● Ariyaratne, T., & Akerson, V. L. (2024). Exploring Chemists’ Understanding of the Nature of Science with Their Level of Expertise. International Journal of Research in Education and Science. https://doi.org/10.46328/ijres.3492

● Ariyaratne, T., Buck, G. A., Matara Arachchige, C. R., (2024). Belonging for Transgender and Nonbinary Students: STEM vs. Non-STEM at a large public university in the US Midwest. Gender and Education. International Journal of Inclusive Education (Under review).

● Phillips, A., Rahman, S., Zhong, Q., Cesljarev, C., Liu, C., Ariyaratne, T., McClain, J., & Akerson, V. (2022). Nature of science conceptions and identity development among science education doctoral students: Preparing NOS teacher educators. International Journal of Research in Education and Science (IJRES), 8(4), 626-646. https://doi.org/10.46328/ijres.2986

● McClain, J., Cesljarev, C., Zhong, Q., Rahman, S., Liu, C., Phillips, A., Ariyaratne, T., & Akerson, V. L. (2022). Developing nature of science ideas and orientations at the graduate level: Better late than never. International Journal on Studies in Education (IJSE), 4(2), 155–170. https://doi.org/10.46328/ijonse.82

Book Chapter Publication

● Ariyaratne, T., & Akerson, V. L. Linking the existing rural preservice teachers’ understandings of globalization to teach them the importance of learning science. In G. A. Buck, V. Dimitrieska, & V. L. Akerson (Eds) Globalizing rural teacher preparation in the United States. Springer: Dordrecht.

● Akerson, V. L., Ariyaratne, T., Cesljarev, C., & El Ahmadie, N. Science Education in the Elementary Grades in the United States: Teaching and Learning Science. In Viveiro, A., Cristina de Senzi Zancul, M., & Neves da Rocha (Eds) International Perspectives on Elementary Science Education, State University of Campinas: Brazil.

● Zhong, Q., Ariyaratne, T., Yang, J., Rahman, S., & Akerson, V. L. (2021). It’s hard to focus on the content knowledge: Understanding a doctoral student instructor’s emotional challenges of teaching science during the COVID-19 pandemic. In V. L. Akerson & I. S. Carter (Eds.), Science Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Tales from the Front Lines (pp. 93-116). ISTES Organization.

Conference Presentations

● Ariyaratne, T., Akerson, V. L. & Reck, C., (2024, March) Comparing Chemists' Views of the Nature of Science (NOS) With Their Levels of Research Expertise. National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), Denver: CO.

● Ariyaratne, T., Baumgartner, E., Ottley, J., (2024, April) Addressing national, state, and special education requirements for grade 8 science teaching, Badar-Kauffman Conference, Kent: OH.

● Baumgartner, E., Ariyaratne, T., Leonardi, B., Ottley, J., Sebastian, L., (2024, March) BRICK Project: Building Robust Content Knowledge of Intervention Specialists in the Areas of Math and Science. Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE), Las Vegas: NV.

● Ariyaratne, T., Akerson, V. L. (2024, January) The Post-pandemic Instructional Improvements in Chemistry Education. Hawaii International Conference on Education (HIEC), Honolulu: HI.

● Ariyaratne, T., Buck., G. A. (2023, April) Transgender and Minority Gender Students’ Sense of Belonging in Higher Education: Exploring the Difference Between STEM and non-STEM Majors. National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), Chicago: IL.

● Ariyaratne, T., (2023, April) Emerging themes in post-pandemic instructional improvements in Chemistry Education. Science Education Research Symposium (SERS), Bloomington: IN.

● Ariyaratne, T., Akerson, V. L. (2023, January) We are already a part of it! – Linking the existing rural preservice teachers’ understanding of globalization to teach them the importance of learning science, Hawaii International Conference on Education (HIEC), Honolulu: HI.

● Ariyaratne, T., Akerson, V. L. (2022, May) We are already a part of it! – Linking the existing rural preservice teachers’ understanding of globalization to teach them the importance of learning science. Longview Symposium, Indiana University, Bloomington: IN.

● Ariyaratne, T., Buck., G. A. (2021) Gender minority individuals’ belongingness in Science and Science Education in Higher Education. Science Education Research Symposium. Indiana University, Bloomington: IN.

● Zhong, Q., Ariyaratne, T., Yang, J., Rahman, S., & Akerson, V. (2023, January). It’s hard to focus on the content knowledge: Understanding a doctoral student instructor‘s emotional challenges of teaching science during the COVID-19 pandemic. Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE), Salt Lake City: UT.

● Akerson, V. L., Ariyaratne, T., Cesljarev, C., & El Ahmadie, N. (2023, January). Science Education in the Elementary Grades in the United States: Teaching and Learning Science. Hawaii International Conference on Education (HIEC), Honolulu: HI.

● Akerson, V. L., Ariyaratne, T., Cesljarev, C., Liu, C., McClain, J., Phillips, A., Rahman, S., Zhong, Q. (2021, October) Developing Nature of Science Ideas and Orientations at the Graduate Level: Better Late Than Never. Panel presented at the annual International Conference on Social and Education Sciences (IConSES). Chicago: IL.

● Fino, H., Ariyaratne, T., Peebles, R., Peebles, S., Pate, B., West, C. (2022) Modeling CO2 microsolvation: microwave spectroscopic studies of difluoroethylene (DFE)/CO2 clusters, (DFE)1 (CO2)x, for a trimer, tetramer, and pentamer. International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Urbana-Champaign: IL.