Teaching the Tough Topics: Fostering Ideological Awareness through the Inclusion of Societally Impactful Topics in Introductory Biology

We would like to thank the Auburn University Montgomery Biology Department for their encouragement and support along with each AUM student who graciously chose to participate in this study. We would also like to thank the Auburn Biology Department DEI Board as well as the Ballen and Schwartz laboratories for their valuable input during the development of this article. This work is supported by NSF-DUE-2120934 awarded to A.E.B. and C.J.B.