Discipline-based education research (DBER) investigates the teaching and learning within the context of the discipline. Overall, the Bergan-Roller Biology Education Research (B-BER) program aims to help students succeed in the context of undergraduate STEM programs. To facilitate this success, we have several branches.
Students are encouraged to pursue their passions. Check out student projects on the People page
Impetus
2020 brought unexpected systemic disruption with COVID-19 pandemic and social injustices caught on camera and spurring protests. These events exposed many flaws in the education system including the inequities too common in STEM courses. To help address these issues, a collaboration of five faculty, across diverse institutions, demographics, and expertise, came together in an effort to make undergraduate STEM education more inclusive at an iEMBER conference. We have continued to work together to investigate instructors' practices and perceptions of incorporating race, racism, and racial equity in biology courses.
Team
Sayali Kukday, PhD, Iowa State University, Discipline-based education research
Vance McCracken, PhD, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, Biology
Candice Idlebird, PhD, Claflin University, Sociology
Heather Bergan-Roller, PhD, Northern Illinois University, Discipline-based education research
Nicole Scheuermann, MS, Northern Illinois University, Discipline-based education research
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