Chris Mead

Recent/Notable Publications

Farrar, V., Medinaceli, M. V., Young, N. T., Bonem, E., Mead, C., Matz, R. L., & Caporale, N. (2025). Grade Disparities Associated with Student Demographics in Upper-division Biology Courses Across Multiple Institutions. CBE–LSE, 24(3). doi: 10.1187/cbe.24-02-0075.

Mead, C., Buxner, S., Fischer, H., Manning, C., Severino, M., Shaner, A., Storksdieck, M., Swann, J. L., & Udomprasert, P. (2025). Attitudes about public outreach among NASA scientists and engineers. Communicating Astronomy with the Public, 19(2). doi: 10.5281/zenodo.16946487.

Swann, J., Severino, M., Perrett, K., Kline, T., Mead, C., & Anbar, A. (2025). Enhancing Eclipse Education: A Universal Design Approach to Comprehensive, Ready-to-Use Curricula for Diverse Classrooms. Bulletin of the AAS, 56(9). doi: 10.3847/25c2cfeb.cbe8687f.

Semken, S., Mead, C., Foley, K., Ruberto, T., Bruce, G., & Anbar, A. D. (2025) Research on teaching geoscience with virtual field experiences. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences. 53, 17.1–17.18. doi: 10.1146/annurev-earth-060923-115406.

Denaro, K., Molinaro, M., Fiorini, S., Matz, R. L., Mead, C, Motika, M., Tarchinski, N., Medinaceli, M. V., Byrd, W. C., Koester, B., Lee, H. R., McKay, T., & Sato, B. K. (2024). A multi-institutional cluster analysis to identify groups of courses with exemplary opportunity gaps for undergraduate students in the biological sciences. CBE—Life Science Education. 23(4), ar53. doi: 10.1187/cbe.24-02-0051.

Archer, H. N., Simon, M. N., Mead, C., Prather, E. E., Brunkhorst, M., & Hunsley, D. (2024). Bringing Lecture-Tutorials Online: An Analysis of A New Strategy to Teach Planet Formation in the Undergraduate Classroom. Astronomy Education Journal. doi: 10.32374/AEJ.2024.4.1.090ra.

Castle, S. D. Byrd, W. C., Koester, B. P., Pearson, M. I., Bonem, E., Caporale, N., Cwik, S., Denaro, K., Fiorini, S., Li, Y., Mead, C., Rypkema, H., Sweeder, R. D., Valdivia Medinaceli, M. B., Whitcomb, K. M., Brownell, S. E., Levesque-Bristol, C., Molinaro, M., Singh, C., McKay, T. A., & Matz, B. (2024). Systemic Advantage Has a Meaningful Impact on Student Outcomes in Introductory STEM Courses at Six Research Universities. International Journal of STEM Education, 11(1), 1–20. doi: 10.1186/s40594-024-00474-7.

Hewitt, H. B., Simon, M. N., Mead, C., Grayson, S., Beall, G. L., Zellem, R. T., Tock, K., & Pearson, K. A. (2023). Development and Assessment of a Course-Based Undergraduate Re- search Experience (CURE) for Online Astronomy Majors. Physical Review Physics Education Research, 19(2), 020156. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.19.020156.

Mead, C., Price, C., Gin, L. E., Anbar, A. D., Collins, J. P., Lepore, P., & Brownell, S. E. (2023). A comparative case study of the accommodation of students with disabilities in online and in-person degree programs. PLOS ONE, 18(10), e0288748. 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.

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.

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.

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.

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