STEM Conferences

 

2019 ETSU STEM Education Conference

Wednesday, June 5th, Thursday, June 6th, and Friday, June 7th, 2019

Conference Location:  ETSU, Rogers-Stout Hall , 309 Stout Drive, Johnson City, TN

Thursday, May 31st  and Friday, June 1st, 2018

Conference Location:  The Centre at Millennium Park, Johnson City, TN

Agenda, Speaker Biographies, Participant-Presenter Listing

 

 2018 STEM Conference Power  Point Presentations

  •  David A. Golden, Eastman
  • John Wesley Hall, Battelle Memorial Institute
  • Taylor Hamilton, Ballad Health
  • Georgia Heard, Heinemann Publishing
  • Dr. Deborah Knoll, Tennessee Department of Education
  • Dr. Candice McQueen, Battelle Memorial Institute
  • Dr. Jack Rhoton, Retired (ETSU-CEMSE)
  • Dr. Christine Anne Royce, National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
  • Dr. Li-San Wang, University of Pennsylvania

 

 2017 ETSU STEM Education Conference

Thursday, June 1st and Friday, June 2nd, 2017

Conference Location:  The Centre at Millennium Park, Johnson City, TN

Agenda, Speaker Biographies, Participant-Presenter Listing

 

2017 STEM Conference Power Point Presentations

  • Harry H. Cheng, University of California at Davis
  • Lauren Geneva Clark, University of Tennessee at Knoxville
  • David E. Drew, Claremont Graduate University
  • Mark Ewing, Eastman
  • William Tyler Frazier, East Tennessee State University
  • Elliott Hauser, Trinket.io
  • Jennifer Dianne Houser Kiser, East Tennessee State University
  • Deborah Knoll, Tennessee Department of Education
  • Christina Nicole Lewis, East Tennessee State University
  • Jennifer Nickell Lovett, Middle Tennessee State University
  • Matthew T. McBee, East Tennessee State University
  • Ryan A. Nivens, East Tennessee State University
  • Edith Seier, East Tennessee State University (Retired)
  • Pedro Pablo Uribe, CYTY Academy at Parkway
  • T. Bryan White, Eastman
  • Rebekah White, East Tennessee State University

 2017 STEM Conference Presenter 

  •  Harry H. Cheng, University of California at Davis
  • Lauren Geneva Clark, University of Tennessee at Knoxville
  • David E. Drew, Claremont Graduate University
  • Mark Ewing, Eastman
  • William Tyler Frazier, East Tennessee State University
  • Elliott Hauser, Trinket.io
  • Jennifer Dianne Houser Kiser, East Tennessee State University
  • Deborah Knoll, Tennessee Department of Education
  • Christina Nicole Lewis, East Tennessee State University
  • Jennifer Nickell Lovett, Middle Tennessee State University
  • Matthew T. McBee, East Tennessee State University
  • Ryan A. Nivens, East Tennessee State University
  • Edith Seier, East Tennessee State University (Retired)
  • Pedro Pablo Uribe, CYTY Academy at Parkway
  • T. Bryan White, Eastman
  • Rebekah White, East Tennessee State University

 

 

2015 ETSU STEM Education Conference

Thursday, May 28th and Friday, May 29th, 2015

Conference Location: The ETSU Natural History Museum at the Gray Fossil Site, Gray, TN

 

2015 STEM Conference Power Point Presentations

  • Sheila Boyington, Thinking Media, Inc.
  • Peter Bridson, University of Memphis
  • Marilyn Carlson, Arizona State University
  • Tom Cheatham, Middle Tennessee State University
  • Dennis Depew, Dean of the ETSU College of Business and Technology
  • Anant Godbole, Executive Director, Center of Excellence in Mathematics and Science Education
  • Gary D. Henson, East Tennessee State University
  • Thomas Rutherford:  Panel Discussion on Research in STEM conducted by students
  • Sally Pardue, Tennessee Tech University
  • Elaine Swafford, Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy
  • Aimee Govett, Laura Robertson and Chih-che Tai, ETSU

2015 STEM Conference Presenter Info

 

2014 ETSU STEM Education Conference

(Thursday, May 29th and Friday, May 30th, 2014)

  • Conference Location: The Centre at Millennium Park in Johnson City, TN
  • Agenda- Speaker Bios- Participant Listing

2014 STEM Conference Power Point Presentations

  • Dr. David Sevier and Dr. Scott Eddins
  • Dr. Camilla Benbow
  • Dr. Richard Rhoda
  • Mr. Steve Kappler

2014 STEM Conference Presenter Info (Bio)

  • Dr. Camilla Benbow (Patricia and Rodes Hart Dean of Education and Human Development)
  • Miss Hanah Brumitt (Student, Hampton High School 
  • Mr. Ed Conner (Human Resources Manager for East Tennessee, Wal-Mart) 
  • Dr. Richard DeMillo (Chief Scientist, Qatar Computing Research Institute & Georgia Institute of Technology) 
  • Dr. William R. Duncan (Vice Provost for Research and Sponsored Programs, East Tennessee State University) 
  • Dr. Scott Eddins (Executive Staff, Tennessee State Board of Education) 
  • Mr. Wesley Hall (Director, Tennessee STEM Innovation Network, Battelle) 
  • Dr. Beth Hopkins (Chemistry Teacher, David Crockett High School) 
  • Mr. Steve Kappler (Assistant Vice President and Head of Postsecondary Strategy, ACT, Inc.) 
  • Mrs. Aimee Kennedy (Vice President Education, Battelle, STEM Learning and Philanthropy) 
  • Dr. Mark D. Musick (Chair, Quillen Chair of Excellence in Education, East Tennessee State University) 
  • Dr. Richard Rhoda (Executive Director, Tennessee Higher Education Commission) 
  • Abigail Scott (Student, Daniel Boone High School) 
  • Dr. David G. Sevier (Deputy Executive Director, Tennessee State Board of Education) 
  • Mr. Paul Shane (Manager, Global Talent Acquisition, Eastman Chemical Company)
  • Dr. Jon L. Smith (Director, Bureau of Business and Economic Research, East Tennessee State University) 
  • Troy E. Sybert, M.D. (Chief Quality Officer and Chief Medical Information Officer, Wellmont Health Systems) 
  • Dr. Steven Wallace (Associate Professor, Department of Geosciences, East Tennessee State University) 
  • Mr. Michael E. Washington (Engineering Manager, Siemens Industry, Inc.) 
  • Isaac Whitehead (Student, The Innovation Academy of Northeast Tennessee) 
  • Julie Wyse (Student, Science Hill High School) 
  • David Yates (Biology Teacher, David Crockett High School and Doctoral Student, University of Tennessee)

2013 ETSU STEM Education Conference

(Tuesday, May 28th and Wednesday, May 29th, 2013)

  • Conference Location: The Centre at Millennium Park in Johnson City, TN
  • Agenda- Speaker Bios- Participant Listing

2013 STEM Conference Power Point Presentations

  • Rodger W. Bybee
  • Dean Blevins
  • James Hamos
  • David Williams
  • Jack Rhoton, Vanessa Greenlee, Jessica Carr and Sandy Watkins
  • Richard Rhoda, Mike Krause and Mark Musick
  • Gary Nixon, Scott Eddins, David Sevier
  • Ruth Woodall
  • Matt DeLozier
  • Mary Cypress Howell
  • Chris Liu
  • Chih-Che Tai and Anant Godbole

2013 STEM Conference Presenter Info

2012 ETSU STEM Education Conference

(Tuesday, May 22nd and Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012)

  • Conference Location: The Centre at Millennium Park in Johnson City, TN
  • Agenda-Speaker Bios-Participant Listing

2012 STEM Conference Power Point Presentations

  • Jim Brazell "21st Century Renaissance: New Directions & Methods for Schools"
  • Brian Noland "Inspiring Excellence: The STEM Story in Northeast Tennessee"
  • Sky Gallegos "STEM Schools & Hubs Funded through Tennessee's Race to the Top grant"
  • Mark Musick/ David L. Wright/ Mary D. Hendrix "Finding a GPS for Us in the THEC...NAEP...ACT Data"
  • Kevin Huffman "STEM & Its Importance in the Context of Broader Education Reform"
  • Paul Montgomery/ Charlie Floyd/ Norman Jacob/ Jubal Yennie "Business, Education, and the Community: Finding Common Ground"
  • Linda Jordan "Promoting the National Research Council's Framework for K-12 Science Education"
  • Ruth Woodall "The Importance of Advocacy (Tennessee STEM Education Caucus"
  • Dan Challener "STEM Schools and Hubs Funded through Tennessee's Race to the Top Grant" Panel Slides
  • Sally Pardue "STEM Schools and Hubs Funded through Tennessee's Race to the Toop Grant" Panel Slides
  • Stephanie Ogden Panel Slides
  • ETSU STEM CONFERENCE PANEL

2012 STEM Conference Presenter Info

  • Jim Brazell (VentureRAMP, Inc.)
  • Sky Gallegos (TN STEM Innovation Network)
  • Kevin Huffman (Commissioner, TN State DOE)
  • Paul Montgomery (VP, Community Relations & Corporate Services-Eastman Chemical Company)
  • Charlie Floyd (VP/Mill Manager- Domtar Paper Mill)
  • Norman Jacob (Head, Research & Development Division-Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc.)
  • Jubal Yennie (Superintendent, Sullivan County Board of Education)
  • Jack Rhoton (STEM Hub/Platform School Panel)
  • Becky Ashe (STEM Hub/Platform School Panel)
  • Vicki Metzgar(STEM Hub/Platform School Panel) vicki-metzgar@mnps.org
  • Sally Pardue (STEM Hub/Platform School Panel) spardue@tntech.edu
  • Daniel Challener (STEM Hub/Platform School Panel) dan@pefchattanooga.org
  • Mark Musick (ETSU James H. Quillen Chair)
  • David Wright (Associate Director for Policy, Planning & Research- THEC)
  • Mary Hendrix (Director of Program Solutions- ACT, Southeast Region Office)
  • Linda Jordan (Science Education Consultant-Tennessee State Department of Education)
  • Brian Noland (President- East Tennessee State University)
  • Jamie Woodson (President & CEO-State Collaborative on Reforming Education) SCORE

1st Annual Early Childhood Conference

(Thursday, July 28th - Saturday, July 30th, 2011)

Conference Location: The Centre at Millennium Park in Johnson City, TN

  • 2011 Power Point Presentation

2011 ETSU STEM Education Conference 

(Tuesday, May 24th and Wednesday, May 25th, 2011)

Conference Location: The Centre at Millennium Park in Johnson City, TN

Agenda    Participant Listing   Presenter Bios   Poster Presentation

2011 STEM Conference Power Point Presentations

  • Jack Uldrich
  • Joan Ferrini-Mundy
  • Kenneth Wesson
  • Dr. Sherri Miller
  • Dr. Hyman Bass
  • Dr. Gary Nixon
  • Dr. Jack Rhoton
  • Dr. Anne Pope and Sky Gallegos
  • Dr. Stephen Pruitt
  • Dr. Hector Ibarra
  • John Bradley

2011 STEM Conference Presenter Info

  • Jack Uldrich
  • Kenneth Wesson
  • Dr. Hyman Bass
  • Dr. Jack Rhoton
  • Dr. Gary Nixon
  • Dr. Hector Ibarra 
  • Dr. Sherri Miller 
  • Anne Pope
  • Sky Gallegos 
  • Mark Musick 
  • Cheryl Harvey 
  • Joan Ferrini-Mundy 
  • Dr. Stephen Pruitt

2010 Mid-Atlantic ASTE Regional Conference

(Friday, September 24th and Saturday, September 25th, 2010)

Agenda, Participant & Presenter Listing

Pre-Conference Workshop:
"RASCH MEASUREMENT IN SCIENCE EDUCATION WORKSHOP"
Presented by Dr. William Boone of Miami University (Ohio)

  • Robert W. Arts :Physics Challenge Lab
  • Christopher Atchison :Mobility Impaired Students' Perceptions of Field-Based Learning Experiences
  • Leslie Bradbury & Lisa Gross :Pre-Service Elementary Teachers' Perceptions of Integrating Language Arts and Science
  • Tina Cartwright & Carrie Adams :Bolstering Confidence and Collaboration During Student Teaching Through Implementation of Elementary Guided-Inquiry Science Modules
  • Pradeep (Max) Dass :Science and Mathematics Integration for Literacy Enhancement: Project SMILE
  • George Glasson :Place-Based Science Education in Thailand
  • Shannon C. Graham :Environmental Research Experience for Teachers of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing: A Pilot Study
  • Rita Hagevik ;Using Geospatial Technologies in Environmental Education for Pre-Service and In-Service Science Teachers
  • Debra Hemler & Aimee Lee Govett :The Growth of a GK-12 Program: Problems and Solutions
  • Ron Hermann :Ending the Cycle of Continued Evolution Controversy: Can We Start in Elementary School?
  • Soonchun Lee, Karen Irving, Douglas Owens, Stephen Pape & Melissa Shirley :Relationships among Student Perceptions of Learning and Student Metacognition and Teacher Awareness in Connected Science Classrooms
  • Stephanie Philipp and Melissa Shirley: Development of Pre-Service Teachers' Questioning Practice Through Self-Analysis
  • James H. Roberson & Rita Hagevik: Science Teachers' Views of Prior Knowledge and Conceptions as a Function of Conceptual Learning
  • Elizabeth Roland & Jennifer O'Keefe: Pre-Service Elementary and Middle Grades Students' Factual Retention After an Inquiry or Direct Instruction Earth and Space Science Course
  • Mythianne Shelton, George Glasson & Jessica Stephenson: Meeting NSTA Standards for Science Teacher Preparation through Electronic Portfolios
  • Melissa Shirley & Stephanie Philipp: Characteristics of Pre-Service Middle and Secondary Science Teacher's Whole-Class Questioning Patterns
  • Chih-Che Tai: Classrooms in the Clouds
  • Carol Wymer & Elizabeth Roland: A Comparison of Inquiry and Traditional Biology Courses in Relationship to Content Attainment and Retention for Pre-Service Elementary and Middle Grades Teachers
  • Brent Linville & Elizabeth Schmitt: Integrating Scientific Research into Elementary Education Standards : A Closer Look at GK-12 in East Tennessee
  • Nathan Noll: GK-12 Fellows: Bringing Research into the Classroom

Poster Presentations

  • Bennett Adkinson: A Meta-analysis of Giftedness in Science Education
  • Patricia Bricker & Emily Jackson: Farm to School: Cultivating the Next Crop of Educators
  • Sarah Carrier & Linda Tugurian: Elementary Students' Science Learning: Indoor and Outdoor Experiences
  • Audrey Depelteau, Aimee Lee Govett, Kirsten Borger & Trina Wooten: SYMBIOSIS: A Landmark Assessment Study of an Integrated Bio/Math Curriculum
  • Matthew Perkins: Traffic Cameras- A Citizen Science Approach
  • Jack Rhoton: Professional Development Designed to Change Science Teaching and Learning

2010 ETSU STEM Education Conference 

(Tuesday, May 25th and Wednesday, May 26th, 2010)

Conference Location: The Centre at Millennium Park in Johnson City, TN

2010 STEM Conference Power Point Presentations

  • Yong Zhao
  • Gary Nixon
  • Jack Rhoton
  • John Sanders
  • Robert Compton
  • Linda Jordan

2010 STEM Conference Presenter Info

2009 ETSU STEM Education Conference

Conference Location: The Centre at Millennium Park in Johnson City, TN

Agenda Participant Listing Presenter Bios

2009 STEM Conference Power Point Presentations

  • Jeanne Century
  • Gary Nixon
  • Francis Eberle
  • Jack Rhoton
  • Aimee Govett/Jeff Knisley
  • Norris Sneed
  • Ray McNulty
  • John Star
  • Jeanne Narum

2009 STEM Conference Presenters Info

2008 ETSU STEM Education Conference

Conference Location: The Centre at Millennium Park in Johnson City, TN

Agenda Participant & Presenter Listing Presenter Bios

2008 STEM Conference Power Point Presentations

  • Camilla Benbow
  • Jonathan Rochkind
  • Richard Ingersoll
  • Chris Roe
  • Gary Nixon
  • Philip Sadler
  • Jack Rhoton

2008 STEM Conference Presenter Info

  • Camilla Benbow 
  • Dwight Ferguson 
  • Anant Godbole 
  • Richard Ingersoll 
  • Mark Musick 
  • Gary L. Nixon 
  • Jack Rhoton 
  • Jonathan Rochkind 
  • Christopher Roe 
  • Philip M. Sadler 
  • Norris P. Sneed 
  • Becky Whitlock

2007 ETSU STEM Education Conference

Conference Location: The Centre at Millennium Park in Johnson City, TN

Agenda Participant & Presenter Listing Presenter Bios

2007 STEM Conference Power Point Presentations

  • J. Scott Eddins
  • Joyce Tugel
  • Jeffrey Muhs
  • Gary L. Nixon
  • Daniel M. Levin
  • Kathleen Roth
  • Betty S. Harbin
  • Norris P. Sneed
  • Linda K. Jordan

2007 STEM Conference Presenter Info

  • J. Scott Eddins
  • Paul Farnor 
  • Dwight B. Ferguson 
  • Betty S. Harbin 
  • Linda K. Jordan 
  • Daniel M. Levin 
  • Jeffrey Muhs 
  • Mark Musick 
  • Gary L. Nixon 
  • Kathleen Roth 
  • James M. Rubillo
  • Norris P. Sneed 
  • Joyce Tugel
  • Jo Anne Vasquez 

 

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