Pathways Not Gateways: Reimagining STEM Courses to Promote Inclusion, STEM Literacy, and Student Success

Lightning Talks (up to 10 minutes each; there will be 10 additional minutes for questions/discussion)

Clara Voorhees, D'Youville University, “A Matter of Equity; Strategies for Keeping STEM Within Reach”

Jeffrey F. Thomas, Queens University of Charlotte,

“Who likes a survey course, anyway? Re-imagining non-majors science courses for everyone”

Laura Ott, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, “Student perceptions of active learning in their learning environments: active learning classroom vs. traditional lecture hall”

Cindy York, Northern Illinois University, “Using Tactile Activities in STEM Teaching”

VeVerleen McSween, University of the Virgin Islands, “Effective Implementation of Informal Learning Practices in the Virtual Science Classroom”

Joel Karty, Elon University, “Specifications grading as a means of cultivating a growth mindset and inclusivity: My story of specifications grading in Organic Chemistry 2”

Poster Session (Posters viewable asynchronously on Google Slides and synchronously in Remo with table assignments below)

Lynn Miles, “The Impact of Non-Traditional Teaching and Learning at a Minority Institution” (Table 1)

Christopher Murphy, “Reimagining GenEd Science Courses to Provide Students with What They Need” (Table 2)

Michele Wheatly, “Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility in STEM fields: Tools to assess the effectiveness of curriculum in helping STEM students become change agents” (Table 3)

Sheryl Burgstahler, “Engaging Neurodiverse Students in Online STEM Courses” (Table 4)

Ryne VanKrevelen, “Going Beyond p < 0.05: Teaching About P-Values in STEM” (Table 5)

Kimberly Luthi, “Developing STEM Literacy and Career Pathways in UAS for Non-Traditional Students through Inclusive Collaborative Learning in Online Environments” (Table 6)

Sophia Noel, “Adapting an in-person biotechnology course to the online environment” (Table 7)

Lynn Miles, “Transforming Non-Traditional Teaching Pedagogy Utilizing Social Emotional Learning” (Table 8*)

Kimberly Pigford, “The Effects of Student-Centered Learning Environments on Student Motivation in an Undergraduate Biology Course” (Table 9)

Heather Baker, “Developing Digital Data Storytellers using CODAP” (Table 10)

Yanjmaa Jutmaan, “Simple practice tin active learning classroom: How to change student's mindset” (Table 11)

Eric Saliim, “Making In” (Table 12)

Karryll Phillips, “Integrating Technical Literacy into the Liberal Arts Field” (Table 13)

Lightning Talks

Scott M. Auerbach, University of Massachusetts Amherst, “UMass iCons Program: Taking Student-Centered Learning to the Max”

Sarah Kuhn, University of Massachusetts Lowell, “Creating the Inclusive STEM classroom by Thinking with Things”

Daniel Teodorescu, Clark Atlanta University, “Mentoring STEM Undergraduate Students at HBCUs and MSIs: An Examination of Faculty Mentoring Capacity”

Jeanne-Marie Linker, UNC Charlotte, “STATways: Reimagining Introductory Statistics”

Mirit Shamir, Kansas State University, “How an interdisciplinary graduate research traineeship contributes to diversity and inclusion in STEM higher education”

Diana I. Ortiz, Westminster College, “Use of historical death certificates to teach undergraduate epidemiology and social justice”

Nyote J. Calixte, Elon University, “Incorporating Blooms and Exam Analysis in Chemistry to Achieve High Order Thinking”