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Kacy Redd, Assistant Vice President of Science and Mathematics Education Policy, APLU; Co-Director 

Network of STEM Education Centers 

Kacy Redd is the assistant vice president of science and mathematics 

education policy at the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities 

(APLU). APLU is a higher education association in Washington, DC, with a 

membership of 235 public research universities in the US, Canada, and 

Mexico. She co-directs the Network of STEM Education Centers (NSEC), 

which currently links 149 STEM Education Centers (SEC) at 126 

institutions (from 246 SECs at 182 institutions identified to date). NSEC is 

funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF #1524832) and has 

received funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Dr. Redd also 

manages APLU’s Science and Mathematics Teaching Imperative (SMTI), 

a commitment by 132 public research universities to improve science 

and mathematics teacher preparation. She serves as staff lead for 

APLU’s Research Intensive Committee, a committee of 15 presidents of 

RU1 institutions, and for the Public Access Working Group, which 

provides guidance to institutions on making publications and data publicly accessible. Redd received her 

PhD in neuroscience from Columbia University. 

 

 

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Rapid Talk Abstracts 

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

First Round: Friday, June 23, 2017 at 10:20 AM 

Speakers: Gerry Meisels, University of South Florida 

Additional Authors:  

Abstract: STEER seeks to create a culture that reflects a strong balance between teaching and research, 

and values both. STEER promotes the adoption of evidence-based teaching practices in all science, 

technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) courses, especially in the large-enrollment gateway 

courses. To facilitate systemic change, the University of South Florida (USF) and Hillsborough 

Community College (HCC) are partnering to offer professional development for faculty and 

strengthening coordinated student advising, because the number of STEM community college students 

transferring to USF exceeds the number who began their studies at USF. STEER's comprehensive 

approach also addresses other factors that may influence students' academic experiences, such as 

graduate teaching assistant (GTA) training, student advising, course alignment, institutional policies 

related to teaching, and physical infrastructure such as classroom configuration. This effort is supported 

in part by the National Science Foundation, grant number DUE1525574. To learn more visit: 

https://serc.carleton.edu/StemEdCenters/prog_descriptions/174212.html

  

 

Enabling Faculty to Adopt Deliberative Democracy Pedagogy: a tool to broaden and engage

 

First Round: Friday, June 23, 2017 at 10:20 AM 

Speakers: Gwen Shusterman, Portland State University 

Additional Authors:  

Abstract: This project has been focused on catalyzing pedagogical innovation in introductory science 

courses. In particular, structures have been put in place to facilitate the implementation of the model of 

Deliberative Democracy Pedagogy (DDP). DDP is an active learning strategy, based on deliberative 

democratic models of citizen engagement in science policymaking. This integrative pedagogical 

approach, revises the delivery of conventional introductory science content around modules that 

engage students with current science policy controversies. Teaching teams of faculty and graduate 

students have attended summer pedagogical workshops, developed curricular modules, implemented 

the modules and participated in regular Communities of Practice meetings. To learn more visit: 

https://serc.carleton.edu/StemEdCenters/prog_descriptions/174269.html 

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Communities of practice for engaging faculty in STEM course reform 

First Round: Friday, June 23, 2017 at 10:20 AM 

Speakers: Laura Hahn, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 

Additional Authors: Geoffrey Herman, Jose Mestre, Matthew West, and Jonathan Tomkin, University of 

Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 

Abstract: At large research-intensive universities, teaching STEM at scale has posed instructional 

challenges to faculty who are unaccustomed to addressing pedagogy in a collective, sustainable manner. 

At our institution, through strategic implementation of communities of practice, we are beginning to 

integrate the qualities of a strong, collaborative research culture into the context of teaching. To learn 

more visit: 

https://serc.carleton.edu/StemEdCenters/prog_descriptions/173930.html

  

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