2025
Journal Articles
Johnson, S., Walker, S. E., Goulding, C., LoTemplio, S. & Zarestky, J. (In review; 2 revisions completed). “Nature from my perspective”: Leveraging participatory mental modeling to understand the well-being impacts of outdoor retreats for black men. Ecopsychology.
Presentations (Including Posters, Roundtables, etc.)
Tamlyn, K. A., Merfeld, J., Walker, S. E., Johnson, S., Terol., S., Collins, S.A., Zarestky, J., & LoTemplio, S. (accepted) (2025, November 20th). Working Towards Researcher-Practitioner Collaborations in Nature and Well-being [Presentation]. Society for Nature & Cognition, Denver, CO, United States.
Tamlyn, K. A., Merfeld, J., Walker, S. E., Johnson, S., Terol., S., Collins, S.A., Zarestky, J., & LoTemplio, S. (2025, September 8th). Assessing the needs of nature and health practitioners: Setting the stage for collaboration with research [Presentation]. Pathways Human Dimensions of Wildlife Conference, Estes Park, CO, United States.
Tamlyn, K., Merfeld, J., Johnson, S., Collins, S.A., Terol, S., Walker, S., Zarestky, J. & LoTemplio, S. (April, 2025) “In Support of Researcher Practitioner Collaborations in the Field of Nature & Well-being: Preliminary Findings.” Poster Presentation Given at the 2025 Annual Nature and Health Alliance Meeting in Houston, TX, United States.
Terol, S., Zarestky, J., Collins, S. A., Walker, S. E., Tamlyn, K. A., Johnson, S., Merfeld, J., & LoTemplio, S. (2025, October 9th). Translating Research into Practice through Adult Learning: Reimagining research collaboration in nature and well-being [Annual Conference Roundtable Session]. American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, Cincinnati, OH, United States.
Terol, S., Zarestky, J., Collins, S. A., Walker, S. E., Tamlyn, K. A., Johnson, S., Merfeld, J., & LoTemplio, S. (submitted) (2026, April). Evaluation as a Bridge to Foster Research-Practice Partnerships in Nature-Based Education [Annual Conference Roundtable Session]. American Educational Research Association, Los Angeles, CA
Invited Talks
Nature and Health - Utah (2025, November 13)
Other
Researcher Report
2024
Presentations (Including Posters, Roundtables, etc.)
Collins, S.*, Walker, S., Hofecker, J.,* Guinee, A.*, Alley, J.*, Dockendorff, K., & LoTemplio, S. (2024, October). Understanding Stress Recovery in Nature Within LGBTQ+ Populations. Poster Presentation at the 2024 Annual Convention of the Society for Psychophysiological Research.
Collins, S.*, LoTemplio, S. (2024, October). Does gardening make us healthy? Evaluating the health and wellbeing outcomes of participants in an extension community. Poster Presentation at the 2024 CSU Extension Forum Symposium.
Other
Practitioner Report
2023
Presentations (Including Posters, Roundtables, etc.)
Tamlyn, K. A., Walker, S. E., Zarestky, J., Johnson, S., LoTemplio, S. (2023, Sep 10-14). Theory to Practice: Bridging the Nature & Human Wellbeing Science and Practice Gap [Conference Presentation]. SHIFT Summit, Bend, OR, United States.
Maddock, J.E., LoTemplio, S., Gerst, M. & Johnson, S. (2023, September). Nature and Health Alliance. Interactive workshop presented at the SHIFT annual summit, Bend OR.
LoTemplio, S., Walker, S. Zarestky, J., Tamlyn, K. & Johnson, S. (2023, September). Theory to Practice: Bridging the Nature and Human Wellbeing Science and Practice Gap. Interactive workshop presented at the SHIFT annual summit, Bend OR.