Publications

Limeri, L. B. & Cimpian, A. (2026). How Do Young Children Think About Ability? Implications for Education Policy. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, in press.

Chouvalova, A., Billings, I., Caraway, A., Hoggatt, N., Kim, G. Y., Mehta, A., Vizcaino, D., & Limeri, L. B. (2026). Characterizing the content and mechanisms of instructor messages that communicate instructor beliefs about ability to undergraduates. CBE-Life Sciences Education, 25(1), ar6. https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.25-09-0202 

Navlekar, A. S., Baker, N., Ghaemmaghami, M., Obasi, I., Onubogu, S., O’pry, C., Posey, R., Tan, J., Walulu, K., Reid, J. W., & Limeri, L. B. (2025). Assessing how a teaching professional development program for biology graduate students bolsters self-efficacy and shapes teaching perspectives. Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education, 26(2), e00008-25. https://doi.org/10.1128/jmbe.00008-25 

Navlekar, A. S., Theobald, E. J., Griffith, K., & Limeri, L. B. (2025). Strategically creating maximally heterogeneous lab groups did not improve group performance in an introductory biology lab class. PLoS One, 20(5), e0323799. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0323799 

Limeri, L. B. (2025). Intelligence in context: A context-specific mindset measure better predicts outcomes for science and math undergraduates. CBE-Life Sciences Education, 24(1), ar19. https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.24-09-0229

Marroquín-Flores, R. A., Tijerina, R. M., Tedeschi, M. Banjara, S., Warmsley, R., McFather, L., Casas, Z., & Limeri, L. B. (2024). Using a QuantCrit approach to develop and collect evidence of validity for a measure of Community Cultural Wealth. CBE–Life Sciences Education, 23(4), ar55. https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.24-01-0028  

Ambrosino, C. M., Gorospe, K., Limeri, L. B., Correa-Garcia, S., & Rivera, M. A. J. (2024). Exploring science identity and latent factors of student gains in a place-based marine science CURE designed to provide access to Hawaiʻi students from historically marginalized ethnicities. CBE–Life Sciences Education, 23(4), ar50. https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.24-02-0038 

Tedeschi, M. & Limeri, L. B. (2024). Models of disability as research frameworks in biology education research. CBE–Life Sciences Education, 23(3), ar8. https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.24-01-0026 [access this paper]

Chouvalova, A. C., Navlekar, A., Mills, D. J., Adams, M., Daye, S., De Anda, F., & Limeri, L. B. (2024). Undergraduates' reactions to errors mediates the association between growth mindset and study strategies. International Journal of STEM Education, 11(24), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-024-00485-4 [access this paper]

Limeri, L. B., Carter, N. T., Hess, R., Tuma, T. T., Koscik, I., Morrison, A., Outlaw, B., Royston, K., Bridges, B., & Dolan, E. L. (2024). Development of the Mentoring in Undergraduate Research Survey. CBE – Life Sciences Education, 23(2), ar26. https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.23-07-0141 [access this paper]

Limeri, L. B., Carter, N. T., Lyra, F., Martin, J., Mastronardo, H., Patel, J., & Dolan, E. L. (2023). Undergraduate Lay Theories of Abilities: Mindset, universality, and brilliance beliefs uniquely predict undergraduate educational outcomes. CBE – Life Sciences Education, 22(4) ar40. https://www.lifescied.org/doi/10.1187/cbe.22-12-0250 [access this paper]

Canning. E. & Limeri, L. B. (2023). Theoretical and methodological directions in mindset intervention research. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 17(6) e12758. 1-11. http://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12758 [access this paper] 

McDaniel, M. A, Cahill, M. J., Frey, R. F., Limeri, L. B., & Lemons, P. L. (2022). Learning introductory biology: Students’ concept-building approaches predict transfer on biology exams. CBE – Life Sciences Education, 21(4), ar65. https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.21-12-0335 [Access this paper] 

Chen, S., Binning, K. R., Manke, K. J., Brady, S. T., McGreevy, E. M., Betancur, L., Limeri, L. B., & Kaufmann, N. (2021). Am I a science person? A strong science identity bolsters minority students' sense of belonging and performance in college. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 47(4), 593-606. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167220936480 [Access this paper]

Limeri, L. B., Carter, N. T., Choe, J., Harper, H. G., Martin, H. R., Benton, A., & Dolan, E. L. (2020). Growing a growth mindset: Characterizing how and why undergraduate students' mindsets change. International Journal of STEM Education, 7(35), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-020-00227-2 [Access this paper]  

Limeri, L. B., Chen, M. M., Henry, M. A., & Schussler, E. E. (2020). Leveraging psychosocial interventions to motivate instructor participation in teaching professional development. CBE – Life Sciences Education, 19(3), es10. https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.19-11-0236 [Access this paper]

Binning, K. R., Kaufmann, N., McGreevy, E. M., Fotuhi, O., Chen, S., Marshman, E., Kalender, Z. Y., Limeri, L. B., Betancur, L., & Singh, C. (2020). Changing social contexts to foster equity in college science courses: An ecological-belonging intervention. Psychological Science, 31(9), 1059-1070. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797620929984 [Access this paper]

Dolan, E. L., Borrero, M., Callis-Duehl, K., Chen, M. M., de Lima, J., Ero-Tolliver, I., Gerhart, L. M., Goodwin, E. C., Hamilton, L. R., Henry, M. A., Herrera, J., Huot, B., Kiser, S., Ko, M., Kravek, M., Lee, M., Limeri, L. B., Peffer, M. E., Pires, D., Ramirez Lugo, J. S., Sharp, S. B., & Suarez, N. A. (2020). Undergraduate Biology Education Research Gordon Research Conference: A meeting report. CBE – Life Sciences Education, 19(2), mr1. https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.19-09-0188 [Access this paper]

Limeri, L. B., Choe, J., Harper, H. G., Martin, H. R., Benton, A., & Dolan, E. L. (2020). Knowledge or abilities? How undergraduates define intelligence. CBE – Life Sciences Education, 19(1), ar5. https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.19-09-0169 [Access this paper]

Limeri, L. B., Asif, M. Z., Bridges, B. H. T., Esparza, D., Tuma, T. T., Sanders, D., Morrison, A. J., Rao, P., Harsh, J. A., Maltese, A. V., & Dolan, E. L. (2019). “Where's my mentor?!” Characterizing negative mentoring experiences in undergraduate life science research. CBE—Life Sciences Education, 18(4), ar61. https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.19-02-0036 [Access this paper]

Limeri, L. B., Asif, M. Z., & Dolan, E. L. (2019). Volunteered or voluntold? The motivations and perceived outcomes of graduate and postdoctoral mentors of undergraduate researchers. CBE – Life Sciences Education, 18(2), ar13. https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.18-10-0219 [Access this paper]

Hanauer, D. I., Graham, M. J., SEA-PHAGES*, Betancur, L., Bobrownicki, A., Cresawn, S. G., Garlena, R. A., Jacobs-Sera, D., Kaufmann, N., Pope, W. H., Russell, D. A., Jacobs W. R., Sivanathan, V., Asai, D. J., & Hatfull, G. F. (2017). An inclusive Research Education Community (iREC): Impact of the SEA-PHAGES program on research outcomes and student learning. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(51), 13531-36. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1718188115  *Contributing author in SEA-PHAGES group: Contributing author list, https://bit.ly/2FhkqBH  [Access this paper]