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Read more about Nine Undergraduate Biology Instructors Revealing their LGBTQ+ Identities in Class Resulted in Benefits for their LGBTQ+ Students and Students with Other Marginalized Identities.

Busch, C. A., Bhanderi, P. B., Cooper, K. M., & Brownell, S. E. (2025).

Read more about The Experiences of Students with Concealable Muslim Identities During Peer Interactions in Undergraduate Biology Courses

Edwards, B. A., Granados, A., Mohammed, T. F., Aini, R. Q., Cooper, K. M., Barnes, M. E., & Brownell, S. E. (2025). The Experiences of Students with Concealable Muslim Identities During Peer Interactions in Undergraduate Biology Courses. CBE—Life Sciences Education, 24(4), ar42.

Read more about Instructor-perceived benefits and costs of inviting students to voluntarily answer questions in large science courses

Nadile, E. M., Winton, M. R., Mohammed, T. F., Collins, J. P., Brownell, S. E., & Cooper, K. M. (2025). Instructor-perceived benefits and costs of inviting students to voluntarily answer questions in large science courses. Advances in Physiology Education, 49(4), 909-923.

Read more about Meeting report: An interdisciplinary approach to addressing anxiety in undergraduate active learning biology courses

Cooper, K. M., Brownell, S. E., Schussler, E. E., Downing, V. R., Gin, L. E., McDonald, K. K., ...

Read more about Active learning: “Hands-on” meets “minds-on”

Yannier, N., Hudson, S. E., Koedinger, K. R., Hirsh-Pasek, K., Golinkoff, R. M., Munakata, Y., ... & Brownell, S. E. (2021). Active learning:“Hands-on” meets “minds-on”. Science, 374(6563), 26-30.

Read more about The EvMed Assessment: A test for measuring student understanding of core concepts in evolutionary medicine

Misheva, T., Nesse, R. M., Grunspan, D. Z., & Brownell, S. E. (2023). The EvMed Assessment: A test for measuring student understanding of core concepts in evolutionary medicine. Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health, 11(1), 353-362.

Read more about Design and implementation of an asynchronous online course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) in computational genomics

Plaisier SB, Alarid DO, Denning JA, Brownell SE, Buetow KH, et al. (2024) Design and implementation of an asynchronous online course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) in computational genomics. PLOS Computational Biology 20(9): e1012384.

Read more about Conflict reducing practices in evolution education are associated with increases in evolution acceptance in a large naturalistic study

Aini RQ, Supriya K, Dunlop H, Edwards B, Maas S, Roberts J, Summersill A, Zheng Y, Brownell SE, Barnes ME. (2024) Conflict reducing practices in evolution education are associated with increases in evolution acceptance in a large naturalistic study. PLOS ONE 19(12): e0313490.

Read more about Why U.S. science and engineering undergraduates who struggle with mental health are left without role models.

Busch CA, Barstow M, Brownell SE, Cooper KM (2024) Why U.S.

Read more about The Upside to Depression: Undergraduates Benefit from an Instructor Revealing Depression in a Large-Enrollment Physiology Course

Mohammed, T. F., Doud, N., Brownell, S. E., & Cooper, K. M. (2024).

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