2020 NABT Poster Session

The NABT Poster Session highlights classroom practices, research, and programs in three distinct categories: general strategies for teaching biology, the scholarship of teaching, and mentored student research.

Student poster authors are eligible for two competitions and winners presentations are available here.

General: Non-Competition

Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges: Building a Community of Biology and Math Faculty to Develop and Disseminate Open Educational Resources
Jennifer Buntz, Central New Mexico Community College, Albuquerque, NM; Joseph Esquibel, Lansing Community College, Lansing, MI; Kristen Jenkins, BioQUEST, Boyds, MD; Jillian Miller, Roane State College, Harriman, TN; Heather Seitz, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS; John Starnes, Southcentral Kentucky Community & Technical College, Bowling Green, KY

Going Virtual: Converting Camp Bioscience to an Online Format
Carrie Buo, Rachael Kindig, Garrett Decker, & Matthew Brookover, University of Akron, Akron, OH

Do exam wrappers help students achieve better study habits in introductory biology
Kerry Cheesman & Kimberly Heym, Capital University, Colombus, OH

BioInteractive’s Free Online Professional Learning Course on Evolution: Overview and Evaluation
Melissa Csikari, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD; Ashley Ertzman, Meghan Jeffus, & Paul Beardsley, Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona, CA

Draw a Scientist Revisited: The Influence of Outdoor Experiences on Children's Idea of a 'Scientist'
Sarah Haines & Chelsea McClure, Towson University, Towson, MD; Symone Barkley, National Aquarium, Baltimore, MD

Educators' Views on Dissection Alternatives During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Pamela Osenkowski, Ignas Karaliunas, & Merari Diorio, National Anti-Vivisection Society, Chicago, IL

Environmental Education in New Orleans City Park
Amanda Snyder & Aimée Thomas, Loyola University New Orleans, New Orleans, LA

The Effect of Optional Exam Retakes on Student Performance in Introductory Biology
K. Supriya, Christian Wright, Christofer Bang, Jessica Ebie, Christopher Pagliarulo, & Sara Brownell, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

Informal Teaching Activities Used to Bridge the Gap Between Theory and the Real World
Amanda Tang Nian & Aimée Thomas, Loyola University New Orleans, New Orleans, LA

Using Visual Modeling to Create More Student-centered Lessons
Ellen Wisner, University of North Carolina - Charlotte, Charlotte, NC

Biology Education Research: Graduate Competition

The Impacts of Maryland Green Schools on Environmental Parameters
Ayla McDonough & Sarah Haines, Townson University, Townson, MD

1st Place: Call on me! Undergraduates’ perceptions of voluntarily asking questions in front of large- enrollment science classes
Erika Nadile, Katelyn Cooper, Sara Brownell, & Yi Zheng, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ; Michelle Stephens, Translation Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, AZ

Biology Education Research: Undergraduate Competition

1st Place: Where do instructors come from? An analysis of influential institutions on current and future faculty
Anna Abraham, Daniel Grunspan, Sara Etebari, Samantha Maas, Julie Roberts & Sara Brownell, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

The Marvelous Miracle Fruit: A pre-CURE Undergraduate Laboratory Exercise on Experimental Design
Samantha Ganser, Justine Hines, & Michael Butler, Lafayette College, Easton, PA

3rd Place: Student Ideas about Gene Expression: Making Proteins vs. Punnett Squares
Aidan Link, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR; Aeowynn Coakley, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA; Korinne Mills, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL; Dina Newman & L. Kate Wright, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

2nd Place: Maintaining Student Engagement During an Abrupt Instructional Transition: Lessons Learned from COVID-19
Sienna Senn & David Wessner, Davidson College, Davidson, NC

Students Inaccurately Estimate Test Performance Despite Feedback from Active Learning
Catherine Steele & Suann Yang, SUNY Geneseo, Geneseo, NY

Mentored Undergraduate Research: Competition

3rd Place: Undergraduate Perceptions of Bioethics Topics
Baylee Edwards, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ; Elizabeth Barnes; Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN

2nd Place: Annotation of the GemG Bacteriophage
Amanda Gregg, Rene Brenckman, Jianna Calcinari, & Sharon Gusky, Northwestern Connecticut Community College, Winsted, CT; Louise Leonard & Skylar Robinson, Torrington High School, Torrington, CT

1st Place: Characterization of Teosinte Branched1 Mutants in Setaria viridis
Hannah Oliver, Julie Angle, & Andrew Doust, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

The Effects COVID-19 has on Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Patients at Stages 2 and 3
Lopa Patel, Juhi Patel, Nalini Broadbelt, & Michelle Young, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences University, Boston, MA

Mentoring a Student in Completing a Directed Study – 'Using Stem Cells for Heart Valve Engineering'
Amitoj Singh Sawhney, Nalini Broadbelt, & Michelle Young, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences University, Boston, MA

Gluten contamination: prevalence and risks associated with foods labeled “gluten-free”
Sydney Skeie, Alysa Durbin, & Kerry Cheesman, Capital University, Colombus, OH

Comparison of Ancestry Reports from Direct to Consumer Genetic Testing Kits
Nate Vance, Kristina Amos, & Kerry Cheesman, Capital University, Columbus, OH

Awards