SABER West 2023

University of California Irvine

Supporting Equitable Transitions in STEM Education

The seventh annual SABER West conference will be held face to face on January 14-15, 2023 with pre-conference workshops on Friday January 13, 2023.

The goals of the meeting are to:

  1. Increase interactions among STEM educators and education researchers.

  2. Foster collaborations between 2 year and 4 year institutions.

  3. Provide professional development to conduct education research and implement evidence-based teaching practices.

  4. Create an inclusive conference space that fosters the growth of attendees and presenters as STEM educators and education researchers.

Key Dates:

  • Registration now closed, hope to see you in Irvine!

Our Plenary Speaker

Nancy Acevedo-Gill, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, College of Education, Graduate Studies
CSU San Bernardino

Talk title: Collaborations that Foster Environments for Students to Thrive: Acknowledging the Impacts of Intersectionality while Leveraging Student Strengths

Meeting organizers:

Brian Sato, UC Irvine (bsato@uci.edu)

Shannamar Dewey, Butte College

Gwen Shlichta, Edmonds College

Adrienne Williams, UC Irvine (adriw@uci.edu)

Mike Wilton, UC Santa Barbara

SABER West 2023 will be following the COVID-19 guidelines established by the University of California Irvine which currently allows for the hosting of external events (masks are recommended in indoor spaces and all UCI affiliates are required to be fully vaccinated and boosted). If this changes in the future, we will adjust accordingly.

SABER is the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research and was founded in 2010. For more information on SABER, please visit the SABER website: SABER Website

Interested in serving as a SABER West sponsor? Please contact Mike Wilton (mikewilton@ucsb.edu)