New paper alert, in J Microbio and Bio Education! Joelle Prate, a graduate student in education, & I examine how students bring quantitative reasoning skills from other contexts into biology labs, and what they see as supports and barriers. Check it out! journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jm…

New piece out in Inside Higher Ed, examining office hours and providing suggestions for improving OH! I draw upon research our group and collaborators have done in investigating student and faculty experiences in OH. Check it out and please share! insidehighered.com/opinion/views/…

Thank you to everyone at SABER SABER East 2025 for a fantastic conference and some great conversations and ideas! A huge shout out to the SABER East planning team for all of your hard work!

We are hosting an interdisciplinary conference on advancing research on quantitative reasoning in STEM ed at Chapman in January! Registration & abstract submission now open! Conference is adjacent to SABER SABER West. More info: sites.chapman.edu/qrstemeducatio… See you there!

Check out our paper! We conducted interviews w/ STEM undergrads to explore what motivates some students to go to office hours and why others don’t, and investigate what shapes office hour experiences. We include recommendations for instructors based on our work. Please share/ RT!

Abstract submission for joint NABT NABT & SABER SABER Midwest Biology Education Poster Session (in St. Louis, 11/1) extended to 8/15! Any work on bio teaching & learning welcome; includes student competitions for bio ed research & more! nabt.org/Call-for-Poste…

Check out our new paper on first-year students’ expectations of STEM course office hours!