Jynx Weaver
Graduate Service Assistant,
TCLAS School of Life Sciences - Graduate Students - JM
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Life Sciences A-wing Room 369 427 E Tyler Mall Tempe, AZ 85281
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Mail code: 4501Campus: Tempe
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Student Information
Graduate StudentBiology (Biology and Society)
The College of Lib Arts & Sci
Graduate Student
Biology (Biology and Society)
The College of Lib Arts & Sci
Education
BS Biology & Psychology
East Carolina University, December 2020 magna cum laude
Research Website URL
Google Scholar URL
ORCID Profile ID
Research Interests
Mental health, depression, social support, learning environments, research environments, longitudinal methods, LGBTQIA+ populations, low socioeconomic status populations
Research Group
Publications
- Cooper KM, Busch CA, Accorsi A, Applewhite DA, Bhanderi PB, da Rocha-Azevedo B, Deb Roy A, Campanale JP, Chang F, Chipuk JE, Ligon LA, Luxton GWG, Graham AJ, Hochman-Mendez C, Ozugergin I, Park ZM, Thomas CM, Valm AM, Weaver CJ, Zhu H, & Alvania RS. LGBTQ+ Realities in the Biological Sciences. CBE—Life Sciences Education. July 2026. https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.25-05-0098
- Pigart CJ, Cohen KA, McDanal R, Schneider JL, & Cooper KM. STEM, gender, and mental health: understanding depression and anxiety in a national undergraduate sample. PLOS Mental Health. August 2025. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmen.0000364
- Kahraman MA, Mohammed T, Pigart CJ, & Cooper KM. A proof of concept for Hopelessness Theory of Depression: Attributions help explain why stressors in scientific research can exacerbate depression among undergraduates and graduates. International Journal of STEM Education. July 2025. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-025-00560-4
- Pigart CJ, Mohammed T, Acuña T, Baltazar S, Bean C, Hart M, Huizenga K, James A, Shaw H, Zsuffa K, Busch C, Cooper KM. Premed pressure: examining whether premed students experience more academic stress compared to non-premeds. Advances in Physiology Education. January 2025. https://doi.org/10.1152/advan.00168.2024
- Pigart CJ, MacKinnon DP, & Cooper KM. Academic social comparison: a promising new target to reduce fear of negative evaluation in large enrollment college science courses. International Journal of STEM Education. August 2024. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-024-00501-7
Honors / Awards
NSF Graduate Research Fellow 2022 - Present
Professional Associations
Society for the Advancement of Biology Education (SABER)
Service
SABER Discipline Based Education Research Scholars in Training Committee
Bylaws & Elections Chair
Sept 2023 - present