An inclusive Research Education Community (iREC) Model to Facilitate Undergraduate Science Education Reform

Denise L Monti¹, Julia C Gill², Tamarah L Adair³, Sandra D Adams⁴, Yesmi Patricia Ahumada-Santos⁵, Isabel Amaya⁶, Kirk R Anders⁷, Justin R Anderson⁸, Mauricio S Antunes⁹, Mary A Ayuk¹⁰, Frederick N Baliraine¹¹, Tonya C Bates¹², Andrea R Beyer¹³, Suparna S Bhalla¹⁴, Tejas Bouklas¹⁵, Sharon K Bullock¹², Kristen A Butela¹⁶, Christine A Byrum¹⁷, Steven M Caruso¹⁸, Rebecca A Chong¹⁹, Hui-Min Chung²⁰, Stephanie B Conant²¹, Brett M Condon²², Katie E Crump²³, Tom D'Elia²⁴, Megan K Dennis²⁵, Linda C DeVeaux²⁶, Lautaro Diacovich²⁷, Arturo Diaz²⁸, Iain Duffy²⁹, Dustin C Edwards³⁰, Patricia C Fallest-Strobl³¹, Ann M Findley³², Matthew R Fisher³³, Marie P Fogarty³⁴, Victoria J Frost³⁵, Maria D Gainey³⁶, Courtney S Galle³⁷, Bryan Gibb³⁸, Urszula P Golebiewska³⁹, Hugo C Gramajo²⁷, Anna S Grinath⁴⁰, Jennifer A Guerrero⁴¹, Nancy A Guild⁴², Kathryn E Gunn⁴³, Susan M Gurney⁴⁴, Lee E Hughes⁹, Pradeepa Jayachandran⁴⁵, Kristen C Johnson⁴⁶, Allison A Johnson⁴⁷, Alison E Kanak⁴⁸, Michelle L Kanther⁴⁹, Rodney A King⁵⁰, Kathryn P Kohl³⁵, Julia Y Lee-Soety⁵¹, Lynn O Lewis⁵², Heather M Lindberg⁵³, Jaclyn A Madden⁵⁴, Breonna J Martin⁵⁴, Matthew D Mastropaolo³¹, Sean P McClory⁵⁵, Evan C Merkhofer¹⁴, Julie A Merkle⁵⁶, Jon C Mitchell⁵⁷, María Alejandra Mussi²⁷, Fernando E Nieto-Fernandez⁵⁸, Jillian C Nissen⁵⁸, Imade Y Nsa⁵⁹, Mary G O'Donnell⁶⁰, R Deborah Overath⁶¹, Shallee T Page⁶², Andrea Panagakis⁶³, Jesús Ricardo Parra Unda⁵, Michelle B Pass¹², Tiara G Perez Morales⁶⁴, Nick T Peters⁶⁵, Ruth Plymale⁶⁶, Richard S Pollenz⁶⁷, Nathan S Reyna⁶⁶, Claire A Rinehart⁵⁰, Jessica M Rocheleau⁶⁸, John S Rombold⁶⁹, Ombeline Rossier⁷⁰, Adam D Rudner⁷¹, Elizabeth E Rueschhoff⁷², Christopher D Shaffer⁷³, Mary Ann V Smith⁷⁴, Amy B Sprenkle⁷⁵, C Nicole Sunnen⁵¹, Michael A Thomas⁴⁰, Michelle M Tigges⁷⁶, Deborah M Tobiason⁷⁷, Sara S Tolsma⁷⁸, Julie Torruellas Garcia²³, Peter Uetz⁴⁷, Edwin Vazquez⁷⁹, Catherine M Ward³⁴, Vassie C Ware⁸⁰, Jacqueline M Washington⁸¹, Matthew J Waterman⁸², Daniel E Westholm⁸³, Keith A Wheaton⁸⁴, Simon J White⁸⁵, Beth C Williams⁸⁶, Daniel C Williams⁸⁷, Ellen M Wisner¹², William H Biederman⁸⁸, Steven G Cresawn⁸⁹, Danielle M Heller⁸⁸, Deborah Jacobs-Sera¹⁶, Daniel A Russell¹⁶, Graham F Hatfull¹⁶, David J Asai⁸⁸, David I Hanauer⁹⁰, Mark J Graham⁹¹, Viknesh Sivanathan⁸⁸

Affiliations

¹ Hicks Honors College, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida 32224, USA.
² Metropolitan Policy Department, Brookings Institution, Washington, District of Columbia 20036, USA.
³ Department of Biology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas 76798, USA.
⁴ Biology Department, Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey 07043, USA.
⁵ Facultad de Ciencias Químico Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Culiacán, Sinaloa 80030, Mexico.
⁶ Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
⁷ Biology Department, Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington 99258, USA.
⁸ Department of Biological Sciences, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana 70402, USA.
⁹ Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76203, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Biology, Howard University, Washington, District of Columbia 20059, USA.
¹¹ Biology & Kinesiology, LeTourneau University, Longview, Texas 75602, USA.
¹² Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina 28223, USA.
¹³ Department of Biology, Virginia State University, Petersburg, Virginia 23806, USA.
¹⁴ Natural Science, Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh, New York 12550, USA.
¹⁵ Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.
¹⁶ Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA.
¹⁷ Department of Biology, College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina 29424, USA.
¹⁸ Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland 21250, USA.
¹⁹ School of Life Sciences, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA.
²⁰ Biology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida 32514, USA.
²¹ Department of Biology, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, Michigan 48221, USA.
²² Biomedical Sciences, Rocky Vista University - Montana College of Osteopathic Medicine, Billings, Montana 59106, USA.
²³ Department of Biological Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33314, USA.
²⁴ Department of Biology, Indian River State College, Ft. Pierce, Florida 34981, USA.
²⁵ Biology, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, New York 12601, USA.
²⁶ Biology Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico 87801, USA.
²⁷ Departamento de Microbiología Básica, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas-UNR, Rosario, Santa Fe 2000, Argentina.
²⁸ Department of Biology, La Sierra University, Riverside, California 92505, USA.
²⁹ Department of Natural Science, Saint Leo University, Saint Leo, Florida 33574, USA.
³⁰ Biological Sciences, Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas 76402, USA.
³¹ Mathematics and Sciences, Neumann University, Aston, Pennsylvania 19014, USA.
³² Biology - School of Sciences, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, Louisiana 71209, USA.
³³ Biology Department, Oregon Coast Community College, Newport, Oregon 97366, USA.
³⁴ Science and Math, Durham Tech, Durham, North Carolina 27703, USA.
³⁵ Biology, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, South Carolina 29733, USA.
³⁶ Chemistry and Physics, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina 28723, USA.
³⁷ Biology, South Texas College, McAllen, Texas 78501, USA.
³⁸ Biological and Chemical Sciences, New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, New York 11568, USA.
³⁹ Biological Sciences and Geology, Queensborough Community College, Bayside, New York 11364, USA.
⁴⁰ Department of Biological Sciences, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho 83201, USA.
⁴¹ Integrative Biology, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78249, USA.
⁴² Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA.
⁴³ Science, Mount St. Mary's University, Emmitsburg, Maryland 21727, USA.
⁴⁴ School of Biology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9ST, Scotland.
⁴⁵ Basic and Clinical Sciences, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Albany, New York 12208, USA.
⁴⁶ Department of Life Sciences, University of New Hampshire Manchester, Manchester, New Hampsire 03101, USA.
⁴⁷ Center for Biological Data Science, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23238, USA.
⁴⁸ Department of Biology, University of North Georgia, Dahlonega, Georgia 30597, USA.
⁴⁹ Biology, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 19010, USA.
⁵⁰ Biology, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky 42101, USA.
⁵¹ Department of Biology, Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19131, USA.
⁵² Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, Virginia 22401, USA.
⁵³ Biology, Virginia Western Community College, Roanoke, Virginia 24015, USA.
⁵⁴ Life Sciences Department, Harford Community College, Bel Air, Maryland 21015, USA.
⁵⁵ Integrated Science, Business and Technology, La Salle University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19141, USA.
⁵⁶ Department of Biology, University of Evansville, Evansville, Indiana 47722, USA.
⁵⁷ Science and Mathematics, Northern State University, Aberdeen, South Dakota 57401, USA.
⁵⁸ Biological Sciences, SUNY Old Westbury, Old Westbury, New York 11568, USA.
⁵⁹ Microbiology, University of Lagos, Lagos, Lagos 101017, Nigeria.
⁶⁰ Department of Biology, Thiel College, Greenville, Pennsylvania 16125, USA.
⁶¹ Mathematics and Sciences, Texas Southmost College, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA.
⁶² College of Health and Natural Sciences, Franklin Pierce University, Rindge, New Hampshire 03461, USA.
⁶³ STEM Academy, Salish Kootenai College, Pablo, Montana 59855, USA.
⁶⁴ Biological Sciences, Benedictine University, Lisle, Illinois 60532, USA.
⁶⁵ Plant Pathology, Entomology, and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA.
⁶⁶ Department of Biology, Ouachita Baptist University, Arkadelphia, Arkansas 71998, USA.
⁶⁷ Molecular Biosciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33620, USA.
⁶⁸ Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA.
⁶⁹ Salish Sea Research Institute, Northwest Indian College, Bellingham, Washington 98226, USA.
⁷⁰ University Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Gif-sur-Yvette 91190, France.
⁷¹ Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology and Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1S2Y8, Canada.
⁷² School of Natural Sciences, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, Indiana 47150, USA.
⁷³ Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Montana 63105, USA.
⁷⁴ Biology, Penn State Schuylkill, Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania 17972, USA.
⁷⁵ Biology, Salem State University, Salem, Massachusetts 01970, USA.
⁷⁶ Chemistry and Biochemistry, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, Minnesota 56563, USA.
⁷⁷ Biology, Carthage College, Kenosha, Wisconsin 53140, USA.
⁷⁸ Department of Biology, Northwestern College, Orange City, Iowa 51041, USA.
⁷⁹ Biology Department, University of Puerto Rico at Cayey, Cayey, Puerto Rico 00736, USA.
⁸⁰ Biological Sciences, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, USA.
⁸¹ Department of Biology and Chemistry, Alliance University, New York, New York 10004, USA.
⁸² Biology Department, Eastern Nazarene College, Quincy, Massachusetts 02170, USA.
⁸³ Biology, The College of St. Scholastica, Duluth, Minnesota 55811, USA.
⁸⁴ Biochemistry, Microbiology & Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1G 5Z3, Canada.
⁸⁵ Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06268, USA.
⁸⁶ Translational and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8M5, Canada.
⁸⁷ Department of Biology, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, South Carolina 29528, USA.
⁸⁸ Center for the Advancement of Science Leadership and Culture, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815, USA.
⁸⁹ Department of Biology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807, USA.
⁹⁰ Department of English, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Pennsylvania 15705, USA.
⁹¹ STEM Program Evaluation and Research Lab (STEM-PERL), Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA.

PMID: 39686966
PMCID: PMC11649309
DOI: 10.3389/feduc.2024.1442318

An inclusive Research Education Community (iREC) Model to Facilitate Undergraduate Science Education Reform

Denise L Monti et al. Front Educ (Lausanne). 2024.

. 2024:9:1442318.

doi: 10.3389/feduc.2024.1442318. Epub 2024 Aug 20.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Hicks Honors College, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida 32224, USA.
² Metropolitan Policy Department, Brookings Institution, Washington, District of Columbia 20036, USA.
³ Department of Biology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas 76798, USA.
⁴ Biology Department, Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey 07043, USA.
⁵ Facultad de Ciencias Químico Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Culiacán, Sinaloa 80030, Mexico.
⁶ Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
⁷ Biology Department, Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington 99258, USA.
⁸ Department of Biological Sciences, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana 70402, USA.
⁹ Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76203, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Biology, Howard University, Washington, District of Columbia 20059, USA.
¹¹ Biology & Kinesiology, LeTourneau University, Longview, Texas 75602, USA.
¹² Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina 28223, USA.
¹³ Department of Biology, Virginia State University, Petersburg, Virginia 23806, USA.
¹⁴ Natural Science, Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh, New York 12550, USA.
¹⁵ Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.
¹⁶ Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA.
¹⁷ Department of Biology, College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina 29424, USA.
¹⁸ Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland 21250, USA.
¹⁹ School of Life Sciences, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA.
²⁰ Biology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida 32514, USA.
²¹ Department of Biology, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, Michigan 48221, USA.
²² Biomedical Sciences, Rocky Vista University - Montana College of Osteopathic Medicine, Billings, Montana 59106, USA.
²³ Department of Biological Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33314, USA.
²⁴ Department of Biology, Indian River State College, Ft. Pierce, Florida 34981, USA.
²⁵ Biology, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, New York 12601, USA.
²⁶ Biology Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico 87801, USA.
²⁷ Departamento de Microbiología Básica, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas-UNR, Rosario, Santa Fe 2000, Argentina.
²⁸ Department of Biology, La Sierra University, Riverside, California 92505, USA.
²⁹ Department of Natural Science, Saint Leo University, Saint Leo, Florida 33574, USA.
³⁰ Biological Sciences, Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas 76402, USA.
³¹ Mathematics and Sciences, Neumann University, Aston, Pennsylvania 19014, USA.
³² Biology - School of Sciences, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, Louisiana 71209, USA.
³³ Biology Department, Oregon Coast Community College, Newport, Oregon 97366, USA.
³⁴ Science and Math, Durham Tech, Durham, North Carolina 27703, USA.
³⁵ Biology, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, South Carolina 29733, USA.
³⁶ Chemistry and Physics, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina 28723, USA.
³⁷ Biology, South Texas College, McAllen, Texas 78501, USA.
³⁸ Biological and Chemical Sciences, New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, New York 11568, USA.
³⁹ Biological Sciences and Geology, Queensborough Community College, Bayside, New York 11364, USA.
⁴⁰ Department of Biological Sciences, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho 83201, USA.
⁴¹ Integrative Biology, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78249, USA.
⁴² Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA.
⁴³ Science, Mount St. Mary's University, Emmitsburg, Maryland 21727, USA.
⁴⁴ School of Biology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9ST, Scotland.
⁴⁵ Basic and Clinical Sciences, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Albany, New York 12208, USA.
⁴⁶ Department of Life Sciences, University of New Hampshire Manchester, Manchester, New Hampsire 03101, USA.
⁴⁷ Center for Biological Data Science, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23238, USA.
⁴⁸ Department of Biology, University of North Georgia, Dahlonega, Georgia 30597, USA.
⁴⁹ Biology, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 19010, USA.
⁵⁰ Biology, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky 42101, USA.
⁵¹ Department of Biology, Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19131, USA.
⁵² Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, Virginia 22401, USA.
⁵³ Biology, Virginia Western Community College, Roanoke, Virginia 24015, USA.
⁵⁴ Life Sciences Department, Harford Community College, Bel Air, Maryland 21015, USA.
⁵⁵ Integrated Science, Business and Technology, La Salle University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19141, USA.
⁵⁶ Department of Biology, University of Evansville, Evansville, Indiana 47722, USA.
⁵⁷ Science and Mathematics, Northern State University, Aberdeen, South Dakota 57401, USA.
⁵⁸ Biological Sciences, SUNY Old Westbury, Old Westbury, New York 11568, USA.
⁵⁹ Microbiology, University of Lagos, Lagos, Lagos 101017, Nigeria.
⁶⁰ Department of Biology, Thiel College, Greenville, Pennsylvania 16125, USA.
⁶¹ Mathematics and Sciences, Texas Southmost College, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA.
⁶² College of Health and Natural Sciences, Franklin Pierce University, Rindge, New Hampshire 03461, USA.
⁶³ STEM Academy, Salish Kootenai College, Pablo, Montana 59855, USA.
⁶⁴ Biological Sciences, Benedictine University, Lisle, Illinois 60532, USA.
⁶⁵ Plant Pathology, Entomology, and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA.
⁶⁶ Department of Biology, Ouachita Baptist University, Arkadelphia, Arkansas 71998, USA.
⁶⁷ Molecular Biosciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33620, USA.
⁶⁸ Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA.
⁶⁹ Salish Sea Research Institute, Northwest Indian College, Bellingham, Washington 98226, USA.
⁷⁰ University Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Gif-sur-Yvette 91190, France.
⁷¹ Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology and Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1S2Y8, Canada.
⁷² School of Natural Sciences, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, Indiana 47150, USA.
⁷³ Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Montana 63105, USA.
⁷⁴ Biology, Penn State Schuylkill, Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania 17972, USA.
⁷⁵ Biology, Salem State University, Salem, Massachusetts 01970, USA.
⁷⁶ Chemistry and Biochemistry, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, Minnesota 56563, USA.
⁷⁷ Biology, Carthage College, Kenosha, Wisconsin 53140, USA.
⁷⁸ Department of Biology, Northwestern College, Orange City, Iowa 51041, USA.
⁷⁹ Biology Department, University of Puerto Rico at Cayey, Cayey, Puerto Rico 00736, USA.
⁸⁰ Biological Sciences, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, USA.
⁸¹ Department of Biology and Chemistry, Alliance University, New York, New York 10004, USA.
⁸² Biology Department, Eastern Nazarene College, Quincy, Massachusetts 02170, USA.
⁸³ Biology, The College of St. Scholastica, Duluth, Minnesota 55811, USA.
⁸⁴ Biochemistry, Microbiology & Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1G 5Z3, Canada.
⁸⁵ Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06268, USA.
⁸⁶ Translational and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8M5, Canada.
⁸⁷ Department of Biology, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, South Carolina 29528, USA.
⁸⁸ Center for the Advancement of Science Leadership and Culture, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815, USA.
⁸⁹ Department of Biology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807, USA.
⁹⁰ Department of English, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Pennsylvania 15705, USA.
⁹¹ STEM Program Evaluation and Research Lab (STEM-PERL), Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA.

PMID: 39686966
PMCID: PMC11649309
DOI: 10.3389/feduc.2024.1442318

Abstract

Over the last two decades, there have been numerous initiatives to improve undergraduate student outcomes in STEM. One model for scalable reform is the inclusive Research Education Community (iREC). In an iREC, STEM faculty from colleges and universities across the nation are supported to adopt and sustainably implement course-based research - a form of science pedagogy that enhances student learning and persistence in science. In this study, we used pathway modelling to develop a qualitative description that explicates the HHMI Science Education Alliance (SEA) iREC as a model for facilitating the successful adoption and continued advancement of new curricular content and pedagogy. In particular, outcomes that faculty realize through their participation in the SEA iREC were identified, organized by time, and functionally linked. The resulting pathway model was then revised and refined based on several rounds of feedback from over 100 faculty members in the SEA iREC who participated in the study. Our results show that in an iREC, STEM faculty organized as a long-standing community of practice leverage one another, outside expertise, and data to adopt, implement, and iteratively advance their pedagogy. The opportunity to collaborate in this manner and, additionally, to be recognized for pedagogical contributions sustainably engages STEM faculty in the advancement of their pedagogy. Here, we present a detailed pathway model of SEA that, together with underpinning features of an iREC identified in this study, offers a framework to facilitate transformations in undergraduate science education.

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**Fig.1.**
Full SEA faculty pathway model. SEA faculty outcomes occur at different points in time throughout their engagement with SEA: short-term outcomes (pink boxes), medium-term outcomes (lilac boxes), and long-term outcomes (light green). Connections between outcomes are depicted by arrows.

**Fig.2.**
Full SEA faculty pathway model color-coded by outcome category. Outcomes that SEA faculty realize through their participation in the SEA program are grouped into four different categories: Knowledge and Skill Acquisition (yellow boxes), Knowledge and Skill Advancement (orange boxes), Community (blue boxes), and Psychological Affirmation (green boxes). Outcomes that fall into two categories are shaded in both colors.

**Figure 3.**
Categorized SEA Faculty Pathway Model. SEA faculty outcomes are grouped into four categories: Knowledge & Skill Acquisition, Knowledge & Skill Advancement, Community, and Psychological Affirmations; the category “Community” can be sub-divided into “Networked Community” and “Community of Supportive Practitioners”. The general relationship of outcomes between these categories, and the timeframe in which faculty are most likely to realize the outcome, are represented by colored boxes and the order in which they appear, from left to right. Within the first year of participating in SEA, faculty realize outcomes related to Knowledge & Skill Acquisition and become networked with other members of the SEA community. In subsequent years, faculty advance their science pedagogy as they engage one another as members of the SEA community. Thus, over time, a community of supportive practitioners grows and learns together. Over time, faculty realize outcomes related to Psychological Affirmations, which promotes their sense of connectedness to their peers, competence as educators, and appreciation for the profession.

**Figure 4.**
Knowledge and skill advancement through iterative cycles of instruction, feedback and assessment, and experimentation. SEA faculty spend a year engaging a cohort of students in course-based research. Towards the conclusion of each year, faculty receive student assessment data and have opportunities to share and discuss their research findings and teaching strategies with the SEA community. Through these opportunities, faculty learn how to better implement course-based research, including the development of new science pedagogy resources that are shared with community. This is an iterative process. Dashed lines represent outcomes that are indirectly linked in the full pathway model; solid lines represent outcomes that are directly linked.

**Figure 5.**
Highly connected outcomes (hubs). Hubs are highly interconnected outcomes that are impacted by and impact multiple outcomes in a pathway model. (A) “As a community, faculty learn together about what works in the classroom and laboratory” was identified as a hub. It is an outcome in the categories of “Knowledge & Skill Advancement” and “Community” and is connected to many outcomes across these two categories. (B) “Faculty find this work rewarding” was identified as a hub. It is an outcome in the category “Psychological Affirmations” and is connected to multiple outcomes across multiple categories.

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