Program Dissemination
Presentations at National Conferences
Cotter R*, Marfai F*, Martí-Subirana A*, Ortíz E. “HIgh Impact Strategies: Undergraduate Research” Table Talk. Maricopa Community College DIstrict All-Faculty Convocation, January 2020.
Ortíz E*, Marfai F, Cotter R, Martí-Subirana A, Bell A, Castillo C, Livingston C. “A CURE for Non-majors: Using community-based science to promote science literacy and positive attitudes towards science,” Ecological Society of America (ESA) 105th Annual Conference, August 3-6, 2020
Cala J*, Ortíz E, Martí-Subirana A, Marfai F, Martí-Subirana A, McGraw M, Broatch J, Marshall P, Cotter R*. “Finding the STEM-CURE: Impact of CUREs on Community College Students,” Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER) 10th Annual Conference, July 2020: Abstract 212
Cotter R, Marfai F, Martí-Subirana A*, Ortíz E. “Partnerships that Bolster Student Success: The STEM-CURE Undergraduate Research Program,” Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) 34th Annual Conference, October 2020.
Cotter R*, Kee HL, Lo S. “Learning from our Mistakes: Designing, Implementing, and Assessing Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences,” ASCB/EMBO, December 2020
(*) Indicates presenting author(s)
Participation in other NSF or non-NSF Grants
Robin Cotter: she is an Advisory Board member in NSF award #1953763 “Work-focused Experiential Learning to Increase STEM Student Retention and Graduation at Two-year Hispanic-serving Institutions,” and an Advisory Board member on NSF award #1928400 “Enhancing Introductory Biology with the Arizona Insect DNA Barcoding Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience” and a faculty participant on NSF award #1730130 “RCN-UBE: CC Bio INSITES: Community College Biology Instructor Network to Support Inquiry into Teaching and Education Scholarship.”
Anna Marti-Subirana: she is Senior Personnel in NSF award #1925632 “CC* Regional: Sun Corridor Network ? Arizona Community College Research Expansion,” and participated as speaker in the NSF award #1940949 "HSI Conference: Transforming STEM Education at Rural Hispanic-Serving Institutions Across the Nation" (Sep 23-25 and Oct 22 & 30, 2020).
Elena Ortiz: she is Co-Principal Investigator in NSF DUE award #1742060 “Collaborative Research: TRAIN (TRAnsfer to Interdisciplinary Natural sciences): A Community College-University Consortium to Increase Community College Student Transfer and Success,” and an Advisory Board member in USDA grant # 2018-70001-28751 NIFA-NLGCA “The Nexus of Agricultural and Urban Trade-offs: Enhancing Interdisciplinary Education and Research to Create Emerging Opportunities in Urban Agriculture”
