Factors influencing retention of transgender and gender nonconforming students in undergraduate STEM majors
Despite calls for improved data-collection efforts tracking transgender and gender
nonconforming (TGNC) people in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics …
nonconforming (TGNC) people in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics …
[PDF][PDF] Centering inclusivity in the design of online conferences—An OHBM–Open Science perspective
As the global health crisis unfolded, many academic conferences moved online in 2020.
This move has been hailed as a positive step towards inclusivity in its attenuation of …
This move has been hailed as a positive step towards inclusivity in its attenuation of …
Instructor strategies to alleviate stress and anxiety among college and university STEM students
JL Hsu, GR Goldsmith - CBE—Life Sciences Education, 2021 - Am Soc Cell Biol
While student stress and anxiety are frequently cited as having negative effects on students'
academic performance, the role that instructors can play in mitigating these challenges is …
academic performance, the role that instructors can play in mitigating these challenges is …
HUG Initiative: Overcoming roadblocks on a research career roadmap of individuals from historically marginalized or underrepresented genders
The underrepresentation of students of Historically marginalized or Underrepresented
Genders (HUGs) in STEM departments results in the low representation of HUG researchers …
Genders (HUGs) in STEM departments results in the low representation of HUG researchers …
Aspects of large-enrollment online college science courses that exacerbate and alleviate student anxiety
Anxiety is the top mental health concern for undergraduates. While researchers have
identified ways that in-person science courses can affect anxiety, little is known about how …
identified ways that in-person science courses can affect anxiety, little is known about how …
A queer of color challenge to neutrality in undergraduate STEM pedagogy as a White, cisheteropatriarchal space
Higher education research has documented that racism and cisheteropatriarchy overlap to
shape barriers and support opportunities for undergraduate queer and trans* students of …
shape barriers and support opportunities for undergraduate queer and trans* students of …
Students who analyze their own data in a course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) show gains in scientific identity and emotional ownership of …
While it has been established that course-based undergraduate research experiences
(CUREs) lead to student benefits, it is less clear what aspects of CUREs lead to such gains …
(CUREs) lead to student benefits, it is less clear what aspects of CUREs lead to such gains …
Student motivations and barriers toward online and in-person office hours in STEM courses
JL Hsu, M Rowland-Goldsmith… - CBE—Life Sciences …, 2022 - Am Soc Cell Biol
Office hours are one of the most common support mechanisms found in courses. Despite the
prevalence of office hours in life sciences classes, there has been little investigation of how …
prevalence of office hours in life sciences classes, there has been little investigation of how …
Academic social comparison: a promising new target to reduce fear of negative evaluation in large-enrollment college science courses
Background Fear of negative evaluation, defined as a sense of dread associated with being
unfavorably evaluated in a social situation, is the primary factor underlying student anxiety in …
unfavorably evaluated in a social situation, is the primary factor underlying student anxiety in …
Gendered performance gaps in an upper-division biology course: Academic, demographic, environmental, and affective factors
VS Farrar, BYC Aguayo, N Caporale - CBE—Life Sciences …, 2023 - Am Soc Cell Biol
Despite the existent gender parity in undergraduate biology degree attainment, gendered
differences in outcomes are prevalent in introductory biology courses. Less is known about …
differences in outcomes are prevalent in introductory biology courses. Less is known about …