CAIR 2021 Conference: Papers and Presentations

Keynote Speakers

• Madeline Di Nonno – President and CEO of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media
  Virtual Q&A for “This Changes Everything (2018)”
• Dr. Jeff Duncan-Andrade – Professor of Latina/o Studies and Race and Resistance Studies at San Francisco State University
  Equity for What? The Promise and Possibilities of Repurposing Research (discussion)
• Panel: Brianna Moore-Trieu, Susana Santos, Erik Cooper, Stephanie Huie – Moderator: Andrew Cress

Wednesday, October 27

Segment Meetings 

9:00‐11:45 AM

• CCC Segment Meeting: Erik Cooper
• UC Segment Meeting: Sereeta Alexander
• Independent Segment Meeting: Donald Everhart
• CSU Informal Networking

Conference Sessions

2:00‐2:45pm

• Brianna Moore-Trieu, Woody Kongsamut, Amit Prayag
  What’s it worth? Illuminating the value of a degree
• Noha Abdou, Rohit Murarka
  Court is now in session: How is our enrollment?
• Andrew Eppig, Sereeta Alexander
  IR101: How IR Analysts Can Support Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
• Ken McVearry, Charles Ansell
  Metrics that Matter: Moving the Needle on Student Success and Equity

3:30‐4:15pm

• Stephanie Huie, David Chase
  WSCUC’s KID: Advancing Data in Accreditation
• Daniel Martinez, Deborah Lee
  IR101: What is IR, Anyway?
• Aleksandra Malinowski
  Federal Loans, equity, and long-term outcomes
• Anna Sher, Randy Uang
  Brief surveys for understanding COVID-19 student learning experiences

4:30‐5:15pm

• Terrence Willett
  Hypogeal Achievement Dynamics: Exploring High School and College Grading Variability
• Maria Narvaez, Kristina Yawn, Michele Starkey
  Reviving the Program Review Process
• Elka Lacno-Musngi
  Exploring Overlooked Equity Gaps in Persistence and Graduation Rates

5:15‐7:45pm

President’s Reception: Movie Screening of “This Changes Everything” & Virtual Q&A with Executive Producer Madeline Di Nonno

Thursday, October 28

9:30‐10:45am

• Randall Madsen, Michael Gonzalez
  Building a Reproducible Equity Report in R

10:00‐10:45am

• R.P. Ruiz
  Predictive modeling project success through conversation, process, and transparency
• Lisa Trescott
  IR101: Show Me the Numbers: Basic Principles of Data Visualization
• Rohit Murarka, Robert Dawson
  Making Assessment “Personal”: Unpacking Student Learning and Engagement

11:00‐11:45am

• Susana Santos
  Informational on a Future CAIR Book/Article/Chapter Club
• Erik Cooper, Kim Bateman, Kiersten Kelly
  Needs Assessment at a Rural College Center Amidst COVID-19
• Afshin Karimi
  Graduation predictive model to support student success and GI2025
• Tongshan Chang, Ola Popoola, Yang Yang, Courtney Sanders
  Diversity, Campus Climate, and Student Success at University of California

12:00‐1:45pm

Keynote Luncheon: Equity for What? The Promise and Possibilities of Repurposing Research with Dr. Jeff Duncan-Andrade

2:15‐3:00pm

• Roop Prabhu
  IR101: SQL for IR Beginners
• Erik Cooper
  The RP Group’s Equity Journey
• Melissa Bowen, Nakysha Cummings
  Virtual Learning: Student and Faculty Perceptions of Synchronous Courses
• Meryl Motika, Erika Jackson
  A New System for Student Surveys at UC Davis

3:45‐4:30pm

• Corinne Townsend, Cinnamon Danube
  Stopout Student Advocacy and Support
• Serge Herzog
  Classroom Diversity and Student Dropout: New Evidence from Panel Data
• David Chase, Stephanie Huie
  WSCUC AMA at CAIR 2021 (discussion)
• Alex Nottbohm, Cory Cowan
  Conducting Focus Groups in Times of Social Distancing

4:45‐5:30pm

• Joyce Cleaver
  Are We Burdening Low Income Students? Work and Loan Expectations
• Meryl Motika, Marco Molinaro, Matt Steinwachs
  Making the most of data infrastructure in the pandemic
• Rohit Murarka, Robert Dawson, Mike Biesiada
  Maps for Data Advocacy: Informing Institutional Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
• Cinnamon Danube
  IR101: Survey Research

Friday, October 29

10:15-10:45am

• Audrey Thomas
  A finger on the pulse: Responding to students during crises
• Jaime Seiverd
  Amplifying Student Voices: LGBTQ+ Focus Groups with the SDCCD
• Fanny Yeung, Satomi Furuichi
  From WU to Departure: Academic Disengagement and Student Attrition

10:15-11:00am

• Reem Jaafar, Milena Cuellar
  Deepening collaborations between institutional research and faculty: making equity visible

11:00-11:45am

• Vikash Lakhani
  IR101: Stages of An IR Career (discussion)
• Heidi Carty
  Utilizing Institutional Data, Collaboration and Interactive Dashboards in Bridging Gaps
• Mike Biesiada, Noha Abdou, Kevin Yang
  Assessing a First-Year Experience Course Using Propensity Score Matching
• Elka Lacno-Musngi
  Course Analytics Engaging Faculty in the Advancement of Equity

12:00-1:30pm

Closing Panel – Using Data for Advocacy: A Conversation with Advocates
Moderator: Andrew Cress
Speaker: Stephanie Huie, Erik Cooper, Brianna Moore-Trieu, Susana Santos