Baylee Edwards
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Mail code: 4701Campus: Tempe
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Student Information
Graduate StudentBiology (Biology and Society)
The College of Lib Arts & Sci
Baylee Edwards is a third-year Ph.D. candidate in the Biology and Society program at Arizona State University. She explores student and instructor perceptions of the relationship between religion and evolution and how those perceptions impact student experiences and learning in undergraduate biology courses. Edwards is currently a research assistant in the Brownell Biology Education Research Lab. She was a co-instructor for a small enrollment writing seminar called The Embryo Project for two years, during which she helped undergraduate and graduate students develop their scientific writing and communication skills. She has also been a teaching assistant for a large-enrollment science course and worked as an introductory biology curriculum developer for three years. She hopes to continue working alongside instructors, education researchers, and curriculum developers to create more inclusive college biology courses that prioritize and support student learning.
Ph.D. Biology and Society (in progress), Arizona State University
M.S. Biology and Society (2022), Arizona State University
B.S. Biology and Society (2021), Arizona State University, Barrett the Honors College
Biology Education Research (BER)
Perceived conflict between religion and evolution
Science communication
Learning theories and instructional strategies
Brownell Biology Education Research Lab and RISE Center (January 2020-present)
Embryo Project (January 2022-May 2024)
Lake Immunology Lab (July 2021-January 2022)
Edwards, B. A., Kolodisner, J., Youngblood, J. P., Cooper, K. M., & Brownell, S. E. (2024). Students respond positively to an instructor collecting and sharing aggregated class demographic data from a survey in a high-enrollment physiology course. Advances in Physiology Education, 48(2), 836-856. https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/advan.00126.2024
Edwards, B. A., Bowen, C., Brownell, S. E., & Barnes, M. E. (2024). Christian Student Experiences During Peer Interactions in Undergraduate Biology Courses. CBE Life Sciences Education, 23(1), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.23-01-0020
Edwards, B. A., Roberts, J. A., Bowen, C., Brownell, S. E., & Barnes, M. E. (2022). An exploration of how gender, political affiliation, or religious identity is associated with comfort and perceptions of controversial topics in bioethics. Advances in Physiology Education, 46(2), 268–278. https://doi.org/10.1152/advan.00008.2022
Aini, R., Supriya, K, Dunlop, H., Edwards, B. A., Maas, S., Roberts, J., Summersill, A., Zheng, Y., Brownell, S. E., Barnes, M. E. (2024). Conflict reducing practices in evolution education are associated with increases in evolution acceptance in a large naturalistic study. PLoS ONE, 19(12). https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0313490
Mohammed TF, Nadile EM, Busch CA, Brister D, Brownell SE, Claiborne CT, Edwards BA, Gazing Wolf J, Lunt C, Tran M, Vargas C, Walker KM, Warkina TD, Witt ML, Zheng Y, Cooper KM. Aspects of large-enrollment online college science courses that exacerbate and alleviate student anxiety. CBE Life Sciences Education. November 2021. https://www.lifescied.org/doi/10.1187/cbe.21-05-0132
Roeder, J. A., Koehler, M. A., McKechnie, D., Vanderhoof, .J, Jasbi, P., Edwards, B. A., , Gonzalez-Moa, M. J., Seit-Nebi, A., Svarovsky, S., & Lake, D. F. (2022). Longitudinal Comparison of Neutralizing Antibody Responses to COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines after Second and Third Doses. Vaccines, 10(9), 1459. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10091459
Lake, D. F., Roeder, A. J., Gonzalez-Moa, M. J., Koehler, M., Kaleta, E., Jasbi, P., Vanderhoof, J., McKechnie, D., Forman, J., Edwards, B. A., Seit-Nebi, A., & Svarovsky, S. (2022). Third COVID-19 vaccine dose boosts neutralizing antibodies in poor responders. Communications Medicine, 2(1), 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-022-00151-2
Courses
2024 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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BIO 498 | Pro-Seminar |
HPS 498 | Pro-Seminar |
HPS 591 | Seminar |
BIO 591 | Seminar |
2023 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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BIO 498 | Pro-Seminar |
HPS 498 | Pro-Seminar |
HPS 591 | Seminar |
BIO 591 | Seminar |
2023 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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BIO 498 | Pro-Seminar |
HPS 498 | Pro-Seminar |
HPS 591 | Seminar |
HPS 591 | Seminar |
BIO 591 | Seminar |
2022 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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BIO 498 | Pro-Seminar |
HPS 498 | Pro-Seminar |
HPS 591 | Seminar |
BIO 591 | Seminar |
Teaching Assistant for BIO 312 - Bioethics (Spring 2022)