Characterizing the culture of chemistry to catalyze change
Courtney Ngai, Colorado State University
Historically, STEM fields have been criticized for exclusive practices and culture. People who are excluded due to ethnicity or race (PEERs - Asai, 2020) experience inequitable conditions as students and ...

Driving STEM Career Access and Aligning Academic Skills with Industry Needs through Higher Education-Industry Partnerships
Kristine Callis-Duehl, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Partnerships between higher education institutions and industry partners can help align academic skills with industry career needs and support underserved students in STEM career pathways. The Donald Danforth Plant ...

Presentations: Session A
Presentations: Session A Monday 1:15pm - 2:15pm Scandinavian 2 Presentation Factors Associated with STEM Students' Sense of Belonging Gili Marbach-Ad, University of ...

Using Idea Flow Theory to Understand Levers for Change in 2- to 4-year STEM Transfer Between Wisconsin Public Institutions
Janet Branchaw, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Amanda Butz, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Kevin Mirus, Madison Area Technical College
The University of Wisconsin - Madison's HHMI Inclusive Excellence project aims to increase the number and diversity of students graduating with STEM bachelor's degrees in the state of Wisconsin by ...

Presentations: Session H
Presentations: Session H Tuesday 3:45pm - 4:45pm Norway 2 Presentation A New Model for Transdisciplinary Curriculum Development in Higher Education Using the Wicked Problems of ...

Session III
Session III Tuesday 1:15pm - 2:15pm Symposium Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in Undergraduate Data Science Daniel Lobo, University of California-Berkeley Erin Manalo-Pedro, ...

Back to the Future: Recovering the Civic Purpose of Science Education
Eliza J. Reilly, National Center for Science and Civic Engagement
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 ...

Creating a Spacious Capacity to Support Institutional Change
Kris Wobbe, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kimberly LeChasseur, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Capacity within higher education institutions is held in its people. Institutional change is a complex and messy business that cannot happen unless people change attitudes and behaviors (Armenakis, Harris, & ...

Supporting Higher Education Leaders Advancing Systemic Change: Lessons from the Change Leadership Toolkit (CLT)
Elizabeth Holcombe, University of Southern California; Ángel Gonzalez, University of Southern California
While groups such as ASCN are increasingly working to draw attention to the need for systemic change in higher education, there are still surprisingly few practical resources to help leaders with executing such ...

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. ...