Alison Mirin

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• Byerley, C., Horne, D., Gong, M., Musgrave, S., Valaas, L., Rickard, B., Yoon, H., Park, M., Mirin, A., Joshua, S., Lavender, H., & You, S. (2024). An effective COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy intervention focused on the relative risks of vaccination and infection. Scientific Reports, 14(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-024-57841-1
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  We designed the Relative Risk Tool (RRT) to help people assess the relative risks associated with COVID-19 vaccination and infection. In May 2022 (N = 400) and November 2022 (N = 615), U.S. residents participated in a survey that included questions about the risks of vaccination and infection. In both cohorts, we found an association between relative risk perception and vaccine hesitancy. Participants in the May cohort were randomly assigned an intervention: to see information from the RRT or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). After the intervention, participants answered the same questions about risk perception and vaccination intent again. The RRT was more effective than the CDC at changing risk perception and increasing vaccination intent. In November, the survey structure was the same, but the RRT was the only intervention included, and we confirmed that the RRT was effective at changing opinions in this new sample. Importantly, the RRT provided accurate information about the risks of serious adverse outcomes to vaccination and still increased vaccination intent. Our work suggests that the RRT helps people assess relative risk, which can in turn help empower them to make informed decisions and ultimately reduce vaccine hesitancy.
• Mirin, A. (2022). Where we see one function, they see two. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 1-29. doi:10.1080/0020739x.2022.2123285
• Mirin, A., Milner, F., Wasserman, N., & Weber, K. (2021). On Two Conflicting Definitions of “Function”. For the Learning of Mathematics, 41(3), 21-24.
• Mirin, A., & Zazkis, D. (2020). Function sameness: Bringing coherence to implicit differentiation. For the Learning of Mathematics, 40(3).

Proceedings Publications

• Mirin, A. (2020). Student Understanding of Number Line Graphs. In Psychology of Mathematics Education, North America.

Presentations

• Mirin, A. (2022). Same Graph, Different Derivatives: A Story of a Math Education Research Project. MIC (Math Instruction Colloquium).
• Mirin, A. (2021). Disability Accommodations in College: Alarming Discrimination in Mathematics. RUME (Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education) Seminar. University of Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma.
• Mirin, A. (2021). arriers to Disability Accommodations in Math Classrooms. MIC (Math Instruction Colloquium). University of Arizona.
• Mirin, A., & Rouhani, A. (2021). Proof Without Claim. 5th Northeastern Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (NE-RUME).