Grassroots Leadership for Inclusive Change: Transforming STEM Faculty Culture in a Primarily Undergraduate Institution
Jennifer Christus, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh; Denise Roseland, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater; Samantha Larson, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh; Amy Hardy, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh; Beth Bouche, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Gender inequities and toxic workplace climates remain persistent challenges in STEM academia, disproportionately affecting faculty with marginalized identities (mainly women, people of color, and LGBTQ faculty and ...

Faculty Leadership for Institutional Change
Amanda Gunning, Mercy College-Main Campus; Daniela Martinez, Mercy College-Main Campus; Meghan Marrero, Mercy College-Main Campus
Who decides the identity of an institution? Is it the marketing team? The president of the university? The board of trustees? In this presentation, we will share how faculty leveraged expertise and resources to ...

Centering Instructional Innovation in Undergraduate Mathematics Through Values-Centered Collaboration
Rachel Rupnow, Northern Illinois University; Seth Ricarte, Michigan State University; Kristen Vroom, Michigan State University; Mik Mieczkowski, Northern Illinois University
While extensive research has focused on creating research-based pedagogical innovations and disseminating them to university instructors (e.g., Larsen & Lockwood, 2013; Leron & Dubinsky, 1995), research has ...

Mini-activities: Capacity-building to foster conversations and explore instructional change
Amy Chan-Hilton, University of Southern Indiana; Bill Elliott, University of Southern Indiana; Shelly Blunt, University of Southern Indiana
This capacity-building project aims to strengthen faculty communities and foster a culture of evidence-based inquiry. The goal is to create readiness for transformation in implementing evidence-based teaching ...

Student STEM Ambassador Program: Students as change agents for transforming undergraduate education
Maurina Aranda, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; Rachel Bradley, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; Cristina De Meo, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; Brittany Peterson, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; Sharon Locke, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
The introductory STEM student experience is crucial for student persistence and retention in STEM disciplines. When students feel that they do not belong then they are less likely to remain in STEM. To transform ...

Weaving the Threads of Change: Building Supportive Policy and Practice for Effective Teaching
Julie Kalnin, University of Portland; Tamar More, University of Portland; Jacqueline Van Hoomissen, Gonzaga University
This poster highlights how institutions can navigate meaningful change by weaving together existing strengths, shared values, and inclusive leadership. Change was driven by a dynamic interplay between bottom-up ...

Supporting Change Agent Leadership in a Networked Improvement Community: Lessons Learned from the Mathematics Teacher Education Partnership
Wendy Smith, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Alyson Lischka, Middle Tennessee State University; W. Gary Martin, Auburn University Main Campus
We will share our research and practical experiences and lessons learned from the Mathematics Teacher Education Partnership (MTEP), which has operated as a Networked Improvement Community (NIC) since 2012. MTEP is ...

Sustaining change efforts: Application of theory to maintain momentum of the Transformational Change Initiative
Erika Offerdahl, Washington State University-Vancouver; Laura Hill, Washington State University- Pullman; Samantha Swindell, Washington State University- Pullman
Launched in 2016, the Transformational Change Initiative (TCI) was initially funded through a strategic reallocation of university resources as a 5-year pilot project aimed to improve undergraduate student ...

Sonogram: a next-generation Decibel Analysis machine learning algorithm to help researchers and administrators understand classroom environments through audio recordings.
Mark Baillie, University of Arkansas at Little Rock; Connor Young, University of Arkansas at Little Rock; Thien Duong, University of Arkansas at Little Rock; Jan P Springer, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Get your classroom audio analyzed for active learning live at this session! Classroom observations are a valuable but resource intensive data collection method to analyze how faculty professional development ...

Strategically increasing impactful undergraduate research opportunities at Colorado State University
Courtney Ngai, Colorado State University; Louise Allen, Colorado State University
Since undergraduate research can have a significant impact on a student's experience, opportunities for students to get involved in undergraduate research are highly sought after. High quality undergraduate ...