Concurrent Lightning Talk Sessions
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Thursday, September 26
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View Maps: Norris Floor 1 | Norris Floor 2
Meeting of the Slide Compilers: 9:00 AM, Floor 2: Arch Room
Development of Trainee Leadership Skills
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| Erica Smithwick (The Pennsylvania State University), PI | ||||||
| LandscapeU: student-centered transdisciplinary training | ||||||
| Paige Balcom (University of California Berkeley), Graduate Student | ||||||
| Leadership Lessons Learned from Starting a Project Recycling Plastic Waste in Uganda | ||||||
| Linda Silka (University of Maine), Co-PI | ||||||
| Drawing on Diverse Approaches to Developing Leadership Skills | ||||||
| Rich Feller (Colorado State University), Faculty (non-PI) | ||||||
| Building Strong Leaders Through Career Development | ||||||
| Allison Johnson (University of Maryland, College Park), Graduate Student | ||||||
| It’s not just about finishing as fast as possible! Developing students’ professional skills to ensure future success | ||||||
| Fred Gould (NCSU), PI | ||||||
| Getting off to a good start with an early immersive experience. | ||||||
Improving Teaching and Learning of Science Communication
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| Hazel Davis (University of Massachusetts – Amherst), Graduate Student | ||||||
| Promoting scientific communication opportunities for graduate students | ||||||
| Steven Allison (University of California, Irvine), PI | ||||||
| Building communication skills for the 21st century | ||||||
| Elizabeth Anderson (University of Minnesota), Program Staff | ||||||
| Developing a Community Outreach Program for Science Communication | ||||||
| Beck David (University of Washington), Faculty (non-PI) | ||||||
| Using frequent low risk communication opportunities to provide experience communicating around science and software | ||||||
| Kim Wingo (University of Southern Mississippi), Program Staff | ||||||
| Sharing Science: Communicating Your Research | ||||||
| Byron Stewart (Northwestern University), Adjunct Faculty | ||||||
| Theatrically Speaking: What Researchers Can Learn from an Actor/Improv Teacher about Engaging an Audience | ||||||
Effective Ways to Prepare Trainees for Success in Industry and Academia
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| Kate Sherrill (Colorado State University), Program Staff | ||||||
| Using your network to engage in meaningful programming | ||||||
| Padhraic Smyth (UC Irvine), PI | ||||||
| Experiences with Graduates and Industry from a Computer Science Perspective | ||||||
| Caitlin Grady (The Pennsylvania State University), Co-PI | ||||||
| From the academy to the gauntlet: An engineer goes to Washington | ||||||
| Shevaun Lewis (University of Maryland), Program Staff | ||||||
| Career culture: Creating a context for successful career preparation | ||||||
| Sarah Morgan (University of Southern Mississippi), Co-PI | ||||||
| It Takes a Team (you can’t do it alone) | ||||||
| Karina Nielsen (San Francisco State University), PI | ||||||
| Beneficial synergies and challenges of training students for multiple STEM career tracks | ||||||
Program Measurement and Evaluation Approaches
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| Veronica Smith (University of Washington), External Evaluator from data2insight LLC | ||||||
| Focusing Sessions: A valuable stakeholder engagement and evaluation design tool | ||||||
| Cheryl Schwab (University of California, Berkeley), Evaluator | ||||||
| Measurement Invariance in Self-Report Assessment | ||||||
| Valerie Decker (University of Iowa), Evaluator | ||||||
| A collaborative approach to program evaluation for an NRT | ||||||
| Marie Paretti (Virginia Tech), Co-PI | ||||||
| Using Concept Maps to Assess Interdisciplinary Learning | ||||||
| Gili Marbach-Ad (University of Maryland), Evaluator | ||||||
| Using Formative Evaluation Practices to Promote Continuous Improvement in two NRT Projects | ||||||
| Andrew Grillo-Hill (WestEd), Evaluator | ||||||
| Evaluation of graduate program courses: going beyond the typical end of course surveys | ||||||
What I Know Now that I Wish I Knew Then: Lessons from PIs
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| Julie Dickerson (Iowa State University), PI | ||||||
| What I Know Now that I Wish I Knew Then: Lessons from a PI | ||||||
| Cole Smith (Clemson University), PI | ||||||
| Collaboration, communication, and camaraderie: Building teams and culture | ||||||
| Lorenzo Ciannelli (Oregon State University), PI | ||||||
| Supporting Transdisciplinary Collaborations in Research Teams | ||||||
| Yuan Tian (University of Virginia), Faculty (non-PI) | ||||||
| Creating Classes for Training Cyber-Physical System(CPS) Researchers and Engineers | ||||||
| Debra Fowler (Texas A&M University), Co-PI | ||||||
| Widening the Web of the Individual Development Plan | ||||||
| Andrew Wilcox (University of Montana), Co-PI | ||||||
| Lessons learned in developing an interdisciplinary training program at the nexus of food, energy, and water systems | ||||||
Increasing Retention of Underrepresented Trainees
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| Maya Trotz (University of South Florida), PI | ||||||
| Students of color who work with communities of color | ||||||
| Lois Trautvetter (Northwestern University), Co-PI | ||||||
| IDEAS for Attracting and Retaining Underrepresented Trainees for Data Science Related Careers | ||||||
| Caesar Jackson (North Carolina Central University), PI | ||||||
| Impact of an MS Bridge-to-PhD Traineeship Structure | ||||||
| Thomas Woodson (Stony Brook University), Faculty (non-PI) | ||||||
| Retention: Peer groups are key | ||||||
| Toccara Houston (Ga Tech), Program Staff | ||||||
| The Impact of Retaining the Underrepresented | ||||||
| Sara Mata (University of Oklahoma), Program Staff | ||||||
| Cultural Barriers of Graduate Programs | ||||||
