Publications
Donovan, B. M., Salazar, B., Weindling, M. (2022) How can we make genetics education more humane? Genetics Education for the 21st Century . Springer
Donovan, B. M. (2021). Ending Genetic Essentialism Through Genetics Education. Human Genetics and Genomics Advances , 3 (1), 1–13.
Donovan, B., & Nehm, R. H. (2020). Genetics and Identity: Introduction to the Special Issue. Science & Education , s11191-020-00180–0.
Donovan, B. M., Weindling, M., & Lee, D. M. (2020). From Basic to Humane Genomics Literacy. Science & Education , 29 (6), 1479–1511.
Donovan, B. M., Weindling, M., Salazar, B., Duncan, A., Stuhlsatz, M., & Keck, P. (2020). Genomics literacy matters: Supporting the development of genomics literacy through genetics education could reduce the prevalence of genetic essentialism. Journal of Research in Science Teaching , tea.21670. 0
Stuhlsatz, M. A. M., Buck Bracey, Z. E., & Donovan, B. M. (2020). Investigating Conflation of Sex and Gender Language in Student Writing About Genetics. Science & Education , 29 (6), 1567–1594.
Donovan, B. M., Semmens, R., Keck, P., Brimhall, E., Busch, K. C., Weindling, M., Duncan, A., Stuhlsatz, M., Buck Bracey, Z., Bloom, M., Kowalski, S., Salazar, B. (2019) Towards a More Humane Genetics Education: Learning about the social and quantitative complexities of human genetic variation research could reduce racial bias in adolescent and adult populations . Science Education .
Donovan, B.M., Stuhlsatz, M., Edelson, D.C., Buck Bracey, Z.B. (2019) Gendered Genetics: How reading about the genetic basis of sex differences in biology textbooks could affect beliefs associated with science gender disparities . Science Education
Donovan, B.M. (2018). Looking backwards to move biology education toward its humanitarian potential: A review of Darwinism, Democracy, and Race . Science Education .
Donovan, B. M. (2017) Learned inequality: Racial labels in the biology curriculum can affect the development of racial prejudice . Journal of Research in Science Teaching . 54(3), 379-411.
Donovan, B. M. (2016). Framing the genetics curriculum to support social justice: An experimental exploration of how the biology curriculum influences students’ beliefs about the racial achievement gap . Science Education . 100(3), 586-616.
Donovan, B. M. (2015a). Putting humanity back into the teaching of human biology . Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences . 52, 65-75.
Donovan, B. M. (2015b). Reclaiming race as a topic of the United States biology curriculum . Science Education . 99(6) 1092-1117.
Donovan, B. M. (2014). Playing with fire? The impact of the hidden curriculum in school genetics on essentialist conceptions of race . Journal of Research in Science Teaching , 51(4), 462–496.
Select Media Mentions
Science Humane Genomics Education Can Reduce Racism
Science Sex and Gender Essentialism in Textbooks
Newsweek US Biology Textbooks Promoting ‘Misguided Assumptions’ on Sex and Gender
Forbes High School Textbooks Fail To Distinguish Between Sex And Gender, Researchers Find
Forbes Majority Of US Biology Textbooks Teach Outdated Ideas About Gender And Sex, Study Finds
NYU News High School Biology Textbooks Do Not Provide Students with a Comprehensive View of the Science of Sex and Gender
The New York Times Can Biology Class Reduce Racism?
The New York Times Learning Network Lesson of the Day: ‘Can Biology Class Reduce Racism?’
Education Week Genetics Lessons Can Spark Racism in Students. This Change Can Prevent It.
The Atlantic The Dilemma of Teaching Race in High-School Biology
Learning & The Brain How Can We Encourage Girls to Pursue STEM Disciplines?
Independent School science textbooks make children more racially prejudiced, scientists find
ABC Radio National How racial prejudice can easily appear in classrooms
The Boston Globe Influencing law firm bonuses
Genetics education needs to move beyond Mendel to combat white supremacy
Genomics Literacy Matters.
Towards a More Humane Genetics Education
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Better Biology Instruction for a More Equitable Society
