My interest in student learning drives research projects related to self-regulated learning, metacognition, learning approaches, and learning environment, drawing on the disciplines of cognitive psychology and the scholarship of teaching and learning. These research interests involve use of assessment tools like the Metacognitive Awareness Inventory (MAI), Learning Approaches and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI), and the Revised Approaches to Studying Inventory (RASI), as well as the development and validation of a new inventory to measure the learning environment of physical therapy programs. Additionally, I'm exploring the use of dynamic 3D-printed anatomy models to enhance the student learning experience.

Ciorciari CI, Rynda DA, Fojas CL. (2023) The Use of Dynamic 3D Printed Cervical Spine Models in a Musculoskeletal Physical Therapy Course. Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice 21(4): Article 21. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/ijahsp/vol21/iss4/21/

Rompolski K, Fojas CL, Taylor MA. (2023) How Do Practicing Physical Therapists Perceive Anatomy Education? Anatomical Sciences Education 16:979-988. https://doi.org/10.1002/ase.2277 

Fojas CL. (2022). Abandonment of the Middle Cumberland Region of Tennessee During the Mississippian Period: Temporal and Sex Differences in Survivorship. American Journal of Biological Anthropology 177(3): 425-438. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24446

Fojas CL, Kim J, Minsky-Rowland JD, Algee-Hewitt BFB. (2018). Testing Inter-observer Reliability of the Transition Analysis Aging Method on the William M. Bass Forensic Skeletal Collection. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 165(1):183 193 doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23342

Fojas CL, Cabo LL, Passalacqua NV, Rainwater CW, Puentes K, Symes SA. (2015). The Utility of Spatial Analysis in the Recognition of Normal and Abnormal Patterns in Burned Human Remains. In: Passalacqua NV, Rainwater CW, editors. Skeletal Trauma Analysis: Case Studies in Context. West Sussex: Wiley. p. 204-221.

Fojas, CL. (2023, October). Change of Plans: The Effect of a Metacognitive Strategies Presentation on Gross Anatomy Studying. Poster Presentation at Educational Leadership Conference of the American Physical Therapy Association. Philadelphia, PA.

Fojas CL. (2022, April). The Relationship between Gross Anatomy Performance and the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI) Among Physician Assistant Students. Platform Presentation at the American Association for Anatomy at Experimental Biology Conference, Philadelphia, PA. https://doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.2022.36.S1.R3670

Rompolski K, Fojas CL, Taylor MA, Countess T. (2022, April). How Do Physical Therapists Perceive Anatomy Education? Poster Presentation at the American Association for Anatomy at Experimental Biology Conference, Philadelphia, PA. https://doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.2022.36.S1.0R724

Fojas, CL. (2021, April). Anatomy Performance and Strategic, Deep, and Surface Approaches Among Physician Assistant Students. Poster Presentation at the American Association for Anatomy at Experimental Biology Conference. https://doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.2021.35.S1.02711

Sage-King, FM; Fojas CL; Thomas, S; Grubler A. (2021, October). Content Validity of a New Tool for Evaluating Learning Environment in Doctor of Physical Therapy Programs. Poster Presentation at Educational Leadership Conference of the American Physical Therapy Association, Atlanta, GA.

Fojas, CL. Learning Approaches and Anatomy Performance of Doctor of Physical Therapy students. (2020, October). Poster Presentation at American Association of Clinical Anatomists/Human Anatomy and Physiology Society Fall Regional Meeting.

Fojas, CL. (2017, April). Heterogeneity in Oral Health in Middle Tennessee during the Mississippian Period. American Journal of Physical Anthropology S64:182.

Fojas, CL. (2016, April). Physiological stress in the Middle Cumberland Region of Tennessee: Mortality and survivorship differences during the Mississippian Period. American Journal of Physical Anthropology S62:146.

Fojas CL, Collins S, Shirley NR. (2015, April). Radiographic Versus Dry Bone Assessment of Sacral Epiphyses. The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Journal 29:866.9. https://doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.29.1_supplement.866.9

Fojas CL, Kim J, Minsky-Rowland JD, Algee-Hewitt B. (2015, February). Testing Inter-observer Reliability of the Transition Analysis Aging Method on the William M. Bass Skeletal Collection. Proceedings of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences 21: 127-128.

Fojas CL. (2014, April). Developmental Changes in Cross-sectional Geometry of the Mandibular Corpus. The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Journal 28: 918.23 https://doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.28.1_supplement.918.23

Mileusnic-Polchan D, Fojas CL, Steadman DW, Marks MK. (2013, February). Postmortem Redistribution and Necrokinetics of Amphetamine, Cocaine, Morphine, and Oxycodone During Post-Embalming Decomposition. Proceedings of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences 19: 552.

Fojas CL, Shirley NR, Passalacqua NV. (2012, April). Investigation into human sacral fusion with regard to skeletal age. American Journal of Physical Anthropology S54:145.

Passalacqua NV, Vollner JM, Fojas CL. (2012, February). Subadult Age-at-death Estimation from Human Metatarsals. Proceedings of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences 18: 387.

Fojas CL, Rainwater CW, Cabo LL, Symes SA. (2011, February). Using Spatial Analysis to Recognize Normal and Abnormal Patterns in Burned Bodies. Proceedings of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences 17: 367-368.

Fojas CL. (2010). A Radiographic Assessment of Age Using Distal Radius Epiphysis Presence in a Modern Subadult Sample. Proceedings of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences 16: 371-372.