Kate presented their research on the perceived conflict between religion and evolution in undergraduate biology students as a poster at AAAS 2024 and won honorable mention in the graduate student competition for the social sciences! As recognition, their name will be listed among the winners in Science magazine's April issue. Congratulations, Kate!
Liz, Rahmi, and Katie traveled to Denver to attend the 2024 American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting! Rahmi and Katie both presented posters in AAAS's ePoster competition. Rahmi presented her work on the intersection of religion and evolution in Muslim biology students and Katie presented their work on the perceived conflict between religion and evolution in undergraduate biology students!
Members of the SPS Lab presented their research at the Southeastern STEM Education Research conference hosted at MTSU! Rahmi presented a talk on the impact of religious identity on the efficacy of culturally competent evolution instruction and a poster on metacognition in assessing evolutionary understanding, Katie presented a talk on the perceived conflict between religion and evolution in undergraduate biology students, and Casey and Katie presented a poster on the effects of a science communication module on undergraduate biology students' ability to communicate about culturally controversial science topics.
