@article{b63e557c217d455bac14f6b322a6326d,
title = "An inclusive Research Education Community (iREC): Impact of the SEA-PHAGES program on research outcomes and student learning",
abstract = "Engaging undergraduate students in scientific research promises substantial benefits, but it is not accessible to all students and is rarely implemented early in college education, when it will have the greatest impact. An inclusive Research Education Community (iREC) provides a centralized scientific and administrative infrastructure enabling engagement of large numbers of students at different types of institutions. The Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science (SEA-PHAGES) is an iREC that promotes engagement and continued involvement in science among beginning undergraduate students. The SEA-PHAGES students show strong gains correlated with persistence relative to those in traditional laboratory courses regardless of academic, ethnic, gender, and socioeconomic profiles. This persistent involvement in science is reflected in key measures, including project ownership, scientific community values, science identity, and scientific networking.",
keywords = "Assessment, Bacteriophage, Evolution, Genomics, Science education",
author = "SEA-PHAGES and Hanauer, {David I.} and Graham, {Mark J.} and Laura Betancur and Aiyana Bobrownicki and Cresawn, {Steven G.} and Garlena, {Rebecca A.} and Deborah Jacobs-Sera and Nancy Kaufmann and Pope, {Welkin H.} and Russell, {Daniel A.} and Jacobs, {William R.} and Viknesh Sivanathan and Asai, {David J.} and Hatfull, {Graham F.}",
note = "Funding Information: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. We thank Billy Biederman, Priscilla Kobi, and Crystal Petrone for program assistance and manuscript preparation; Sam Jackendoff for technical expertise and data collection; Tuajuanda Jordan, Lu Barker, Kevin Bradley, and Melvina Lewis for early program development; and SEA-PHAGES students and instructors. We also thank the reviewers for helpful comments on the manuscript. This work was supported by National Science Foundation Grant DUE-1524575 and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Grants 54308198 and 52008197. Funding Information: We thank Billy Biederman, Priscilla Kobi, and Crystal Petrone for program assistance and manuscript preparation; Sam Jackendoff for technical expertise and data collection; Tuajuanda Jordan, Lu Barker, Kevin Bradley, and Melvina Lewis for early program development; and SEA-PHAGES students and instructors. We also thank the reviewers for helpful comments on the manuscript. This work was supported by National Science Foundation Grant DUE-1524575 and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Grants 54308198 and 52008197.",
year = "2017",
month = dec,
day = "19",
doi = "10.1073/pnas.1718188115",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "114",
pages = "13531--13536",
journal = "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America",
issn = "0027-8424",
publisher = "National Academy of Sciences",
number = "51",
}