative Professional Learning Communities for Culture-Based Physics Curriculum Development: Integrating Local Knowledge with NGSS  Paper presented at 2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. https://peer.asee.org/56110

      Miller, E. A., Reigh, E. V., & Mathis, C. (2025). Culturally relevant pedagogy in practice: A case study of a teacher’s divergence from large‐scale science curriculum. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 0(1), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1002/tea.70017

      Patel, M. & Mathis, C., (2024). Why are Culture-Based Approaches In Physics Needed?, Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 312-317, doi:10.1119/perc.2024.pr.Patel

      Smith, M., Dippre, J., Wooley, A., Chamberlain, L., Shirey, K., Levy, E., Mathis, C., & Daane, A. (2024). Decolonizing physics curricula: A case study about a kinematics lesson. Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, pp. 387-392, doi:10.1119/perc.2024.pr.Smith

      Mathis, C. (2024). A Critical Race Theory analysis of lack of access and representation in physics education through counterstory. In An Introduction to Critical Race Theory in Physics Education Research. https://doi.org/10.1119/RevPERv3.1.5

      Ibourk, A., & Mathis, C. (2024). Developing preservice elementary teachers’ self-efficacy toward teaching science. International Journal of Science Education, 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2024.2347154

      Mathis, C, S. Southerland, Burgess, T. (2023). Physics Teachers’ Dispositions Towards Culturally Relevant Pedagogy in the Classroom. International Journal of Science Education https://doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2023.2190850

      Mathis, C., Daane, A. R., Rodriguez, B., Hernandez, J., & Huynh, T. (2023). How instructors can view knowledge to implement culturally relevant pedagogy. Physical Review Physics Education Research, 19(1), 010105. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.19.010105

      Smith M., Brown M., Daane A., Mathis C. (2023) Unlearning Indoctrination: Tensions Between Decolonizing Curricula and Characteristics of Whiteness. Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings pp. 314-319, doi:10.1119/perc.2023.pr.Smith

      Horak M., Nanthou D., Brown M., Daane A., Mathis C. (2023) Tour Guide, Coach, and Gardener: Teacher’s Metaphors for Equitable Instruction. Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings pp. 132-137, doi:10.1119/perc.2023.pr.Horak

      Nanthou D., Gumale A., Brown M., Daane A., Mathis C. (2023) Grappling with the dominant narrative of physics: teachers rethink colonial roots together to reshape classrooms/instructors grapple with the dominant narrative of physics, reshaping classrooms. Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings pp. 236-241, doi:10.1119/perc.2023.pr.Nanthou

      Ibourk, A., Mathis, C., Wagner, L. (2022). Preservice Elementary Teachers’ Explanations of Properties of Sound Using a Web-based Inquiry Science Environment (WISE). Research in Science and Technological Education, doi: 10.1080/02635143.2022.2066647

      Ibourk, A., Hughes, R., & Mathis, C. (2022). “It is what it is”: Using Storied‐Identity and intersectionality lenses to understand the trajectory of a young Black woman’s science and math identities. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 59(7), 1099-1133. https://doi.org/10.1002/tea.21753

      Mathis, C., & Southerland, S. (2022). Our Shifting Understandings of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy in Physics. The Physics Teacher, 60(4), 260-265. https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0027583

      Hernandez, J., Skiba, J., German, M., Scherr, R., Huynh, T., Mathis, C., & Araya, M. (2022). Exploring Sociopolitical Landscapes in Physics Education. Sustainability and Climate Change, 15(4), 279-288. https://doi.org/10.1089/scc.2022.0023

      Mathis, C., Robertson, A. (2021). An Examination of the Role of Physics Culture on In-Service Physics Teachers Relationship between Identity and Equity. 2021 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, 264-269 doi:10.1119/perc.2021.pr.Mathis.

      Bauman L., Mathis C., McKagan S., Madsen A., Marvin K., Goodhew L., Robertson A. (2021). Centering Physics Faculty Ideas About Resources-Oriented Instruction. 2021 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, 33-38 doi:10.1119/perc.2021.pr.Bauman

      Doucette D., Daane, A., Flynn A., Gosling C., Hsi D., Mathis C., Morrison A., Park S., Rifkin M., Tabora J. (2021). Teaching Equity in Chemistry. Journal of Chemical Education. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00415