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Primarily, our lab focuses on understanding how

mental health affects students in biology learning environments. 

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The relationship between active learning and student anxiety & depression

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This work is partially

supported by an

NSF RCN-UBE Incubator award

and an 

NSF IUSE grant.

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The relationship between undergraduate/graduate research and anxiety & depression

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This work is partially

supported by an NSF CAREER award

and an

NSF STEM IPRF award

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Student in Library

The relationship between online learning and anxiety & depression

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This work is partially

supported by an

ASU OURS Program Seed Grant

In addition, we study the experiences of LGBTQ+ people and people with disabilities in science.  We also explore how more students can benefit from undergraduate research through engaging in course-based undergraduate research experiences or CUREs.

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Shared identities between instructors and students

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This work is partially

supported by an

NSF IUSE grant.

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What aspects of CUREs lead to student gains?

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This work is partially

supported by an

NSF IUSE grant.

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This work is partially

supported by an

ASU OURS Program Seed Grant

Engineering Class

The experiences of students with different identities in STEM

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This work was partially

supported by an

NSF INCLUDES planning grant.

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