Mariel Pfeifer

Different Minds, Shared Goals: Building Supportive Mentoring Relationships for Neurodivergent Students in Grad School - American Chemical Society Join a dynamic and diverse panel of neurodivergent STEM graduate students, scientists, faculty, and researchers for an honest, insightful conversation about self-advocacy in graduate education.

Thrilled to moderate an @acs.org webinar on Building Supportive Mentoring Relationships for Neurodivergent Students in Grad School. Registration is free and open to all.

Wednesday, July 9, 2-3pm ET

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The Science article also noted:

"Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."

It's a similar deal there. The representation of Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities is double among STEM education grants vs. all NSF awards.

Action Plan & Appeal for Illegal NSF Grant terminations [RedactedProjectName] Action Plan for Response to Illegal NSF Grant termination ***This document - with Background, Action Plan, & Appeal Letter - was compiled by a fellow researcher appealing their N...

🧪💪I know folks are struggling to appeal #NSF grant terminations

I created a generic GD version of our team's response plan, including a draft appeal*, based on compiled guidance.

*Not a lawyer, best guess! Also, DMs open for ?/feedback. @davidimiller.bsky.social

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

MediaToolSupportNSF.docx Letter to scientists and organizations whose progress depends on NSF: We are facing an unprecedented political attack on science. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has begun directing NSF...

With the news of NSF divisions being abolished and more grants terminated, we urge our community to continue communicating with Congress to #SupportNSF and #SaveNSF. Scripts and tools you can use: shorturl.at/i7WfU

About EES The NSF Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM (EES) aims to provide opportunities for individuals from all backgrounds, especially those historically underrepresented in science and engineering.

NSF’s entire Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM (EDU/EES), which “aims to provide opportunities for individuals from all backgrounds to actively participate and excel in STEM disciplines” and some of it congressionally mandated, was just notified they will be RIFed. www.nsf.gov/edu/ees/about

AppleTV+ Documentary Spotlights Pivotal Disability Protest A little known protest that helped pave the way for the Americans with Disabilities Act is the subject of a documentary that's set to be released.

A little known protest that helped pave the way for the Americans with #Disabilities Act is the subject of a documentary that's set to be released.

Webinar on Responding to NSF Grant Terminations Join the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (FABBS) on Friday, May 9th, at 2:00 PM ET for an informative webinar on responding to NSF grant terminations. We will discuss the rules, procedures and available options for grantees who have had their grant terminated.

🧪 If you had your NSF grant terminated, I'd *highly* recommend going to this Friday's webinar.

Friday May 9 at 2-3 pm ET

Will talk about both the appeals process, in addition to allowable closeout costs. Share widely.

Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Unlawful grant terminations are harming young scientists and threatening innovation. ASCB joins leaders calling for immediate funding restoration.

www.ascb.org/society-news...

I hope U.S. citizens learn (quickly) that this is not about saving money ... this is about destroying research, destroying academia, destroying higher education (and destroying the lives and livelihoods of people) ... that is the goal

Deaf students had a path to science careers -- until their federal grants ended For years, the U.S. government tried to encourage deaf people to study science. But the programs were just ended by the Trump Administration, leaving deaf students unsure about their future.

Anti-science, anti-education.

Deaf ed teacher shortage -> "Another program, canceled by the Trump administration, paid for graduate school scholarships to fill the shortage of teachers of the deaf." #AcademicSky

ERICA to the Rescue! ERIC, the research repository of the Department of Education, was defunded this week. The ERIC catalog lists over 2 million education-related publications. More than 500,000 of these publications are ...

Some good news for this Friday. This astonishing group of people have spun up ERICA, the ERIC archive. www.datarescueproject.org/erica-to-the...

#GLAMS #Skybrarians #AcademicSky

RFK Jr. says there aren't autistic poets. We asked an autistic poet. "I will challenge RFK Jr. to write a poem as good as me any day of the week."

RFK Jr. says there are no autistic poets, so we interviewed one.

Hear from Elizabeth McClellan, @popelizbet.bsky.social, an award-winning poet, attorney, and legal educator based in Memphis, Tennessee.

Interested in a life sci PhD but want more research experience & support applying to PhD programs? PREP@UGA may be a fit for you! This 1-yr, NIH-funded program includes research experience, professional development & salary. For details and to apply: prep.uga.edu/about/

This was such a fun conversation! Thanks for having me on the podcast @derekbruff.bsky.social

Neurodivergent Students and Active Learning with Mariel Pfeifer - Intentional Teaching Today on the podcast I talk with Mariel Pfeifer, assistant professor of biology. Mariel started at Ole Miss just about a year ago as part of a cluster hire of three STEM faculty who are on the tenure ...

Today on the podcast I talk with @marielpfeifer.bsky.social about the experiences of neurodivergent students in active learning STEM classes. We talk about group work and flipped classrooms and building trust and more! Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/2069949/1568...

Woman with longish brown hair in a striped short standing in front of a poster.

Excited to be presenting work this week at the first ever #SABEREast conference!

Also, Rochester NY (in May) is a delight.

Congratulations! Super exciting news!

"Supporting Neurodivergent Learners" is my latest collection on UVA's Teaching Hub. I point to some great resources by @liznorell.bsky.social, @krpgryal.bsky.social, @marielpfeifer.bsky.social, and more. teaching.virginia.edu/collections/...

Welp, wrapped up my first "end of semester" lab celebration and totally spaced taking a picture of the group 😔

But! Y'all I got to mentor four AMAZING undergraduate researchers this semester. They learned so much! And really contributed to the projects they are working on.

Screenshot of an article published in the International Journal of STEM Education. The article title is "Beyond performance, competence and recognition: Forging a science researcher identity in the context of research training."

The "big" project from my postdoc is live today 🎉

We investigated how early career researchers see themselves AND how the context of a research experience influences science identity #academicsky

doi.org/10.1186/s405...

Shout out to my amazing collaborators! Including @erindolan1.bsky.social

Interested in helping create more accessible research mentoring experiences? Check out this post for ideas! ccomp-stc.org/how-can-we-d...

Want to design your research environment to be more accessible? Check out the most recent @microbialplanet.bsky.social blog post from @marielpfeifer.bsky.social on #Universaldesignforlearning in research mentoring: ccomp-stc.org/how-can-we-d...

Love it! One of my favorite transcription fails...Phish guy OR fish guy?

Excited to share our “how to start with qualitative research” guide for folks interested in #DBER www.cur.org/journal-arti...