2019-2020 Seminar Series
Walter Lee
Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering Education
Virginia Tech University
Title: Maximizing Institutional Support for Marginalized Students in STEM
Date: October 3, 2019, Workshop – Beyond Student Retention: Reimagining Student Support in STEM October 4, 2019
Time: 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Location: Engineering Colloquia Room (EH 2430)
Julie Posselt
Associate Professor of Education
University of Southern California
Title: Quantum Insights for Cultural Change: The Case of STEM Graduate Education
Date: November 7, 2019
Time: 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Location: Engineering Colloquia Room (EH 2430)
Oded Gurantz
Assistant Professor, Harry S. Truman School of Public Affairs
University of Missouri
Talk: Documenting their Decisions: How Undocumented Students Enroll and Persist in College
Date: December 5, 2019
Time: 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Location: Engineering Colloquia Room (EH 2430)
Workshop: You Can’t Point Fingers at Data: Cross-Agency Collaboration and Shared Data from the Community Perspective
Date: December 6, 2019
Time: 11:30am – 1:00pm
Location: Anteater Learning Pavillion (ALP) 3700
Cynthia Finelli
Professor, Schools of Engineering and Education;
Director, Engineering Education Research
University of Michigan
Title: Active learning in the classroom: Overcoming barriers and planning for action
Date: January 23, 2020
Time: 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Location: Engineering Colloquia Room (EH 2430)
Abstract: There is ample evidence about the positive benefits of active learning and other student-centered teaching, yet lecture continues to be the prevailing pedagogy in most undergraduate engineering classrooms. Dr. Finelli is engaged in research to answer questions such as: What barriers inhibit instructor adoption of active learning in undergraduate engineering classes? What are actionable ways to overcome those barriers? Is student resistance to active learning a legitimate concern, and, if so, what can instructors do to lower student resistance? Dr. Finelli will present research findings to answer some of these questions and will identify strategies for participants to apply the research findings to their own teaching.
Shanna Smith Jaggars
Assistant Vice Provost of Research and Program Assessment
The Ohio State University
Title: Academic Probation and Recovery: Why do so many high-achieving students stumble during their first term at college, and what can we do about it?
Date: February 20, 2020
Time: 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Location: Engineering Colloquia Room (EH 2430)
Julie Stanton
Assistant Professor, Department of Cellular Biology
University of Georgia
Talk: Metacognitive Regulation: How Undergraduates Evaluate and Adjust their Approaches to Learning in Science
Date: March 12, 2020
Time: 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Location: Engineering Colloquia Room (EH 2430)
Workshop: Including Metacognition in our Courses
Date: March 13, 2020
Time: 11:30a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Location: Active Learning Pavillion 3700
Cassandra Hart
Associate Professor, School of Education
University of California, Davis
Laird Kramer
Center Director of STEM Transformation Institute;
Professor of Physics; STEM Transformation Institute
Florida International University
Sara Brownell
Associate Professor
School of Life Sciences
Arizona State University