PhD candidate Tasneem Mohammed (left) won 1st Place in the AAAS Student Poster Competition Social Sciences category for the presentation of her poster : "The impact of science instructor disclosure of a mental health condition to students " PhD candidate Jynx Weaver (right) received Honorable Mention in the Science and Society category for the presentation of her poster: "STEM majors, gender & mental health: understanding depression and anxiety at scale"

This week we were honored to host Dr. Shirley Malcom at ASU. Dr. Malcom transformed the field of biology education through efforts like developing Vision and Change and championing the inclusion of Broader Impacts within the NSF merit review criteria. Members of the Research for Inclusive STEM Education Center had the privilege meeting with Dr. Malcom to learn from her decades of experience creating a more robust and inclusive science community. It was a day we will never

The Cooper Lab traveled into Downtown Phoenix this weekend to attend the AAAS annual meeting! Olivia and Katey presented a short talk introducing the Fail-Safe Science Initiative. Mary presented a poster on coping among graduate students with depression facing research stressors. Tasneem presented a poster on the impact of science instructor disclosure of a mental health condition to students. Jynx presented a poster on STEM majors, gender & mental health: understanding depr