Schultheis, E. H., Bellard, R. S., Costello, R. A., Graham, C. D. K., Kjelvik, M. K., Thadi, A., & Ballen, C. J. DataVersify: A framework for data literacy instruction featuring scientist stories. Integrative Organismal Biology: A Journal of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (in press).
Year: 2026
Adams, P.E.*, Soneral, P.A.G.*, Brittain, C., & Ballen, C.J. Impacts of sharing an instructor’s religious identity on students in a large-enrollment introductory biology course. CBE—Life Sciences Education (in press).
Prathibha, P., Driessen, E. P., Kjelvik, M. K., Schultheis, E. H., Zemenick, A. T., Weber, M. G., Ballen, C. J., and Costello, R. A. Student perceptions of obstacles in science careers are not altered by scientist stories of challenges. CBE—Life Sciences Education (in press).
Ballen, C. J., Bellard, R., Marting, P. R., & Smith, M. L. How to encourage students working in groups to behave more like ants. Current Biology (in press).
Thormodsæter, R. S., Ballen, C. J., Fagbodun, S., Foster-Hartnett, D., García-Ojeda, M. E., Gonsar, N., Henning, J.A., Robnett, R.D., Sanders, T., Wainmain, J.W., Costello, R.A., & Cotner, S. Can we mitigate the impacts of test anxiety through reappraisal interventions? A replication study in science courses across multiple institution types in the United States. CBE—Life Sciences Education, 25(1), ar9.
R. A. Costello, R. Amin, E. P. Driessen, M. K. Kjelvik, E. H. Schultheis, R. M. Youngblood, A. T. Zemenick, M. G. Weber, and C. J. Ballen. Students express minimal resistance to inclusive biology activities highlighting the diversity of scientists. BioScience. doi:10.1093/biosci/biag029
De Jesus, M. M., Hobbs K.S., Adams, P.E. Ammamoo, E., Costello, R.A., Cotner, S., Creech, C., Driessen E.P., Hammarlund, S.P., Hartnett, D.F., Henning, J.A., Logan, A., Olson, A.N., Soneral, P. Steele, A., Zhang, K., Ballen, C.J., & Ewell, S.N. Equitable group work in undergraduate biology courses: Leveraging a complex instruction framework to identify pedagogical strategies. CBE-Life Sciences Education, 25(2), es1.
Adams, P.E., Dunk, R.D.P., Zemenick, A., DeRamus, D.G., Diggs, Z.F., Kiani, M.K., Lazenby, M., & Ballen, C.J. Discussions of sexual diversity in nature increase student sense of belonging in biology. BioScience, biag022.
Kumar, R., Nardo, J., Ewell, S., Fluker, J., Harvey, A., Rivera, A., Ballen, C.J. & Salehi, S. Wellness in STEM pathways: Exploring the challenges and supports for historically underserved STEM undergraduates beyond grades. American Journal of STEM Education. https://doi.org/10.32674/2m9any02