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As someone who studies ways to improve higher education, AAAS Fellow and RISE Center Director Sara Brownell, Ph.D., does a lot of research in classrooms. But one day, she decided to apply her own research to a lecture of hers at Arizona State University. She introduced herself to a room full of 300 students on the first day of an undergraduate biology class by providing a few personal details: “I like to hike, I like Mexican food, and I’m a proud member of the LGBTQ community.”