CVRISER 2024 at Stanislaus State
Location: Student Center, 2nd Floor 202A/B
Friday, May 3 |
Saturday, May 4 |
Check-In
2:00 pm – 5:30 pm Daycare opens at 2:30 pm Welcome Address CVRISER Committee: 3:00 pm Martina Giselle Ramirez, Dean of College of Science: 3:15 pm Session 1: Servingness: Centering Central Valley Students Chaired by Garrick Grace (Merced College) 4:00–5:00 pm Jennifer Alvarado & Karen Ochoa (CSU Sacramento) – The Experience of Undocumented Students Post-College Graduation (4:00–4:15) Madhubanti Chowdhury (CSU Fresno) – A Narrative Approach to Asian Indian Student Experiences in Post-Secondary Higher Education (4:20–4:35) Lissett De La Cruz (CSU Stanislaus) – Cultural Compass: Navigating Central Valley's First-Gen Connections (4:40–4:55) Break 5:00–5:30 pm Keynote Dinner: Dr. Marcela Cuellar Centering Students in the Transformation of HSIs 5:30–7:00 pm Posters & Social 7:00–8:00 pm Daycare closes at 8:00 pm |
Breakfast
8:30–9:00 am Daycare opens at 8:30 am Keynote Welcome: Dr. Mahmoud Suleiman Combating Provincialism in Schools: Towards Becoming a Locally-Globally Oriented Change Agent 9:00–10:00 am Break 10:00–10:15 am Session 2: Pathways to Student Success Chaired by Sarah Bissonnette 10:15–11:15 am Gabriela Nuno (CSU Stanislaus) – Staying on the Path: The Experiences of Latina Community College Students with Advising Redesigned for Guided Pathways (10:15–10:30) Michelle Greenwood (Merced College) – Rising Scholars: Creating Pathways From Incarceration to Academia (10:35–10:50) Harold Stanislaw, Iqbal Atwal, Elizabeth Monroe (CSU Stanislaus) – Navigating higher education with major- and college-specific roadmaps (10:55–11:10) Lunch & Free Time 11:15–11:45 am Workshops (see abstracts below) 12:00–1:15 pm Session 3: Impactful Instructional Practices Chaired by Jackie Shay 1:30–2:30 pm Bianca Salazar (UC Merced) – Sparking Engineering Passion: Hands-on Science and Engineering Experiences for Diverse Future Innovators (1:30–1:45) Catie Corchado (CSU Fresno) – Peer Engagement and Course Success: The Effects of Math Recitation Sessions at Fresno State (1:50–2:05) Melissa Almeida (UC Merced) – Enhancing Biology Education Through Embodied Learning: The Role of Gesture in Teaching Cell Division (2:10–2:25) Poster Awards & Scavenger Hunt 2:30–3:00 pm Farewell 3:00 pm Special Campus Tour: Axolotl, Birds, Murals, Oh My! 3:00–4:00 pm |
Workshop Abstracts
INNOVATE-U: Using Artistic Expression, Culturally Sustaining Practices, and Playful teaching in the Design of a Student Empowerment Program to Promote Creative Agency
LOCATION: Naraghi Hall 104
Dr. Virginia Montero Hernandez (EdD Program director & Professor, Advanced studies Department; Stan State) & Lissett De la Cruz (Academic Advisor, Academic Success Center; Stan State)
This workshop offers you a framework to help underminoritized adult students to develop pshycological empowerment. This framework uses cultural community wealth and self-authorship theories. In this workshop, you will learn about six pillars for the development of empowered selves and the ways in which the developmental skills can be used as part of the process of navigating college. Participants attending this workshop will understand:
Fish Sauce, Strawberries, and Moon's Ramadan: Supporting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion through Culturally Responsive Teaching
LOCATION: Student Center 203 *A laptop or tablet would be helpful to have*
Emily M. Walter, Tony Chontong, & Hannah Gill (California State University, Fresno)
Supporting belonging in our classrooms can go beyond showing diverse students examples of people like them who have "made it." We can do more! If you want to go beyond showing your students the token person of color OR woman in your field, this workshop is for you! Explore ways to connect the content you are teaching with the cultures and everyday lives of your students. In this 90-minute workshop, you will explore examples of how to teach college-level STEM content (fermentation, photosynthesis, and moon phases) through culturally responsive strategies. This will include methods for how you can find relevant, everyday phenomena to incorporate into your lessons without loss of rigor. Walk away inspired, excited, and with three complete lessons to adapt for your own use. Professionals from all disciplines and levels of instruction are welcome, as the guiding principles for Culturally Responsive Teaching used in the workshop are applicable to any classroom setting.
Social Tools for Collaborative Learning: Theory and Practice for Designing Small Group Activities
LOCATION: Educational Services Building E023
Matt Cover (Stan State), Kamal Dulai (Stan State/UC Merced), Shana Katzman (Merritt College), Patina Mendez (UC Berkeley), Pallavi Lal (Los Medanos College), Georget Oraha (Modesto Junior College), & Tricia Van Laar (Stan State)
This workshop will share the outcomes of the Social Tools for Biology Community of Practice (CoP), a CA Learning Lab-funded project that connects instructors from CCC, CSU, and UC to develop learning activities for undergraduates that are based on education research and principles of collaborative learning, backwards design, and formative feedback. While the CoP is focused on biology instructors, the framework can be adopted in any discipline that can benefit from collaborative learning.
CoP facilitators will introduce the session (15 minutes) by summarizing the history of the project and the core principles and approaches, including templates and frameworks developed for collaborative digital (or paper-based) learning activities. Next, CoP participants will provide interactive examples of the learning activities they have developed for their own courses by engaging workshop attendees in two rounds of interactive learning experiences (15 minutes each) in small groups. This workshop will be held in an active learning classroom, and can support up to 25 attendees (5 facilitated groups of 5 attendees). Lastly, workshop presenters will engage attendees in a discussion about the process and products of the CoP, and attendees will examine activities and templates that they can incorporate into their own teaching. Participants attending this workshop will:
Mastering generative AI tools for instruction
LOCATION: Student Center 103 *A laptop or tablet would be helpful to have, as well as an OpenAI Account (can be created on site)*
Sylvain Masclin (UC Merced)
Instructors will discover and apply generative AI tools to enhance their teaching practices, from rephrasing assignment descriptions to crafting innovative class activities and streamlining administrative tasks like writing recommendation letters.
LOCATION: Naraghi Hall 104
Dr. Virginia Montero Hernandez (EdD Program director & Professor, Advanced studies Department; Stan State) & Lissett De la Cruz (Academic Advisor, Academic Success Center; Stan State)
This workshop offers you a framework to help underminoritized adult students to develop pshycological empowerment. This framework uses cultural community wealth and self-authorship theories. In this workshop, you will learn about six pillars for the development of empowered selves and the ways in which the developmental skills can be used as part of the process of navigating college. Participants attending this workshop will understand:
- Why empowering adult learners is relevant in higher education institutions
- The theory informing this approach
- The developmental outcomes associated with psychological empowerment
- The ways in which specific developmental outcomes of an empowered self can be activated during the college journey
Fish Sauce, Strawberries, and Moon's Ramadan: Supporting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion through Culturally Responsive Teaching
LOCATION: Student Center 203 *A laptop or tablet would be helpful to have*
Emily M. Walter, Tony Chontong, & Hannah Gill (California State University, Fresno)
Supporting belonging in our classrooms can go beyond showing diverse students examples of people like them who have "made it." We can do more! If you want to go beyond showing your students the token person of color OR woman in your field, this workshop is for you! Explore ways to connect the content you are teaching with the cultures and everyday lives of your students. In this 90-minute workshop, you will explore examples of how to teach college-level STEM content (fermentation, photosynthesis, and moon phases) through culturally responsive strategies. This will include methods for how you can find relevant, everyday phenomena to incorporate into your lessons without loss of rigor. Walk away inspired, excited, and with three complete lessons to adapt for your own use. Professionals from all disciplines and levels of instruction are welcome, as the guiding principles for Culturally Responsive Teaching used in the workshop are applicable to any classroom setting.
Social Tools for Collaborative Learning: Theory and Practice for Designing Small Group Activities
LOCATION: Educational Services Building E023
Matt Cover (Stan State), Kamal Dulai (Stan State/UC Merced), Shana Katzman (Merritt College), Patina Mendez (UC Berkeley), Pallavi Lal (Los Medanos College), Georget Oraha (Modesto Junior College), & Tricia Van Laar (Stan State)
This workshop will share the outcomes of the Social Tools for Biology Community of Practice (CoP), a CA Learning Lab-funded project that connects instructors from CCC, CSU, and UC to develop learning activities for undergraduates that are based on education research and principles of collaborative learning, backwards design, and formative feedback. While the CoP is focused on biology instructors, the framework can be adopted in any discipline that can benefit from collaborative learning.
CoP facilitators will introduce the session (15 minutes) by summarizing the history of the project and the core principles and approaches, including templates and frameworks developed for collaborative digital (or paper-based) learning activities. Next, CoP participants will provide interactive examples of the learning activities they have developed for their own courses by engaging workshop attendees in two rounds of interactive learning experiences (15 minutes each) in small groups. This workshop will be held in an active learning classroom, and can support up to 25 attendees (5 facilitated groups of 5 attendees). Lastly, workshop presenters will engage attendees in a discussion about the process and products of the CoP, and attendees will examine activities and templates that they can incorporate into their own teaching. Participants attending this workshop will:
- Understand how principles of collaborative learning, backwards design, and formative feedback have been incorporated into a template for group-based learning activities, and
- Begin to apply the Social Tools format and template to one of their own courses and learning activities. Ideally, attendees will have a laptop or tablet they can use to fully participate in workshop activities (but this is not required).
Mastering generative AI tools for instruction
LOCATION: Student Center 103 *A laptop or tablet would be helpful to have, as well as an OpenAI Account (can be created on site)*
Sylvain Masclin (UC Merced)
Instructors will discover and apply generative AI tools to enhance their teaching practices, from rephrasing assignment descriptions to crafting innovative class activities and streamlining administrative tasks like writing recommendation letters.