Alyssa N. Olson
@dberalyssa.bsky.social
Biological Sciences PhD Student in the Couch Research Group at
University of Nebraska - Lincoln 🌽 | Enjoyer of my husky, food, and the outdoors 🐾🍽️🌿 | (she/her)
University of Nebraska - Lincoln 🌽 | Enjoyer of my husky, food, and the outdoors 🐾🍽️🌿 | (she/her)
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From LSE... 20 years, 650 lesson plans: after Vision & Change, publications ↑4×, 7/11 core concepts/competencies show up more, and teaching is more student-centered. Scoping review by Kira Treibergs et al. 🔗 www.lifescied.org/doi/10.1187/...
November 13, 2025 at 8:45 PM
From LSE... 20 years, 650 lesson plans: after Vision & Change, publications ↑4×, 7/11 core concepts/competencies show up more, and teaching is more student-centered. Scoping review by Kira Treibergs et al. 🔗 www.lifescied.org/doi/10.1187/...
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Celebrate community at DBER-SiT’s Virtual Friendsgiving on Nov. 20! 🍂🦃 Join us online for connection, fun, and a chance to win one of several gift cards. RSVP here: saberbio.org/event-6427501
November 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Celebrate community at DBER-SiT’s Virtual Friendsgiving on Nov. 20! 🍂🦃 Join us online for connection, fun, and a chance to win one of several gift cards. RSVP here: saberbio.org/event-6427501
How do we examine changes in teaching practices over years-long time scales? How have teaching approaches and assessment strategies changed in the last 20+ years? Our new paper looks at 650 published biology lessons over a 20-year time period to answer those questions! doi.org/10.1187/cbe....
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September 18, 2025 at 9:25 PM
How do we examine changes in teaching practices over years-long time scales? How have teaching approaches and assessment strategies changed in the last 20+ years? Our new paper looks at 650 published biology lessons over a 20-year time period to answer those questions! doi.org/10.1187/cbe....
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DiggingDBER has a NEW podcast episode out! Scan the QR code or visit linktr.ee/diggingdber to listen to Dr. Tatiane Russo-Tait talk about how college STEM faculty make sense of the continued underrepresentation of Black, Indigenous, and Latinx students in STEM. @sabercommunity.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
DiggingDBER has a NEW podcast episode out! Scan the QR code or visit linktr.ee/diggingdber to listen to Dr. Tatiane Russo-Tait talk about how college STEM faculty make sense of the continued underrepresentation of Black, Indigenous, and Latinx students in STEM. @sabercommunity.bsky.social
The @dbersit.bsky.social leadership team is seeking nominations for the next year! Nominations are due this Friday, July 25th and 12pm PDT.
I joined the leadership team last year and am staying on again because I've had an incredible experience so far. I've learned so much about our field, (1/2)
I joined the leadership team last year and am staying on again because I've had an incredible experience so far. I've learned so much about our field, (1/2)
Nominations are open for the DBER-SiT leadership team! 🌟 If you're a grad student or postdoc and a member of @sabercommunity.bsky.social, you're eligible to run to fill one of our 3 spots this year! We have openings for Secretary, 1 Funding Co-Chair, and 1 Professional Development Co-Chair.
July 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The @dbersit.bsky.social leadership team is seeking nominations for the next year! Nominations are due this Friday, July 25th and 12pm PDT.
I joined the leadership team last year and am staying on again because I've had an incredible experience so far. I've learned so much about our field, (1/2)
I joined the leadership team last year and am staying on again because I've had an incredible experience so far. I've learned so much about our field, (1/2)
Come see me present tomorrow at 2:10pm in Bruininks 330! 😃
The DBER-SiT Leadership team has posters and talks everyday for the rest of #SABER2025! Come meet us and learn about our research 📊 @sabercommunity.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Come see me present tomorrow at 2:10pm in Bruininks 330! 😃
Join myself and other early career scholars at our three events on Friday! #SABER2025 @dbersit.bsky.social
Are you attending #SABER2025 virtually or in-person? If so, connect with other early career scholars at our *three* DBER-SiT events, all taking place on Friday, July 11th! See the following flyer for more information. We hope to see you there! 🌟 @sabercommunity.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Join myself and other early career scholars at our three events on Friday! #SABER2025 @dbersit.bsky.social
I'm so excited that we got the @dbersit.bsky.social account up and running! Join us, DBERites! 😃
DBER-SiT, part of the @sabercommunity.bsky.social, is thrilled to finally join Bluesky! ⭐ We're a community of early career scholars in #BER and #DBER. Let's connect for chats about research, social and professional events, and a growing community of early career scholars!
July 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I'm so excited that we got the @dbersit.bsky.social account up and running! Join us, DBERites! 😃
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Thought-provoking essay on the importance of awe (yes, really) in and for science. It helps scientists imagine, it motivates us, it promotes uptake of new ideas …. For me, awe of nature also keeps me grounded, resilient, happy. #ProfLife aeon.co/essays/how-a...
How awe drives scientists to make a leap into the unknown | Aeon Essays
In awe we hold fast to nature’s strangeness and open up to the unknown. No wonder it’s central to the scientific imagination
aeon.co
June 29, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Thought-provoking essay on the importance of awe (yes, really) in and for science. It helps scientists imagine, it motivates us, it promotes uptake of new ideas …. For me, awe of nature also keeps me grounded, resilient, happy. #ProfLife aeon.co/essays/how-a...
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Walz spokesman:
“Governor Walz wishes that President Trump would be a President for all Americans, but this tragedy isn’t about Trump or Walz. It’s about the Hortman family, the Hoffman family, & the State of Minnesota, and the Governor remains focused on helping all three heal.”
“Governor Walz wishes that President Trump would be a President for all Americans, but this tragedy isn’t about Trump or Walz. It’s about the Hortman family, the Hoffman family, & the State of Minnesota, and the Governor remains focused on helping all three heal.”
June 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Walz spokesman:
“Governor Walz wishes that President Trump would be a President for all Americans, but this tragedy isn’t about Trump or Walz. It’s about the Hortman family, the Hoffman family, & the State of Minnesota, and the Governor remains focused on helping all three heal.”
“Governor Walz wishes that President Trump would be a President for all Americans, but this tragedy isn’t about Trump or Walz. It’s about the Hortman family, the Hoffman family, & the State of Minnesota, and the Governor remains focused on helping all three heal.”
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The Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER) has a dedicated and incredible group of scholars in training in their DBER-SiT group.
They just launched their new podcast!!! Digging DBER can be found on major podcast platforms and I highly recommend!! #DBER #bioed #biology
They just launched their new podcast!!! Digging DBER can be found on major podcast platforms and I highly recommend!! #DBER #bioed #biology
April 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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BREAKING from @science.org: The Trump admin is seeking to kill nearly all climate research at NOAA, its climate science agency.
Its near-final budget proposal would end all NOAA research labs, academic institutes, and regional climate centers. And it wants to fully end the NOAA Research division.
Its near-final budget proposal would end all NOAA research labs, academic institutes, and regional climate centers. And it wants to fully end the NOAA Research division.
Trump seeks to end climate research at premier U.S. climate agency
White House aims to end NOAA’s research office; NASA also targeted
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April 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
BREAKING from @science.org: The Trump admin is seeking to kill nearly all climate research at NOAA, its climate science agency.
Its near-final budget proposal would end all NOAA research labs, academic institutes, and regional climate centers. And it wants to fully end the NOAA Research division.
Its near-final budget proposal would end all NOAA research labs, academic institutes, and regional climate centers. And it wants to fully end the NOAA Research division.
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“They were careless people…they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness…and let other people clean up the mess they had made…” -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (April 10, 1925).
April 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
“They were careless people…they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness…and let other people clean up the mess they had made…” -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (April 10, 1925).
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Undergrad biology instructors! Paid opportunity to participate in research that tests the impacts of highlighting scientist role models in instructional materials. 🐌 🧪 🦋 🔬
Check it out and apply! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Check it out and apply! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Recruitment instructors_IUSE2.docx
Which elements of scientist role model stories are effective in improving equity and success in undergraduate STEM education? Interested? Fill out this poll! We are searching for undergraduate bio...
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April 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Undergrad biology instructors! Paid opportunity to participate in research that tests the impacts of highlighting scientist role models in instructional materials. 🐌 🧪 🦋 🔬
Check it out and apply! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Check it out and apply! docs.google.com/document/d/1...