Bill Wood Graduate Talk Award
This award honors Bill Wood’s many contributions to the initiation and support of the discipline of Biology Education Research, and long-time encouragement and training of students in both science and science education. This award is open to all graduate students who are first authors on an abstract submitted for a talk at SABER. The Abstract Committee reviews all abstracts submitted and selects those to be presented as short talks at the SABER meeting using the published evaluation criteria. The Bill Wood Award Committee then attends each graduate student first-authored short talk at the meeting and selects the winners. Winners are presented a monetary award sponsored by Pearson. We thank Pearson for their generosity!
2023 Award Winners
Graduate Student Talks
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Jacob Woodbury, Washington State University Does Term-Based Learning in Biochemistry Result in Performance Gaps? |
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Julia Mellary, University of Guelph Unpacking How Past Educational Experiences Influence Instructional Beliefs & Practice |
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Undergraduate & Graduate Student Posters
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Rachel Youngblood, Auburn University Exposure to counterstereotypical scientific role models impacts how students relate to scientists |
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Marie Ramirez, Cornell University Undergraduate Research Experiences: Exploring Student Science Identity and Possible Self Formation |
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2021 Winners
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Krista Donis, Florida International University Influence of Social Supports for Learning Assistants and Faculty on Student Engagement in Active Learning In-person STEM Classes |
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Angela Google, Middle Tennessee State University Isolation, Resilience, and Faith: Experiences of Black Christian Students in Biology Graduate Programs |
Tatiane Russo-Tait, University of Texas at Austin Science Faculty’s Conceptions of Equity and Their Relationship to Teaching Practices |
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2019 Winners
Amanda Sebesta - Saint Louis University Alex Paine - University of Colorado Boulder
Each awarded $375, generously sponsored by Pearson Publishing.
2018 Winners
Miranda Chen - University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Paul Le - University of Colorado Denver