Chris Mead
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Mail code: 6004Campus: Tempe
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Chris Mead is a discipline-based education researcher. He is currently an Assistant Research Professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University. The primary theme of his research is digital teaching and learning, particularly techniques for bringing active learning into more settings. Specific topics of study include interactive virtual field trips and adaptive learning. His research also touches on questions of diversity, equity, and inclusion in higher education and the ways that digital and online education can support or hold back progress on these issues. In addition to his education research, he also performs project evaluation.
Mead, C., Price, C., Gin, L. E., Anbar, A. D., Collins, J. P., Lepore, P., & Brownell, S. E. (accepted). A comparative case study of the accommodation of students with disabilities in online and in-person degree programs. PLOS ONE. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0288748.
Ruberto, T., J., Mead, C., Anbar, A. D., Semken, S. (2023). Comparison of in-person and virtual Grand Canyon undergraduate field trip learning outcomes. Journal of Geoscience Education. doi: 10.1080/10899995.2023.2186067.
Fischer, C., Witherspoon, E., Nguyen, H., Feng, Y., Fiorini, S., Vincent-Ruz, P., Mead, C, Bork, W., Matz, R. L., Schunn, C. (accepted). Advanced Placement Course Credit and Undergraduate Student Success in Science Gateway Courses. JRST. doi: 10.1002/tea.21799.
Mead, C., Bruce, G., Taylor, W., Buxner, S., & Anbar, A. D. (2022). Gamifying virtual exploration of the past 350 million years of vertebrate evolution. Frontiers in Education, 7, 836783. doi: 10.3389/feduc.2022.836783.
Supriya, K.*, Mead, C. *, Anbar, A. D., Caulkins, J. L., Collins, J. P., Cooper, K. M., LePore, P. C., Lewis, T., Pate, A., Scott, R. A., & Brownell, S. E. (2021). Undergraduate biology students received higher grades during COVID-19 but perceived negative effects on learnings. Frontiers in Education, 6, 759624. doi: 10.3389/feduc.2021.759624.
Perera, V., Mead, C., van der Hoeven Kraft, K. J., Stanley, S., Angappan, R., MacKenzie, S., Barik, A. & Buxner, S. (2021). Considering Intergroup Emotions to Improve Diversity and Inclusion in the Geosciences. Journal of Geoscience Education, doi: 10.1080/10899995.2021.1881863.
Mead, C.*, Supriya, K.*, Zheng, Y., Anbar, A. D., Collins, J. P., LePore, P., & Brownell, S. E. (2020). Online biology degree program broadens access for women, first-generation to college, and low-income students, but grade disparities remain. PLOS ONE, 15, e0243916, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0243916.
Nawaz, S., Kennedy, G., Mead, C., & Bailey, J. (2020). Moments of confusion in simulation-based learning environments. Journal of Learning Analytics, 7, 118–137, doi: 10.18608/jla.2020.73.9.
Mead, C., Bruce, G., Semken, S., Buxner, S., & Anbar, A. D. (2019). Immersive, interactive virtual field trips promote learning. Journal of Geoscience Education, 67, 131–142, doi: 10.1080/10899995.2019.1565285.
Horodyskyj, L. B., Mead, C., Belinson, Z., Buxner, S., Semken, S., & Anbar, A. D. (2018). Habitable Worlds: Delivering on the Promises of Online Education. Astrobiology, 18, 86–99, doi: 10.1089/ast.2016.1550.
Perera, V., Mead, C., Buxner, S., Horodyskyj, L., Semken, S., Lopatto, D., & Anbar, A. D. (2017). Students in fully online programs report more positive attitudes toward science than students in traditional, in-person programs. CBE–Life Sciences Education, 16, ar60, doi: 10.1187/cbe.16-11-0316.
Mead, C., Herckes, P., Majestic, B. J., & Anbar, A. D. (2013). Source apportionment of aerosol iron in the marine environment using iron isotope analysis. Geophysical Research Letters, 40, 5722–5727, doi: 10.1002/2013GL057713.
Mead, C., Lyons, J. R., Johnson, T. M., & Anbar, A. D. (2013). Unique Hg stable isotope signatures of compact fluorescent lamp-sourced Hg. Environmental Science & Technology, 47, 2542–2547, doi: 10.1021/es303940p.
Mead, C. & Johnson, T. M. (2010). Hg stable isotope analysis by the double spike method. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 397, 1529–1538, doi: 10.1007/s00216-010-3701-0.
* Denotes co-first authorship
Courses
2024 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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SES 493 | Honors Thesis |
2024 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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SES 692 | Research |
SES 692 | Research |
2024 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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SES 492 | Honors Directed Study |