Advancing Excellence and Equity in Science: A curriculum to build community and belonging in STEM
Emily Borda, Western Washington University
The Advancing Equity and Excellence in Science (AEES) initiative at Western Washington University (WWU), funded through an HHMI Inclusive Excellence grant, works at multiple levels to make science majors more ...

UCLA SEA Change Initiative: A collaborative approach using data for institutional change
Rachel Kennison, University of California-Los Angeles
The AAAS's Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine (STEMM) Equity Achievement (SEA) Change initiative uses research-informed strategies including a self-assessment process to build capacity ...

Project Voces: Establishing Student Voice to Drive STEM Education Transformation
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; Leanne Wells, Florida International University
Florida International University's (FIU's) Project Voces aims to amplify student voice and agency as a key institutional change mechanism in our campus' ongoing STEM education transformation. Project ...

Back to the Future: Recovering the Civic Purpose of Science Education
Eliza J. Reilly, National Center for Science and Civic En.
Since the assault on the US Capitol there is no longer any question that US democracy is in crisis. Racial, economic, social, and political divisions are growing. Media manipulation, gerrymandering, voter ...

Making Change Theory Work for You
Tessa Andrews, University of Georgia; Daniel Reinholz, San Diego State University
This workshop will provide an opportunity to learn about the use of change theory in STEM higher educational change. This workshop will be relevant to participants who are new to change theory and those who have ...

Equity Audits as a Change Management Tool
Kimberly LeChasseur, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kris Wobbe, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Diversity trainings have been critiqued as inadequate for shifting educational practice, despite their ubiquitous presence (Bezrukova, Spell, Perry, & Jehn, 2016). Equity audits can be a powerful alternative. ...

The ProQual Approach: An innovative, accessible, and community-oriented approach to qualitative educational research training for STEM faculty
John Morelock, University of Georgia
This presentation presents the ProQual Approach to supporting STEM instructional and tenure-track faculty in conducting qualitative educational research. Historically, integrating these two groups into STEM ...

A Case Study of How STEM Education Practitioners Think about Change Theory, Change Strategies, and Making Relevant Project Choices
Laura Muller, The Jackson Laboratory; Melissa Eblen-Zayas, Carleton College
Practitioners can be challenged in understanding the language around change strategies and change theories in developing projects to bring about institutional change because of a lack of insider knowledge about how ...

Deep Teaching Residency: A faculty development community for inclusive practices
Tess Killpack, Salem State University; Carolyn Sandoval, University of California-San Diego; Bryan Dewsbury, Florida International University
With the support of an NSF-IUSE award, we designed the year-long faculty development Deep Teaching Residency (DTR) in order to substantially change faculty mindsets and inclusive pedagogy practices. 'Deep ...

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; Kevin Asman, Mott Community College
Community colleges are playing an increasing role in, and thus have a growing focus on, bachelor's degree attainment. Nationally, community colleges serve more than a third of all undergraduate students. ...