Weekly Lunch Discussions 2016

Weekly lunch discussions expand knowledge of discipline-based science education research. The weekly lunch discussions have been occurring since mid-may 2014. Below, we provide more information on the lunches organized during the 2016 calendar year.

November 28, 2016: Implementation of peer reviewed presentations in a biology course

  • Discusion leader: Kirill Kiselyov, biological sciences
  • Discussion participants
    • Carrie Demmans Epp, LRDC
    • John Radzilowicz, CIDDE
    • Dave Nero, physics and astronomy
    • Lisa Limeri, biological sciences
    • Russell Clark, physics and astronomy
    • Jaclyn Powell
    • Sean Garrett-Roe, chemistry
    • Nafic Karim, physics and astronomy
    • Daniel Lambrecht, chemistry
    • Arthur Kosowsky, physics and astronomy 
    • Emily Marshman, dB-SERC, physics and astronomy

October 25, 2016: Incorporating honors supplements into an introductory science course

  • Discussion leader: Matteo Broccio, physics and astronomy
  • Discussion participants
    • Sean Garrett-Roe, chemistry
    • Valerie Oke, biological sciences
    • Lisa Limeri, biological sciences
    • Nafis Karim, physics and astronomy
    • Carol Washburn, CIDDE
    • Adam Leibovich, physics and astronomy
    • John Radzilowicz, CIDDE
    • Kirill Kiselyov, biological sciences
    • Russell Clark, physics and astronomy
    • David Nero, physics and astronomy
    • Jean Schmidt, biological sciences
    • Joe Grabowski, chemistry
    • Yasemin Kalender, physics and astronomy
    • Emily Marshman, dB-SERC
    • Chandralekha Singh, dB-SERC, physics and astronomy
    • James Mueller, physics and astronomy
    • Daniel Mosse, computer science

October 14, 2016: How people learn: A scientist's perspective

  • Discussion leader: Jose Mestre, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Discussion participants: 
    • Arthur Kosowsky, physics and astronomy
    • Adeetee Bhide, psychology
    • Abby Bogdan, physics (Seton Hill University)
    • Peter Drain, medical school
    • Scott Fraundorf
    • Sean Garrett-Roe, chemistry
    • Joe Grabowski, chemistry
    • Suzanna Gribble, biological sciences
    • Joe Horne, CIDDE
    • Paul Justice, physics and astronomy
    • Yasemin Kalender, physics and astronomy
    • Barbara Kucinski, psychology
    • Eric Kuo, LRDC
    • Klaus Libertus, psychology
    • Lisa Limeri, biological sciences
    • Emily Marshman, dB-SERC, physics and astronomy
    • Nafis Karim, physics and astronomy
    • David Nero, physics and astronomy
    • Laurel Roberts, biological sciences
    • Jessica Robertson, biological sciences
    • Jean Schmidt, biological sciences
    • Chandralekha Singh, dB-SERC, physics and astronomy
    • Meiyi Song, CIDDE
    • Zuzana Swigonova, biological sciences
    • Tim Nokes-Malach, LRDC
    • Cristina Zepeda, psychology
    • Ben Rottman, psychology
    • Natasha Baker, biological sciences     
    • Nancy Kaufmann, biological sciences

October 3, 2016: Integrating Undergraduate Curriculum with Research-based Laboratory Courses

  • Discussion leader: Kitty Liu, chemistry
  • Presentation
  • Discussion participants
    • Sean Garrett-Roe, chemistry
    • Lisa Limeri, biological sciences
    • Ericka Huston, chemistry
    • Valerie Oke, biological sciences
    • David Nero, physics and astronomy
    • Jaclyn Powell
    • Nafis Karim, physics and astronomy
    • Joe Grabowski, chemistry
    • Russell Clark, physics and astronomy
    • John Radzilowicz, CIDDE
    • Elia Crisucci, biological sciences
    • Emily Marshman, dB-SERC, physics and astronomy
    • Chandralekha Singh, dB-SERC, physics and astronomy
    • Julie Breckenridge, neuroscience, CIRTL
    • Christof Keebaugh, physics and astronomy

September 26, 2016: Transitioning to inquiry based labs

  • Discussion leader: Russell Clark, physics and astronomy
  • Presentation
  • Discussion participants
    • Elia Crisucci, biological sciences
    • Adam Leibovich, physics and astronomy
    • Ericka Huston, chemistry
    • Valerie Oke, biological sciences
    • Lisa Limeri, biological sciences
    • Sean Garrett-Roe, chemistry
    • Welkin Pope, biological sciences
    • Lillian Chong
    • Eric Kuo, LRDC
    • Dave Nero, physics and astronomy
    • Christof Keebaugh, physics and astronomy
    • Nafis Karim, physics and astronomy
    • Donna Naples, physics and astronomy
    • Abby Bogdan, physics (Seton Hill University)
    • Jaclyn Powell 
    • Joe Grabowski, chemistry
    • Emily Marshman , dB-SERC, physics and astronomy
    • Chandralekha Singh, dB-SERC, physics and astronomy

September 12, 2016: Peer reviewed presentations in a biology course

  • Discussion leader: Kirill Kiselyov, biological sciences
  • Presentation
  • Discussion participants
    • Debra Artim, neuroscience
    • John Radzilowicz, CIDDE
    • Elia Crisucci, biological sciences
    • Welkin Pope, biological sciences
    • Carol Washburn, CIDDE
    • Joe Horne, CIDDE
    • Yanqing Wang, LRDC
    • Sean Garrett-Roe, chemistry
    • Nancy Kaufmann, biological sciences
    • David Nero, physics and astronomy
    • Suzanna Gribble
    • Jessica Wandelt
    • Joe Grabowski, chemistry
    • Valerie Oke, biological sciences
    • Russell Clark, physics and astronomy
    • Stephen Weber
    • Lisa Limeri, biological sciences
    • Arthur Kosowsky, physics and astronomy
    • Lauren Herckis, CMU
    • Nafis Karim, physics and astronomy
    • Chandralekha Singh, physics and astronomy / dB-SERC
    • Emily Marshman, physics and astronomy / dB-SERC
    • Christof Keebaugh, physics and astronomy
    • Tanner Wallace, psychology
    • Eric Kuo, LRDC
    • Meiyi Song, CIDDE

August 15, 2016: Creating a Comprehensive Bank of Assessments for Use in a Statistics Course

  • Discussion leader: Brian Leventhal (PhD student, education)
  • Presentation
  • Discussion participants
    • Ben Rottman, psychology
    • Chris Schunn, LRDC psychology
    • Joe Grabowski, chemistry
    • Matteo Broccio, physics and astronomy
    • Russell Clark, physics and astronomy
    • Carol Washburn, CIDDE
    • Eric Kuo, LRDC psychology 
    • John Radzilowicz, CIDDE
    • David Nero, physics and astronomy
    • Emily Marshman, dB-SERC, physics and astronomy
    • Chandralekha Singh, dB-SERC, physics and astronomy
    • Kirill Kiselyov, biological sciences
    • Nafis Karim, physics and astronomy

August 1, 2016: Reflections on the implementation of a flipped, large enrollment introductory science course

  • Discussion leader: Dr. David Nero, physics and astronomy
  • Discussion presentation
  • Discussion participants: 
    • Karen Curto, biological sciences
    • John Radzilowicz, CIDDE
    • Kirill Kiselyov, biological sciences
    • Anne
    • Joe Grabowski, chemistry
    • Adam Leibovich, physics and astronomy
    • Welkin Pope, biological sciences
    • Laurel Roberts, biological sciences
    • Christof Keebaugh, physics and astronomy
    • Klaus Libertus, psychology
    • Lisa Limeri, biological sciences
    • Emily Marshman, dB-SERC, physics and astronomy
    • Chandralekha Singh, dB-SERC, physics and astronomy

July 11, 2016: Less lecture, more doing: Increasing interactivity and student engagement in a psychology course

  • Discussion leader: Dr. Klaus Libertus, psychology
  • Discussion participants
    • Ryan Sayer, physics and astronomy
    • Welkin Pope, biological sciences
    • Joe Horne, CIDDE
    • Carrie Demmans Epp, LRDC
    • Ben Rottman, psychology
    • Kirill Kiselyov, biological sciences
    • Anne Carlson, biological sciences
    • Scott Fraundorf, LRDC
    • Joe Grabowski, chemistry
    • Natasha Tokowicz, psychology
    • Sean Garrett-Roe, chemistry
    • Sam Donovan, biological sciences
    • Nafis Karim, physics and astronomy
    • Marlissa Amole, psychology
    • Jennifer Ganger, 
    • Caitlin Rice
    • Dave Nero, physics and astronomy
    • Daniel Lambrecht, chemistry
    • Leanne Elliot
    • John Radzilowicz, CIDDE
    • Elizabeth Hirshorn, 
    • Emily Marshman, dB-SERC, physics and astronomy
    • Chandralekha Singh, dB-SERC, physics and astronomy

June 20, 2016: Using technology to scale up innovative research-based introductory laboratories

  • Discussion leader: Dr. Welkin Pope, biological sciences
  • Discussion participants
    • John Radzilowicz, CIDDE
    • Lisa Limeri, biological sciences
    • Joe Grabowski, chemistry
    • Sean Garrett-Roe, chemistry
    • Ryan Sayer, physics and astronomy
    • Daniel Lambrecht, chemistry
    • Jessica Robertson, biological sciences
    • Natasha Baker, biological sciences
    • Kim Payne, biological sciences
    • Chris Schunn, psychology LRDC
    • Klaus Libertus, psychology
    • Joe Horne, CIDDE
    • David Nero, physics and astronomy
    • Nafis Karim, physics and astronomy
    • Chandralekha Singh, dB-SERC, physics and astronomy
    • Nancy Kaufmann, biological sciences

June 1, 2016:  Improving student group work and performance in a computer science course

  • Discussion leader: Bill Garrison, Computer science
  • Discussion presentation
  • Discussion participants
    • Anita Schuchardt, LRDC
    • Ryan Sayer, physics and astronomy
    • Kirill Kiselyov, biological sciences
    • Daniel Mosse, computer science
    • John Radzilowicz, CIDDE
    • Joe Grabowski, chemistry
    • Yanqing Wang, LRDC
    • Carrie Demmans Epp, LRDC
    • Russell Clark, physics and astronomy
    • Sean Garrett-Roe, chemistry
    • Jean Schmidt, biological sciences
    • Natasha Baker, biological sciences
    • David Nero, physics and astronomy
    • Adam Lee, computer science
    • Chandralekha Singh, dB-SERC, physics and astronomy
    • Emily Marshman, dB-SERC, physics and astronomy
    • Lisa Limeri, biological sciences

May 16, 2016: Findings of a flipped, large enrollment introductory science course

  • Discussion leader: Dr. Matteo Broccio, physics and astronomy
  • Discussion presentation
  • Discussion participants
    • ​Joe Grabowski, chemistry
    • Daniel Lambrecht, chemistry
    • Sean Garrett-Roe, chemistry
    • Barbara Kucinski, psychology
    • Yanqing Wang, LRDC
    • Carol Washburn, CIDDE
    • Lisa Limeri, biological sciences
    • Carrie Demmans Epp, LRDC
    • Klaus Libertus, psychology
    • David Nero, physics and astronomy
    • John Radzilowicz, CIDDE
    • Chandralekha Singh, dB-SERC, physics and astronomy
    • James Mueller, physics and astronomy
    • Emily Marshman, dB-SERC

April 4, 2016: Partnership between CIDDE and the Biological Sciences Department: Supporting curricular transformations of Large Laboratories

  • Discussion leaders: Dr. Jean Schmidt, biological sciences, and Dr. Joel Brady, CIDDE
  • Discussion presentation
  • Discussion participants
    • Welkin Pope, biological sciences
    • Ryan Sayer, physics and astronomy
    • Carrie Demmans Epp, LRDC
    • Haitao Liu, chemistry
    • Lisa Limeri, biological sciences
    • Alison Hale
    • Valerie Oke, 
    • Matteo Broccio, physics and astronomy
    • Carol Washburn, CIDDE
    • Elia Crissuci, biological sciences
    • Kirill Kiselyov, biological sciences
    • Suzanna Gribble, 
    • Chris Schunn, LRDC
    • Russell Clark, physics and astronomy
    • Barbara Kucinski, psychology
    • David Nero, physics and astronomy
    • Chandralekha Singh, dB-SERC, physics and astronomy
    • Emily Marshman, dB-SERC, physics and astronomy
    • Meiyi Song, CIDDE
    • Christof Keebaugh, physics and astronomy
    • Arthur Kosowsky, physics and astronomy
    • Jim Mueller, physics and astronomy

March 30, 2016: Course transformation involving smart-phones, tablets, and laptops in a guided inquiry course

  • Discussion leader: Dr. Sean Garrett-Roe, chemistry
  • Discussion presentation
  • Discussion participants
    • Stephen Weber, chemistry
    • Matteo Broccio, physics and astronomy
    • David Nero, physics and astronomy
    • Kirill Kiselyov, biological sciences
    • Carol Washburn, CIDDE
    • Joe Grabowski, Chemistry
    • Chandralekha Singh, dB-SERC, physics and astronomy
    • Emily Marshman, dB-SERC, physics and astronomy
    • John Radzilowicz, CIDDE
    • Ryan Sayer, physics and astronomy
    • Ericka Huston, chemistry

March 21, 2016: Implementation of a Course Transformation in Large Undergraduate Psychology Lectures

  • Discussion leader: Dr. Tim Nokes-Malach, psychology
  • Discussion participants
    • David Nero, physics and astronomy
    • Cristina Zepeda, psychology
    • March Coutanche, psychology
    • Barbara Kucinski, psychology
    • Sybil Streeter, psychology
    • Ben Rottman, psychology
    • Kirill Kiselyov, biological sciences
    • Ryan Sayer, physics and astronomy
    • Carol Washburn, CIDDE
    • Sean Garrett-Roe, chemistry
    • Brendan Barstow, psychology
    • Debra Artim, neuroscience
    • Joe Grabowski, chemistry
    • Christof Keebaugh, physics and astronomy
    • Emily Marshman, dB-SERC, physics and astronomy
    • Chandralekha Singh, dB-SERC, physics and astronomy
    • Matteo Broccio, physics and astronomy
    • Jim Mueller, physics and astronomy
    • Laura Morett

March 14, 2016: Individualized approaches to learning

  • Discussion leader: Dr. Carol Washburn and Cressida Magaro, CIDDE
  • Lunch presentation
  • Discussion participants
  • Karen Curto
  • Matteo Broccio, physics and astronomy
  • Sean Garrett-Roe, chemistry
  • Kirill Kiselyov, biological sciences
  • David Nero, physics and astronomy
  • Ryan Sayer, physics and astronomy
  • Jean Schmidt, biological sciences
  • Ericka Huston, chemistry
  • Barbara Kucinski, psychology
  • Jessica Knab, CIDDE
  • Meiyi Song, CIDDE
  • Robin Florentin
  • Christof Keebaugh, physics and astronomy
  • Debra Artim, neuroscience
  • Chandralekha Singh, dB-SERC, physics and astronomy
  • Emily Marshman, dB-SERC, physics and astronomy
  • Lisa Limeri, biological sciences

February 29, 2016: Implementation of flipping in a large enrollment, introductory science course

  • Discussion Leader: Dr. David Nero, physics and astronomy
  • Lunch presentation
  • Lunch summary
  • Discussion participants
    • Haitao Liu, chemistry
    • Anita Schuchardt, LRDC
    • Debra Artim, neuroscience
    • Travis Hurst, physics and astronomy
    • Lisa Limeri, biological sciences
    • Matteo Broccio, physics and astronomy
    • Ryan Sayer, physics and astronomy
    • Chris Schunn, LRDC
    • Sean Garrett-Roe, chemistry
    • Kirill Kiselyov, biological sciences
    • Russell Clark, physics and astronomy
    • Kathy Puskar, nursing
    • Barbara Kucinski, psychology
    • Emily Marshman, dB-SERC, physics and astronomy
    • Chandralekha Singh, dB-SERC, physics and astronomy
    • Jim Mueller, physics and astronomy
    • Christof Keebaugh, physics and astronomy
    • Daniel Mosse, computer science

February 22, 2016: Implementing clickers in a large, introductory statistics class

  • Discussion Leader: Dr. Kehui Chen, statistics and psychiatry
  • Lunch presentation
  • Lunch summary
  • Discussion participants
    • ​Lisa Limeri, biological sciences
    • Ryan Sayer, physics and astronomy
    • Nicholas Farnan, computer science
    • Lauren Herckis, CMU
    • Scott Streiner, engineering
    • David Nero, physics and astronomy
    • Margaret Bennewitz, medicine
    • Debra Artim, neuroscience
    • Ben Rottman, psychology
    • Chris Schunn, psychology
    • Christof Keebaugh, physics and astronomy
    • Emily Marshman, dB-SERC, physics and astronomy
    • Chandralekha Singh, dB-SERC, physics and astronomy

February 15, 2016: Using technology to scale up innovative research-based introductory laboratories

  • Discussion leader: Welkin Pope, biological sciences
  • Lunch presentation
  • Discussion participants
    • ​David Nero, physics and astronomy
    • Karen Curto, biological sciences
    • Lisa Limeri, biological sciences
    • Lingfeng Liu, chemistry
    • Carol Washburn, CIDDE
    • Russell Clark, physics and astronomy
    • Kirill Kiselyov, biological sciences
    • Suzanna Gribble, biological sciences
    • Debra Artim, neuroscience
    • Jean Schmidt, biological sciences
    • Elia Crisucci, biological sciences
    • Ryan Sayer, physics and astronomy
    • Emily Marshman, dB-SERC, physics and astronomy
    • Chandralekha Singh, dB-SERC, physics and astronomy
    • James Mueller, physics and astronomy
    • Christof Keebaugh, physics and astronomy
    • Joe Grabowski, chemistry
    • Arthur Kosowsky, physics and astronomy

 

February 8, 2016: Introducing students in large enrollment psychology courses to scientific journal articles

  • Discussion leaders: Adeetee Bhide, Natasha Tokowicz, psychology
  • Lunch presentation
  • Discussion participants
    • ​Scott Fraundorf, statistics
    • Barbara Kucinski, psychology
    • Kirill Kiselyov, biological sciences
    • Barbara DelRaso, dBSERC, PQI
    • Joe Grabowski, chemistry
    • Ben Rottman, psychology
    • Sam Donovan, biological sciences
    • Suzanna Gribble, biological sciences
    • Russell Clark, physics and astronomy
    • Sybil Streeter, psychology
    • Debra Artim, neuroscience
    • Christof Keebaugh, physics and astronomy
    • Chandralekha Singh, dB-SERC, physics and astronomy
    • Emily Marshman, dB-SERC, physics and astronomy
    • Arthur Kosowsky, physics and astronomy
    • David Nero, physics and astronomy

February 1, 2016: Helping your students engage with self-study tools

  • Discussion leaders: Chandralekha Singh, Emily Marshman, dB-SERC, physics and astronomy
  • Lunch presentation
  • Discussion participants
    • David Nero, physics and astronomy
    • Peter Drain, dept. of cell biology
    • Lisa Limeri, biological sciences
    • Russell Clark, physics and astronomy
    • Joe Grabowski, chemistry
    • Nicholas Farnan, computer science
    • Lauren Herckis, CMU
    • Ryan Sayer, physics and astronomy
    • Meiyi Song, CIDDE
    • Carol Washburn, CIDDE
    • Ericka Huston, chemistry
    • Debra Artim, neuroscience
    • Anita Schuchardt, LRDC
    • Barbara Kucinski, psychology
    • Laura Zapanta, biological sciences
    • Christof Keebaugh, physics and astronomy
    • Matteo Broccio, physics and astronomy
    • Jim Mueller,  physics and astronomy
    • Arthur Kosowsky, physics and astronomy
    • Sean Garrett-Roe, chemistry

   January 25, 2016: Reflections on integrating modeling instruction throughout a large lecture introductory biology course 

  • Discussion leader: Lisa Limeri and Dr. Sam Donovan, biological sciences
  • Lunch presentation
  • Discussion participants
    • ​Anita Schuchardt, LRDC
    • Ryan Sayer, physics
    • Barbara Kucinski
    • Karen Curto
    • Paula Grabowski, biological sciences
    • Russell Clark, physics
    • Kirill Kiselyov, biological sciences
    • Welkin Pope, biological sciences
    • Joe Horne, CIDDE
    • David Nero, physics
    • Jean Schmidt, biological sciences
    • Carol Washburn, CIDDE
    • Nancy Kaufmann, biological sciences
    • Debra Artim, neuroscience
    • Christof Keebaugh, physics
    • David Swigon, mathematics
    • Arthur Kosowsky, physics
    • Emily Marshman, dB-SERC, physics
    • Chandralekha Singh, dB-SERC, physics