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Sunday, June 11

All times are CT.

Time	Event							Information

5:00pm - 7:00pm	Early registration							Denmark Commons

Monday, June 12

Time	Event	Information

8:00am - 9:00am	Breakfast and registration	Scandinavian 3/4 Breakfast will be provided.
9:00am - 9:30am	Welcome	Scandinavian 3/4
9:30am - 10:30am
	SYMPOSIUM Moving Beyond Silos to Support Student Success in Gateway Courses Katie Russel, University of Minnesota- Twin Cities; Tia Freelove, APLU; Leslie Schiff, University of Minnesota- Twin Cities; and LeeAnn Melin, University of Minnesota- Twin Cities	Norway 2
	SYMPOSIUM Leveraging a Research Network to Empower Institutional Change in Undergraduate STEM Education Meredith A. Henry, Georgia State University; Dax Ovid, University of Georgia; and Sandhya Krishnan, University of Colorado at Boulder	Norway 1
	SYMPOSIUM Ready or Not? Convening Department Heads to Reform Teaching Evaluation Paula Lemons, University of Georgia; Hannah Ericson, University of Georgia; and Tessa Andrews, University of Georgia	Scandinavian 1
	WORKSHOP A STEM Reform Solar System: Academic departments and institutional elements Emily Miller, AAU and Mary Sorcinelli, University of Massachusetts Amherst	Scandinavian 2
	WORKSHOP Transforming Institutions through the Evaluation of Teaching Andrea Follmer Greenhoot, University of Kansas Main Campus; Ann Austin, Michigan State University; Doug Ward, University of Kansas Main Campus; Sarah Andrews, University of Colorado at Boulder; and Noah Finkelstein, University of Colorado at Boulder	Scandinavian 3/4
10:30am - 11:00am	Break
11:00am - 12:00pm
11:00am - 12:00pm	PLENARY PANEL Role of Accreditation in Change Making Karen J. Solomon, Ed.D., Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer, Higher Learning Commission and Kathryn Svinarich, Chief of Staff in the Office of the President and Associate Professor of Physics, Kettering University	Scandinavian 3/4
12:00pm - 1:15pm
12:00pm - 1:15pm	Lunch	Scandinavian 3/4 Lunch will be provided.
1:15pm - 2:15pm
	ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION Session A Factors Associated with STEM Students' Sense of Belonging (1:15 - 1:30 pm) Gili Marbach-Ad, University of Maryland-College Park; Sara Gliese, University of Maryland-College Park; and Kaci Thompson, University of Maryland-College Park Science Attitudes and Career Goals at an Urban Community College (1:30 - 1:45 pm) Kristyn VanderWaal Mills, Saint Paul College-A Community and Technical Col Project Voces: Establishing student voice to drive STEM education transformation (1:45 - 2:00 pm) Laird Kramer, Florida International University; Yesim Darici, Florida International University; Rocio Benabentos, Florida International University; Janki Bhimani, Florida International University; Monica Cardella, Florida International University; Adam Castillo, Florida International University; Jaroslava Miksovska, Florida International University; Stephen Secules, Florida International University; and Leanne Wells, Florida International University Initiating and Scaling Institutional Change: The Transformational Change Initiative (2:00 - 2:15 pm) Erika Offerdahl, Washington State University-Vancouver; Laura Hill, Washington State University- Pullman; Samantha Swindell, Washington State University- Pullman; and Bill Davis, Washington State University- Pullman	Scandinavian 2
	ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION Session B Bridging Research and Practice: How the EP3 initiative supports faculty uptake of departmental change strategies (1:15 - 1:30 pm) Robert Dalka, University of Maryland-College Park; Joel Corbo, University of Colorado at Boulder; Chandra Turpen, University of Maryland-College Park; David Craig, Oregon State University; and Kathryn Svinarich, Kettering University Equity Audits as a Change Management Tool (1:30 - 1:45 pm) Kimberly LeChasseur, Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Kris Wobbe, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Lessons Learned from an NSF Eddie Bernice Johnson INCLUDES Backbone for a National Alliance for an Inclusive and Diverse STEM Faculty (1:45 - 2:00 pm) Kacy Redd, APLU and Robin Parent, APLU How a Nationwide Departmental Change Database Could Support Equitable STEM Education (2:00 - 2:15 pm) Sam McKagan, American Association of Physics Teachers	Scandinavian 1
	ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION Session C Sustained Department-wide Changes Achieved by Departmental Action Teams (1:15 - 1:30 pm) Joel Corbo, University of Colorado at Boulder; Sarah Wise, University of Colorado at Boulder; and Courtney Ngai, Colorado State University Leading Complex Change through Shared Equity Leadership (1:30 - 1:45 pm) Laura Frost, Florida Gulf Coast University; Felecia Caton-Garcia, Central New Mexico Community College; Floyd Cheung, Smith College; Rashna Richards, Rhodes College; Becky Sartini, University of Rhode Island; Susan Shadle, Boise State University; and Sean Walker, California State University-Fullerton The ProQual Approach: An innovative, accessible, and community-oriented approach to qualitative educational research training for STEM faculty (1:45 - 2:00 pm) John Morelock, University of Georgia Developing Change Leaders to Advance Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: A CIRTL Change Leadership Development Program (2:00 - 2:15 pm) Rachel Kennison, University of California-Los Angeles; Kelly Clark, Johns Hopkins University; and L.J. McElravy, University of Nebraska at Lincoln	Norway 1
	WORKSHOP Improving Institutional Quality, Equitable Access, and Affordability; Essential for STEM Transformation Steve Ehrmann, Independent Scholar	Norway 2
	WORKSHOP Opportunities and Challenges of Change Efforts Involving Faculty-Student Instructional Teams Alice Olmstead, Texas State University-San Marcos; Alicia Montecinos, Texas State University-San Marcos; Charles Ramey II, Texas State University-San Marcos; Hannah Castro, Texas State University-San Marcos; Alexis Kerr, Texas State University-San Marcos; and Madison Fitzgerald-Russell, Texas State University-San Marcos	Scandinavian 3/4 Workshop takes place from 1:15pm to 3:30pm
2:15pm - 3:00pm
2:15pm - 3:00pm	Break
3:00pm - 4:00pm
	SYMPOSIUM From Competitive Exclusion to Cooperative Inclusion: Systemic change and HHMI Inclusive Excellence 3.0 Kimberley Frederick, Skidmore College; Mary Allen, Hartwick College; Travis Kibota, Clark College; Gretchen Rollwagen-Bollens, Washington State University-Vancouver; and Kelly Neiles, St. Mary's College of Maryland	Scandinavian 1
	SYMPOSIUM Aligning Institutional Capacity and Incentives for Engaged Research and Public Impact Angela Bednarek, The Pew Charitable Trusts; Kacy Redd, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities; Emily Ozer, University of California-Berkeley; Rich Carter, Oregon State University; Elyse Aurbach (alternate), University of Michigan-Ann Arbor; Jennifer Renick (alternate), University of Memphis; and Benjamin Olneck-Brown, The Pew Charitable Trusts	Norway 1
	SYMPOSIUM Coordinating for a SEA Change Beth Ruedi, AAAS; Valeria Sinclair-Chapman, AAAS, Amoaba Gooden, Kent State University; Maurine Neiman, University of Iowa; and Nilda Flores-Gonzales, Arizona State University	Scandinavian 2
	SYMPOSIUM Higher Education Instructional-Workforce Framework Mark Lee, Spelman College and Emily Miller, AAU	Norway 2
4:00pm - 5:00pm
	WORKSHOP Getting Better at Getting Better: Using the Science of Improvement to Accelerate Systemic Change in Higher Education Allison Smith, New York University and Action Network for Equitable Wellbeing	Scandinavian 3/4
	Open Networking Time	Scandinavian 1
5:00pm - 6:30pm
	POSTER SESSION Transforming Institutions Poster Presentations Session A (5:00 - 5:30 pm) Transition to session B (5:30 - 5:40 pm) Session B (5:40 - 6:10 pm)	Denmark Commons
	Reception	Scandinavian 3/4 Light refreshments will be provided.

Tuesday, June 13

All times are CT.

Time	Event	Information

8:00am - 9:00am
8:00am - 9:00am	Breakfast - Birds of a Feather	Scandinavian 3/4 Breakfast will be provided
9:00am - 9:15am	Welcome	Scandinavian 3/4
9:15am - 10:00am
	ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION Session D Driving STEM Career Access and Aligning Academic Skills with Industry Needs through Higher Education-Industry Partnerships (9:15 - 9:30 am) Kristine Callis-Duehl, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center Course Based Undergraduate Research Demystifies and Democratizes Inquiry-based Research for Undergraduate STEM Students (9:30 - 9:45 am) Kristen Hoffbuhr, Skagit Valley College; Gabriel Mast, Skagit Valley College; Grant Blume, University of Washington-Seattle Campus; Brian Brady, Skagit Valley College; Cindy Elliser, Skagit Valley College; and Cliff Palmer, Skagit Valley College Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Holistic STEM Support Program: A Quantitative Approach (9:45 - 10:00 am) Sarah Hoiland, CUNY Hostos Community College and Norberto Michel Hernandez Valdes-Portela, CUNY Hostos Community College	Scandinavian 1
	ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION Session E Creating a Spacious Capacity to Support Institutional Change (9:15 - 9:30 am) Kris Wobbe, Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Kimberly LeChasseur, Worcester Polytechnic Institute A Case Study of How STEM Education Practitioners Think about Change Theory, Change Strategies, and Making Relevant Project Choices (9:30 - 9:45 am) Laura Muller, The Jackson Laboratory and Melissa Eblen-Zayas, Carleton College Impact of the Differences in Variables in the US and Africa Educational Ecosystems on the Applications of Selected Existing US Guiding Theories of Change in the Institutional Transformation of Africa Higher Institutions (9:45 - 10:00 am) Godfrey Akpojotor, Delta State University, Abraka	Scandinavian 2
	ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION Session F Promoting Adoption of Research-based Strategies: Understanding the impact of malleable factors on instructional practices in undergraduate STEM courses (9:15 - 9:30 am) Brandon J. Yik, University of Virginia; Jeffrey Raker, University of South Florida; Marilyne Stains, University of Virginia; Naneh Apkarian, Arizona State University; Charles Henderson, Western Michigan University; Melissa H. Dancy, Western Michigan University; and Estrella Johnson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ Changing Instruction through Alternative Grading and Course Innovations (9:30 - 9:45 am) Jenna Van Sickle, Valparaiso University Student and Teacher Interaction in Traditional and Remote, Asynchronous Undergraduate Physics Laboratories (9:45 - 10:00 am) Angela M Kelly, SUNY at Stony Brook; Keith Sheppard, SUNY at Stony Brook; and Drew Rosen, University of Maine	Norway 1
	ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION Session G Deep Teaching Residency: A faculty development community for inclusive practices (9:15 - 9:30 am) Tess Killpack, Salem State University; Carolyn Sandoval, University of California-San Diego; and Bryan Dewsbury, University of Rhode Island Leveraging Data to Guide Change Efforts in Inclusive and Equitable Teaching: A pilot assessment in academic departments (9:30 - 9:45 am) Ruthann C. Thomas, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Amanda R. Baker, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Reducing Implicit Bias in Student Evaluations of Teaching: Observations of high-impact classroom practices (9:45 - 10:00 am) Chris Moore, University of Nebraska at Omaha; Sarah Edwards, University of Nebraska at Omaha and Julie Pelton, University of Nebraska at Omaha	Norway 2
	WORKSHOP You Are a Change Leader - Let's learn from one another Jonathan Cox, The University of Arizona; Madhura Kulkarni, Northern Kentucky University; and Gita Bangera, Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU)	Scandinavian 3/4
10:00am - 10:15am	Break
10:15am - 12:00pm
	KEYNOTE SPEAKER Demographics and the Demand for Higher Education Nathan Grawe, professor of economics at Carleton College	Scandinavian 3/4
	PLENARY PANEL How Higher Education Can Change to Thrive with a Changing Demographic Archie Holmes, Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, The University of Texas System; Mark Mitsui, Retired Community College President; and Susan Rundell Singer, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, Rollins College; President-elect, St. Olaf College	Scandinavian 3/4
12:00pm - 1:15pm
12:00pm - 1:15pm	Lunch	Scandinavian 3/4 Lunch will be provided.
1:15pm - 2:15pm
	SYMPOSIUM Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in Undergraduate Data Science Daniel Lobo, University of California-Berkeley; Erin Manalo-Pedro, University of California-Los Angeles; Michael Ruiz, University of California-Berkeley; and Renee Starowicz, University of California-Berkeley	Scandinavian 2
	SYMPOSIUM Building a Collaborative Culture of Teaching and Learning: Creating centralized educator support within a decentralized institution Makena Neal, Michigan State University and Eleanor Louson, Michigan State University	Norway 2
	SYMPOSIUM Cross-Pollination Between Independent Projects to Broaden Culture Change and Sustain Curricular Reform Catherine Ishikawa, California State University-Sacramento; Kelly McDonald, California State University-Sacramento; JoAna Brooks, California State University-Chico; Milica Markowic, California State University-Sacramento; David Alexander, California State University-Chico; Praveen Meduri, California State University-Sacramento; Mohammed Eltayeb, California State University-Sacramento; and Michele Mittman, California State University-Chico	Norway 1
	WORKSHOP Supporting Higher Education Leaders Advancing Systemic Change: Lessons from the Change Leadership Toolkit (CLT) Angel Gonzalez, University of Southern California and Elizabeth Holcombe, University of Southern California	Scandinavian 1
	WORKSHOP Exploring Implicit Leadership to Promote Change L.J. McElravy, University of Nebraska at Lincoln; Rachel Kennison, University of California-Los Angeles and Kelly Clark, Johns Hopkins University	Scandinavian 3/4 Workshop takes place from 1:15pm to 2:30pm
2:15pm - 2:30pm
2:15pm - 2:30pm	Break
2:30pm - 3:30pm
	SYMPOSIUM Driving Pedagogical Innovation from the Ground Up through Strategic On-Campus Partnerships Jeffrey Olimpo, University of Texas at El Paso; Elena C. Bitner, University of Texas at El Paso; Jessica R. Duran, University of Texas at El Paso; Janet L. Hill, University of Texas at El Paso; Adrian E. Meza, University of Texas at El Paso; Alejandro Miramontes, University of Texas at El Paso; and Mitsumasa Overstreet, University of Texas at El Paso	Norway 1
	SYMPOSIUM Aligning Institutional Programs to Improve STEM Education to the National Landscape: Insights from the Coalition for the Reform of Undergraduate STEM Education (CRUSE) Howard Gobstein, APLU; Emily Miller, AAU; and Kerry Brenner, NASEM	Scandinavian 2
	SYMPOSIUM The Role of Community Colleges in Improving Bachelor's Degree Completion Valerie Sundby, Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges; Travis Kibota, Clark College; Melissa Haswell, Delta College; and Kevin Asman, Mott Community College	Norway 2
	WORKSHOP Making Change Theory Work for You Tessa Andrews, University of Georgia and Daniel Reinholz, San Diego State University	Scandinavian 1
3:30pm - 3:45pm
3:30pm - 3:45pm	Break
3:45pm - 4:45pm
	ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION Session H A New Model for Transdisciplinary Curriculum Development in Higher Education Using the Wicked Problems of Sustainability (3:45 - 4:00 pm) David Szymanski, Bentley University; Ellen Iverson, Carleton College; Jana Bouwma-Gearhart, Oregon State University; Laura Jackson Young, Bentley University; Melissa Lenczewski, Northern Illinois University; Christine Mooney, Northern Illinois University; Rick Oches, Bentley University; John Ritter, Wittenberg University; and Rachel Wilson, Wittenberg University From Diagnostics to Dialogics: A generative approach to STEM education reform (4:00 - 4:15 pm) Narmin S. Ghalichi, Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Back to the Future: Recovering the civic purpose of science education (4:15 - 4:30 pm) Eliza J. Reilly, National Center for Science and Civic Engagement Assessing Quantitative Reasoning Across Ohio (4:30 - 4:45 pm) Gregory D. Foley, Ohio University-Main Campus and Deependra Budhathoki, Defiance College	Norway 2
	ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION Session I A Survey Tool to Assess Team Collaboration Around Instructional Change (3:45 - 4:00 pm) Madison Fitzgerald-Russell, Texas State University-San Marcos; Alice Olmstead, Texas State University-San Marcos; Andrea Beach, Western Michigan University; Charles Henderson, Western Michigan University; Diana Sachmpazidi, University of Maryland-College Park; and Cynthia Luxford, Texas State University-San Marcos Advancing Excellence and Equity in Science: A curriculum to build community and belonging in STEM (4:00 - 4:15 pm) Emily Borda, Western Washington University UCLA SEA Change Initiative: A collaborative approach using data for institutional change (4:15 - 4:30 pm) Rachel Kennison, University of California-Los Angeles Using Idea Flow Theory to Understand Levers for Change in 2- to 4-year STEM Transfer Between Wisconsin Public Institutions (4:30 - 4:45 pm) Janet Branchaw, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Amanda Butz, University of Wisconsin-Madison; and Kevin Mirus, Madison Area Technical College	Scandinavian 1
	ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION Session J Implications for Professional Development Based on Physics Faculty's Reflective Writings (3:45 - 4:00 pm) Haleigh Machost, University of Virginia-Main Campus; Jherian K. Mitchell-Jones, University of Virginia-Main Campus; Brandon J. Yik, University of Virginia; and Marilyne Stains, University of Virginia Longitudinal Outcomes of a Large-scale Implementation of the Discipline-based Education Specialist Model: The legacy of the Science Education Initiative (4:00 - 4:15 pm) Warren Code, University of British Columbia Change Leaders for Improving Secondary Mathematics Teacher Preparation (4:15 - 4:30 pm) Wendy Smith, University of Nebraska at Lincoln	Norway 1
	ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION Session K What did we START? Three Years Supporting Intergenerational Department Change Teams to Build Anti-racist Courses and Curricula (3:45 - 4:00 pm) Monica Linden, Brown University; Stacey Lawrence, Brown University; James Valles, Brown University; Eric Kaldor, Brown University; Dana Hayward, Brown University; and Mary Wright, Brown University A Unique Approach to Diversifying the STEM Pipeline: Creating a STEM center despite funding, faculty support and engagement challenges (4:00 - 4:15 pm) Jessica Spott, Texas Tech University and Narges Hadi, Texas Tech University Transforming Undergraduate Education by Building Racial Equity-centered STEM Courses (4:15 - 4:30 pm) Veronica McGowan, University of Washington-Tacoma Campus; Rachel E Scherr, University of Washington-Tacoma Campus; and Carrie Tzou, University of Washington-Tacoma Campus Improving the Center's Lever: Strategic addition of a co-curricular activity to improve STEM faculty and student success (4:30 - 4:45 pm) Ken Griffith, Texas Tech University; Alyssa Kramer, Texas Tech University; Abby Miller, Texas Tech University; Torrey Stubblefield, Texas Tech University; and Mckenna Mckay, Texas Tech University	Scandinavian 2
	WORKSHOP Blueprint for Accelerating Change in Social Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in STEM Curricula Patricia Marsteller, Emory University; Melissa Haswell, Delta College; and Ruthmae Sears, University of South Florida	Scandinavian 3/4
4:45pm - 5:15pm
4:45pm - 5:15pm	Closing Remarks	Scandinavian 3/4