Scholars@Duke
Jess Dewey

Selected Publications

Using a STEM Course on Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility to Explore Student Reflections on their Socialization into STEM and their Observations of the Figured World of Higher Education STEM Contexts.

Journal Article CBE life sciences education · March 2025 Science remains an exclusionary field to people who do not align with "acceptable" worldviews (e.g., white, Western, masculine). One avenue for making science more welcoming and inclusive is to empower current science students to become change agents in th ... Full text Cite

Graded FGF activity patterns distinct cell types within the apical sensory organ of the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis.

Journal Article Developmental biology · June 2024 Bilaterian animals have evolved complex sensory organs comprised of distinct cell types that function coordinately to sense the environment. Each sensory unit has a defined architecture built from component cell types, including sensory cells, non-sensory ... Full text Cite

How do we Address Faculty Burnout? Start by Exploring Faculty Motivation

Journal Article Innovative Higher Education · June 2024 Full text Cite

An Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory Technique Course using Scaffolded, Inquiry-Based Laboratories and Project-Based Learning

Journal Article Journal of Chemical Education · September 12, 2023 To enhance students’ learning and help them understand the whole picture of the field of inorganic chemistry, an inorganic laboratory technique course was designed that uses scaffolded, inquiry-based lab experiments and project-based learning. The scaffold ... Full text Cite

Students’ Experiences and Perceptions of the Scientific Research Culture after Participating in Different Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience Models

Journal Article CBE—Life Sciences Education · June 2022 This paper uses the Culture of Scientific Research (CSR) Framework to explore which cultural aspects of scientific research students reported experiencing after participating in a course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE). The impact o ... Full text Cite

Improving Students’ Understanding of Biological Variation in Experimental Design and Analysis through a Short Model-Based Curricular Intervention

Journal Article CBE—Life Sciences Education · March 2022 A model of variation in experimental design and analysis is presented. Using a quasi-experimental design, this research shows that a curriculum that uses a model-based approach to variation in experimental design and analysis improves student under ... Full text Cite

Teasing apart the impacts of curriculum and professional development on teaching assistants’ teaching practices

Journal Article PLOS ONE · February 9, 2022 Teaching assistants (TAs) often lead courses using curricula they did not design. Therefore, examining how curriculum and professional development (PD) interact to influence TAs’ teaching practices is critical. This study describes the effects of a ... Full text Cite

Development of a Framework for the Culture of Scientific Research.

Journal Article CBE life sciences education · December 2021 Scientific research has a culture that can be challenging to enter. Different aspects of this culture may act as barriers or entry points for different people. Recognition of these barriers and entry points requires identifying aspects of the culture of sc ... Full text Cite

Paired Multiple-Choice Questions Reveal Students' Incomplete Statistical Thinking about Variation during Data Analysis.

Journal Article Journal of microbiology & biology education · January 2021 Biologists consider variability during biological investigations. A robust quantitative understanding of variability is particularly important during data analysis, where statistics are used to quantify variation and draw conclusions about phenomena while ... Full text Cite

Development of the Biological Variation In Experimental Design And Analysis (BioVEDA) assessment.

Journal Article PloS one · January 2020 Variation is an important concept that underlies experimental design and data analysis. Incomplete understanding of variation can preclude students from designing experiments that adequately manage organismal and experimental variation, and from accurately ... Full text Cite