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L. Kate Wright

Professor Head of School of Life Sciences

Rochester Institute of Technology

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College of Science

Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences

L. Kate Wright is currently serving as a College Of Science Professor Head of School of Life Sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology.

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Rochester Institute of Technology

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Biology Exams Rarely Use Visual Models to Engage Higher-Order Cognitive Skills. PLoS ONE (2025)

cognitive analysiscognitive studieslearning sciencesvisual perceptionapplied cognitive psychologythinking skillsvisual modelscognitionneurosciencecognitive scienceanimal cognitionvisual sciencebiology examsvisual reasoningcognitive developmenthigher-order cognitive skills

Misshaped Chromosomes, Mismatched Chromatids, and Missized Genes: Easy Edits May Help Mitigate Misconceptions Commonly Represented in Published Scientific Figures. Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education (2025)

geneticshuman geneticsbiologyforensic geneticsmisshaped chromosomesgenomicshereditypublished scientific figuresgenetic recombinationgenome biologychromosome biologyeasy editscytogenetics

Probing Visual Literacy Skills Reveals Unexpected Student Conceptions of Chromosomes. CBE—Life Sciences Education (2025)

Crystal UminskiDina L. NewmanL. Kate Wright

learning scienceseducationscience education

Showing the Bonds-a Subtle but Important Difference in Figure Design That May Alleviate Student Confusion About Atp Hydrolysis.. PubMed (2025)

biophysical chemistryatp hydrolysisbonds-a subtlebiochemical sciencesbiophysicsfigure designbiochemistrybioenergeticsenzymeschemical biologymolecular biophysics

Sketchy Understandings: Drawings Reveal Where Students May Need Additional Support to Understand Scale and Abstraction in Common Representations of Dna. Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education (2025)

common representationslearning scienceseducationstem educationthinking skillseducational psychologycognitioncognitive scienceadditional supportstudent learningeducational researchdiagrammatic reasoningsketchy understandingsconcept formation

Visual Representations of Energy and Chemical Bonding in Biology and Chemistry Textbooks: A Case Study of Atp Hydrolysis. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education (2025)

biophysical chemistrymolecular graphicsbiochemistryvisualizationmolecular modelsmolecular physicsmolecular structurevisual representationsmathematical chemistrymolecular modellingchemistry educationgeneral chemistrychemistry textbooksscientific visualizationmolecular recognitioninformation visualizationbiophysicschemical bondingmolecular biologychemical physicstheoretical chemistry

An Exploration of Spatial Visualization Skills: Investigating Students’ Use of 3D Models in Science Problems During Think-Aloud Interviews. Journal of Chemical Education (2024)

Sarah N. AbdoJeremy L. HsuConstantine KapetanakisDina L. NewmanL. Kate WrightJennifer Bailey

learning scienceseducationthink-aloud interviewsscience problemsspatial visualization skillsinvestigating studentschemistry educationscientific visualization

Biology Exams Rarely Use Visual Models to Engage Higher-Order Cognitive Skills. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2024)

Crystal UminskiChristian CammarotaBrian A CouchL. Kate WrightDina L Newman

biology examsbiologyhigher-order cognitive skillsvisual models

Constructing Analogies: Developing Critical Thinking Through a Collaborative Task. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education (2024)

Constantine KapetanakisSamantha ConflittiSarah AbdoL. Kate WrightDina L. Newman

educationcritical thinkingbiochemistrymolecular biologynlp taskcollaborative taskcognitive development

Probing Visual Literacy Skills Reveals Student Conceptions of Scale and Abstraction With Respect to Chromosomes. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2024)

Crystal UminskiDina L. NewmanL. Kate Wright

visual perceptioncognitive sciencevisual reasoningstudent conceptionsvisual literacy skills

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L. Kate Wright

Professor Head of School of Life Sciences

Rochester Institute of Technology

Affiliations

College of Science

Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences

L. Kate Wright is currently serving as a College Of Science Professor Head of School of Life Sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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L. Kate Wright

Rochester Institute of Technology

Professor Head of School of Life Sciences

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Biology Exams Rarely Use Visual Models to Engage Higher-Order Cognitive Skills. PLoS ONE (2025)

geneticshuman geneticsbiologyforensic geneticsmisshaped chromosomesgenomicshereditypublished scientific figuresgenetic recombinationgenome biologychromosome biologyeasy editscytogenetics

Probing Visual Literacy Skills Reveals Unexpected Student Conceptions of Chromosomes. CBE—Life Sciences Education (2025)

Crystal UminskiDina L. NewmanL. Kate Wright

learning scienceseducationscience education

Showing the Bonds-a Subtle but Important Difference in Figure Design That May Alleviate Student Confusion About Atp Hydrolysis.. PubMed (2025)

biophysical chemistryatp hydrolysisbonds-a subtlebiochemical sciencesbiophysicsfigure designbiochemistrybioenergeticsenzymeschemical biologymolecular biophysics

Visual Representations of Energy and Chemical Bonding in Biology and Chemistry Textbooks: A Case Study of Atp Hydrolysis. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education (2025)

An Exploration of Spatial Visualization Skills: Investigating Students’ Use of 3D Models in Science Problems During Think-Aloud Interviews. Journal of Chemical Education (2024)

Sarah N. AbdoJeremy L. HsuConstantine KapetanakisDina L. NewmanL. Kate WrightJennifer Bailey

learning scienceseducationthink-aloud interviewsscience problemsspatial visualization skillsinvestigating studentschemistry educationscientific visualization

Biology Exams Rarely Use Visual Models to Engage Higher-Order Cognitive Skills. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2024)

Crystal UminskiChristian CammarotaBrian A CouchL. Kate WrightDina L Newman

biology examsbiologyhigher-order cognitive skillsvisual models

Constructing Analogies: Developing Critical Thinking Through a Collaborative Task. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education (2024)

Constantine KapetanakisSamantha ConflittiSarah AbdoL. Kate WrightDina L. Newman

educationcritical thinkingbiochemistrymolecular biologynlp taskcollaborative taskcognitive development

Probing Visual Literacy Skills Reveals Student Conceptions of Scale and Abstraction With Respect to Chromosomes. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2024)

Crystal UminskiDina L. NewmanL. Kate Wright

visual perceptioncognitive sciencevisual reasoningstudent conceptionsvisual literacy skills

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