Outreach
The Outreach subcommittee works to promote awareness of DBER-SiT and to provide a channel of communication among DBER-SiT members.
Toward this end, the subcommittee will:
For more information about this subcommittee or to volunteer on this subcommittee please contact Alyssa Olson at [email protected] or Kate Coscia at [email protected]
Toward this end, the subcommittee will:
- Maintain and update the website regularly
- Highlight and promote the activities of other DBER-SiT committees and members-at-large
- Create and distribute regular newsletters
- Promote access to resources for DBER-SiT members
- Maintain a presence on social media (follow us on Twitter @DBER_SiT!)
For more information about this subcommittee or to volunteer on this subcommittee please contact Alyssa Olson at [email protected] or Kate Coscia at [email protected]
Alyssa Olson (she/her/hers) co-chair outreach |
Alyssa Olson is a Ph.D. student in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln (UNL), working alongside Dr. Brian A. Couch. Alyssa's research includes developing assessments and using video recordings, surveys, and assessments to study how instructor implementation of published biology lessons impacts students' learning of the lesson material and biology self-efficacy. Before her Ph.D., she completed her B.S. in Neuroscience at the University of Minnesota (UMN). After graduating from UMN, she did research with Dr. A. Kelly Lane (UMN) and Dr. Sehoya Cotner (UMN and University of Bergen/UiB), focusing on using qualitative and quantitative methods to examine student use of personnel resources in laboratory-based CUREs, student perceptions of genetics and race, and student identity salience in field ecology courses. When not doing research, Alyssa enjoys spending time outside with her husky, traveling, baking, and trying new restaurants and coffee shops.
Email: [email protected]; LinkedIn; ORCID; X/Twitter |
Kate Coscia (they/them/theirs) co-chair outreach |
Kate Coscia is a Ph.D. student in the Mathematics and Science Education Ph.D Program at Middle Tennessee State University and member of the Social Perceptions of Science Lab, working with Dr. M. Elizabeth Barnes. Kate's research explores methods for training undergraduate biology students to communicate about culturally controversial science topics. Before their Ph.D. program, they completed a B.S. in Biology at Georgia Gwinnett College.
Email: [email protected]; LinkedIn |
Past Chairs
Crystal Uminski (she/her) |
Erika L. Williams (she/her) |
Haider Ali Bhatti (he/him) |
David Esparza (he/him) |
Emmy Royse (she/her) |
Joelyn de Lima (she/her) |
Sarah Andrews (she/her) |
Kate Parsley (she/her) |
