UNM Classroom Educator Workshop on Inclusive Undergraduate Research

November 15, 2024, Acoma Room in the SUB

10:00 am to 3:00 pm, lunch provided

Sponsored by: UNM Center for Teaching and Learning; Division for Equity and Inclusion; UNM ECURE Program; Undergraduate Research, Arts & Design Network

Undergraduate research approaches can dramatically improve student engagement, content mastery, program retention and graduation rates. UNM has substantial experience weaving undergraduate research pedagogy into courses across academic disciplines. If you are a UNM classroom educator who would like to learn more about this exciting approach, then we invite you to attend the UNM Classroom-Educator Workshop on Inclusive Undergraduate Research.

This workshop is designed for classroom educators and doctoral students in any discipline and from any UNM campus. Classroom educators include tenured and tenure-track faculty, lecturers, adjunct faculty and graduate teaching assistants. This workshop is focused primarily on face-to-face instruction, though online instructors are also welcome.

Participants are encouraged to bring a laptop, as this workshop will include worktime developing strategies for your own course.

Click here to register for this workshop. For questions, please contact Dr. Tim Schroeder, Director UNM Undergraduate Research, Arts & Design Network at timschroeder@unm.edu,

Workshop Schedule

Facilitators:

Timothy Schroeder, EdD. Director, UNM Undergraduate Research, Arts & Design Network.
Julia Wai-Yin So, PhD. Professor of Sociology UNM-Valencia. Assistant VP for Equity & Inclusion UNM-Main Campus.
Magdalena Vázquez Dathe, PhD. Assistant Director, Teaching Support at the Center for Teaching and Learning. Adjunct Faculty College of Education and Human Sciences.

10:00 am Welcome and brief Introductions

10:15 am Introduction to Undergraduate Research frameworks and strategies. Presented by UNM ECURE faculty fellows.

11:30 am Work session. Structured work session includes: (1) Brainstorm and describe activities/mechanisms that might be effective in your course, asking questions of table leaders as needed; (2) Share with the peers and table leaders.

12:30 pm Lunch

1:15 pm Develop strategies to make your UGR courses more inclusive. This session includes:

Detailed Introductions (Name, Discipline, Course(s) you are teaching this semester, and what do you like about teaching the course(s) in your discipline)
Individual and group reflection exercises focused on inclusive classroom experiences
Best practices and strategies to foster a more inclusive learning environment.
Connecting these practices to course-based undergraduate research and the ECURE framework

2:45 pm Wrap-up: Complete online survey