Presentations

Speaker: Baseline outcomes of the Horizontal Mentoring Alliances initiative: Exploring a mentoring strategy to facilitate the advancement of senior women faculty in the sciences at liberal arts institutions. (2010). With Bridget Gourley, DePauw University. Presented at the American Chemical Society Spring 2010 National Meeting & Exposition, March 21-25, 2010.

Invited workshop presenter: AAC&U pre-conference workshop: Understanding and assessing undergraduate research outcomes in the sciences. (2010). With Sandra Laursen. Presented at Creativity, Inquiry, and Discovery: Undergraduate Research In and Across The Disciplines, Durham, NC, November 11-13, 2010.

Invited speaker:?Benefits from undergraduate research in the sciences, program elements that work, and assessing program effectiveness. (2010). Presented at the Science, Technology & Diversity for a Sustainable Future, Annual SACNAS Conference, Anaheim, CA, September 30-October 03, 2010.

Poster presentation:?Undergraduate Research Student Self Assessment (URSSA): Assessing program effectiveness and supporting students’ success. (2010)?Poster presented at Undergraduate Research as Transformative Practice: Developing Leaders and Solutions for a Better Society, 13th National Conference of the Council on Undergraduate Research, Ogden, UT, June 19-22, 2010.

Poster presentation:?URSSA: An online survey measuring student gains from undergraduate research experiences in the sciences. (2010). Presented at Understanding Complex Ecologies in a Changing World, 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO, April 30-May 4.

Speaker:?What does the research tell us about undergraduate research? (2007). American Association of Colleges and Universities, ?Student as Scholar: Undergraduate Research and Creative Practice? Conference, Long Beach, CA, April 19-21. With Heather Thiry and Sandra Laursen.

Plenary speaker:?Best practices: Effective mentoring of undergraduates in science research. (2006). American Institute of Physics, Society of Physics Students Workshop. CUR 11th National Conference, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN. June 24-27.

Poster presentation:?Talking about disability: The educational and work experiences of graduates and undergraduates with disabilities in the STEM Majors. (2006). The Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities 2006 Conference on Cognitive Disability and Technology, October 24, 2006, Broomfield, CO.

Keynote address:?Evaluation and assessment of undergraduate research programs. (2006). 9th Annual Research and Creative Activities Symposium, University of Colorado, Denver, Health Sciences Center. Denver, CO. April 14.

Speaker:?Benefits of participating in undergraduate research in science: A comparative analysis of student and faculty perceptions. (2006). ?To Think and Act Like a Scientist? Conference, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, February 10-11.

Keynote speaker:?Comparative analysis of gains to students of effective undergraduate research experiences as reported by participating undergraduates and their faculty research advisors.? (2005). 229th ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 16.

Speaker:?Faculty perceptions of the benefits of undergraduate research.? (2004). Council on Undergraduate Research, 10th National Conference. University of Wisconsin, La Crosse. June 34.