Conference Program
IRACDA 2024: Maximizing Impact through Research and Teaching
Sunday June 23, 2024
| 2:00-8:00pm | Registration |
| 5:00-6:00pm | Opening reception |
| 6:00-7:30pm | Welcome and Opening banquet |
| 7:30-8:30pm | Keynote: Inclusive Teaching: Strategies for Promoting Equity in the College Classroom, Viji Sathy, Ph.D. (UNC Chapel Hill) and Kelly Hogan, Ph.D. (Duke University) |
Monday June 24, 2024
| 8:00-9:00am | Breakfast |
| 9:15-10:45am | CURE Workshop CUREious: An Introduction to Course-based Undergraduate Research, Lisa Corwin, Ph.D. (University of Colorado, Boulder) |
| 11:00-12:30pm | Breakouts I |
| The relationship between mental health and learning, Katelyn Cooper, Ph.D. (Arizona State University) | |
| The Intentional Mentor: Effective Mentorship of Undergraduate Science Students, Julio Ramirez, Ph.D. (Davidson College) | |
| Implementing and Creating Case Studies, Carlos Goller, Ph.D. (NCState) and Sabrina Robertson, Ph.D. (UNC Chapel Hill) | |
| For program coordinators: Best Practices for IRACDA Program Coordinators, Lisa Schwiebert, PhD (ret. University of Alabama at Birmingham) and Andrea Morris, Ph.D. (Rockefeller University) | |
| 12:30-1:30pm | Networking Lunch |
| Lunch meeting for Program Directors
Lunch meeting for Program Administrators |
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| 1:30-2:30pm | Plenary I: Ungrading for Equity, Jesse Stommel, Ph.D. (University of Denver) |
| 2:30-2:45pm | Break |
| 2:45-4:15pm | Breakouts II |
| HHMI SEA-PHAGES: A Broadly Implementable National CURE, Jackie Washington, Ph.D. (Empire State University) | |
| microPublication Biology: An introduction to publishing and teaching with a small-format, peer-reviewed journal, Lina Dahlberg, Ph.D. (Western Washington University) | |
| Failing (in order) to Succeed: Helping STEM students to approach challenges, cope with failures, and develop resilience, Lisa Corwin, Ph.D. (University of Colorado, Boulder) | |
| Using Backward Design to Find Time for Active Learning, Kessler McCoy-Simandle, Ph.D. (Rutgers University) | |
| 4:15-4:30pm | Break |
| 4:30-6:30pm | Poster Sessions |
| 7:00- | Dine-abouts |
Tuesday June 25, 2024
| 7:30-8:30am | Breakfast |
| 8:45-10:45am | Breakouts III |
| HHMI: Exploring the Central Dogma Through Advances in Genetic Medicine Using BioInteractive Resources, Rebecca Orr, Ph.D. (Collin College) | |
| Effectively Navigating Challenging Conversations, Melissa Segal, LCSW (InterHuman Solutions) | |
| What’s the Difference? Research vs Teaching Faculty Applications, Lisa Schwiebert, PhD (ret. University of Alabama at Birmingham) and Andrea Morris, Ph.D. (Rockefeller University) | |
| 11:00-12:00pm | Plenary II: Undergraduate Student Mental Health, Sarah Lipson, Ph.D. (Boston University, School of Public Health) |
| 12:00-1:00pm | Lunch |
| 1:15-2:45pm | Breakouts IV |
| From where does it STEM?: Humanizing Science with Science Communication & Storytelling, JP Flores (UNC Chapel Hill) | |
| Grant Writing Panel
Sherrice V. Allen, Ph.D. (HHMI) |
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| Alumni Panel
Candice Etson, Ph.D. (Wesleyan University, former TEACRS Tufts University) Anum Azam Glasgow, Ph.D. (Columbia University, former UC San Franciso) Teresa Lee, Ph.D. (U Mass, Lowell, former FIRST Emory) Krystle J. McLaughlin, Ph.D. (Vassar College, former SPIRE UNC Chapel Hill) Sparkle D. Williams, Ph.D. (Virginia Tech, former MERIT UAB) |
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| For program administrators and coordinators: Enhancing the IRACDA Impact: Using Postdoc Course Evaluations to Measure Program Outcomes and Meet the Data Needs of Multiple Stakeholders, Dawayne Whittington (Strategic Evaluations, Inc.) | |
| 3:00-4:00pm | Plenary III |
| 6:00-7:00pm | Reception |
| 7:00-9:00pm | Closing banquet |
Full program details will be available in the conference site on Whova (coming soon).