Publications
Meaders CL, Gardiner JC, Wynns S, Nigam S, Harris J. 2023. A STEAM lesson plan diversifies middle school student conceptions of scientists. Journal of Research in STEM Education. https://doi.org/10.51355/jstem.2023.127
Vega Y, Meaders CL. 2023. Have you heard about this? An exploration of instructor communication about campus resources to students in biology courses. Journal of Research in Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education. 10.31756/jrsmte.621
Meaders CL, Vega Y. 2022. Collaborative Two-Stage Exams Benefit Students in a Biology Laboratory Course. J Microbiol Biol Educ. https://doi.org/10.1128/jmbe.00138-22
Moreau, CS, Darby AM, Demery AC, Arcila LM, Meaders CL. 2022. A framework for educating and empowering students by teaching about history and consequences of bias in STEM. https://doi.org/10.1093/femspd/ftac006
McDonnell L, Micou M, Moore A, Day C, Grossman E, Meaders C. 2022. CRISPR in your Kitchen: An at-home CRISPR Kit to edit genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae used during remote teaching. Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education. https://doi.org/10.1128/jmbe.00321-21
Meaders, C. L., Senn, L. G., Couch, B. A., Lane, A. K., Stains, M., Stetzer, M. R., Vinson, E., & Smith, M. K. 2021. Am I getting through? Surveying students on what messages they recall from the first day of STEM classes. International Journal of STEM Education, 8(49). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-021-00306-y
Fankhauser, S. C., Reid, G., Mirzoyan, G., Meaders, C., & Ho-Shing, O. 2021. Participating in the scientific publication process: exploring how pre-college students perceive publication within the scientific enterprise. Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Science Education Research, 3(1), 4. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43031-021-00032-z
Meaders C, Smith MK, Boester T, Bracy A, Couch BA, Drake AG,… Stetzer MR. 2021. What questions are on the minds of the students in your class? Frontiers in Education. 10.3389/feduc.2021.639338
Lane, A. K.*, Meaders, C*., Shuman, J., Stetzer, M., Vinson, E., Couch, B., Smith, M. K., & Stains, M. 2021. Making a first impression: Exploring what instructors do and say on the first day of introductory STEM courses. CBE Life Sciences Education, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.20-05-0098 *co-first authors
Meaders CL*, Lane AK*, Morozov AI, Shuman JK, Toth E, Stains M, Stetzer MR, Vinson E, Couch BA+, Smith MK. 2020. Undergraduate student concerns in introductory STEM courses: What they are, how they change, and what influences them. Journal for STEM Education Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41979-020-00031-1 * co-first authors
Meaders C, Min Y, Freedberg K, Kramer EM. 2020. Developmental and molecular characterization of novel staminodes in Annals of Botany. mcaa029. doi:10.1093/aob/mcaa029
Meaders CL, Toth E, Lane AK, Shuman JK, Couch BA, Stains M, Stetzer MR, Vinson E, Smith MK. 2019. “What will I experience in my college STEM courses?” An investigation of student predictions about instructional practices in introductory courses. CBE Life Sciences Education. https://www.lifescied.org/doi/10.1187/cbe.19-05-0084
Sharma, B., Meaders, C., Wolfe, D., Holappa, L., Walcher-, C., Kramer, E., … Sharma, B. 2019. Homologs of LEAFY and UNUSUAL FLORAL ORGANS promote a sharp transition from inflorescence to floral meristem identity in the cymose Aquilegia coerulea. Frontiers in Plant Science, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.01218
Yant L, Collani S, Puzey J, Levy C, Kramer, EM. 2015. Molecular basis for three-dimensional elaboration of the Aquilegia petal. Proc Roy Soc Lond, Biol. 282 (1803): 20142778. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.2778
Hartman E, Levy C, Kern DM, Johnson MA, Basu A. 2014. A rapid, inexpensive, and semi-quantitative method for determining pollen tube extension using fluorescence. Plant Methods. 10(3). https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-4811-10-3
Okano J, Levy C, Lichti U, Sun HW, Yuspa SH, Sakai Y, Morasso MI. 2012. Cutaneous retinoic acid levels determine hair follicle development and downgrowth. J Biol Chem. 287(47): 39304-39315.
Qin Y, Wysocki RJ, Somogyi A, Feinstein Y, Franco JY, Tsukamoto T, Dunatunga D, Levy C, Smith S, Simpson R, Gang D, Johnson MA, Palanivelu R. 2011. Sulfinylated azadecalins act as functional mimics of a pollen germination stimulant in Arabidopsis pistils. Plant J. 68(5): 800-815.