STEM Education Center to STEM Equity Center: Meaningful Ways to Increase Inclusivity and Access
Tracie Salinas, Appalachian State University
Because of their unique role at the intersection of teacher education, engagement, and scholarship, STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education centers are a vital part of institutional ...

Driving Change by Building Faculty Leaders and Fostering Community College Partnerships
Holly Godsey, University of Utah; Jordan Gerton, University of Utah; Allyson Rocks, University of Utah
UPSTEM (Utah Pathways to STEM) is an HHMI Inclusive Excellence project at the University of Utah and Salt Lake Community College to build capacity for supporting people from diverse backgrounds. The project ...

Self-Evaluation Tools for Centers: Making Key Contributions to Undergraduate STEM Education
Deborah Carlisle, University of Massachusetts-Amherst; Gabriela Weaver, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Centers are key institutional resources. In their mid-level support roles, centers lead and facilitate transformative campus efforts that enhance organizational learning and performance. Our research has explored ...

Connecting Project Principles and a Theory of Change to Practice: Departmental Action Teams
Sarah Wise, University of Colorado at Boulder; Courtney Ngai, Colorado State University; Joel Corbo, University of Colorado at Boulder
Every change effort needs a solid foundation in order to achieve its desired impacts. We have found that project principles and a Theory of Change (TOC) provide such a foundation for the Departmental Action Team ...

Inclusive Excellence meets Evidence-Based Instructional Practice: The case of a three-pronged approach towards changing institutional practice
Martin Storksdieck, Oregon State University; Ann Sitomer, Oregon State University; Julie Risien, Oregon State University; Holly Cho, Oregon State University; Mary Beisiegel, Oregon State University; Lori Kayes, Oregon State University; Devon Quick, Oregon State University; Nana Osei-Kofi, Oregon State University
Our interactive presentation describes a project based on the premise that evidence-based instructional practices alone are not sufficient for addressing inequities that result in students succeeding in, or leaving ...

Intentional Diversification of a Multi-institutional Community of Practice Network
Tracie Reding, University of Nebraska at Omaha; Kelly Gomez Johnson, University of Nebraska at Omaha
This presentation will highlight the process the COMunities for Mathematics Inquiry in Teaching Network (COMMIT) developed to ensure diversification in their second round of on-boarding regional COMMITs. This ...

Walking the walk of complex systems: Moving beyond "doing change" to build systemic capacity
John Morelock, University of Georgia
In their landmark publication ten years ago, Henderson, Beach, and Finkelstein (2011) advocated that STEM institutions must be viewed as complex systems for long-term change initiatives to be successful. That ...

It's a START: Supporting Intergenerational Department Change Teams to Build Anti-racist Courses and Curricula
Mary Wright, Brown University; Monica Linden, Brown University; Patricia Sobral, Brown University; James Valles, Brown University; Stacey Lawrence, Brown University; Eric Kaldor, Brown University
Like many institutions of higher education, Brown University has established an institutional imperative to address diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) on many levels, and like many centers for teaching and ...