Publications by authors named "J A Disney"
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- Arsenic contamination in well water is a significant public health issue in Maine and New Hampshire, linked to natural geological sources and historical pesticide use, affecting many households reliant on private wells.
- The All About Arsenic (AAA) project involves secondary school students as citizen scientists to collect well water samples, analyze arsenic levels, and educate their communities about the risks of arsenic exposure.
- The project yielded over 3,000 water samples, revealing that many exceeded safe arsenic standards, significantly enhancing data available to health agencies and showing that homeowners often lack knowledge about their well systems.
In-person undergraduate research experiences (UREs) promote students' integration into careers in life science research. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic prompted institutions hosting summer URE programs to offer them remotely, raising questions about whether undergraduates who participate in remote research can experience scientific integration and whether they might perceive doing research less favorably (i.e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe COVID-19 pandemic shut down undergraduate research programs across the United States. A group of 23 colleges, universities, and research institutes hosted remote undergraduate research programs in the life sciences during Summer 2020. Given the unprecedented offering of remote programs, we carried out a study to describe and evaluate them.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Anecdata website and its corresponding mobile app provide unique features to meet the needs of a wide variety of diverse citizen science projects from across the world. The platform has been developed with the help of continuous feedback from community partners, project leaders, and website users and currently hosts more than 200 projects. Over 8,000 registered users have contributed more than 30,000 images and over 50,000 observations since the platform became open to the public in 2014.
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