Sara Brownell
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American neuroscientist and biology education researcher
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- PhD Neuroscience Stanford University
- Bachelors Biology University of California, San Diego
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Sara Elaine Brownell is an American biology education researcher who is a President's Professor at Arizona State University. Her research looks to make undergraduate science teaching more inclusive. She was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2022.
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- Barriers to Faculty Pedagogical Change: Lack of Training, Time, Incentives, and…Tensions with Professional Identity? (2012) (502)
- Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences Can Make Scientific Research More Inclusive (2014) (401)
- Transgenic Mice with a Reduced Core Body Temperature Have an Increased Life Span (2006) (347)
- Science Communication to the General Public: Why We Need to Teach Undergraduate and Graduate Students this Skill as Part of Their Formal Scientific Training. (2013) (275)
- Undergraduate Biology Lab Courses: Comparing the Impact of Traditionally Based "Cookbook" and Authentic Research-Based Courses on Student Lab Experiences (2012) (190)
- Gender Gaps in Achievement and Participation in Multiple Introductory Biology Classrooms (2014) (190)
- A High-Enrollment Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience Improves Student Conceptions of Scientific Thinking and Ability to Interpret Data (2015) (186)
- Males Under-Estimate Academic Performance of Their Female Peers in Undergraduate Biology Classrooms (2016) (183)
- Treatment with an Interleukin 1 beta antibody improves glycemic control in diet-induced obesity. (2008) (162)
- Toward a conceptual framework for measuring the effectiveness of course-based undergraduate research experiences in undergraduate biology (2015) (148)
- Janus-like opposing roles of CD47 in autoimmune brain inflammation in humans and mice (2012) (134)
- Systemic augmentation of αB-crystallin provides therapeutic benefit twelve hours post-stroke onset via immune modulation (2011) (125)
- The influence of active learning practices on student anxiety in large-enrollment college science classrooms (2018) (123)
- Beneath the numbers: A review of gender disparities in undergraduate education across science, technology, engineering, and math disciplines (2016) (121)
- BioCore Guide: A Tool for Interpreting the Core Concepts of Vision and Change for Biology Majors (2014) (119)
- Caution, Student Experience May Vary: Social Identities Impact a Student’s Experience in Peer Discussions (2015) (114)
- Faculty Perspectives on Developing and Teaching Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences (2016) (109)
- Coming Out in Class: Challenges and Benefits of Active Learning in a Biology Classroom for LGBTQIA Students (2016) (99)
- A writing-intensive course improves biology undergraduates' perception and confidence of their abilities to read scientific literature and communicate science. (2013) (88)
- Integrating Teaching and Research in Undergraduate Biology Laboratory Education (2011) (84)
- Therapeutic Effects of Systemic Administration of Chaperone αB-Crystallin Associated with Binding Proinflammatory Plasma Proteins* (2012) (78)
- Context Matters: Volunteer Bias, Small Sample Size, and the Value of Comparison Groups in the Assessment of Research-Based Undergraduate Introductory Biology Lab Courses (2013) (68)
- Values Affirmation Intervention Reduces Achievement Gap between Underrepresented Minority and White Students in Introductory Biology Classes (2017) (68)
- Who perceives they're smarter? Exploring the influence of student characteristics on student academic self‐concept in physiology (2018) (67)
- Night eating and obesity in the EP3R-deficient mouse (2007) (59)
- A Call to Develop Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) for Nonmajors Courses (2017) (58)
- Broadening Participation in Biology Education Research: Engaging Community College Students and Faculty (2017) (58)
- Chaperone Activity of Small Heat Shock Proteins Underlies Therapeutic Efficacy in Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis* (2012) (57)
- Research and Teaching. Effects of a Research-Based Ecology Lab Course: A Study of Nonvolunteer Achievement, Self-Confidence, and Perception of Lab Course Purpose. (2013) (57)
- A Call to Use Cultural Competence When Teaching Evolution to Religious College Students: Introducing Religious Cultural Competence in Evolution Education (ReCCEE) (2017) (57)
- How to Assess Your CURE: A Practical Guide for Instructors of Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences† (2016) (56)
- Define Your Goals Before You Design a CURE: A Call to Use Backward Design in Planning Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences (2017) (56)
- Age- and gender-specific changes of hypocretin immunopositive neurons in C57Bl/6 mice (2010) (54)
- Impact of a Short Evolution Module on Students' Perceived Conflict between Religion and Evolution (2017) (53)
- Practices and Perspectives of College Instructors on Addressing Religious Beliefs When Teaching Evolution (2016) (49)
- Fear of Negative Evaluation and Student Anxiety in Community College Active-Learning Science Courses (2020) (49)
- What’s in a Name? The Importance of Students Perceiving That an Instructor Knows Their Names in a High-Enrollment Biology Classroom (2017) (46)
- Factors that predict life sciences student persistence in undergraduate research experiences (2019) (45)
- The Protective and Therapeutic Function of Small Heat Shock Proteins in Neurological Diseases (2012) (45)
- Building Better Bridges into STEM: A Synthesis of 25 Years of Literature on STEM Summer Bridge Programs (2017) (44)
- How Students Think about Experimental Design: Novel Conceptions Revealed by in-Class Activities (2014) (43)
- Each to Their Own CURE: Faculty Who Teach Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences Report Why You Too Should Teach a CURE† (2017) (43)
- Fourteen Recommendations to Create a More Inclusive Environment for LGBTQ+ Individuals in Academic Biology (2020) (43)
- Teleological reasoning, not acceptance of evolution, impacts students’ ability to learn natural selection (2017) (42)
- Cognitive Difficulty and Format of Exams Predicts Gender and Socioeconomic Gaps in Exam Performance of Students in Introductory Biology Courses (2015) (41)
- The Impact of Broadly Relevant Novel Discoveries on Student Project Ownership in a Traditional Lab Course Turned CURE (2019) (36)
- Experiences of Judeo-Christian Students in Undergraduate Biology (2017) (35)
- Can Six Minutes of Culturally Competent Evolution Education Reduce Students' Level of Perceived Conflict Between Evolution and Religion? (2018) (34)
- COVID-19 and Undergraduates with Disabilities: Challenges Resulting from the Rapid Transition to Online Course Delivery for Students with Disabilities in Undergraduate STEM at Large-Enrollment Institutions (2021) (33)
- To be funny or not to be funny: Gender differences in student perceptions of instructor humor in college science courses (2018) (31)
- Experiences and practices of evolution instructors at Christian universities that can inform culturally competent evolution education (2017) (31)
- Metabolic Characterization of a Mouse Deficient in All Known Leptin Receptor Isoforms (2009) (29)
- A Bridge to Active Learning: A Summer Bridge Program Helps Students Maximize Their Active-Learning Experiences and the Active-Learning Experiences of Others (2017) (29)
- Evolution education is a complex landscape (2019) (29)
- An Exploratory Study of Students with Depression in Undergraduate Research Experiences (2020) (28)
- GenBio-MAPS: A Programmatic Assessment to Measure Student Understanding of Vision and Change Core Concepts across General Biology Programs (2019) (28)
- Using Expectancy Value Theory as a Framework to Reduce Student Resistance to Active Learning: A Proof of Concept (2017) (27)
- Students Who Analyze Their Own Data in a Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) Show Gains in Scientific Identity and Emotional Ownership of Research† (2020) (25)
- Different evolution acceptance instruments lead to different research findings (2019) (24)
- EcoEvo-MAPS: An Ecology and Evolution Assessment for Introductory through Advanced Undergraduates (2018) (24)
- “Accepting Evolution Means You Can’t Believe in God”: Atheistic Perceptions of Evolution among College Biology Students (2020) (23)
- Is Active Learning Accessible? Exploring the Process of Providing Accommodations to Students with Disabilities (2020) (21)
- Are scientists biased against Christians? Exploring real and perceived bias against Christians in academic biology (2020) (20)
- Cytokine Receptors in the Brain (2008) (20)
- Phys-MAPS: a programmatic physiology assessment for introductory and advanced undergraduates. (2019) (19)
- Student Anxiety and Fear of Negative Evaluation in Active Learning Science Classrooms (2020) (19)
- Depression as a concealable stigmatized identity: what influences whether students conceal or reveal their depression in undergraduate research experiences? (2020) (19)
- Diagnosing differences in what Introductory Biology students in a fully online and an in-person biology degree program know and do regarding medical school admission. (2019) (18)
- Developing Course-Based Research Experiences in Discipline-Based Education Research: Lessons Learned and Recommendations (2018) (18)
- Using yeast to determine the functional consequences of mutations in the human p53 tumor suppressor gene: An introductory course‐based undergraduate research experience in molecular and cell biology (2016) (16)
- The Lecture Machine: A Cultural Evolutionary Model of Pedagogy in Higher Education (2018) (15)
- A New Measure of Students’ Perceived Conflict between Evolution and Religion (PCoRE) Is a Stronger Predictor of Evolution Acceptance than Understanding or Religiosity (2021) (14)
- Tools for Change: Measuring Student Conceptual Understanding Across Undergraduate Biology Programs Using Bio-MAPS Assessments (2019) (14)
- Aspects of Large-Enrollment Online College Science Courses That Exacerbate and Alleviate Student Anxiety (2021) (13)
- A Course-Embedded Comparison of Instructor-Generated Videos of Either an Instructor Alone or an Instructor and a Student (2018) (13)
- Core principles of evolutionary medicine (2017) (13)
- Christianity as a Concealable Stigmatized Identity (CSI) among Biology Graduate Students (2021) (12)
- Resources for Teaching and Assessing the Vision and Change Biology Core Concepts (2020) (12)
- Call on me! Undergraduates’ perceptions of voluntarily asking and answering questions in front of large‐enrollment science classes (2021) (12)
- Breaking down Barriers: A Bridge Program Helps First-Year Biology Students Connect with Faculty. (2018) (12)
- Relationships between the Religious Backgrounds and Evolution Acceptance of Black and Hispanic Biology Students (2020) (11)
- Recommendations for Effective Integration of Ethics and Responsible Conduct of Research (E/RCR) Education into Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences: A Meeting Report (2019) (11)
- Muslim undergraduate biology students’ evolution acceptance in the United States (2021) (11)
- Online biology degree program broadens access for women, first-generation to college, and low-income students, but grade disparities remain (2020) (11)
- Cultural capital in undergraduate research: an exploration of how biology students operationalize knowledge to access research experiences at a large, public research-intensive institution (2021) (10)
- COMING OUT TO THE CLASS: IDENTIFYING FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE COLLEGE BIOLOGY INSTRUCTOR DECISIONS ABOUT REVEALING THEIR LGBQ IDENTITIES IN CLASS (2019) (10)
- Piet Mondrian’s trees and the evolution in understanding multiple sclerosis, Charcot Prize Lecture 2011 (2013) (9)
- The state of evolutionary medicine in undergraduate education (2019) (8)
- Undergraduate Biology Students Received Higher Grades During COVID-19 but Perceived Negative Effects on Learning (2021) (8)
- Active learning: "Hands-on" meets "minds-on". (2021) (8)
- Differential Impacts of Religious Cultural Competence on Students' Perceived Conflict with Evolution at an Evangelical University (2020) (7)
- Small Heat Shock Proteins, Amyloid Fibrils, and Nicotine Stimulate a Common Immune Suppressive Pathway with Implications for Future Therapies. (2018) (7)
- Meta-analysis of Gender Performance Gaps in Undergraduate Natural Science Courses (2021) (7)
- It's in the syllabus … or is it? How biology syllabi can serve as communication tools for creating inclusive classrooms at a large-enrollment research institution. (2021) (7)
- Food, hunger, and the state. (2005) (7)
- An Exploration across Institution Types of Undergraduate Life Sciences Student Decisions to Stay in or Leave an Academic-Year Research Experience (2021) (5)
- Don’t Joke About Me: Student Identities and Perceptions of Instructor Humor in College Science Courses† (2020) (5)
- COVID-19 and the abrupt shift to remote learning: Impact on grades and perceived learning for undergraduate biology students (2021) (4)
- New Online Accommodations Are Not Enough: The Mismatch between Student Needs and Supports Given for Students with Disabilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic (2022) (4)
- Chronicling the Journey of the Society for the Advancement in Biology Education Research (SABER) in its Effort to Become Antiracist: From Acknowledgement to Action (2021) (3)
- The impact of student research anxiety on undergraduate biology students’ intentions to pursue a scientific research career (2020) (3)
- Community College Student Understanding and Perceptions of Evolution (2022) (3)
- Failure to Replicate Using Dialogue Videos in Learning: Lessons Learned from an Authentic Course (2018) (3)
- Exploring Differences In Decisions About Exams Among Instructors Of The Same Introductory Biology Course (2018) (3)
- A comparison study of human examples vs. non-human examples in an evolution lesson leads to differential impacts on student learning experiences in an introductory biology course (2021) (3)
- Instructor Perceptions of Student Incivility in the Online Undergraduate Science Classroom (2022) (2)
- Learning from error episodes in dialogue-videos: The influence of prior knowledge (2021) (2)
- Religious Cultural Competence in Evolution Education (ReCCEE) (2018) (2)
- Into (2020) (2)
- Should I write about mental health on my med school app? Examining medical school admissions committee members' biases regarding mental health conditions. (2022) (2)
- EvMedEd: A Teaching Resource for Integrating Medical Examples into Evolution Education (2020) (2)
- Navigating from Vision to Change: Tools to help biology departments align curriculum with the core concepts of biology (2016) (2)
- Erratum: Night eating and obesity in the EP3R-deficient mouse (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2007) 104, 8, (3009-3014) DIO: 10.1073/pnas.0611209104) (2007) (2)
- A Revised Measure of Acceptance of the Theory of Evolution: Introducing the MATE 2.0 (2022) (2)
- The influence of active learning practices on student anxiety in large-enrollment college science classrooms (2018) (2)
- Correction for BioCore Guide: A Tool for Interpreting the Core Concepts of Vision and Change for Biology Majors (2014) (1)
- An exploration of how gender, political affiliation, or religious identity is associated with comfort and perceptions of controversial topics in bioethics. (2022) (1)
- Students Benefit from Instructor Revealing LGBTQ+ Identity in an Upper‐level Physiology Course (2021) (1)
- To what extent have Disability Resource Centers evolved to accommodate the challenges of active learning in large enrollment STEM courses? (2020) (1)
- Explorations: A Research-Based Program Introducing Undergraduates to Diverse Biology Research Topics Taught by Grad Students and Postdocs (2013) (1)
- How Can We Teach Evolution to Religious Students Who May Be Resistant (2017) (1)
- USING INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS OF GRADES TO ASSESS EQUITY OF OUTCOMES IN ONLINE AND IN-PERSON SCIENCE COURSES (2019) (1)
- Research and Teaching: The Explorations Program: Benefits of Single-Session, Research-Focused Classes for Students and Postdoctoral Instructors (2016) (1)
- ACCESSIBLE ACTIVE LEARNING: TO WHAT EXTENT IS ACTIVE LEARNING INCLUSIVE FOR SCIENCE UNDERGRADUATES WITH DISABILITIES? (2020) (1)
- Design elements of a high enrollment course‐based undergraduate research experience may lead to inaccurate student conceptions about scientific research (2016) (1)
- How do astrophysicists organize a party? Their wives planet: Gender differences in student perceptions of instructor humor in college science courses (2018) (1)
- Exploring the impact of different types of instructor generated videos on student learning in a university physiology course (2018) (1)
- LEAVING RESEARCH: FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE SCIENCE STUDENT PERSISTENCE IN UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH (2019) (1)
- Building a learning progression of undergraduate students’ conceptions of two important aspects of experimental design: sample size and repetition of experiments (531.10) (2014) (1)
- A comparison of instructor‐generated videos of either an instructor alone or an instructor and a student: Student performance, attitudes, and preferences (2018) (1)
- BioMap: an interpretation of the core concepts of vision and change for general biology majors (531.11) (2014) (0)
- Perceptions of Christian Bias in Science Scale (2021) (0)
- CORRECTIONS (2007) (0)
- Using a Sequential Interpretation of Data in Envelopes (SIDE) approach to identify a mystery TRP channel (2018) (0)
- Cytokine and leptin signaling in obesity (2008) (0)
- Analysis of Religious Bias among Christian Students in Science (2023) (0)
- Evolution education is a complex landscape (2019) (0)
- Different evolution acceptance instruments lead to different research findings (2019) (0)
- scienceto read scientific literature and communicate undergraduates' perception and confidence of their A writing-intensive course improves biology (2016) (0)
- Instructor Perceptions of Student Incivility in the Online Undergraduate Science Classroom (2022) (0)
- Encephalomyelitis Experimental Autoimmune Proteins Underlies Therapeutic Efficacy in Chaperone Activity of Small Heat Shock Immunology (2013) (0)
- Research Anxiety Predicts Undergraduates’ Intentions to Pursue Scientific Research Careers (2023) (0)
- A comparison study of human examples vs. non-human examples in an evolution lesson leads to differential impacts on student learning experiences in an introductory biology course (2021) (0)
- Unveiling Concealable Stigmatized Identities in Class: The Impact of an Instructor Revealing Her LGBTQ+ Identity to Students in a Large-Enrollment Biology Course (2022) (0)
- Infrastructuring to Scale Multi-Institutional Equity and Inclusion Innovations (2022) (0)
- T.130. Small Heat Shock Proteins as Novel Therapeutic Treatments for Autoimmune Diseases (2009) (0)
- A Comparison of Online and In-Person Evolution Instruction That Includes Religious Cultural Competence (2022) (0)
- Depression as a concealable stigmatized identity: what influences whether students conceal or reveal their depression in undergraduate research experiences? (2020) (0)
- Students with Disabilities in Life Science Undergraduate Research Experiences: Challenges and Opportunities (2022) (0)
- Teleological reasoning, not acceptance of evolution, impacts students’ ability to learn natural selection (2017) (0)
- Anatomical self-efficacy of undergraduate students improves during a fully online biology course with at-home dissections. (2021) (0)
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