[{"id":3963,"date":"2025-11-10T09:10:40","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T14:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/?page_id=3963"},"modified":"2025-12-18T17:21:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T22:21:33","slug":"session-105","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-105\/","title":{"rendered":"AFC &#8211; Session 105"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='full_slider_1' class='avia-fullwidth-slider main_color avia-shadow  container_wrap sidebar_right'   ><div  data-size='no scaling'  data-lightbox_size='large'  data-animation='slide'  data-ids='660'  data-video_counter='0'  data-autoplay='false'  data-bg_slider='false'  data-slide_height=''  data-handle='av_slideshow_full'  data-interval='5'  data-class=' '  data-css_id=''  data-scroll_down=''  data-control_layout='av-control-default'  data-custom_markup=''  data-perma_caption=''  data-autoplay_stopper=''  data-image_attachment=''  data-min_height='0px'  data-src=''  data-position='top left'  data-repeat='no-repeat'  data-attach='scroll'  data-stretch=''  class='avia-slideshow avia-slideshow-1  av-control-default avia-slideshow-no scaling av_slideshow_full   avia-slide-slider '  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner' ><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div class='clear'><\/div><div id='sub_menu1' class='av-submenu-container main_color  av-sticky-submenu container_wrap sidebar_right'   style='z-index:301'><div class='container av-menu-mobile-disabled '><ul id=\"menu-main-menu\" class=\"av-subnav-menu av-submenu-pos-center\"><li id=\"menu-item-924\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-top-level menu-item-top-level-1\"><a itemprop=\"url\"><span class=\"avia-bullet\"><\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-text\">Register Now<\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-fx\"><span class=\"avia-arrow-wrap\"><span class=\"avia-arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\n\n\n<ul class=\"sub-menu\">\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-988\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-home\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/\" itemprop=\"url\"><span class=\"avia-bullet\"><\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-text\">AU Users<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-989\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-home\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/\" itemprop=\"url\"><span class=\"avia-bullet\"><\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-text\">Guest Users<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-18\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-home menu-item-top-level menu-item-top-level-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\" itemprop=\"url\"><span class=\"avia-bullet\"><\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-text\">Home<\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-fx\"><span class=\"avia-arrow-wrap\"><span class=\"avia-arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-856\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-top-level menu-item-top-level-3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/conferenceschedule\/\" itemprop=\"url\"><span class=\"avia-bullet\"><\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-text\">Conference Schedule<\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-fx\"><span class=\"avia-arrow-wrap\"><span class=\"avia-arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-3829\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-top-level menu-item-top-level-4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/full-program\/\" itemprop=\"url\"><span class=\"avia-bullet\"><\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-text\">Full Program<\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-fx\"><span class=\"avia-arrow-wrap\"><span class=\"avia-arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/div><div class='sticky_placeholder'><\/div>\n<div style='padding-bottom:10px;' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h1   '><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Session 105: Supporting Academic Success for International and Non-Native English-Speaking Students at AU (THIS SESSON HAS BEEN CANCELLED)<\/h1><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='hr hr-default '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fourth  flex_column_div first  \" style='border-width:1px; border-color:#0c5080; border-style:solid; padding:15px; border-radius:15px; '><div class='avia-builder-widget-area clearfix '><div id=\"text-11\" class=\"widget clearfix widget_text\"><h3 class=\"widgettitle\">Sessions<\/h3>\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-101\/\">Session 101<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-102\/\">Session 102<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-103\/\">Session 103<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-104\/\">Session 104<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-105\/\">Session 105<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-106\/\">Session 106<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-201\/\">Session 201<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-202\/\">Session 202<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-203\/\">Session 203<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-204\/\">Session 204<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-205\/\">Session 205<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-206\/\">Session 206<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/afc-thursdayplenary\/\">Lunch Plenary<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-301\/\">Session 301<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-302\/\">Session 302<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-303\/\">Session 303<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-304\/\">Session 304<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-305\/\">Session 305<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-306\/\">Session 306<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-401\/\">Session 401<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-402\/\">Session 402<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-403\/\">Session 403<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-404\/\">Session 404<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-405\/\">Session 405<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-406\/\">Session 406<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/afc-dessert-reception\/\">Dessert Reception<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_three_fourth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   \" style='border-radius:0px; '><p><section class=\"av_textblock_section\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>Time<\/strong>:\u00a09:30 AM \u2013 10:45 AM<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location<\/strong>: <i data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Main campus location to be published here on January 5<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW232595769 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW232595769 BCX0\"><strong>Presenter: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bing.com\/ck\/a?!&amp;&amp;p=312ddafd4eb8c1ef343fe2b072943d53074741093ecbd1bb0c6d5d7e2ccb0ab2JmltdHM9MTc2MzMzNzYwMA&amp;ptn=3&amp;ver=2&amp;hsh=4&amp;fclid=0d28f115-4f28-6f0b-3a4d-e7b44e1c6ebe&amp;psq=priya+doshi+american+university&amp;u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYW1lcmljYW4uZWR1L3NvYy9mYWN1bHR5L2Rvc2hpLmNmbQ\">Priya Doshi<\/a> (Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer, SOC | Public Communication)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Session Description:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This session will address some of the challenges international students or non-native English-speaking students may encounter at AU. We will examine how students cope with different classroom norms and expectations than they may have previously experienced, work with peers, and communication challenges. This session, which will feature student voices, will provide an overview of strategies for engagement and clearer expectations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Learning Outcomes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li class=\"ewa-rteLine\">Identify how to clarify key syllabus expectations on syllabi including: academic integrity policies, participation requirements, and modes of communication between faculty and students<\/li>\n<li class=\"ewa-rteLine\">Identify ways that international students and non-native English-speaking students can be better supported through teaching approaches, modalities, and materials<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div style='padding-bottom:10px;' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3    '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Session Materials<\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div style='height:75px' class='hr hr-invisible '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div class='avia-button-wrap avia-button-center '><a href='https:\/\/myau.american.edu\/dept\/provost\/CTRL\/eventportal\/SitePages\/AFC%20-%20Session%20105%20Audience%20Page.aspx' class='avia-button  avia-icon_select-no avia-color-theme-color avia-size-x-large avia-position-center '  target=\"_blank\"   ><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >For Presenters: List of Registrants<\/span><\/a><\/div><br \/>\n<div style='height:75px' class='hr hr-invisible '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div class='av-buildercomment '><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4440,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"yst_prominent_words":[315,433,705,90,228,56],"class_list":["post-3963","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4440"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3963\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=3963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":3954,"date":"2025-11-08T14:55:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T19:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/?page_id=3954"},"modified":"2026-01-05T10:20:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T15:20:03","slug":"session-106","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-106\/","title":{"rendered":"AFC &#8211; 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'><p><section class=\"av_textblock_section\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>Time<\/strong>:\u00a09:30 AM \u2013 10:45 AM<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location<\/strong>: Hall of Science T07<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW232595769 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW232595769 BCX0\"><strong>Presenters: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.american.edu\/cas\/faculty\/tkidwell.cfm\">Tabitha Kidwell<\/a> (Senior Professorial Lecturer, CAS | World Languages and Cultures), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.american.edu\/cas\/faculty\/syoung.cfm\">Sarah Knowles<\/a> (Senior Professorial Lecturer, CAS | World Languages and Cultures), &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.american.edu\/cas\/faculty\/vinograd.cfm\">Polina Vinogradova<\/a> (Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer &amp; TESOL Program Director, CAS | World Languages and Cultures)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Session Description:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the age of AI, the human side of teaching matters more than ever. This interactive session explores three areas of practical, research-informed strategies: maximizing student participation, lowering affective barriers, and promoting learner autonomy. Presenters will share strategies from the TESOL field that can be adapted for any discipline to make learning more active, inclusive, and authentically human.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Learning Outcomes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li class=\"ewa-rteLine\">Implement strategies that maximize student engagement and learning opportunities through active participation<\/li>\n<li class=\"ewa-rteLine\">Apply techniques that lower affective barriers and create psychologically safe learning environments<\/li>\n<li class=\"ewa-rteLine\">Design learning experiences that promote autonomy, reflection, and choice<\/li>\n<li class=\"ewa-rteLine\">Reflect on their own teaching practices to identify opportunities for increased student participation and engagement<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div style='padding-bottom:10px;' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3    '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Session Materials<\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div style='height:75px' class='hr hr-invisible '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div class='avia-button-wrap avia-button-center '><a href='https:\/\/myau.american.edu\/dept\/provost\/CTRL\/eventportal\/SitePages\/AFC%20-%20Session%20106%20Audience%20Page.aspx' class='avia-button  avia-icon_select-no avia-color-theme-color avia-size-x-large avia-position-center '  target=\"_blank\"   ><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >For Presenters: List of Registrants<\/span><\/a><\/div><br \/>\n<div style='height:75px' class='hr hr-invisible '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div class='av-buildercomment '><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4274,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"yst_prominent_words":[748,52,90,300,91,749,56],"class_list":["post-3954","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4274"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3954\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=3954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":3887,"date":"2025-11-08T13:53:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T18:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/?page_id=3887"},"modified":"2026-01-05T10:46:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T15:46:00","slug":"session-406","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-406\/","title":{"rendered":"AFC &#8211; Session 406"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='full_slider_3' class='avia-fullwidth-slider main_color avia-shadow  container_wrap sidebar_right'   ><div  data-size='no scaling'  data-lightbox_size='large'  data-animation='slide'  data-ids='660'  data-video_counter='0'  data-autoplay='false'  data-bg_slider='false'  data-slide_height=''  data-handle='av_slideshow_full'  data-interval='5'  data-class=' '  data-css_id=''  data-scroll_down=''  data-control_layout='av-control-default'  data-custom_markup=''  data-perma_caption=''  data-autoplay_stopper=''  data-image_attachment=''  data-min_height='0px'  data-src=''  data-position='top left'  data-repeat='no-repeat'  data-attach='scroll'  data-stretch=''  class='avia-slideshow avia-slideshow-3  av-control-default avia-slideshow-no scaling av_slideshow_full   avia-slide-slider '  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner' ><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div class='clear'><\/div><div id='sub_menu3' class='av-submenu-container main_color  av-sticky-submenu container_wrap sidebar_right'   style='z-index:303'><div class='container av-menu-mobile-disabled '><ul id=\"menu-main-menu-2\" class=\"av-subnav-menu av-submenu-pos-center\"><li id=\"menu-item-924\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-top-level menu-item-top-level-1\"><a itemprop=\"url\"><span class=\"avia-bullet\"><\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-text\">Register Now<\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-fx\"><span class=\"avia-arrow-wrap\"><span class=\"avia-arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\n\n\n<ul class=\"sub-menu\">\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-988\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-home\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/\" itemprop=\"url\"><span class=\"avia-bullet\"><\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-text\">AU Users<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-989\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-home\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/\" itemprop=\"url\"><span class=\"avia-bullet\"><\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-text\">Guest Users<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-18\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-home menu-item-top-level menu-item-top-level-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\" itemprop=\"url\"><span class=\"avia-bullet\"><\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-text\">Home<\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-fx\"><span class=\"avia-arrow-wrap\"><span class=\"avia-arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-856\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-top-level menu-item-top-level-3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/conferenceschedule\/\" itemprop=\"url\"><span class=\"avia-bullet\"><\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-text\">Conference Schedule<\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-fx\"><span class=\"avia-arrow-wrap\"><span class=\"avia-arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-3829\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-top-level menu-item-top-level-4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/full-program\/\" itemprop=\"url\"><span class=\"avia-bullet\"><\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-text\">Full Program<\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-fx\"><span class=\"avia-arrow-wrap\"><span class=\"avia-arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/div><div class='sticky_placeholder'><\/div>\n<div style='padding-bottom:10px;' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h1    '><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Session 406: AU\u2019s Campus as a Community Building Tool<\/h1><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='hr hr-default '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fourth  flex_column_div first  \" style='border-width:1px; 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'><p><section class=\"av_textblock_section\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>Time:<\/strong> <span data-teams=\"true\">3:30 PM &#8211; 4:20 PM<\/span><\/p>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section\">\n<div class=\"avia_textblock \">\n<p><strong>Location<\/strong>: Hall of Science 113<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW232595769 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW232595769 BCX0\"><strong>Presenters:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.american.edu\/cas\/faculty\/iverson.cfm\">Sarah Iverson<\/a> (Assistant Professor, CAS | Sociology), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.american.edu\/cas\/faculty\/iverson.cfm\">Megan Litke<\/a> (Director of Sustainability, Environmental Science), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.american.edu\/cas\/faculty\/iverson.cfm\">Garima Sharma<\/a> (Assistant Professor, Management), &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.american.edu\/cas\/faculty\/ctudge.cfm\">Christopher Tudge<\/a> (Professor, CAS | Biology)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Session Description:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>University campuses operate as micro versions of cities with parallel opportunities for community-based projects. In this session, hear from faculty in various disciplines who have used the campus as a tool for research and learning and engage in brainstorming sessions around campus features or operations that you could pull into your classroom.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Learning Outcomes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li class=\"ewa-rteLine\">Identify projects that have built community across campus<\/li>\n<li class=\"ewa-rteLine\">Evaluate campus needs for opportunities to create community<\/li>\n<li class=\"ewa-rteLine\">Design and propose programs or projects to bring faculty, staff, and students together to work implement solutions<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div style='height:75px' class='hr hr-invisible '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div style='padding-bottom:10px;' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3    '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Session Materials<\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock '   itemprop=\"text\" ><\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div style='height:75px' class='hr hr-invisible '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div class='avia-button-wrap avia-button-center '><a href='https:\/\/myau.american.edu\/dept\/provost\/CTRL\/eventportal\/SitePages\/AFC%20-%20Session%20406%20Audience%20Page.aspx' class='avia-button  avia-icon_select-no avia-color-theme-color avia-size-x-large avia-position-center '  target=\"_blank\"   ><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >For Presenters: List of Registrants<\/span><\/a><\/div><br \/>\n<div style='height:75px' class='hr hr-invisible '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div class='av-buildercomment '><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4274,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"yst_prominent_words":[14,13,226,52,90,224,43,324,300,439,9,56],"class_list":["post-3887","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4274"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3887\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=3887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":3884,"date":"2025-11-08T13:52:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T18:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/?page_id=3884"},"modified":"2026-01-05T10:45:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T15:45:31","slug":"session-405","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-405\/","title":{"rendered":"AFC &#8211; 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'><p><section class=\"av_textblock_section\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>Time:<\/strong> <span data-teams=\"true\">3:30 PM &#8211; 4:20 PM<\/span><\/p>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section\">\n<div class=\"avia_textblock \">\n<p><strong>Location<\/strong>: Library Caf\u00e9 &#8211; B30<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW232595769 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW232595769 BCX0\"><strong>Presenters: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.american.edu\/cas\/faculty\/alaghman.cfm\">Marjan Alaghmand<\/a> (Senior Professorial Lecturer, CAS | Chemistry), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.american.edu\/cas\/faculty\/mbentley.cfm\">Meg Bentley<\/a> (Director of STEM Partnerships and Innovation, CAS | Biology), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.american.edu\/cas\/faculty\/kasmaei.cfm\">Babak Kasmaei<\/a> (Professorial Lecturer, CAS | Physics), &amp; 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Presenters will share how SUGER creates opportunities for students and faculty from diverse backgrounds to work together on supporting research in our society and beyond.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Learning Outcomes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li class=\"ewa-rteLine\">Identify the key components of the SUGER program and explain how they support the professional growth of undergraduate and graduate STEM researchers<\/li>\n<li class=\"ewa-rteLine\">Analyze how SUGER can broaden students\u2019 perspectives on career pathways, interdisciplinary collaboration, and the role of science and research in society and beyond<\/li>\n<li class=\"ewa-rteLine\">Implement effective strategies for integrating professional development, interdisciplinary dialogue, and civic engagement into STEM education and research programs<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div style='height:75px' class='hr hr-invisible '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div style='padding-bottom:10px;' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3    '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Session Materials<\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock '   itemprop=\"text\" ><\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div style='height:75px' class='hr hr-invisible '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div class='avia-button-wrap avia-button-center '><a href='https:\/\/myau.american.edu\/dept\/provost\/CTRL\/eventportal\/SitePages\/AFC%20-%20Session%20405%20Audience%20Page.aspx' class='avia-button  avia-icon_select-no avia-color-theme-color avia-size-x-large avia-position-center '  target=\"_blank\"   ><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >For Presenters: List of Registrants<\/span><\/a><\/div><br \/>\n<div style='height:75px' class='hr hr-invisible '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div class='av-buildercomment '><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4274,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"yst_prominent_words":[680,90,675,146,55,481],"class_list":["post-3884","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4274"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3884\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=3884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":3874,"date":"2025-11-08T13:31:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T18:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/?page_id=3874"},"modified":"2026-01-05T10:42:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T15:42:33","slug":"session-306","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-306\/","title":{"rendered":"AFC &#8211; 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Implications for Teaching and Learning<\/h1><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='hr hr-default '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fourth  flex_column_div first  \" style='border-width:1px; border-color:#0c5080; border-style:solid; padding:15px; border-radius:15px; '><div class='avia-builder-widget-area clearfix '><div id=\"text-11\" class=\"widget clearfix widget_text\"><h3 class=\"widgettitle\">Sessions<\/h3>\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-101\/\">Session 101<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-102\/\">Session 102<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-103\/\">Session 103<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-104\/\">Session 104<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-105\/\">Session 105<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-106\/\">Session 106<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-201\/\">Session 201<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-202\/\">Session 202<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-203\/\">Session 203<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-204\/\">Session 204<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-205\/\">Session 205<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-206\/\">Session 206<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/afc-thursdayplenary\/\">Lunch Plenary<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-301\/\">Session 301<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-302\/\">Session 302<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-303\/\">Session 303<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-304\/\">Session 304<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-305\/\">Session 305<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-306\/\">Session 306<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-401\/\">Session 401<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-402\/\">Session 402<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-403\/\">Session 403<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-404\/\">Session 404<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-405\/\">Session 405<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-406\/\">Session 406<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/afc-dessert-reception\/\">Dessert Reception<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_three_fourth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   \" style='border-radius:0px; '><p><section class=\"av_textblock_section\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>Time:<\/strong> 2:00 PM &#8211; 3:15 PM<\/p>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section\">\n<div class=\"avia_textblock \">\n<p><strong>Location<\/strong>: Hall of Science T07<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW232595769 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW232595769 BCX0\"><strong>Presenters:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.american.edu\/profiles\/faculty\/khut.cfm\">Katie Hut<\/a> (Business and Economics Librarian, University Library Faculty), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.american.edu\/profiles\/staff\/cmartinez.cfm\">Caron Martinez<\/a> (Senior Director, Kogod Center for Professionalism &amp; Communications, and Adjunct Instructor, KSB | Management), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.american.edu\/profiles\/staff\/romig.cfm\">Liz Romig<\/a> (Interim Assistant Vice Provost, AU Career Center and AU Abroad), &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.american.edu\/cas\/faculty\/athomas.cfm\">Alison Thomas<\/a> (Assistant Dean for Academic Integrity &amp; Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer, CAS | Literature)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Session Description:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"ewa-rteLine\">\n<p>The sense that employers want to hire graduates with AI skills is a big motivator and source of pressure on students and faculty. It also has potential implications for curriculum. What do employers want to see when reviewing job candidates? What is the kind of &#8220;AI skill&#8221; employers are looking for? And how might the ways of thinking that a liberal arts education has traditionally taught still have urgency\/currency?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section\">\n<div>\n<p>This moderated panel will share insights from AU\u2019s relationships with potential employers through our career center, and we\u2019ll interrogate what \u201cAI skills\u201d might entail by discussing AI literacy as both academic and professional imperative.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section\">\n<div class=\"avia_textblock \">\n<div class=\"ewa-rteLine\">\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section\">\n<div class=\"avia_textblock \">\n<div class=\"ewa-rteLine\">The moderator will focus on questions that have implications for curriculum and classrooms &#8211; how can we as an academic community develop our students&#8217; critical thinking and communication skills in all disciplines to respond to employer priorities? How can we help students transfer some of the tools of academic citizenship to the spaces beyond our community?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section\">\n<div class=\"avia_textblock \">\n<p><strong>Learning Outcomes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li class=\"ewa-rteLine\">Identify recent employment trends<\/li>\n<li class=\"ewa-rteLine\">Review research about job anxiety as it relates to generative AI<\/li>\n<li class=\"ewa-rteLine\">Unpack \u201cAI skills\u201d as employment criteria<\/li>\n<li class=\"ewa-rteLine\">Define AI literacy<\/li>\n<li class=\"ewa-rteLine\">Define human skills worth prioritizing based on employer feedback<\/li>\n<li>Include human skills in their teaching regardless of discipline and give them a few ideas of how to integrate these skills<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div style='height:75px' class='hr hr-invisible '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div style='padding-bottom:10px;' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3    '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Session Materials<\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock '   itemprop=\"text\" ><\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div style='height:75px' class='hr hr-invisible '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div class='avia-button-wrap avia-button-center '><a href='https:\/\/myau.american.edu\/dept\/provost\/CTRL\/eventportal\/SitePages\/AFC%20-%20Session%20306%20Audience%20Page.aspx' class='avia-button  avia-icon_select-no avia-color-theme-color avia-size-x-large avia-position-center '  target=\"_blank\"   ><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >For Presenters: List of Registrants<\/span><\/a><\/div><br \/>\n<div style='height:75px' class='hr hr-invisible '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div class='av-buildercomment '><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4274,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"yst_prominent_words":[315,269,42,113,52,90,224,43,300,341,55,219,56],"class_list":["post-3874","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4274"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3874\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=3874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":3872,"date":"2025-11-08T13:30:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T18:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/?page_id=3872"},"modified":"2026-01-05T12:31:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T17:31:47","slug":"session-305","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-305\/","title":{"rendered":"AFC &#8211; 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'><p><section class=\"av_textblock_section\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>Time:<\/strong> 2:00 PM &#8211; 3:15 PM<\/p>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section\">\n<div class=\"avia_textblock \">\n<p><strong>Location<\/strong>: Hall of Science 113<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW232595769 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW232595769 BCX0\"><strong>Moderator: <\/strong><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.american.edu\/cas\/faculty\/burks.cfm\">Raychelle Burks<\/a> (Provost Associate Professor, CAS | Chemistry, TRAC Co-PI for the SRI Selection Process)<\/p>\n<div class=\"ewa-rteLine\"><strong>Finalist Presenters: <\/strong>Stefano Costanzi (Professor, CAS | Chemistry), Rohan Grover (Assistant Professor, SOC | Communication Studies), Sarah Irvine Belson (Professor, School of Education), Danielle Sodani (Director, Institute for Innovation in Education, School of Education), Annie Karabell (Professorial Lecturer, School of Education), Regina Grimmett (Senior Deputy Chief, Specialized Instruction, DC Public Schools), Janice Iwama (Associate Professor, SPA | Justice, Law &amp; 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'><p><section class=\"av_textblock_section\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>Time:<\/strong> 11:00 AM \u2013 11:50 AM<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location<\/strong>: McKinley 100<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW232595769 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW232595769 BCX0\"><strong>Presenter: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.american.edu\/soe\/faculty\/steele.cfm\">Jennifer Steele<\/a> (Professor, School of Education)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Session Description:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This session considers new research on the job skills that will be ascendant across disciplines in the next decade. Drawing on evidence from their own classrooms and observations and from occupational projections, participants will reflect on what these changes mean for their classrooms, including ways in which postsecondary teaching should hold firm as well as adapt to the shifting landscape.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Learning Outcomes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li class=\"ewa-rteLine\">Understand new data on how day-to-day work is affected by new technology<\/li>\n<li class=\"ewa-rteLine\">Analyze alignment between their classrooms and the workplaces of their respective fields<\/li>\n<li class=\"ewa-rteLine\">Evaluate ways in which classrooms should adapt or hold firm<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div style='height:75px' class='hr hr-invisible '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div style='padding-bottom:10px;' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3    '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Session Materials<\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div style='height:75px' class='hr hr-invisible '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div class='avia-button-wrap avia-button-center '><a href='https:\/\/myau.american.edu\/dept\/provost\/CTRL\/eventportal\/SitePages\/AFC%20-%20Session%20206%20Audience%20Page.aspx' class='avia-button  avia-icon_select-no avia-color-theme-color avia-size-x-large avia-position-center '  target=\"_blank\"   ><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >For Presenters: List of Registrants<\/span><\/a><\/div><br \/>\n<div style='height:75px' class='hr hr-invisible '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div class='av-buildercomment '><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4274,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"yst_prominent_words":[677,91],"class_list":["post-3865","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4274"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3865\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=3865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":3863,"date":"2025-11-08T13:23:52","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T18:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/?page_id=3863"},"modified":"2026-01-05T10:25:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T15:25:50","slug":"session-205","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-205\/","title":{"rendered":"AFC &#8211; 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'><p><section class=\"av_textblock_section\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>Time:<\/strong> 11:00 AM \u2013 11:50 AM<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location<\/strong>: Hall of Science 113<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW232595769 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW232595769 BCX0\"><strong>Presenters: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.american.edu\/cas\/faculty\/nbuck.cfm\">Nick Buck <\/a>(Professorial Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Studies in Religion, CAS | Philosophy and Religion), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.american.edu\/profiles\/staff\/edoolittle.cfm\">Eric Doolittle<\/a> (University Chaplain &amp; Director, Kay Spiritual Life Center), &amp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.american.edu\/cas\/faculty\/pzurn.cfm\"> Perry Zurn<\/a> (Provost Associate Professor, CAS | Philosophy and Religion)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Session Description:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is widely known that AU has a historical connection to the Methodist Church. It is less known that AU\u2019s current values resonate with the contemporary Methodist tradition. In this session, we explore those resonances and how they might strengthen our conversations around civic pluralism, social justice, and environmental ethics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Learning Outcomes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li class=\"ewa-rteLine\">Refamiliarize participants with AU&#8217;s Methodist history<\/li>\n<li class=\"ewa-rteLine\">Introduce resonances between AU&#8217;s current values and Methodist social principles<\/li>\n<li class=\"ewa-rteLine\">Explore how these resonances might strengthen classroom conversations about civic pluralism, social justice, and environmental ethics<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div style='height:75px' class='hr hr-invisible '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div style='padding-bottom:10px;' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3    '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Session Materials<\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div style='height:75px' class='hr hr-invisible '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div class='avia-button-wrap avia-button-center '><a href='https:\/\/myau.american.edu\/dept\/provost\/CTRL\/eventportal\/SitePages\/AFC%20-%20Session%20205%20Audience%20Page.aspx' class='avia-button  avia-icon_select-no avia-color-theme-color avia-size-x-large avia-position-center '  target=\"_blank\"   ><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >For Presenters: List of Registrants<\/span><\/a><\/div><br \/>\n<div style='height:75px' class='hr hr-invisible '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div class='av-buildercomment '><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4274,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"yst_prominent_words":[311],"class_list":["post-3863","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4274"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3863\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=3863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":3841,"date":"2025-11-08T13:06:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T18:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/?page_id=3841"},"modified":"2026-01-07T12:54:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T17:54:20","slug":"session-104","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/session-104\/","title":{"rendered":"AFC &#8211; 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'><p><section class=\"av_textblock_section\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>Time<\/strong>:\u00a09:30 AM \u2013 10:45 AM<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location<\/strong>: Hall of Science 113<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW232595769 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW232595769 BCX0\"><strong>Presenter:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.american.edu\/spa\/faculty\/zaplin.cfm\">Ruth Zaplin<\/a> (Senior Executive in Residence, SPA | Public Administration and Policy)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Session Description:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In higher education, blurred boundaries between academic and personal life have left many faculty facing unrelenting demands. Burnout and disengagement underscore the need for resilience as a professional imperative. This interactive session introduces nine evidence-based habits of mind to help faculty cultivate inner steadiness, renew purpose, and sustain well-being\u2014essential capacities for thriving amid shifting academic demands.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Learning Outcomes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li class=\"ewa-rteLine\">Identify nine habits of mind that strengthen faculty resilience and well-being<\/li>\n<li class=\"ewa-rteLine\">Apply reflective and mindfulness-based practices to cultivate steadiness and adaptability<\/li>\n<li class=\"ewa-rteLine\">Reframe professional challenges as opportunities for growth and renewal<\/li>\n<li class=\"ewa-rteLine\">Align daily actions with core values and purpose to sustain engagement and vitality<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div style='padding-bottom:10px;' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3    '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Session Materials<\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p><a href=\"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1139\/2026\/01\/Powerful-Questions.pdf\">Powerful Questions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div style='height:75px' class='hr hr-invisible '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div class='avia-button-wrap avia-button-center '><a href='https:\/\/myau.american.edu\/dept\/provost\/CTRL\/eventportal\/SitePages\/AFC%20-%20Session%20104%20Audience%20Page.aspx' class='avia-button  avia-icon_select-no avia-color-theme-color avia-size-x-large avia-position-center '  target=\"_blank\"   ><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >For Presenters: List of Registrants<\/span><\/a><\/div><br \/>\n<div style='height:75px' class='hr hr-invisible '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div class='av-buildercomment '><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4274,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"yst_prominent_words":[315,639,226,675,623,91],"class_list":["post-3841","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4274"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3841\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=3841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":3728,"date":"2024-12-16T15:47:38","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T20:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/?page_id=3728"},"modified":"2025-12-01T11:21:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T16:21:22","slug":"afc-dessert-reception","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/afc\/afc-dessert-reception\/","title":{"rendered":"AFC &#8211; 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