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Should I Write about Mental Health on My Med School App? Examining Medical School Admissions Committee Members' Biases Regarding Mental Health Conditions
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Abraham, Anna E.; Busch, Carly A.; Brownell, Sara E.; Cooper, Katelyn M. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2022
Mental health conditions can impact college students' academic achievements and experiences. As such, students may choose to disclose mental illnesses on medical school applications. Yet, no recent studies have investigated to what extent disclosure of a mental health condition may impact whether an applicant is accepted to medical school. We…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Medical Schools, College Applicants, Admissions Officers
Unveiling Concealable Stigmatized Identities in Class: The Impact of an Instructor Revealing Her LGBTQ+ Identity to Students in a Large-Enrollment Biology Course
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Busch, Carly A.; Supriya, K.; Cooper, Katelyn M.; Brownell, Sara E. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2022
Sharing personal information can help instructors build relationships with students, and instructors revealing concealable stigmatized identities (CSIs) may be particularly impactful. One CSI is the LGBTQ+ identity, but there has been no research on the student-perceived impact of an instructor revealing this identity. In this exploratory study…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, College Faculty, Self Disclosure (Individuals), Student Attitudes
Depression as a Concealable Stigmatized Identity: What Influences Whether Students Conceal or Reveal Their Depression in Undergraduate Research Experiences?
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Cooper, Katelyn M.; Gin, Logan E.; Brownell, Sara E. – International Journal of STEM Education, 2020
Background: Concealable stigmatized identities (CSIs) are identities that can be kept hidden or invisible and that carry negative stereotypes. Depression is one of the most common CSIs among undergraduates. However, to our knowledge, no studies have explored how students manage depression as a CSI in the context of undergraduate research, a…
Descriptors: Identification (Psychology), Social Bias, Stereotypes, Depression (Psychology)
Fourteen Recommendations to Create a More Inclusive Environment for LGBTQ+ Individuals in Academic Biology
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Cooper, Katelyn M.; Auerbach, Anna Jo J.; Bader, Jordan D.; Beadles-Bohling, Amy S.; Brashears, Jacqueline A.; Cline, Erica; Eddy, Sarah L.; Elliott, Deanna B.; Farley, Elijah; Fuselier, Linda; Heinz, Heather M.; Irving, Madison; Josek, Tanya; Lane, A. Kelly; Lo, Stanley M.; Maloy, Jeffrey; Nugent, Michelle; Offerdahl, Erika; Palacios-Moreno, Juan; Ramos, Jorge; Reid, Joshua W.; Sparks, Rachel A.; Waring, Ashley L.; Wilton, Mike; Gormally, Cara; Brownell, Sara E. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2020
Individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and otherwise nonstraight and/or non-cisgender (LGBTQ+) have often not felt welcome or represented in the biology community. Additionally, biology can present unique challenges for LGBTQ+ students because of the relationship between certain biology topics and their LGBTQ+…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, At Risk Students, Science Instruction, Biology
Coming out in Class: Challenges and Benefits of Active Learning in a Biology Classroom for LGBTQIA Students
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Cooper, Katelyn M.; Brownell, Sara E. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2016
As we transition our undergraduate biology classrooms from traditional lectures to active learning, the dynamics among students become more important. These dynamics can be influenced by student social identities. One social identity that has been unexamined in the context of undergraduate biology is the spectrum of lesbian, gay, bisexual,…
Descriptors: Biology, College Science, Science Instruction, Homosexuality