Cooper Lab goes to SABER (2025)!

The Cooper lab attended the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER) annual meeting at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis!

Katey presented a short talk titled "LGBTQ+ realities in the biological sciences"

Mary and Felicity co-presented a short talk titled "The next generation is coming out in class: Revisiting the experiences of LGBTQ+ undergraduates in active learning science courses a decade later"

Tasneem presented a poster titled "The impact of aspects of academia on science faculty depression"

Mary presented two posters titled "Adaptive and maladaptive coping strategies deployed by U.S. science graduate students when encountering stressors in research" and "Academic Event Affect Theory of Depression: A Cognitive Theory Explaining How Academic Events Can Exacerbate Depressive Symptoms"

Olivia presented a poster titled "Fail-Safe Science: a video repository to promote wellbeing among science graduate students"

Jynx presented a poster titled "Undergraduates in STEM fields and women report worse mental health than non-STEM majors and men"

Jynx won the Graduate Student Poster Award! Congratulations, Jynx!