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Direct linkElisabeth E. Schussler – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2025
Biologists pursuing faculty jobs are often married to other biologists who may also desire faculty positions. This increases the complexity of the job search, with little guidance for early career researchers about doing this successfully. Couples have been surveyed, but less research qualitatively investigates the lived experiences of couples…
Descriptors: Scientists, Employment Opportunities, Biology, College Faculty
Ashley RoseAcosta-Parra; Dax Ovid; Brie Tripp – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2024
Building on decades of scholarship critiquing scientist representation in classrooms and textbooks, the present study characterizes the lifetime experiences of undergraduate students regarding their perceptions of scientists and science identity. Informed by the theoretical framework of Cultural Learning Pathways (CLP), we conducted 31…
Descriptors: Stereotypes, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Student Experience
Robin A. Costello; Sharday N. Ewell; Paula E. Adams; Maurina L. Aranda; Aaron Curry; Maria Mercedes De Jesus; Ryan D. P. Dunk; Marcos E. García-Ojeda; Stephanie J. Gutzler; Linda R. A. Habersham; Melissa K. Kjelvik; Myesha Mateen; Kelsey J. Metzger; Kimberly X. Mulligan; Melinda T. Owens; Rachel M. Pigg; Kim Quillin; Mallory M. Rice; Selorm Sovi; Elizabeth H. Schultheis; Jaidyn Schultz; Elli J. Theobald; Erica Tracey; Brie Tripp; Suann Yang; Ash Zemenick; Cissy J. Ballen; Dax Ovid – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2025
Increasingly, curricular materials for undergraduate life science courses are designed to highlight scientists with identities and backgrounds that counter historical and stereotypical representation in science. In this essay, we characterize the wide variation in the development and implementation of these curricular materials featuring…
Descriptors: Stereotypes, Scientists, College Science, Biological Sciences
Ovid, Dax; Abrams, L'vannah; Carlson, Tess; Dieter, Mark; Flores, Paulos; Frischer, David; Goolish, Jolie; Bernt, Michelle La-Fevre; Lancaster, Amber; Lipski, Christopher; Luna, Joshua Vargas; Luong, Lucy M. C.; Mullin, Marlene; Newman, Mia Janelle; Quintero, Carolina; Reis, Julie; Robinson, Freja; Ross, Allison James; Simon, Hilary; Souza, Gianne; Taylor, Jess; Ward, Katherine E.; White, Yvonne Lever; Witkop, Emily; Yang, Christine; Zenilman, Aliza; Zhang, Eddie; Schinske, Jeffrey N.; Tanner, Kimberly D. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2023
Based on theoretical frameworks of scientist stereotypes, possible selves, and science identity, written assignments were developed to teach science content through biographies and research of counter-stereotypical scientists--Scientist Spotlights (www.scientistspotlights.org). Previous studies on Scientist Spotlight assignments showed significant…
Descriptors: Scientists, Secondary School Students, Self Concept, Writing Assignments
Alexandra Machrone; Mainlyng Duenas; Amy Acosta; Roxana Alvarez; Hannah Bruce-Opris; Robin Castellano; Kyriaki Chatzikyriakidou; Kassandra Concepcion; Jessica Colon; Sophia Hawks; Eva Knekta; Valery Mardini; Laura Moralejo; Shagayeg Mousavi; Lai Ng Duarte; Arielis Perez; Enza Russoniello; Melissa McCartney – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2025
Engagement in scientific discourse is an essential part of becoming a scientist. In this exploratory study, we aim to examine the scientific discourse (and resulting benefits) between undergraduate biology students and professional scientists. We developed a novel method for engaging in scientific discourse, grounded in the theory of legitimate…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Biology, Science Education, Scientists
Elizabeth H. Schultheis; Ash T. Zemenick; Rachel M. Youngblood; Robin A. Costello; Emily P. Driessen; Melissa K. Kjelvik; Marjorie G. Weber; Cissy J. Ballen – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2024
Featuring scientists in classroom materials provides opportunities for students to relate to scientists as role models and see themselves in science. However, it is unclear what information students find most relatable when encountering scientists throughout their education. In this study, we manipulated the amount and type of information provided…
Descriptors: Humanization, Science Education, Biology, Information Sources
Dewey, Jessica; Roehrig, Gillian; Schuchardt, Anita – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2021
Scientific research has a culture that can be challenging to enter. Different aspects of this culture may act as barriers or entry points for different people. Recognition of these barriers and entry points requires identifying aspects of the culture of scientific research and synthesizing them into a single, descriptive framework. A systematic…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Cultural Influences, Norms, Expectation
Metzger, Kelsey J.; Dingel, Molly; Brown, Ethan – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2023
We evaluate the impact of a low-stakes easy-to-implement course-level intervention, Scientist Spotlight assignments, which feature personal and professional stories of diverse scientists. This work extends previous studies by examining whether shifts in relatability differ across student identities, particularly students who identify as…
Descriptors: Scientists, Diversity, First Generation College Students, Females
Christine M. Ambrosino; Malia Ana J. Rivera – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2023
The Research Experiences in Marine Science (REMS) Program is a Hawai'i place-based CURE (course-based undergraduate research experience) for late high school and early undergraduate students wherein students conduct independent research that draws upon the history, culture, and ecosystem of their local communities. In addition to providing…
Descriptors: High School Students, College Students, Student Attitudes, Scientific Attitudes
Katherine Ann Ayers; Alison Happel-Parkins; Olayinka Mohorn-Mintah; Terino Retic; Susan N. Nordstrom – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2025
This study explores the process of becoming-scientist-with, a dynamic and relational concept that redefines science identity development as a nonlinear, evolving journey. Focused on a Black male student, Travis, the study examines how his science identity was shaped through entanglements with various material and discursive forces across multiple…
Descriptors: Biomedicine, Academic Persistence, Occupational Aspiration, Student Educational Objectives
Aranda, Maurina L.; Diaz, Michelle; Mena, Lorenzo Gastelum; Ortiz, Jocelyn I.; Rivera-Nolan, Christian; Sanchez, Daniela C.; Sanchez, Melissa J.; Upchurch, Allison M.; Williams, Carleigh S.; Boorstin, Stephanie N.; Cardoso, Laura M.; Dominguez, Matthew; Elias, Sarah; Lopez, Elmer E.; Ramirez, Ruby E.; Romero, Paola Juliet; Tigress, Falina Nicole; Wilson, Jenee Alexandra; Winstead, Ryan; Cantley, Jason T.; Chen, Joseph C.; Fuse, Megumi; Goldman, Michael A.; Govindan, Brinda; Ingmire, Peter; Knight, Jonathan D.; Pasion, Sally G.; Pennings, Pleuni S.; Sehgal, Ravinder N. M.; de Vera, Patricia Tiongco; Kelley, Loretta; Schinske, Jeffrey N.; Riggs, Blake; Burrus, Laura W.; Tanner, Kimberly D. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2021
Scientist Spotlights--curricular materials that employ the personal and professional stories of scientists from diverse backgrounds--have previously been shown to positively influence undergraduate students' relatability to and perceptions of scientists. We hypothesized that engaging students in authoring Scientist Spotlights might produce…
Descriptors: Science Education, Student Developed Materials, Scientists, Undergraduate Students
Pelaez, Nancy; Anderson, Trevor R.; Gardner, Stephanie M.; Yin, Yue; Abraham, Joel K.; Barlett, Edward L.; Gormally, Cara; Hurney, Carol A.; Long, Tammy M.; Newman, Dina L.; Sirum, Karen; Stevens, Michael T. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2018
Since 2009, the U.S. National Science Foundation Directorate for Biological Sciences has funded Research Coordination Networks (RCN) aimed at collaborative efforts to improve participation, learning, and assessment in undergraduate biology education (UBE). RCN-UBE projects focus on coordination and communication among scientists and educators who…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Biology, Models, Undergraduate Students
Bush, Seth D.; Stevens, Michael T.; Tanner, Kimberly D.; Williams, Kathy S. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2020
The phenomenon of embedding Science Faculty with Education Specialties (SFES) in science departments is well documented. However, the perspectives of academic leaders have not been systematically studied. To investigate these perspectives, we conducted an interview study of college of science deans in the California State University system, which…
Descriptors: Deans, State Universities, Administrator Attitudes, Science Teachers
Reid, Joshua W.; Gardner, Grant E. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2020
Graduate students represent both a significant component of the instructional team for biology departments as well as being students themselves learning to become academics. However, little is known about how biology graduate students perceive the relationships among their academic roles, particularly research and teaching. The present study used…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Student Attitudes, Biology, Science Instruction
Ngai, Courtney; Sevian, Hannah – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2018
The solving of problems in biochemistry often uses concepts from multiple disciplines such as chemistry and biology. Chemical identity (CI) is a foundational concept in the field of chemistry, and the knowledge, thinking, and practices associated with CI are used to answer the following questions: "What is this substance?" and "How…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Biochemistry, Concept Formation, Scientific Concepts
