He conducts research in the area of science literacy learning. His research, teaching, and extension programs reach a wide audience including children and adults in both informal and formal learning settings. Some of these programs include Bumble Boosters (pollinator education and citizen science programming), NSF funded faculty teaching development workshops, native pollinator habitat conservation, conservation behavior research, and crop producer educational programming. In 2013, backers successfully funded Dr. Golick’s Build a Better Bumble Bee Domicile Project with over ($7,000 in funds received through the campaign and private donations). Over 200 bumble bee domiciles were delivered to collaborators in 17 countries for placement. To date, participants have posted hundreds of stories, posts, and pictures of their domiciles successes and failures in attracting bumble bees.