STEM Accelerator

Publications

1. B.W. Dreyfus, N. Holincheck, J.L. Rosenberg, “Quantum Chutes and Ladders: A quantum tabletop board game,” accepted to The Physics Teacher
2. L.A. Akesson, J.L. Rosenberg, N. Holincheck, B.W. Dreyfus, “Defining a physics person: Tensions in the identity development of undergraduate women in physics,” accepted to Physical Review PER
3. “Shielding through time: Bridging the history and teaching of Slater’s Rules”, Grace Juwon Lee and Rebecca M. Jones*, Journal of Chemical Education, Vol. 103, Issue 4, pages 1943-1948, doi: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.5c01117, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.5c01117
4. "Exploring the Concept of Valence and the Nature of Science via Generative Artificial Intelligence and General Chemistry Textbooks", Rebecca M. Jones, Eva-Maria Rudler, and Conner Preston, Journal of Chemical Education 2024 101 (8), 3276-3283, https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.4c00271
5. Jones, R. M.; Emenike, M. "Pursuing Retention and Success Of Rural and Diverse Stem Students: A Qualitative Investigation of a Program Ecosystem and Undergraduate Participants." Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research 2024, 25 (1). https://jstem.org/jstem/index.php/JSTEM/article/view/2631“The unexpected emotional cost of teaching chemistry in a pandemic”,  Rebecca M, Jones, Frontiers in Education, STEM Education Section, Vol. 8, March 16, 2023, doi: 10.3389/feduc.2023.1120385, https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2023.1120385/full
6. “The Rural and Diverse Student Scholars Program: An Ecosystem of and for STEM students
   Rebecca M. Jones and Mary Emenike, Poster Presentation, Anti-Racism and Inclusive Excellence Conference, Arlington, VA, October 24, 2022
7. Bulancea, G., P. Granfield, J. Jauchen, J. Love, M. Nelson, R. Sachs, and C. Sausville. 2021. A community of grassroots leaders: Leveraging faculty networks to create change. PRIMUS. 31(3–5): 627–642. February 17, 2021, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10511970.2021.1882016 

Presentations

1. Tina M. Bell, Christine Rosenfeld, Benjamin W. Dreyfus, Rebecca M. Jones, Kelly Knight, Sarah M. Pazos, “Longitudinal development of Learning Assistants’ approaches to teaching and learning”, International Learning Assistant Conference​, Boulder, Colorado, November 8, 2025​.
2. Benjamin W. Dreyfus*, Tina M. Bell, Rebecca M. Jones, Christine Rosenfeld, Kelly Knight, Sarah M. Pazos, “Longitudinal development of Learning Assistants’ approaches to teaching and learning”, American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Summer Meeting, Washington DC, August 3, 2025.
3. Rebecca M. Jones* and Bernand E. Cruz Torrez, “Exploring student perspectives on a semester-long creative communication project in inorganic chemistry”, Gordon Research Conference for Chemistry Education Research and Practice, Lewiston, Maine, July 7, 2025
4. Tina Bell*, Rebecca Jones, Andrew Gilbert, Kerin Hilker-Balkissoon, and Padmanabhan Seshaiyer, “Supporting, Mentoring, and Retaining New STEM Secondary Educators: Engagement in Professional Development Programming”, Southeastern Noyce Conference (SENOYCE), Mobile, Alabama, July 11, 2025.
5. B.W. Dreyfus, J.S. Barnes, T. Bell, M. Crowe, R.M. Jones, K.L. Knight, J.A. Nord, “Interpreting and understanding Learning Assistants’ experiences from personal reflections,” Contributed poster, American Association of Physics Teachers, 2024 Summer Meeting, Boston, MA, July 8, 2024.
6. “Snapshots from the last 5 years of the LA program at George Mason University”, Tina Bell, Benjamin W. Dreyfus, Rebecca M. Jones, Kelly L. Knight, Julia A. Nord, James Barnes*, Mary Crowe, Learning Assistant Alliance International Conference, October 28, 2023
7. “Encouraging creative chemical communication via infographics”, Rebecca M. Jones, Poster Presentation, Gordon Research Conference, Visualization in Science and Education, Bates College, Lewiston, ME, July 17, 2023.