Oral Presentations

Session A:

Session Chair: Stephanie Salomone

• From Lecture to Studio: The Story of MSU's Department of Physics and Astronomy
• Measuring Systemic Change in Introductory Science Courses
• How to be a great embedded expert! Catalyzing change in your department from the inside

Session B:

Session Chair: Christine Broussard

• Mentoring Faculty Course Reform Teams to Disseminate Evidence-based Reforms and Engage Departments
• Using Data-Driven Faculty Professional Development To Promote Change In Undergraduate Education
• Spreading teaching-reform efforts at the University of Arizona

Session C:

Session Chair: Clark Coffman

• An evaluation of the differential effects of the prerequisite pathways on student performance in an introductory biology course
• The Sky is the Limit: A Learning Community for Undeclared Students--A Sustainable Investment in Student Success and Retention
• Fostering interdisciplinary, cross-institutional collaboration to provide undergraduate STEM students with authentic learning experiences

Session D:

Session Chair: Gita Bangera

• Navigating the bridge between theory and action: Validating the Partnership for Undergraduate Life Science Education (PULSE) Theory of Change
• Pursuing systemic change in undergraduate STEM education through Departmental and Leadership Teams for Action (DeLTA)
• Putting the Teaching Quality Framework Initiative into action: A case-study comparison of three departments engaged in transforming teaching evaluation

Session E:

Session Chair: Guadalupe Lozano

• Partnering with Peer Leaders to create inclusive academic support environments
• Student-driven approaches to adding discussions of race and racism to STEM courses
• Five-years of undergraduate STEM Education Reform at Western Washington University, Whatcom Community College, and Skagit Valley College: Progress, Challenges, and Next Steps

Session F:

Session Chair: Lisa Elfring

• Characterizing departmental culture and assessing change with the DELTA survey
• Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate STEM Education: CAUSE for Transformation to Evidence-based Teaching Practices
• Guided by Evidence: Changing the Disciplinary Culture of Teaching and Learning

Session G:

Session Chair: A. Kelly Lane

• A Framework for Integrated Competency-Based Education
• Internships Across Disciplines
• Bringing social network analysis to higher education: How do peer interactions inform teaching decisions?

Session H:

Session Chair: Dilhara Liyanage

• Transforming STEM Education through Scaffolded Curricula
• The Biology Teaching Assistant Project: Theory of Change for a Network

Session I:

Session Chair: Stephanie Foster

• Transforming STEM gateway courses: or How we learned to stop worrying about just one approach and love the different pathways
• On the RISE: Institutional transformation by harnessing synergies