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Read more about Why timing matters for research into students’ GenAI misuse

Brownell, S., & Chan, B. G. (2026, July 27). Why timing matters for research into students' GenAI misuse. Times Higher Education. https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/why-timing-matters-research-students-genai-misuse

Read more about Beyond disability: how being twice-marginalized shapes the experiences of STEM undergraduates with disabilities

Pizza, R. B., Pais, D., Gin, L. E., Cooper, K. M., Brownell, S. E., & Goodwin, E. (2026). Beyond disability: How being twice-marginalized shapes the experiences of STEM undergraduates with disabilities. Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education, e00106-26. https://doi.org/10.1128/jmbe.00106-26

Read more about Challenges to evolution as a core concept in college biology: Silence on religion and conflicting goals for acceptance

Rowland-Schaefer, E. G., Edwards, B. A., Crowe, A. J., Barnes, M. E., & Brownell, S. E. (2026). Challenges to evolution as a core concept in college biology: Silence on religion and conflicting goals for acceptance. BioScience, biag072. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biag072

Read more about Teaching undergraduates evolution: 10 years of research on conflict-reducing practices—and resistance to them

Barnes, M. E., & Brownell, S. E. (2026). Teaching undergraduates evolution: 10 years of research on conflict-reducing practices—and resistance to them. BioScience, biag039. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biag039

Read more about Progress or prejudice? Medical school admissions committee members exhibit nuanced responses to applicants revealing bipolar disorder on applications

Edwards, B. A., Mitra, C., Bunch, H., Abraham, A. E., Cooper, K. M., & Brownell, S. E. (2026).

Read more about Gaming the system? Extended time on tests is often a waste of time [Opinion]

Pizza, R. B., Chan, B. G., & Brownell, S. E. (2026, January 21). Gaming the system? Extended time on tests is often a waste of time [Opinion]. Inside Higher Ed.

https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2026/01/21/extra-time-tests-often-waste-time-opinion

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., ...

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