September 2024

Expanding Culture Change across STEM Disciplines
at the University of Massachusetts Public University System:

Scaling the Partnership Between UMass Boston (MSI) and UMass Amherst (PWI)

Kim Hamad-Schifferli

Daniel Haehn

Tori Duong

Neena Thota

Shannon Roberts

Meredith Eppel Jylkka

Marco Monoc

Buju Dasgupta

Cassandra Feen

Consultant

Program

Manager

Program

Manager

UMA Foundations

UMB Foundations

1. Research Experience for BIL Undergraduate Students in CS and Engineering

2023 Students

2024 Students

2. Faculty Training and Professional Development

2023 Faculty

2024 Faculty

Theory of Change

Changing Mindsets to create more inclusive research labs

Faculty

Ambassadors in their Departments for lasting change

NRMN Training + CAM Training

Faculty Learning Community

Research Experience

Students

Pathways to Graduate Education

Community + Mentoring Groups

and later Faculty life :)

Student Research Experience + Community + Mentoring Groups

after First Group Mentoring session

current implementation

Computer Science + Engineering

scaled to 6 departments

CS

Engineering

Mathematics

Physics

Biology

Chemistry

based on

Data + Experience + Feedback

Data + Experience + Feedback

Cross-campus Research Collaboration between Faculty Fellows

7 UMA + 7 UMB Faculty

Direct Pathway to Summer Institute

William Tomlinson

Direct Pathways to BU Sail Internships

Surveys + Evaluations + Observations

Gamification Platform + Matching Algorithm

2 Faculty mentor 2 Students

Sustainability

AAAS SEA Change + Sloan Equitable Pathway Partners Program

Conference/Workshop in Washington, DC

Institutional Support

Additional Support + "Think-out-of-the-box" Sustainability

Sloan EPP 2024 Proposal

By Daniel Haehn

Sloan EPP 2024 Proposal

Machine Psychology at UMass Boston. See https://mpsych.org!

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