Seeking biology instructors for an IRB-approved study on science communication

[Rosario Marroquin-Flores]

Dear colleagues,

 

We are still recruiting instructors to participate in this study! I am re-posting our recruitment language to see if anyone else may be interested in  participating in our study. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions!

Science communication skills are essential for students to respond to complex societal challenges. Undergraduates are uniquely poised to reach both science and non-science audiences, but there has been little progress towards helping students to develop as effective science communicators. 

 

Researchers in a multi-institutional, interdisciplinary collaboration are working to identify and build science communication learning objectives for use in undergraduate biology courses. If you are a biology instructor who has taught a science communication course, or integrated a science communication activity into your biology course, we would like to invite you to complete a brief survey about your course. We are particularly interested in courses that have been taught within the last two years. The survey should take ~15 minutes of your time, and instructors who agree to participate will be entered into a drawing to win one of five $50 prepaid cards. 

 

If you are interested in participating as an instructor in this study, you can access the survey here: https://jmu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eEUpn9w7YOBXURo 

 

This study was reviewed by the IRB (protocol FY26-298) and determined to be Exempt. Thank you for your support, and please feel free to reach out if you have any questions!

 

Best wishes,

Rosario Marroquín-Flores, Ph.D.  (she/her)

Assistant Professor

Department of Biology