Past Seminars
Videos and Teaching Materials by Year
2022-23
Imagining New Possibilities in STEM: Ecosystem Impacts on STEM Identity
Dr. Desiree Forsythe
Postdoctoral Fellow
Chapman University
Friday, May 19, 2023
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (A Q and A discussion with Dr. Forsythe will take place immediately following the talk.)
Host: Claire Meaders
Ungrading: A Primer
Dr. Celeste Leander
Professor of Teaching
Department of Botany
University of British Columbia
Thursday, May 4, 2023
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (A roundtable discussion with Dr. Leander will take place immediately following the talk.)
Host: Lisa McDonnell
"It's completely erasure": Exploration of experiences of transgender, nonbinary, gender nonconforming, and questioning students in biology courses
Dr. Sarah Eddy
Assistant Professor
Biology and the STEM Transformation Institute
Florida International University
Friday, April 21, 2023
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (A roundtable discussion with Dr. Eddy will take place immediately following the talk.)
Host: Katie Petrie
Examining Undergraduate Thinking in Science using AI-based Evaluation of Constructed Responses
Dr. Kevin Haudek
Associate Professor, Teaching
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Michigan State
Friday, March 24, 2023
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (A roundtable discussion with Dr. Haudek will take place immediately following the talk.)
Host: Claire Meaders
What Inclusive Instructors Do
Dr. Tracie Addy
Associate Dean of Teaching and Learning
Center for the Integration of Teaching, Learning and Scholarship Lafayette College
Friday, March 10, 2023
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (A 30 min extended Q&A discussion with Dr. Addy will take place immediately following the talk.)
Host: Claire Meaders
Stimulating Metacognition and Self-Regulated Learning: the Effects of Getting Students to Monitor Learning
Dr. Jenny Knight
Associate Professor
University of Colorado, Boulder
Friday, January 20, 2023
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (A workshop and discussion with Dr. Knight will take place immediately following the talk.)
Host: Jack Reddan
Aligning Teaching Values and Assessment Practices with Scalable Specifications Grading
Renée Link, Ph.D.
Professor of Teaching
University of California, Irvine
Friday, November 18, 2022
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM (A workshop and discussion with Dr. Link will take place immediately following the talk.)
Host: Melinda Owens
Challenges, Obstacles and Considerations for Establishing STEM Diversity Programs at Predominately White Institutions
Starlette M. Sharp
Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Fellow
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Friday, October 28, 2022
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM (A roundtable discussion with Ms. Sharp will take place immediately following the talk.)
Host: Melinda Owens
2021-22
Using Religious Cultural Competence in Biology Education
M. Elizabeth Barnes, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biology Department
Middle Tennessee State University
Friday, May 27, 2022
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM (a roundtable discussion with Dr. Barnes will follow)
Host: Katie Petrie
Students may learn (even) more than they think!
Effortful deliberate practice in the classroom
Louis Deslauriers, Ph.D.
Department of Physics
Harvard University
Friday, April 29, 2022
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM (a roundtable discussion with Dr. Deslauriers will take place immediately following the talk.)
Host: Katie Petrie
How Undergraduates Use Metacognition to Learn on Their Own and in Small Groups
Julie Dangremond Stanton, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Cellular Biology
University of Georgia
Friday, March 4, 2022
10:00AM – 11:00AM (a roundtable discussion with Dr. Stanton will take place immediately following the talk.)
Host: Claire Meaders
Learning from Orchestras: Implementation of an Anonymized Faculty Search
Enrique M. De La Cruz, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry
Yale University
Friday, January 21, 2022
10:00AM – 11:00AM (a roundtable discussion with Dr. De La Cruz will follow)
Hosts: Stanley Lo and Melinda Owens
Challenges and opportunities for students with disabilities in evolving learning environments: active learning, online instruction, and undergraduate research
Logan Gin, Ph.D.
School of Life Sciences
Research for Inclusive Science Education (RISE) Center
Arizona State University
Friday, November 12, 2021
10:00AM – 11:00AM (a roundtable discussion with Dr. Gin will take place immediately following the talk, until 11:30AM)
Host: Melinda T. Owens
Strategies for Teaching Inclusively as the Pandemic Continues
Kelly A. Hogan, Ph.D.
STEM Teaching Professor
Department of Biology
Associate Dean of Instructional Innovation
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Friday, October 15, 2021
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM (a roundtable discussion with Dr. Hogan will follow)
Host: Claire Meaders
2020-21
But is it really “just” science? Engaging critical race theory to unpack racial oppression with implications for Black student science engagement
Terrell Morton, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
College of Education
University of Missouri
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM PT
Host: Stanley Lo
In conjunction with the Society for the Advancement in Biology Education Research (SABER) Striving for Racial Justice in Academic Biology Seminar Series
The importance of interaction-oriented practices in enhancing online student success
Di Xu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Education
University of California, Irvine
Friday, December 4, 2020
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM PT (a roundtable discussion with Dr. Xu will follow)
Host: Melinda Owens
The influence of humanizing education to broadening participation in STEM careers
Mica Estrada, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Institute for Health & Aging
University of California, San Francisco
Thursday, February 4, 2021
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PT
Host: Corinne Moeller
Revisiting the classics: Integrating cognition into traditional models of formative assessment
Erika Offerdahl, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Molecular Biosciences
Washington State University
Friday, March 5, 2021
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM PT (a roundtable discussion with Dr. Offerdahl will follow)
Host: Lisa McDonnell
Systemic disadvantages for LGBTQ professionals in STEM
Erin Cech, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and Associate Graduate Director
Department of Sociology
University of Michigan
Thursday, March 18, 2021
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM PT
Host: Stanley Lo
In conjunction with the Society for the Advancement in Biology Education Research (SABER) Striving for Racial Justice in Academic Biology Seminar Series
Diversifying Both Ends of the STEM Pipeline Requires Institutional Change
Susan Wessler, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor
Neil and Rochelle Campbell Presidential Chair for Innovation in Science Education,
Department of Botany and Plant Sciences,
University of California, Riverside
Home Secretary, US National Academy of Sciences
Friday, May 7, 2021
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM PT (a roundtable discussion with Dr. Wessler will follow)
Host: Susan Golden
2020-2021 Conversations on Teaching
Online exams: strategies for design and administration
Janni Pedersen, Ph.D.
Academic Coordinator, Division of Biological Science
Laurie Smith, Ph.D.
Professor, Section of Cell and Developmental Biology
Friday, April 9, 2021
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM PT
What are the most effective, equitable, and efficient strategies for administering and grading online exams? What can we do to maximize academic integrity on these exams? Will we ever return to in-person exams and if so, when and how, since it’s clear already that students will be pushing back on this. Bring your ideas and experience to the table for discussion! The goal here is not to discuss the nuts and bolts of using Speedgrader or Gradescope but rather to discuss bigger picture issues.
2019-20
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Supporting the Development of Genomics Literacy Through Genetics Education Could Reduce Racial Prejudice
Brian Donovan, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
BSCS Science LearningFriday, January 31, 2020
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Brian Donovan Flyer
Fred Kavli Auditorium Tata Hall 3201 (a roundtable discussion with Dr. Donovan will follow) -
Toward more inclusive active learning classrooms: How groups of students are differentially impacted by active learning
Katelyn Cooper, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
University of Central FloridaFriday, February 14, 2020
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Katelyn Cooper Flyer
Fred Kavli Auditorium Tata Hall 3201 (a roundtable discussion with Dr. Cooper will follow) -
Canceled
Erika G. Offerdahl, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Associate Director for Undergraduate Education
Washington State UniversityFriday, April 3, 2020
TBA
Natural Sciences Building 1205 (Auditorium) -
Canceled
Vicente Talanquer, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of ArizonaFriday, May 15, 2020
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Natural Sciences Building 1205 (Auditorium; a roundtable discussion with Dr. Talanquer will follow)
2018-19
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Everybody Learns: Introducing BioClock Studio
Susan Golden, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Circadian Biology
HHMI Professor
Chancellor's Associates Chair (III) in Molecular Biology
Distinguished Professor
UC San DiegoMonday, October 29, 2018
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Natural Sciences Building 1205 (Auditorium) -
Bringing Authentic Science to the Classroom: Teaching Modeling, Data Interpretation, and Experimental Design
Molly Bolger, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
The University of ArizonaMonday, December 10, 2018
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Natural Sciences Building 1205 (Auditorium) -
Multiple Factors and Biases Influencing Students’ Course Evaluation
Philip Stark, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Statistics
UC BerkeleyFriday, February 4, 2019
1:00 PM -2:00 PM
Natural Sciences Building 1205 (Auditorium) -
The Value of Ignorance in Science Education
Stuart Firestein, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Columbia UniversityFriday, April 19, 2019
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Natural Sciences Building 1205 (Auditorium) -
Return on Investment and the Economics of Scaling Student Success
John Matsui, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean, Biological Sciences
Director, Biology Scholars Program
UC BerkeleyFriday, May 24, 2019
10:00 AM -11:00 AM
Natural Sciences Building 1205 (Auditorium)
2017-18
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Landscape of Research on Teacher Knowledge and Practices for Argumentation
Ying-Chih Chen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Science Education
Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College
Arizona State UniversityFriday, October 13, 2017
11:00 AM -12:00 PM
Natural Sciences Building 1205 (Auditorium) -
The Quantified Student: Using Smartpens and Data Mining to Understand Student Learning and Achievement
Thomas Stahovich, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
UC RiversideTuesday, November 28, 2017
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Natural Sciences Building 1205 (Auditorium) -
Engaging Undergraduates in Science Classrooms: Data Driven Strategies
Sarah Eddy, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Florida International UniversityFriday, January 26, 2018
11:00 AM -12:00 PM
Natural Sciences Building 1205 (Auditorium) -
Mixing Silos: Perspectives on the Integration of Art and Science
Susan K. McConnell, Ph.D.
HHMI Professor
Susan B. Ford Professor of Biology
Stanford UniversityThursday, April 5, 2018
2:00 PM -3:00 PM (roundtable discussion to follow)
Natural Sciences Building 1205 (Auditorium) -
Teaching Students to Think Like Scientists
Carl Wieman, Ph.D.
Nobel Prize Laureate, Physics (2001)
Professor of Physics and Graduate School of Education
Stanford UniversityFriday, May 11, 2018
11:00 AM -12:00 PM
Liebow Auditorium (Biomedical Sciences Building)
Carl Wieman Presentation Slides Additional Material -
The Challenges of Teaching and Learning about Evolution: Implications for Policy and Practice
Gale M. Sinatra, Ph.D.
Professor of Education and Psychology
University of Southern CaliforniaFriday, May 25, 2018
11:00 AM -12:00 PM
Natural Sciences Building 1205 (Auditorium)
2016-17
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A familiar(ity) problem: Assessing the impact of prerequisites and content familiarity on student learning
Brian Sato, Ph.D.
Associate Teaching Professor, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
School of Biological Sciences
UC IrvineOctober 10, 2016
12:30 PM
Auditorium, Natural Science Building -
Integrating interdisciplinary science in the classroom: From chemistry to biodiversity
Boldomero M. Olivera, Ph.D.
HHMI Professor
Distinguished Professor of Biology
The University of UtahNovember 3, 2016
2:00 PM
Auditorium, Natural Science Building -
A community-centered approach to STEM education
Carrie Diaz Eaton, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Environmental Literacy Program
Unity CollegeDecember 5, 2016
12:30 PM
Auditorium, Natural Science Building -
Improving student learning through understanding reasoning and problem solving practices
Jenny Knight, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
University of Colorado - BoulderJanuary 13, 2017
10:00 AM
Auditorium, Natural Science Building -
What’s the Point? Arrows often confuse biology learners
Dina L. Newman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences
Rochester Institute of TechnologyJanuary 17, 2017
10:00 AM
Auditorium, Natural Science Building -
Supporting student success through computer-based instruction and assessment
Joel K. Abraham, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Biological Sciences
California State University, FullertonFebruary 24, 2017
2:00 PM
Auditorium, Natural Science Building -
The social (and cultural) nature of ‘intrinsic motivation’: Implications for student interest development and broadening participation in math and science
Dustin Thoman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Psychology, Diego State UniversityApril 21, 2017
10:00 AM
Auditorium, Natural Science Building
2015-16
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Undergraduate research experiences: What difference is the mentor?
Erin Dolan
Texas Institute for Discovery Education in Sciences
The University of Texas at AustinNovember 20, 2015
3:00 PM
The Marilyn G. Farquhar Seminar Room -
Integrating teaching and research in undergraduate biology lab courses
Sara Brownell
Assistant Professor
School of Life Sciences
Arizona State UniversityDecember 11, 2015
2:00 PM
Auditorium, Natural Science Building -
Role of in-house education research in supporting instructional innovation
Diane O'Dowd
HHMI Professor
Developmental and Cell Biology
UC IrvineFebruary 26, 2016
2:00 PM
Auditorium, Natural Science Building -
Disruptive innovations for broadening participation in bioscience
Jessi Smith
Professor
Montana State UniversityJune 8, 2016
2:00 PM
Auditorium, Natural Science Building
2014-15
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Curriculum reform in chemistry education for the 21st-century biologists: The HHMI NEXUS initiative
David Sanders
Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue UniversityNovember 20, 2014
2:00 PM
Auditorium, Natural Science Building, NSB 1025 -
Science education and storytelling
Sean Carroll
Vice President for Science Education, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin, MadisonJanuary 16, 2015
3:00 PM
Liebow Auditorium, Biomedical Sciences Building, BSB 2100 -
Impact of stereotype threat on classroom diversity and student performance
Jenessa Shapiro
Department of Psychology, University of California, Los AngelesApril 6, 2015
2:00 PM
Marilyn G. Farquhar Seminar Room (formerly CNCB Large Conference Room) -
Texting in class?!
Randy Hampton
Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, San DiegoMay 12, 2015
12:00 PM
Auditorium, Natural Science Building, NSB 1025 -
Evidence-based teaching and the achievement gap: Is lecturing racist?
Scott Freeman
Department of Biology, University of WashingtonJune 16, 2015
3:00 PM
Auditorium, Natural Science Building, NSB 1025
2013-14
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Vive la difference!
David Asai
Senior Director, Science Education, Howard Hughes Medical InstituteThursday, October 31, 2013
2:00 PM
Pacific Hall 3500
David Asai Presentation Slides -
Construction and Deconstruction: Research as Integral Part of Early Undergraduate Education
Utpal Banerjee
UCLAMonday, March 3, 2014
2:00 PM
Natural Science Building 1205
Utpal Banerjee Youtube Video -
Why the University of California Needs to Lead a Redefinition of "Science Education”
Bruce Alberts
UCSFWednesday, March 26, 2014
12:30 PM
Basic Science Building (BSB), Liebow Auditorium (2100)
Bruce Alberts Youtube Video -
An Inexplicable Disease - Prion disease as a ‘choose-your-own-experiment’ case to introduce students to scientific inquiry
Justin Hines
Lafayette CollegeMonday, April 28, 2014
2:00 PM
2130 Bonner Hall -
An Allergy to Lecturing - Problem based learning in the lecture hall
Raffi Aroian and Cindy Gustafson-Brown
UCSDTuesday, May 20, 2014
10:00 AM
Aroian Presentation Slides GB Presentation Slides
Natural Science Building 1205
Teaching Materials
Paper Guidelines - Example 1
Paper Guidelines - Example 2
Paper background for Students
Tips for Paper Analysis - Example 1
Tips for Paper Analysis - Example 2
Practice Exam Questions - Example 1
Practice Exam Questions - Example 2