Conference Schedule

The schedule below is current as of April 10, 2025.

Tuesday, May 27, 2025
12:00pm - 6:00pm Exhibitor Set-up
12:00pm - 5:00pm Registration / Help Desk Open
2:00pm - 5:00pm

 Pre-Conference Concurrent Workshops

  • Assessment 101: A Step-by-Step Guide to Elevate Excellence in Non-Academic Units
    Presented by: Nasrin Fatima
  • Upending Current Assessment Practices
    Presented by: Teresa Flateby
  • Adapting to Generative AI in Ways that Support Accuracy in Measures of Student Learning
    Presented by: Karen Singer-Freeman
  • Publishing and Presenting using Generative AI Tools
    Presented by: Jessica Taylor and Glenn Phillips
5:00pm - 6:00pm First-Timer Welcome Reception
6:00pm - 8:00pm Welcome Reception & Keynote Presentation
   
Wednesday, May 28, 2025 
6:00am - 7:00am Yoga
7:00am - 5:00pm Registration / Help Desk Open
7:30am - 9:00am Breakfast
9:30am - 5:00pm Exhibit Hall Open
9:00am - 10:00am

60-minute Concurrent Sessions

  • Using the CAS Standards for Improving Student Learning, Development and Success
    Presented by: Daniel A Bureau, Jerry (Vince) Nix,  Daniel Kaczmarek, and Shannon Milligan
  • Assessing Learning: Strategies for Higher Education Success
    Presented by: Kristen Eccleston
  • Leveraging AI for enhancing assessment and its implications for curriculum and instruction
    Presented by: Rebecca Gibbons, Yuerong Sweetland, Teresa Flateby, and Arthur Hernández
  • Assessment Affinity Groups: Fostering Innovation and Collaboration Across Institutions and Assessment Practitioners
    Presented by: Deborah Grubb, Laura Renninger, and Carlee Ranalli
  • Pioneering Assurance of Learning in a Changing World of Accreditation: Charting the Path to Initial AACSB Certification While Navigating Multiple Accreditation Standards
    Presented by: Jennifer Flanagan
  • Nine Ways Collaborative Assessment Can Drive Student Success
    Presented by: Will Miller and Eliot Felix
  • How to engage with AALHE
    Presented by: Member Engagement Committee
  • Canvas 2.0: What is it and how do you use it?
    Presented by: Fred Burrack and Brad Regier
10:00am - 10:15am Break
10:15am - 11:15am

60-minute Concurrent Sessions

  • Charting a path for a successful reaffirmation!
    Presented by: Carolyn Beamer and Angela Bryan
  • Assessment Evolution: Turning Challenges into Opportunities for Lasting Change
    Presented by: Denise Gilligan
  • Assessing Civic Engagement: Adaptation of an Institution-Wide Civic Learning Initiative
    Presented by: Sheena Serslev and Kristen Wright
  • Fermenting a Culture of Assessment
    Presented by: Matthew Ruane, Cynthia Keller, Brandi Renee Burgess, and Thomas Trainor
  • Fostering a Systemic Assessment Mindset
    Presented by: Amber Reed
  • Engage students–from consultants to partners–in learning assessment: Spotlight successes and conquer challenges
    Presented by: Carla Strickland-Hughes and Divya Bheda
  • In their own words: Large-scale qualitative assessment of undergraduate student experiences with high-impact practices
    Presented by: Stanley Lo
  • Oral Exams for a Generative-AI World: How to Navigate Logistics and Address Potential Concerns
    Presented by: Catherine Hartmann
  • The 2023 landscape report: Practitioners' perceptions on the field of student affairs assessment
    Presented by: Vince Nix, Lan (Misty) Song, Rebecca Gibbons, and Ellissa Brooks Nelson

60-minute Concurrent Session (Split into two 30-minute Theory and Practice Sessions)

  • Part 1) Building Effective and Sustainable Assessment Frameworks in General Education;
    Presented by: Christina Lee
    Part 2) Using the EAT Framework to enhance assessment literacy and feedback practices: A case study
    Presented by: Melody Pattison
11:15am - 1:00pm Lunch Break: On Your Own
1:00pm - 2:00pm

60-minute Concurrent Sessions

  • Innovating Outcomes Assessment with Customizable, Affordable Solutions
    Presented by: Nathan Breeden and Terrie Sandlin
  • AI in Action: Practical Approaches, Limitations, and Ethical Considerations in Grading Student Work
    Presented by: Arthur Hernandez
  • Managing People for Assessment Work
    Presented by: Pamelyn Shefman and Scott Radimer
  • Human-Centered Assessment Conversation: From How to Who
    Presented by: Kara Moloney
  • Acknowledging And Celebrating The Journey Of Assessment Professionals
    Presented by: Karen White-Goyzueta
  • Understanding the Silos of Assessment, Strategic Planning, Institutional Effectiveness, and Their Relationships to Accreditation
    Presented by: Dana Juenemann
  • Investigating Sector-Specific Disparities Among Institutional Accreditor Peer Reviewers: Implications For Assessment Professionals
    Presented by: Chad O'Lynn
  • Incorporating Stakeholders in the Programmatic Assessment Process
    Presented by: Dr. Kathleen Williams and Sharon Beasley

60-minute Concurrent Sessions (Split into two 30-minute Theory and Practice Sessions)

  • (30-min session) Fostering a Sense of Belonging: Finding Ourselves in Communities
    Presented by: Nishala Silva
  • Part 1) Celebrating Success in Program Learning Outcomes Assessment: Using Awards Ceremonies to Recognize Faculty and Leadership Efforts;
    Presented by: Lindsey Brown, Sara Mahuron, and Armine Ghalachyan
    Part 2) Reframing Assessing: Lessons from a Fullbright Scholar Project
    Presented by: Jessica L. W. Miranda
2:00pm - 2:30pm Break
2:30pm - 4:00pm

90-minute Skill Development Workshops

  • A Reflective Practice Process for Using Student Feedback to Enhance Teaching
    Presented by: Nichole Barta and Juliane Mora
  • Designing Actionable Surveys
    Presented by: Divya Bheda
  • Finding Your Assessment Allies Across Campus
    Presented by: Paige Gance and JT Torres
  • Growing the Field: Preparing Manuscripts for Submission to Intersection
    Presented by: Rebecca Gibbons,  Sarah Wu, Fiorella Peñaloza, Kimberely Nettleton, and Amy Heston
  • A workshop on implementing the Theory to Practice Generative AI Assessment Framework to improve student learning assessment design
    Presented by: Gretchen Meyers and Eric Page
  • Designing a collaboration playbook: Interpersonal strategies to support best practices in higher education assessment
    Presented by: Gina Polychronopoulos and Emilie Clucas Leaderman
  • Creating a Novel School-Wide Assessment for Evaluating the Effective use of Information Technology Skills
    Presented by: Cindy Robertson and Anca Doloc-Mihu
  • Fairness in Assessment-Date Strategies For STEM and General Education
    Presented by: Reem Jaafar
4:45pm Networking Excursion: Alexandria History Tours (Meet in the Hotel Lobby)
   
Thursday, May 29, 2025 
6:00am - 7:00am Yoga
7:00am - 5:00pm Registration / Help Desk Open
8:00am - 9:00am Breakfast
9:00am - 5:00pm Exhibit Hall Open
10:00am - 11:00am

60-minute Concurrent Sessions

  • Innovating Outcomes Assessment with Customizable, Affordable Solutions
    Presented by: Nathan Breeden and Terrie Sandlin
  • Reimagining Accreditation: Shifting Assessment Standards to Prioritize True Student Learning
    Presented by: Will Miller
  • PANEL DISCUSSION: Program Evaluation Standards: Understanding Their Impact and Shaping Their Future
    Presented by: Constance Tucker, Art Hernandez, JCSEE and AALHE Partnership
  • An Introduction to Curricular Analytics: Research and Applications for Curriculum Assessment and Review
    Presented by: Shane Schellpfeffer
  • Enhancing Program Effectiveness: Evaluating AI-Generated Action Plans with a Rubric
    Presented by: Caroline Young, Leah Oren-Palmer, and Jayne Chirdo Taylor

60-minute Concurrent Sessions (Split into two 30-minute Theory and Practice Sessions)

  • Part 1) Data-Driven Excellence: How one institution has built and sustained a culture of data-informed decision-making
    Presented by: Kelly Evans-Wilson, and Elisha Teague
    Part 2) Behind the Scenes: The rewarding journey of a peer review in higher education accreditation
    Presented by: Yuerong Sweetland
  • Part 1) The LRVE Story: When Academic Integrity Meets Employability;
    Part 2) Beneath the Surveys: Automating Infrastructure for Annual Evaluations of Academic Administrators
    Presented by: Evelyn Lai, Tahmina Akht, and Jessica Myers
11:00am - 11:15am Break
11:15am - 12:15am

60-minute Concurrent Sessions

  • Aligning Assessment Processes to Meet Regional and Specialized Accreditation Standards
    Presented by: Shani Carter
  • Navigating the Assessment Landscape: Distinguishing Classroom, Course, and Program Assessment
    Presented by: Tachelle White
  • Using Alternative Reporting Cycles to Seek Student Learning Improvement: One Institution's Journey from Annual to Triennial Assessment
    Presented by: Ashley Charsha and Michael McFall
  • Beta Testing Assessment Chihuahua: Building a One-Stop Shop for Assessment Professionals
    Presented by: Glenn Phillips
  • From Skepticism To Solutions: HBCU Course Evaluation Systems
    Presented by: Alexus Laster
  • A Transformative Mixed-Methods Study: Legitimizing Affective Learning Outcomes Assessment
    Presented by: Misty Song
  • PANEL DISCUSSION: Considerations of AI
    Presented by: Special Panel

60-minute Concurrent Sessions (Split into two 30-minute Theory and Practice Sessions)

  • Part 1) Building Trust: Ethical Dimensions to Consider when Providing Data;

    Presented by: Nancy Anderson and Will Luton
    Part 2) Transformative Accreditation: From Trial to Triumph
    Presented by: Christina Dryden

  • Part 1) A Layered Approach toward Creating a Systematic, Sustainable, and Faculty-supported Core Curriculum Assessment at a Medium-sized Liberal Arts University;
    Presented by: Tracey Frey and Jill Snodgrass, Ph.D.
    Part 2) Implementing a Revised Data Collection Process to Improve Core and Program Assessment
    Presented by: Bri Lauka and Tanisha Peterkin
12:15pm - 1:30pm Lunch Break: On Your Own
1:30pm - 2:30pm

60-minute Concurrent Sessions

  • How to meet the gold standard with your programmatic assessment!
    Presented by: Carolyn Beamer and Angela Bryan
  • Operation Assessment Overhaul: The First Installment
    Presented by: Bri Lauka
  • Assessing and Measuring the Impact of Higher Education and its Impact on the Workplace
    Presented by: Jennifer Flanagan
  • Embedding Assessment into Institutional Culture: Strategies for Sustainable Improvement
    Presented by: Arthur Hernandez
  • Accessing Student Success: Outcomes of a Low-Cost Curriculum Model for First-Year Composition Courses
    Presented by: Thomas Lilly
  • Can ChatGPT help faculty grade papers accurately?
    Presented by: Jessica Taylor, PhD and Chadia Abras
  • PANEL DISCUSSION: Considerations for General Education
    Presented by: Special Panel
  • Assessment Think Tank: A Community Effort to Shape the Future of the 9 Principles
    Presented by: Constance Tucker, Daniel Kaczmarek, Divya Bheda, SAAL and AALHE Partnership

60-minute Concurrent Sessions (Split into two 30-minute Theory and Practice Sessions)

  • Part 1) Program Review Facelift: Smoothing Wrinkles, Tightening Processes, and Lifting Outcomes!;
    Presented by: Laura Lundquist and Crystal Neumann
    Part 2) Teacher Education and Professional Dispositions
    Presented by: ʻAlohilani Okamura, Jamie Simpson-Steele, and Jaimie McMullen
  • Part 1) Lessons Learned Through Annual Department Meetings;
    Presented by: Tawanda Paul
    Part 2) Awarding Assessment: Developing Structures for Continued Feedback and Recognition
    Presented by: Sheena Serslev
4:30pm - 5:30pm
5:30pm - 6:00pm
AALHE Award and Celebration Session
6:00pm - 8:00pm Happy Hour / Reception / Entertainment
   
Friday, May 30, 2025 
8:30am - 9:00am Coffee / Continental Breakfast
9:00am - 10:30am Past President's Panel Session
10:30am - 11:00am Closing Session with special announcements of the 2026 Conference