Bio: Originally from Vacaville, California, Emma completed a B.S. in Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics at UCLA, where she became involved as a student in both independent faculty-mentored undergraduate research and course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs). After finishing her undergraduate degree, Emma taught upper-division CUREs as a non-student teaching assistant and began to get involved in biology education research. Funded by the NSF-GRFP, she completed her PhD in Biology Education Research at Portland State University under the guidance of Dr. Erin Shortlidge. In 2021, she joined the RISE center at ASU as a postdoctoral scholar, where she is funded by an NSF STEM Education Postdoctoral Research Fellowship and mentored by Dr. Sara Brownell. Emma enjoys baking, playing oboe, being active outdoors, long-distance open-water swimming, cycling, and her cats.

Research: Independent faculty-mentored undergraduate research experiences; course-based undergraduate research experiences; diversity, equity, and inclusion, with an emphasis on supporting students with disabilities and low-income students; student and instructor motivation

Publications

Goodwin, E.C., Cary, R.J., Therrien, H., Phan. V., Shortlidge, E.E. (2023) Graduate Teaching Assistants Impact Student Motivation and Engagement in Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences. Journal of Research in Science Teaching. https://doi.org/10.1002/tea.21848

Goodwin, E. C., Cary, J. R., & Shortlidge, E. E. (2022). Not the same CURE: Student experiences in course-based undergraduate research experiences vary by graduate teaching assistant. PloS one, 17(9), e0275313. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275313

Goodwin, E.C., Cary, J.R., & Shortlidge, E.E. (2021). Enthusiastic but Inconsistent: Exploring Graduate Students' Varied Perceptions of their Role as an Instructor in the CURE Classroom. CBE—Life Sciences Education, 20(4). https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.21-04-0106

Goodwin, E. C., Anokhin, V., Gray, M. J., Zajic, D. E., Podrabsky, J. E., & Shortlidge, E. E. (2021). Is This Science? Students’ Experiences of Failure Make a Research-Based Course Feel Authentic. CBE—Life Sciences Education, 20(1), ar10. https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.20-07-0149

Goodwin, E. C., Cao, J. N., Fletcher, M., Flaiban, J. L., & Shortlidge, E. E. (2018). Catching the wave: are biology graduate students on board with evidence-based teaching?. CBE—Life Sciences Education, 17(3), ar43. https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.17-12-0281