My scholarship spans biology education research, the scholarship of teaching and learning, science communication, and research on identity and educational experience. Below are selected publications and presentations that represent major strands of my work.

For a complete record, see my Google Scholar profile.

Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications

2026

• Eden, A. (2026). From Fandom to Inquiry: What Game Studies Reveals about Biology Learning at the Pokémon Fossil Museum. Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education.

• Eden, A. (2026). Biology of Superpowers: A Curriculum Activity for Teaching Adaptation, Trade-offs, and Organismal Diversity. Integrative and Organismal Biology.

• Sedlacek, Q. C., Casper, A. M. A., Doerr, K., Jeong, S., Marosi, N. K. M., Rende Mendoza, K., Reggiani, M., Tumber-Dávila, S. J., Adams, J. D., Anderson, A. P., Avraamidou, L., Blake, C. K., Cheuk, T., Dozier, S. J., Eddy, S. L., Eden, A., et al. (2026). Science educators and researchers must uphold the human rights of trans, nonbinary, and intersex persons. Science Education.

In Press

• Wagner-Coello, H. U., & Eden, A. Mapping Your Story: Using a Culturagram to Integrate Culture and Identity into Biology Instruction. The American Biology Teacher.

• Eden, A. Popcorn, Projectors, and Persistence: An Autoethnography of Belonging and Cultural Wealth as a Working STEM Student. Teaching and Learning Inquiry.

2025

• Eden, A., & Dewsbury, B. M. (2025). “I’m Just Me and That’s Okay”: Pláticas with First-Year Latin* Biology Students at a Large Hispanic-serving Institution. Journal of Latinos and Education.

• Eden, A. (2025). From Jurassic Park to Pokémon: A Pop Culture-Based Science Communication Project for the Biology Classroom. Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education.

• Eden, A. (2025). Finding Myself in Miami: An Autoethnographic Exploration of Latin* Identity and Belonging. Journal of Latinos and Education.

• Eden, A., & Dewsbury, B. M. (2025). A Latent Class Analysis of Cultural Wealth: Insights into Academic Success in Introductory Biology at a Hispanic-serving Institution. Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education.

• Eden, A., & Wernick, N. L. B. (2025). Does Socioeconomics Tell the Whole Story? Exploring High School Demographics and Success in a University Introductory Biology Course. The American Biology Teacher.

• Eden, A., & Wright, A. (2025). Teaching High School Biology Prepared Us for This: A Duoethnography Exploring Two Former High School Educators Transition into a Biology Education Research Ph.D. Program. The American Biology Teacher.

Selected Earlier Work

• Eden, A., & Dewsbury, B. M. (2024). Validating an Instrument for Measuring Community Cultural Wealth with Biology Majors at a Hispanic-Serving Institution. Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education.

• Eden, A. (2024). Writing Like a Scientist: A Research Assignment for Undergraduates Inspired by the Publishing Process. Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education.

• Eden, A. (2024). Celebrando Herencia: A Latino Educator’s Reflection on a Science Museum’s “Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month Celebration Day.” Journal of Latinos and Education.

Selected Presentations