ASYNCHRONOUS PRE-RECORDED SESSIONS:
Explore timely research and practical insights from colleagues across the field through our pre-recorded paper sessions. These short, 30-minute presentations are available on demand, making them easy to watch before, between, or after live conference events. Take advantage of this flexible format to deepen your learning, discover new ideas, and engage with additional scholarship throughout the conference.

Kelly Long, Katlynn Fisher, Rachel Lathrop

From Principle to Practice: A Thematic Analysis of Strategies for Culturally-Responsive and Equitable Assessment
Bhargav Kaushik, Yao Hill

Advancing Equity in Student Learning Assessment: Culturally Responsive Practices for Indigenous Student Success
Jessica L. W. Miranda

Constructing a Science-Based Framework of Personal Responsibility: Insights From a Scoping Review
Megan Lochhead

AI Agents Can Now Navigate and Complete LMS Tasks: A Call for Pedagogical Innovation
Stavros Hadjisolomou

Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Connect Institutional Evidence to Self-Studies
Christopher Drue, Michele Moser Deegan

Got Skills? What are Higher Education Assessment Employers Looking For in an Applicant?
Jennifer Morrow, Nicole Jones, Andrew Young, Samantha Dedrick

Scaling up, Stressing Less: A Peer-Feedback Model for Assessment Capacity Building
Yao Hill, Justin Walguarnery, Alice Tse, Lia O'Neill

Assessing Cross-Disciplinary General Education Outcomes Using Canvas
Colleen Flewelling, Julie Eller

Educational Poster Sessions showcase innovative practices, emerging ideas, and practical strategies from colleagues across the field. Available on the conference’s virtual platform throughout the event, these posters allow attendees to explore projects and initiatives at their own pace. Participants can review the visual presentations, learn about new approaches, and connect with presenters to ask questions or continue the conversation.

A Replicable Approach to Teamwork Assessment Using Rubrics and Low-Cost Digital Tools for Practice-Based and Resource-Constrained Contexts
Janet Esquirol

Scoping Review of Student Course Evaluations on DEI Curriculum: Issues and Successes Across Graduate Health Professions
Faris Fazal, Constance Tucker

Building Community, Finding Purpose: One Member’s Journey Through AALHE
Bobbijo Grillo Pinnelli

Using TFAM Sessions with Pre-service Teachers to Improve Classroom Assessment Practices
Lance Piantaggini

PowerBI for Program Assessment: Overcoming Constraints, Enhancing Insights
Kristoffer Rees

11:00am - 12:00pm

Concurrent Sessions:

• Building a Specialized Accreditation Assistant Custom GPT
  Joshua Morrison
• Do the Opposite: The George Costanza Approach to Overcoming Barriers and Changing Assessment Culture
  Meg Joseph
• Slice, Bin, Drill Down: Applying Critical, Reflexive Strategies to Data Visualization in Assessment
  Melissa Ko
• Reliable, Realistic, Repeatable (3R) Model for General Education Assessment Building
  Yan Cooksey
• Building a High-Value Feedback Process: Lessons from a Multi-Rater Meta-Assessment Initiative
  Rebecca Gibbons, Karen Pain
• Compliance vs. Quality in Student Learning Assessment: Using AI to Transform Feedback Reports
  Rachel May
• Tracing Indirect Impact: Assessing the Impact of Academic Support Units on Student Learning
  Nicole Espinoza, Morgan Iommi
• From Mocktails to Mastery: Practice-Based Strategies for Assessment Engagement
  Morgan Cates, Will Hamilton

Networking Snack Break with breakout sessions for:

• Entering/New to Assessment
• Middle-Level Builders
• Veterans of the Trade

Concurrent Sessions:

• Reverse Engineering Assessment: Using AI to Design Meaningful Evaluations from Learning Outcomes
  Betsy Tuma, Desiree Bowlby
• Democratizing Engagement and Holistic Assessment in Whole Class Discussions
  Selina Marcille
• Mapping for Meaning: A faculty-centered process for implementing institution-wide curriculum mapping
  Elizabeth 'Liz' Chase, Tyler Rowe, Sariva Goetz, Carol Ferrara, Sharifa Simon-Roberts
• Culture of Continuous Improvement and Change
  Esha Chatterjee, Divya Bheda, Kyle Amore
• Turning recommendations into results: A practical approach to building assessment systems from scratch
  Sarah Jacobs, Cecelia Martin
• Assessing Faculty Compliance: Practical Tools for Evaluating Pregnancy/Parenting Support in Colleges
  Laura Owens, Teclesha Blanchard
• Building Readiness in Assessment Partnerships: Practical Strategies for Relationship-Centered Leadership
  Emilie Clucas Leaderman, Gina B. Polychonopoulos
• EMBRACE-ing Assessment to Advance Access: Cultivating Trust, Collaboration, and a Culture of Excellence
  Janelle Coleman, Jalen Blue, Shiloh Lovette, Urmila Pandey

Concurrent Sessions:

• Assessment Commons Online Resource Hub
  Assessment Commons Task Force, led by the fearless Dr. Patti Gregg
• Turning Insights into Impact: Increasing Equity in an Online First-Year Course to Support Student Success
  Teresa Leary Handy, Tricia Lauer, Renee Stuart
• Success for all Students: How fairness and transparency in assessment contribute to improved student outcomes
  Sesime Adanu, Karen White-Goyzueta, Sharon Stoerger, Tawanda Paul, Michelle Searles, Lucia Santacruz
• Assessment That Matters: Faculty Engagement, Program Success, and the Reality of Doing the Work
  Angie Miller, Carlee Ranalli, Nancy Parks, Terri Flateby, Laura De La Cruz
• The Secret Lives of Assessment Professionals, A Dialogue
  Erica Eckert

Concurrent Sessions:

• AI in Action: How to Create and Use a Custom GPT for Program Assessment Review
  Yan Cooksey
• Building a Data-Enabled APR Cycle: Leveraging High-Impact Practices to Strengthen Academic Quality and Continuous Improvement
  Saran Tucker, Jacklyn Zacharias, Nancy Ackerman, Rimi Bhowmik, Linh Dao
• Reducing Faculty Workload with Generative AI support for Learning Outcomes, Curriculum Mapping, and Rubric creation
  Rand Ware, Kevin Steeves
• Empowering Institutional Assessment: Best Practices for Website Resource Development
  Rebecca Gibbons, Coral Bender, Kayla Waggoner, Nancy Anderson, Laurajean Holmgren
• From Checkboxes to Crosswalks: Putting Institutional Outcomes to Work in General Education Assessment
  Julie Morrison, Roxane Alexander-Arntson, Genea Stephens
• New, Meaningful, & Powerful Ways of Engaging in Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILO) Assessments
  Divya Bheda, Esha Chatterjee, Kyle Amore
• Changing Minds About Assessment: Using Conceptual Change Theory & Expectancy-Value Insights to Shift Assessment Culture
  Rocky Walker III
• Assessing and Improving Higher Education: Enduring Principles, Emerging Opportunities
  Steven P. Hundley

Day 1 Closing Special Presentation:

• Real Work, Real Community: A Collaborative Mentorship Model for Assessment Practitioners
  Lisa Bortman, Fiona Chrystall, Sarah Jacobs

Concurrent Sessions:

• Designing Human-Centered Assessment in an AI World: Strategies for Preserving Student Voice and Authentic Learning
  Laura De La Cruz
• Designing for Success: Intentional Assessment of General Education Outcomes
  Willie Ho, D. Scott Tharp
• Beyond Outcomes: Assessing the Process of Problem Solving Using Process Education
  Joshua Morrison
• From Compliance to Curiosity: Faculty Development that Builds a Culture of Assessment
  Courtney Vengrin, Jessica Myers
• The assessment hero's journey: Sharing and developing stories from our work
  Sarah Jacobs, Sarah Drummond
• When AI Joins the Assessment Team: Frameworks, Use Cases, and Faculty-Friendly Strategies
  Lindsey Brown, Sara Mahuron, Armine Ghalachyan
• Avengers, Assemble! Strengthening Educational Assessment Through Shared Leadership
  Briana Keith, Gabriel Keney
• Growing the Field: Preparing Manuscripts for Submission to Intersection
  Sarah Wu, Fiorella Peñaloza, Kimberely Nettleton, Amy Heston, Rebecca Gibbons

Concurrent Sessions: 

• Beyond the Assessment Office: Career Trajectories for Assessment Professionals
  Patti Gregg, Jennifer Ann Morrow, Kathleen Gorski, Fiona Chrystall, Timothy Melvin, Gina B. Polychonopoulos
• Leading Assessment Committees: Strategies for Navigating Universal Mandates in Distinct Campus Contexts
  Carla Strickland-Hughes, Colleen Flewelling, Tracey D. Frey, Sandra Hiebert, Valerie F. McDaniel
• E Ala: Awakening the Moʻolelo (Story) of Culturally Relevant Assessment
  Alohilani Okamura, Keahiahi Long, Piilani Kaaloa
• Exploring AALHE Member Pathways: Member Panel
  Sarah Jacobs, Kara Moloney, Laura Aboyan, Meg Joseph, Terri Flateby, Reem Jaafar
• The Power of Sitting Beside (Assidere): Integrating Staff Expertise into Student Leadership Assessment
  Shiloh Lovette, Urmila Pandey, Jalen Blue, Janelle Coleman

Concurrent Sessions:

• Considerations for creating and using AI prompts to develop learning assessment materials
  D. Scott Tharp, Willie Ho
• ACCELERATE in Action with Pecha Kucha: Showcasing the Ten Principles
  Constance Tucker, Divya Bheda, Daniel Kaczmarek
• Beyond Barriers: Practical Strategies for Impact-Focused Assessment in Administrative Units
  Naima Wells
• Practical Strategies for Assessing High-Impact Practices Across Campus
  Jun Fu, Kari Thierer, Ellen Vujasinović, Bryant Hutson
• Designing academic assessment strategies for interdisciplinary programs
  Melinda Lull, Molly Ball
• Doing Double Duty: Program Assessment as Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) and Faculty Development
  Morgan Iommi
• Reframing Career Readiness Through Reflective Assessment: The Mission-Gap Framework
  Diondre Brown
• From Logic Model to Dashboard: A Skill-Building Workshop for Designing Full-Cycle Assessment in Online Programs
  Lacy Hodges

Keynote Presentation:

• Title TBA
  Kate McConnell, Vice President for Curricular and Pedagogical Innovation and Executive Director of VALUE. AAC&U