She earned her Ph.D. at the University of Michigan for her work on the impact of CO2 enrichment on resource allocation in plants. Her current research evaluates the long-term impacts of reforming introductory biology and explores how students use models and visual representations to reason about complex biological systems. Sara Wyse is an assistant professor of Biological Sciences at Bethel University and a collaborator with Long on this project and others. Sara earned her Ph.D. at Michigan State University, where she explored the impacts of alternative professional development models on graduate TAs' classroom performance. In addition, she researches student understanding of biological systems and the impact of collaborative learning on student understanding.