- Environmental Stewardship
- Photos: Letter S and H in Anderson, R.P. 2006. The Invisible ABCs: Exploring the world of microbes... ASM Press, Washington DC (Bethel News Article - pdf)
- Kistler, R. A. 2003. There is no AWAY. Earth Week Chapel Presentation at Bethel College, April 21, 2003.
- Kistler, 2001. Offal of Spring - A multimedia work (web slide show version)
- Kistler, R. A. 2000. Greengrass, recycling, and God: From here to there and back again: Humanity's journey from Eden to the Noosphere.
- Kistler, R.A. 2000 Modifying Energy Use in Congregations Workshop Images, Changing the Climate: Responding in Faith to Global Warming, Sponsored by the Minnesota Interfaith Campaign for Climate Change, Minnesota Council of Churches 12/4/2000
- Kistler, R.A. et al. 2000. Encouraging Energy Stewardship: An Analysis of Energy Use and Environmental Impact of a Campus Computer Classroom at Bethel College, St. Paul, MN
- Kistler, R.A. et al. 2000. Science, Technology, Economics, and Public Thoughts and Policy: An analysis of Lighting in the Academic Complex Lounge at Bethel College, Saint Paul, MN
- Kistler R, A. et al. 1996. Global Stewardship Begins at Home: An Analysis of Existing StewardshipPractices and Policies at Bethel College
- Kistler, R. A. 1996. Reflections on Stewardship of Creation
- Information Technology & Education
- Kistler, R. 2003. Religious Studies Review 29(2):185-186. Review of Schultze, Q. I. 2002. Habits of the High-Tech Heart: Living Virtuously in the Information Age. Baker, Grand Rapids, MI.
- Kistler, R. A. 1995. Image Acquisition, Processing, and Analysis in the Biology Laboratory: An Example Using a Macintosh computer and NIH Image to Quantify Leaf Size Variation Within a Tree Canopy. The American Biology Teacher. 57(3):151-157. (pdf download)
- Insect Ecology
- Kistler, R. A. 1995. Influence of Temperature on Populations Within a Guild of Mesquite Bruchids (Coleoptera: Bruchidae). Environmental Entomology. 24(3):663-672. (pdf download)
- Johnson, C. D. and R. A. Kistler 1987. Nutritional ecology of Bruchid beetles. In: F. Slanksy, Jr. and J. G. Rodriguez. Nutritional Ecology of Insects, Mites and Spiders. John Wiley and Sons, New York. 1987. (pdf download , printing disabled)
- Kistler, R. A. 1985. Host age structure and parasitism in a laboratory system of two hymenopterous parasitoids and larvae of Zabrotes subfasciatus (Coleoptera: Bruchidae). Environmental Entomology 14:507-511. (pdf download)
- Kistler, R. A. 1982. Effects of temperature on six species of seed beetles (Coleoptera: Bruchidae): an ecological perspective. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 75:266-271. (pdf download)
- Velvet Bean Toxicology
- Kramer, Sarah & R. Kistler. 2002. Summary of research on velvet bean toxicity, IN: Meitzner, Laura S. and Martin L. Price. AMARANTH TO ZAI HOLES, Ideas for growing Food Under Difficult Conditions, Chapter 11 Human Health, ANTINUTRITIVE FACTORS AND PLANT TOXINS, Available: http://www.echotech.org/technical/az/aztext/azch11an.htm
- Kramer, Sarah & R. Kistler. 1988. Summary of research on velvet bean. Echo Development Notes 24:4-6
- Kramer, Sarah & R. Kistler. 1988. Note on velvet bean project. Echo News 11(3):3
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