The (STEM)2 Network

Sustainable, Transformative Engagement across a Multi-Institution/Multidisciplinary STEM Network

2023 Onboarding Meeting

January 10-11
Hosted by Nassau Community College

Continuing members and new members met to get acquainted, discuss and apply the guiding principles of the Network, and begin or continue work on projects to transform STEM education!

Questions about the Network? Contact one of the leadership team (see the bottom of this page).

Two of our Co-PI's Discuss the Network


Mission

The (STEM)2 Network focuses on the pivotal role of faculty in restructuring undergraduate STEM education with the mission of providing an equitable and inclusive system for all students.

Goals

The overarching goals for the Network are to:

    1. Enhance undergraduate STEM education by promoting new and strengthening existing collaborations among biology, chemistry, and math faculty at two- and four-year institutions; and

    2. Support faculty in transforming undergraduate STEM education from within the current system.

Activities

To achieve these goals, the Network’s activities:

    1. Promote collaboration between two- and four-year institutions through inter-institutional Working Groups;

    2. Create enduring pedagogical collaborations across STEM disciplines through interdisciplinary institutional groups; and

    3. Empower individual faculty to create change in and beyond their classrooms.

Three Foundational Frameworks

Areas of Focus

Various areas of focus have emerged from discussions among Network participants - each tackling undergraduate STEM education from different perspectives. Participants self-select into multidisciplinary, multi-institution Working Groups to develop projects related to their area of interest.

Institutional Systems

To identify and utilize leverage points with the greatest impact on STEM higher education

Interdisciplinary Teaching

To create interdisciplinary collaborations and assess the impacts of explicitly interdisciplinary teaching approaches


Transfer Pathways

To address the specific challenges faced by transfer students


Access to Undergraduate Research

To explore and develop interventions to create more equitable and inclusive access to undergraduate research.

Peer Engagement

To develop peer-level systems that support students and faculty.


Contact Us

Alison Hyslop, St. John's University: hyslopa@stjohns.edu

Jessica Santangelo, Hofstra University: jessica.santangelo@hofstra.edu

Eugenia Villa-Cuesta, Adelphi University: evilla-cuesta@adelphi.edu

Lawrence Hobbie, Adelphi University: hobbie@adelphi.edu

Jacqueline Lee, Nassau Community College: Jacqueline.Lee@ncc.edu

Peter Novick, Queensborough Community College: PNovick@qcc.cuny.edu

NSF Funded

The (STEM)2 Network is funded by a $500,000 NSF Research Coordination Network - Undergraduate Biology Education award (#2121495).