WTFS 2025-26 Abstracts & Presentations

April 23, 2026

SoTL Poster Reception

5:30 P.m. – 7:30 P.m.

Learning “Hard Histories”: Student Experiences of Learning about the Antebellum Slave Trade

Joanne Jahnke-Wegner History, UW-Eau Claire

Crossing Boundaries in Teacher Preparation: A Sociocultural (Re)imagination of a Midwest University–School Partnership                            

Boris Krichevsky Education Studies, UW-Eau Claire

Access and Equity Implications of Generative AI Use in Programming Education                                     

Tanim Ahsan Computer Science, UW-Green Bay

Does AI Policy Matter for Learning? Instructor Discretion Across the Universities of Wisconsin

Alison Jane Martingano Psychology, UW-Green Bay

Developing Perceptions of Pre-Professional Identities Among Undergraduate Students in a Social Statistics Course Using Work-Integrated Learning Experiences

Lisa Kruse Sociology and Criminology, UW-La Crosse

Create Your Culture: Using Play to Enhance Engagement and Cultural Understanding

Elizabeth Peacock Archaeology & Anthropology, UW-La Crosse

For Whom Do Incorrect Worked Examples Work? Evaluating the Effectiveness of an Error-Correction Intervention for Undergraduate Chemistry Students     

Erin Graham-Murray Psychology, Professional Counseling, and Neuroscience, UW-Parkside

Karrie Rukamp Chemistry, UW-Oshkosh

Increasing Access to Support: Using Open Labs to Foster Action Research Learning                     

Courtney Wirtz Teacher Education, UW-Parkside

What Happens When Students Build the Experiment? An Equity-Minded SoTL Study of MiniLabs             

Avinash Paruchuri Mechanical Engineering, UW-Platteville

Navigating the Hidden Curriculum: An Anthology of Hope      

Thomas Pitcher Humanities, UW-Platteville

Student experiences with a team-based, immediate feedback consensus approach for exams            

Katie Bangert Communication Sciences and Disorders, UW-River Falls

Let’s Talk About Sex (or not?): Instructor Opinions and Practice Surrounding Coverage of Human Reproduction in Introductory Biology                                          

Karin Bodensteiner Biology, UW-Stevens Point

Student Perceptions of Ungrading as a Feminist Practice in a Lesbian Feminist Literature Course      

Freesia McKee English, UW-Stevens Point

Please Don’t Judge Me: Students’ Perception of Social Evaluation in Academic Context.                     

Emma Green Psychology, UW-Stout

Impact of Student-Created Lectures on Learning, Intrinsic Motivation and Sense of Belonging of Students of the Food Science and Technology Related Undergraduate/Graduate Courses at UW-Stout          

Pranabendu Mitra Department of Kinesiology, Health, Food and Nutritional Sciences, UW-Stout

Benefits and Barriers: Preservice Teachers’ Perceptions of Online Inquiry-Based Science Instruction

Megan Anderson Education, UW-Superior

The Impact of Structured AI Exercises on Student Self-Reported AI Competency & Attitudes

Brittnie S. Peck, UW-Superior

CUREs to Science Identity, Agency, and Accessibility: Retrospective Analysis Following a Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE)                                            

Steven Girard Chemistry, UW-Whitewater

See Us, Hear Us: Neurodivergent and/or Disabled Students’ Sense of Belonging in Class                       

Lauren Zepp Special Education, UW-Whitewater