Through a national audit study, the research team (Baylee Edwards, Corinne Mitra, Anna Abraham, Dr. Katey Cooper, and Dr. Sara Brownell) examined how medical school admissions committee members respond to applicants who disclose bipolar disorder. Admissions committee members rated applicants similarly whether or not they disclosed bipolar disorder to explain a period of poor academic performance. However, about a quarter of reviewers raised bipolar disorder as a concern, sugg

Through a nationwide, multi-institutional study, the research term (Dr. Carly Busch, Parth Bhanderi, Dr. Katey Cooper, and Dr. Sara Brownell) explored how undergraduate biology students respond when their instructors disclose LGBTQ+ identities during class. Nine LGBTQ+ instructors at universities across U.S. states with varying levels of LGBTQ+ acceptance revealed their identities to a total of 2,045 students. Surveys measured students’ thoughts of this disclosure and its im

Felicity Miranda successfully defended her Master's thesis, focused on the experiences of LGBTQ+ science undergraduates in active learning after a decade of our original 2015 paper. Congratulations, Felicity!