Nsec 2017 National Conference

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NSEC 2017 NATIONAL 

CONFERENCE

 

Program Guide 

Redd, Kacy 

[e-mail] 

June 23-24, 2017 

Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans 

Center Roles in Improving Undergraduate STEM Education 

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NSEC 2017 National Conference 

 

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NSEC 2017 National Conference 

 

Friday, June 23, 2017 

 

Quick Glance Schedule 

7:00 AM 

 

 

Registration – outside of East/West Ballroom 

7:00 AM - 8:30 AM 

 

Breakfast  

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM 

 

Plenary: Welcome

 

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Noah Finkelstein, Professor of Physics, Co-Director for Center for 

STEM Learning, University of Colorado Boulder, and Co-director of 

the Network of STEM Education Centers (NSEC) 

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Kacy Redd, Assistant Vice President, STEM Education Policy, APLU 

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM 

 

Plenary: What Do We Know about Centers

 

Deborah Carlisle, STEM Education Post-Doctoral Research Associate, 

University of Massachusetts, will discuss what we know about STEM 

education centers. 

9:30 AM - 10:10 AM 

 

Interactive Session with Centers on Centers 

10:10 AM - 10:20 AM   

Break  

10:20 AM - 10:50 AM    

Rapid Talks 

10:50 AM - 11:30 AM   

Roundtables I 

11:30 AM - 11:40 AM   

Break  

11:40 AM - 12:20 PM   

Roundtables II 

12:20 PM - 1:30 PM 

 

Lunch 

1:30 PM - 2:10 PM 

 

Concurrent Sessions I 

2:10 PM - 2:25 PM 

 

Networking Break 

2:25 PM - 3:05 PM 

 

Concurrent Sessions II 

3:05 PM - 3:20 PM 

 

Break  

3:25 PM - 3:50 PM 

 

Rapid Talks  

3:50 PM - 4:30 PM 

 

Roundtables III 

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM 

 

Poster Session and Networking  

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM 

 

Research Action Clusters and Significant Interest Groups (SIGs) 

 

Saturday, June 24, 2017 

7:00 AM - 8:30 AM 

 

Breakfast + Birds of a Feather 

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM 

Plenary: Using Data to Make Your Case Effectively 

Angela Bell, Associate Vice Chancellor, University System of Georgia, will 

discuss using data to make compelling arguments for administrators. 

9:00 AM - 9:45 AM 

Interactive Session with Centers on Telling Your Story 

9:50 AM - 10:30 AM 

 

Concurrent Sessions III 

10:30 AM - 10:55 AM   

Break 

10:55 AM - 11:35 AM   

Roundtables IV 

11:35 AM - 12:20 PM 

Wish list for Centers 

12:20 PM - 1:20 PM 

 

Lunch 

1:20 PM - 2:35 PM 

 

Plenary: The Future of NSEC 

2:35 PM – 3:00 PM 

 

Break 

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM 

 

Closing Plenary 

Edward Ray, President of Oregon State University, will discuss OSU's 

diversity initiatives and how to engage your president in undergraduate 

STEM education reform.

 

 

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SMTI NSEC 2017 National Conference 

 

Friday, June 23, 2017 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Detailed Schedule 

7:00 AM 

Registration -  outside of East/West Ballroom 

7:00 AM - 8:30 AM 

Breakfast in Queen Anne Ballroom 

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM 

   

Plenary: Welcome

 



 

Noah Finkelstein, Professor of Physics, Co-Director for Center for STEM 

Learning, University of Colorado Boulder, and Co-director of the Network 

of STEM Education Centers (NSEC) 

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Kacy Redd, Assistant Vice President, STEM Education Policy, APLU 

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM 

   

Plenary: What Do We Know about Centers

 



 

Deborah Carlisle, STEM Education Post-Doctoral Research Associate, 

University of Massachusetts, will discuss what we know about STEM 

education centers. 

9:30 AM - 10:10 AM 

Interactive Session with Centers on Centers 

10:20 AM - 10:50 AM  

Rapid Talks in East/West Ballroom 

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Systemic Transformation of Education through Evidence-based Reform 

(STEER)

 - Gerry Meisels, University of South Florida 

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Enabling Faculty to Adopt Deliberative Democracy Pedagogy: a tool to 

broaden and engage

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Handout3

 -- Gwen 

Shusterman, Portland State University 

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Communities of practice for engaging faculty in STEM course reform

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Laura Hahn, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 

 

10:50 AM - 11:30 AM

 

Roundtables I 

 

Roundtable 1 

Systemic Transformation of Education through Evidence-based Reform (STEER) 

- Gerry Meisels, University of South Florida  

Roundtable 2 

Patience, Persistence, and Perseverance: Creating Lasting and Meaningful 

Internal and External Partnerships in K-12 STEM Education - Allison Grabert, 

University of Southern Indiana  

Roundtable 3 

Fostering diversity, equity and inclusion through teaching orientations for all 

new engineering instructors

 - Tershia Ann Pinder-Grover, University of Michigan  

Roundtable 4 

Re-engaging Teachers in their Craft through Action Research

 - Michele Guannel 

and Nastassia Jones, University of the Virgin Islands  

Roundtable 5 

The Nebraska Collaborative for Food, Energy, & Water Education: Opportunities 

and Strategic Visioning - Cory Forbes, University of Nebraska-Lincoln  

Roundtable 6 

Biology Teaching Assistant Project (BioTAP 2.0): A Network to Build a Capacity 

for Collaborative Research on Biology Graduate Teaching Assistant Teaching 

Professional Development (GTA TPD) - Gili Marbach-Ad, University of Maryland  

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