Research on Graduate Education and Institutional Change

Presentations

• Making Navigation Visible I: How Reactive, Strategic, and Proactive Approaches are Influenced by Programs and Shape Graduate Student Experiences

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 1:15 PM – March 17, 2026, 1:27 PM

  Presenters

  • Katherine M Gifford

    • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Authors

  • Katherine M Gifford

    • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Vidushi Adlakha

    • Indiana University Indianapolis

  • Eric Kuo

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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• Making Navigation Visible II: How Skills and Supports Shape Graduate Student Experiences

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 1:27 PM – March 17, 2026, 1:39 PM

  Presenters

  • Vidushi Adlakha

    • Indiana University Indianapolis

  Authors

  • Vidushi Adlakha

    • Indiana University Indianapolis

  • Katherine M Gifford

    • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Eric Kuo

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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• Exploring the Landscape of Graduate Education through a Characterization of Physics Education Research Literature

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 1:39 PM – March 17, 2026, 1:51 PM

  Presenters

  • Carissa Myers

    • The Ohio State University

  Authors

  • Carissa Myers

    • The Ohio State University

  • Jack Armstrong

    • Vanderbilt University

  • Daniel P Sharkey

    • The Ohio State University

  • Jacquelyn J Chini

    • The Ohio State University

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• Physics Graduate Students' Conceptualizations of Well-being: An Exploration of the PERMA Framework

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 1:51 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:03 PM

  Presenters

  • Julia F Willison

    • The Ohio State University

  Authors

  • Julia F Willison

    • The Ohio State University

  • Carissa Myers

    • The Ohio State University

  • Jacquelyn J Chini

    • The Ohio State University

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• Mapping the US Graduate Quantum Curriculum

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 2:03 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:15 PM

  Publication: Alexis Buzzell, Timothy Atherton, and Ramón Barthelemy. Characterizing the US graduate-level quantum curriculum: Insights into doctoral programs curriculum and comparisons with undergraduate curriculum, 15 October 2025, PREPRINT (Version 1) available at Research Square [https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-7745493/v1]

  Presenters

  • Alexis Taylor Buzzell

    • University of Utah

  Authors

  • Alexis Taylor Buzzell

    • University of Utah

  • Ramon S Barthelemy

    • University of Utah

  • Tim J Atherton

    • Tufts University

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• Framing Reform: Change Agents' Conceptualizations of Student Performance in Physics Graduate Education

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 2:15 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:27 PM

  Presenters

  • Daniel P Sharkey

    • The Ohio State University

  Authors

  • Daniel P Sharkey

    • The Ohio State University

  • Jacquelyn J Chini

    • The Ohio State University

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• Developing Actionable Feedback for Established Research-Based Assessments 

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 2:27 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:39 PM

  Presenters

  • Parker E Poulos

    • Kansas State University

  Authors

  • Parker E Poulos

    • Kansas State University

  • James T Laverty

    • Kansas State University

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• Facilitating change in undergraduate STEM: A multidisciplinary, multimethod metasynthesis mapping a decade of growth

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 2:39 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:51 PM

  Publication: Henderson, C., Beach, A., & Finkelstein, N. (2011). Facilitating change in undergraduate STEM instructional practices: An analytic review of the literature. Journal of research in science teaching, 48(8), 952-984.

  Presenters

  • Charles Roy Henderson

    • North Carolina State University

  Authors

  • Charles Roy Henderson

    • North Carolina State University

  • Ying Wang

    • U.S. Education, FHI 360

  • Rachel Renbarger

    • FHI 360

  • Danny Caballero

    • Michigan State University

  • Noah D. Finkelstein

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Andrea Beach

    • Western Michigan University

  • Emily Bolger

    • Michigan State University

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• Enhancing Collaborative Problem Solving: The Impact of Course Reform in Introductory Physics Discussion Sections

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 2:51 PM – March 17, 2026, 3:03 PM

  Presenters

  • Hamideh Talafian

    • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Authors

  • Hamideh Talafian

    • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  • Daniela Girotti

    • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  • Samuel Engblom

    • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  • Tim J Stelzer

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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