2023 University of Pittsburgh Assessment and Teaching Conference

The 11th annual Assessment and Teaching Conference was held on Friday, Jan. 27. Information and details on our keynote speaker, agenda items, and more is available below.

Keynote Speaker

Keynote Bio:

Chavella T. Pittman is the owner of Effective & Efficient Faculty, a faculty development company that works extensively with faculty and campuses across the country to help them develop strategies for inclusive learning environments and the retention of diverse students and faculty.

Dr. Pittman received her PhD in Sociology and a MA in Higher Education from the University of Michigan. She is currently Professor of Sociology at Dominican University. Her research interests and expertise include higher education, interpersonal interactions and marginalized statuses, research methods & statistics. She has a love/hate relationship with running, is a beer aficionado, recently cured her black thumb via growing cherry tomatoes, loves to learn, and believes black joy is resistance.

Some of her teaching publications include:

“Evaluating the Teaching Effectiveness of Black Women Faculty,”
(The Journal of Negro Education, accepted November 2019,
forthcoming Winter 2021)
“Incivility in the Classroom: Effective Strategies for Faculty at
the Margins” (in Difficult Subjects: Insights and Strategies for
Teaching Race, Sexuality and Gender 2018)
“Race and Gender Oppression in the Classroom: The Experiences
of Women Faculty of Color with White Male Students” (Teaching
Sociology 2010)

Keynote Address:

Supporting the Well-Being Diverse Faculty and Students: Understanding their Classroom Experiences

Supporting the retention and success of diverse faculty and students begins with supporting their well-being which requires knowing more about their campus experiences. At the end, participants will know 1) the highlights of research on the challenging classroom experiences of BIPOC and diverse faculty and students, 2) the related faculty, student and institutional costs (including on well-being), and 3) possible next step to address them.

Conference Agenda

Schedule of Events

8:30-9 a.m.
Breakfast

9-10 a.m.
Opening remarks/Keynote Address
Keynote Speaker: Chavella Pittman, Dominican University

10-10:30 a.m.
Anchor Session – Student emotional well-being at Pitt

10:45-11:45 a.m.
Breakout Session I

11:45 a.m.-1 p.m.
Lunch

1:15-2:15 p.m.
Breakout Session II

2:15-3:45 p.m.
Poster Session

8:30 – 9 a.m.	Breakfast	Ballroom A
9 – 10 a.m.	Introduction of Keynote Speaker Amanda Godley, Vice Provost for Graduate StudiesKeynote Address: **Supporting the Well-Being of Diverse Faculty and Students: Understanding their Classroom ExperiencesDr. Chavella T. Pittman** Professor of Sociology – Dominican University	Ballroom A
10 – 10:30 a.m.	Pitt Resources for Students and Faculty Kevin Binning Associate Professor, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences Research Scientist, Learning Research and Development Center Stevvaie Brown Civil Rights and Advocacy Manager Office for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Jay Darr Associate Dean for Student Wellness Student Affairs Omid Fotuhi Research Associate Learning Research and Development Center Lorie Johnson-Osho Director of Faculty Diversity and Development Amanda Godley: Moderator Vice Provost for Graduate Studies	Ballroom A
Break-out Session 1
10:45 – 11:45 a.m.	*Understanding Our Students’ Well-Being in the Classroom – Undergraduate Student Panel* Ashawnti Buckner Frederick Honors College Rachel Lembeck-Edens Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences Sophia Shapiro Frederick Honors College April E. Belback: Moderator Director of Student Success	Gold Room
	*Understanding Our Students’ Well-being in the Classroom – Graduate Student Panel* Cigdem Benam Katz Graduate School of Business Nikhil Gaur Katz Graduate School of Business Pratik Khare Katz Graduate School of Business Rudy Pineda School of Education Aparna Ramani School of Public Health Amanda Godley: Moderator Vice Provost for Graduate Studies	Conference Room A
	*Supporting Inclusive Faculty Well-Being Panel* Gina Garcia Associate Professor School of Education Victoria Grieve Assistant Professor School of Pharmacy Ron Idoko Associate Director – Center on Race and Social Problems, Founding Director – Racial Equity Consciousness Institute Research Assistant Professor School of Social Work Sera Mathew: Moderator Director for Equitable and Inclusive Teaching University Center for Teaching and Learning	Ballroom B
11:45 a.m. – 1 p.m.	Lunch	Ballroom A
Break-out Session 2
1:15 – 2:15 p.m.	Proactively Promoting Student Well-Being in Large Lectures Grant Martsolf Professor and UPMC Health Systems Chair in Nursing Science School of Nursing David Sanchez Associate Professor Swanson School of Engineering Chandralekha Singh Distinguished Professor, Director, Discipline-based Science Education Research Center Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences Belkys Torres: Moderator Associate Vice Provost for Inclusive Excellence in Education	Gold Room
	*Supporting Graduate Students During Milestone Assessments* Rip Correnti Professor School of Education Mike Dickey Professor and Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Neil Hukriede Professor and Vice-Chair, Director – Integrative Systems Biology School of Medicine Jeremy Martinson Assistant Professor and Program Director (MPH-PEL) School of Public Health Balaji Palanisamy Associate Professor School of Computing and Information Erica Owen: Moderator Associate Professor and Associate Dean Graduate School of Public and International Affairs	Conference Room A
	*Facilitating Difficult Dialogues* Kris Kanthak Associate Professor Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences	Ballroom B
2:15 – 3:45 p.m.	Poster Session	Ballroom A

Posters/Presenters

Rika Asai
Teaching American Music with Primary Sources
Department of Music
Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, Pittsburgh Campus

Joanne Baird and Ketki Raina
An Emerging Model: Near-peer Facilitation to Support Simulation Education
Department of Occupational Therapy
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Pittsburgh Campus

Maggie Beeler, Andrew Wein
Peer Teaching with Technology: Enhanced Structures for Student Debates
Department of Classics
Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, Pittsburgh Campus

Reivian Berrios Barillas, Jared Divido
Does time spent learning anatomy online and asynchronously impact student performance?
Department of Physical Therapy
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Pittsburgh Campus

Harvey Borovetz
Teaching Health Disparities of Bioengineering Cardiopulmonary Technologies
Department of Bioengineering
Swanson School of Engineering, Pittsburgh Campus

Mark Conlon
Emphasizing Civic Education and Literacy in Social Studies Methods Courses
Division of Education
University of Pittsburgh – Johnstown

Jennifer Cousins
The Role of Example-Based Instruction on Concept Learning, Belonging, and Engagement in a Large Introductory Psychology Course
Department of Psychology
Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, Pittsburgh Campus

Tom Davis
The Case for Inclusive Pedagogy: Engagement, Co-Creation, and Accelerators
Business Administration
Katz Graduate School of Business, Pittsburgh Campus

Mark DiMauro
The Hunt for Pedagogical Pirate Treasure
Division of Multimedia and Digital Culture
University of Pittsburgh – Johnstown

Ashley Firm
Physician Assistant Students’ Perceptions of Writing Reflections on Supervised Clinical Practice Experiences (SCPE)
Department of Physician Assistant Studies
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Pittsburgh Campus

Amy Gresock, Amanda Davis
Strategy Olym14)pics: Combining Business and Phys. Ed. in the Year of Well-Being
Division of Business Management
University of Pittsburgh – Bradford

Hyunju Ha
In-class Short Speeches’ Online & Offline Applications
Department of East Asian Languages & Literatures
Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, Pittsburgh Campus

Deborah Josbeno
Peer-assisted teaching in health professional education: benefits for the teaching peer.
Department of Physical Therapy
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Pittsburgh Campus

Wendy Krenzel
Journal Reading Exams to Replace Mid-Term and Final Exams in the Chemistry Laboratory
Division of Physical & Computational Sciences
University of Pittsburgh – Bradford

Urszula Lechtenberg
A Learner-Centered Approach to Academic Integrity
University Library System
Pittsburgh Campus

Gang Liu
Student Grade Distribution Shifts in Online Engineering Fundamental Course
Division of Physical & Computational Sciences
University of Pittsburgh – Bradford

Rebecca McHugh
Teaching Psychology Capstones: Lab Format, or Class? Comparing and Contrasting Two Course Formats
Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences
University of Pittsburgh – Bradford

Tara McSwigan, Christina Davis
Teaching Medical Procedures in a Hybrid Curriculum
Department of Physician Assistant Studies
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Pittsburgh Campus

Gordon Mitchell
Adjacent Curriculum
Department of Communication
Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, Pittsburgh Campus

Marcia Rapchak
A Community of Practice for Inclusive Pedagogy in SCI
Department of Information Culture and Data Stewardship
School of Computing and Information, Pittsburgh Campus

Catherine Rebitch, Prema Iyer, Stephen Zhang
Bridging the gap: Gaming as a strategy to integrate biochemistry principles and clinical concepts in pharmacy education
Department of Pharmacy and Therapeutics
School of Pharmacy, Pittsburgh Campus

Cynthia Salter
Using a health access simulation to teach social determinants of health
Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences
School of Public Health, Pittsburgh Campus

Ryan Teeter
Students have entered the chat. Communicating effectively with Microsoft Teams.
Business Administration
Katz Graduate School of Business, Pittsburgh Campus

Daniel Wilkenfeld, Christine Durmis
Images, Scientific Understanding, and the Importance of Multi-Modal Presentation
Department of Acute and Tertiary Care
School of Nursing, Pittsburgh Campus

Clare Withers, Christina Durmis
More Than Just Cool Stuff: Integrating Primary Sources into Critical Evaluation and Experiential Learning
University Library System
Pittsburgh Campus

Ashley Yarabinec
Developing Culturally Affirming Students: Overview of a Longitudinal Student Rotation Exchange with Howard University
Department of Pharmacy and Therapeutics
School of Pharmacy, Pittsburgh Campus

Information for Moderators/Panelists

If you are hosting or moderating a session, please view the Speaker Guide for instructions.

Information for Attendees

If you are attending the conference, please view the Attendee Guide for instructions.

2023 University of Pittsburgh Assessment and Teaching Conference

Keynote Speaker

Keynote Bio:

Keynote Address:

Conference Agenda

Schedule of Events

Breakfast

Break-out Session 1

Lunch

Break-out Session 2

Poster Session

Posters/Presenters

Information for Moderators/Panelists

Information for Attendees