Alyssa N. Olson

How do we examine changes in teaching practices over years-long time scales? How have teaching approaches and assessment strategies changed in the last 20+ years? Our new paper looks at 650 published biology lessons over a 20-year time period to answer those questions! doi.org/10.1187/cbe....

And I have some opinions about Turnip (of course, my opinion is that he is perfect)!!

DiggingDBER has a NEW podcast episode out! Scan the QR code or visit linktr.ee/diggingdber to listen to Dr. Tatiane Russo-Tait talk about how college STEM faculty make sense of the continued underrepresentation of Black, Indigenous, and Latinx students in STEM. @sabercommunity.bsky.social

the resources available to graduate students, and most of all I've enjoyed connecting with a thoughtful and kind group of fellow scholars-in-training (@ashlimwright.bsky.social, @docrowschaef.bsky.social, @snarkdivine.bsky.social, and the rest of the (bluesky-less) current leadership team!) (2/2)

The @dbersit.bsky.social leadership team is seeking nominations for the next year! Nominations are due this Friday, July 25th and 12pm PDT.

I joined the leadership team last year and am staying on again because I've had an incredible experience so far. I've learned so much about our field, (1/2)

Come see me present tomorrow at 2:10pm in Bruininks 330! 😃

Join myself and other early career scholars at our three events on Friday! #SABER2025 @dbersit.bsky.social

I'm so excited that we got the @dbersit.bsky.social account up and running! Join us, DBERites! 😃

How awe drives scientists to make a leap into the unknown | Aeon Essays In awe we hold fast to nature’s strangeness and open up to the unknown. No wonder it’s central to the scientific imagination

Thought-provoking essay on the importance of awe (yes, really) in and for science. It helps scientists imagine, it motivates us, it promotes uptake of new ideas …. For me, awe of nature also keeps me grounded, resilient, happy. #ProfLife aeon.co/essays/how-a...

Walz spokesman:
“Governor Walz wishes that President Trump would be a President for all Americans, but this tragedy isn’t about Trump or Walz. It’s about the Hortman family, the Hoffman family, & the State of Minnesota, and the Governor remains focused on helping all three heal.”

I am unsurprised, yet always so impressed! Congrats Crystal, you deserve it!! 🥳

The Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER) has a dedicated and incredible group of scholars in training in their DBER-SiT group.

They just launched their new podcast!!! Digging DBER can be found on major podcast platforms and I highly recommend!! #DBER #bioed #biology

Trump seeks to end climate research at premier U.S. climate agency White House aims to end NOAA’s research office; NASA also targeted

BREAKING from @science.org: The Trump admin is seeking to kill nearly all climate research at NOAA, its climate science agency.

Its near-final budget proposal would end all NOAA research labs, academic institutes, and regional climate centers. And it wants to fully end the NOAA Research division.

“They were careless people…they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness…and let other people clean up the mess they had made…” -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (April 10, 1925).

Recruitment instructors_IUSE2.docx Which elements of scientist role model stories are effective in improving equity and success in undergraduate STEM education? Interested? Fill out this poll! We are searching for undergraduate bio...

Undergrad biology instructors! Paid opportunity to participate in research that tests the impacts of highlighting scientist role models in instructional materials. 🐌 🧪 🦋 🔬

Check it out and apply! docs.google.com/document/d/1...