2023 AIS Conference Program

Wednesday

02:00 pm – 06:00 pm

AIS Board Meeting

Moody Boardroom

Thursday

09:00 am – 12:00 pm

Pre-conference workshop

Canyon

09:00 am – 12:30 pm

AIS Board Meeting

Moody Boardroom

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Lunch on your own

01:00 pm – 05:00 pm

Conference Registration

Pre-Function

01:00 pm – 02:00 pm

Welcome to AIS

Sunset A, Sunset B, Sunset C, Horizon A, B, and C

02:15 pm – 03:15 pm

Concurrent Sessions 1

Canyon, Sunset B, Sunset C, Horizon A, B, and C

03:15 pm – 03:45 pm

Beverage/Snack Break

Pre-Function, Sunset B, Sunset C, Horizon A, B, and C

03:45 pm – 04:45 pm

Concurrent Sessions 2

Canyon, Sunset B, Sunset C, Horizon A, B, and C

05:00 pm – 06:15 pm

Conference Keynote

Sunset A

06:45 pm – 09:00 pm

Welcome Reception & Poster Session

Sunset B

Friday

08:00 am – 09:00 am

Breakfast

Sunset A

08:00 am – 05:00 pm

Conference Registration

Pre-Function

09:15 am – 10:30 am

45th Anniversary Keynote

Sunset A

10:30 am – 10:45 am

Beverage Break

Pre-Function, Sunset B, Sunset C, Horizon A, B, and C

10:45 am – 11:45 am

Concurrent Sessions 3

Canyon, Sunset B, Sunset C, Horizon A, B, and C

12:00 pm – 01:30 pm

Lunch

Sunset A, Sunset B, Sunset C, Horizon A, B, and C

01:45 pm – 02:45 pm

Concurrent Sessions 4

Canyon, Sunset B, Sunset C, Horizon A, B, and C

02:45 pm – 03:00 pm

Beverage Break

Pre-Function, Sunset B, Sunset C, Horizon A, B, and C

03:00 pm – 04:00 pm

Concurrent Sessions 5

Canyon, Sunset B, Sunset C, Horizon A, B, and C

04:00 pm – 04:15 pm

Beverage Break

Pre-Function, Sunset B, Sunset C, Horizon A, B, and C

04:15 pm – 05:15 pm

Concurrent Sessions 6

Canyon, Sunset B, Sunset C, Horizon A, B, and C

05:30 pm – 06:30 pm

Plenary – State of the Field

Sunset A

7:00 PM

Dinner Circles

Saturday

08:00 am – 09:00 am

Breakfast

Sunset A

09:15 am – 10:30 am

Plenary Session

Sunset A, Sunset B, Sunset C, Horizon A, B, and C

10:45 am – 12:00pm

Concurrent Sessions 7

Canyon, Sunset B, Sunset C, Horizon A, B, and C

12:00 pm – 01:30 pm

Lunch Plenary & Conference Closing

Sunset A, Sunset B, Sunset C, Horizon A, B, and C

01:30 pm – 06:30 pm

Mental Health First Aid Training

7:00 PM

Dinner Circles

Title

Presenters

Room

The Alpha Iota Sigma Honor Society-Presenting a New Vision

Sharon Woodill

Horizon A

Hybrid Classrooms – Future or Foe

Noah Millman

Horizon B

“Getting Good at Getting Older”: A Pandemic-inspired Collaborative Monthly Zoom Series

Roslyn Abt Schindler

Horizon C

Echoes in the Borderlands: An Interdisciplinary Study of Selena Quintanilla

Breanne Hicks

Sunset B

Addressing “democratic backsliding” in an interdisciplinary course

Rick Szostak

Sunset C

Unveiling The Future: Embracing Social Justice and Health Equity in a Post-Pandemic World

Delois Prince

Canyon

Title

Presenters

Room

How to Buy an Oscar: Hollywood’s racialized currency, symbolic annihilation, and false meritocracy

Katia Destine

Horizon A

Freud, Fragonard, and the New Manger Dogs of Trieste

Émile Wuppertal

Horizon B

How to Talk about Interdisciplinary Journal Publications for Hiring, Review, and Promotion

Sven Arvidson

Horizon C

The Role of Theory – and Insight — Within the Practice of Interdisciplinary Studies

Michael Pryzdia

Sunset B

“I’m Not Sick But I’m Not Well”: Yoga & Social-Emotional Learning for Higher Education

Erin R McCoy

Sunset C

Align Your Wellness Wheel

Nadya Hard

Canyon

Title

Presenters

Room

Integrating the human sciences and the study of being human

Ken Fuchsman & Rick Szostak

Horizon A

Cultivating Connections to Envision, Engage, and Embrace Transformative Learning in Interdisciplinary Studies

Rhonda Davis

Horizon B

Healthcare Is Human: An Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Renee Nicholson

Horizon C

Text as Politics, Rhetoric, and an Expression of Critical Race Theory

Robert F. Pecorella

Sunset B

Books of Knowing & Unknowing: Engaging Student Agency in Integrative Learning

J.R. “JONES” ESTES

Sunset C

The Limits of Critical Thinking for Complexity

Radha Modi

Canyon

Title

Presenters

Room

“Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education: Exploring the Interdisciplinary Debate”

Flavia Muñoz Miranda

Horizon A

A University’s Attempt to Introduce Interdisciplinary Classes into Its Undergraduate Core: A Case Study

Phillip Ryan

Horizon B

Teaching and Learning with Art for Interdisciplinary Experiences: Pedagogical Practice and Institutional Infrastructure

Megan K. Halpern & Ellie Louson

Horizon C

Bridging Disciplines, Uncovering Insights: Integrating Multiple Perspectives through a Computational Social Science Course

Maria Cristina (MC) Ramos

Sunset B

Problem agenda as conceptual template for interdisciplinary question

Kevin Kaiser

Sunset C

Here There Be Dragons: Integrating Research-based Learning into an Interdisciplinary Program

David A. Hatch

Canyon

Title

Presenters

Room

Incorporating Equine Assisted Learning Principles in the Classroom

Tracy Woodard

Horizon A

Rekindling Inspiration: The Work That Reconnects and Active Hope as Catalysts for Cultivating Resilience, Renewal, and Change in Academia.

Anne Heberger Marino

Horizon B

Encouraging Reflection & Transformation in the Interdisciplinary Challenge Based Classroom: A Group Dynamic Intervention

M. Winter

Horizon C

Exploring the three I’s: Institutional Interdisciplinarity Integration

Clint Patterson

Sunset B

Advocating for Mental Health: Building Integration Skills in a Project-Based Multidisciplinary Freshmen Seminar

Susan Eliason

Sunset C

Making Kin: Haraway’s Skin as a Metaphor and Guide for Interdisciplinary Curriculum for Complex Problems

Heather Greenhalgh-Spencer

Canyon

Title

Presenters

Room

The Transformational Role of Interdisciplinarity in Human Progress

John Lundy

Horizon A

Navigating A Path Of Uncertainty

Lisa Turner de Vera

Horizon B

Service-learning in the interdisciplinary classroom to build character: Students develop empathy, compassion, and a deeper understanding of integration

Lindsay Zeig

Horizon C

Awakening to the Global Community: A COIL Project Report

Heidi Upton

Sunset B

Square pegs: lessons in cultural diversity for interdisciplinary practice

Anastasia Hacopian

Sunset C

The Art of Integration in Interdisciplinary Research Methods and Data Analysis: Lessons Learned at Farmers Markets

Eddie Boucher

Canyon

Title

Presenters

Room

Innovative graduate education frameworks: Promoting integration of academic disciplines and bridge boundaries

Clint Patterson

Horizon A

Invitations, Developments and Trends in Friendship Studies

Jennifer Constantine Jackson

Horizon B

Speaking in Tongues: Black Poetry and Preachment as Forms of Socio-Cultural Engagement for Black Students on HBCU Campuses

Jeffery D. Mack

Horizon C

Documentary Research as Engaged Teaching and Learning: A Pedagogical Model for Large-Format General Education Courses in Integrative Studies in Social Science

Eddie Boucher

Sunset B

Designing and Teaching an Asynchronous Course on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Happiness

Nevena Stojanovic

Sunset C

The Transformative Possibilities of the First Year Seminar: Integrating the Academic and the Personal

Catherine Jackson

Canyon