Wednesday, February 27
Keynote Address:
Anand Yang, Job and Gertrud Tamaki Professor; Director, South Asia Center; Co-Director, Global Asia Institute
Plenary Session I: Measuring and Assessing Educational Outcomes
Richard Sutton, Senior Partner & CEO, Global Designs Consulting Service
Lance Kennedy-Phillips, Executive Director, Center for the Study of Student Life, OSU
Cindy Xinquan Jiang, Evaluation Manager, Office of International Affairs, OSU
Session A: A Comprehensive Approach toward NRC Evaluation
Elizabeth Hanauer, Lizanne DeStefano, Alisha Kirchoff, Matt Rosenstein, University of Illinois, "A Comprehensive Evaluation Framework for Title VI Centers: Case Examples from University of Illinois"
Avery Dickins de Giron, Valerie McGinley-Marshall, Vanderbilt University/Tulane University, "A Comprehensive Model for National Resource Center Evaluation"
Nancy Ruther, Yale University, "IAFL Assessment: The Challenge of Linking Resources to Student Outcomes"
Session B: The Impact of Area Studies Library Collections
Steve Witt, Tom Teper, Mara Thacker, Joe Lenkart, University of Illinois
Mary Rader, University of Wisconsin
Kristina Troost, Duke University
Session C: K-12 Curriculum and Teacher Training
Yan Li, Jeremy Hilburn, Duke University, "Listening to Teacher Voices: Opportunities and Obstacles in Teaching East Asia in the K-12 Classroom"
Betsy Arntzen, Amy Sotherden, Christopher Kirkey, University of Maine/State University of New York Plattsburgh, "Canada and the American Curriculum: A Replicable Investigation of Area Studies Content State by State"
Margaret Marcotte, Yale University, "Evaluation of the PIER 2011 Summer Institute"
Session D: Curriculum and Teaching Assessment
Benjamin Loring, Georgetown University, "Introducing Curriculum and Teaching Assessment for Area Studies: The Experience of One NRC"
Jean Silk, Yale University, "Evaluation of Nahuatl Language Program"
Mariya Y. Omelicheva, University of Kansas, "Portfolio Assessment: An Alternative to Traditional Performance Evaluation Methods in the Area Studies Programs"
Thursday, February 28
Plenary Session II: Measuring the Impact of NRCs: Perspectives from the U.S. Department of Education
Kimoanh Nguyen-Lam, Cheryl Gibbs, U.S. Department of Education
Session E: Area Studies Alumni Surveys
Ted Gerber, Jennifer Tishler, University of Wisconsin, "Standardized Wisconsin Evaluation Plan for Title VI (SWEPT): Alumni Survey Methodology and Results"
Azumi Ann Takata, Donna Parmelee, Inger Bergom, University of Michigan, "Survey of University of Michigan Graduate-Level Area Studies Alumni/ae and FLAS Recipients from 1996-2006: Selected Findings"
Session F: Event Evaluation
Joshua Young, Nicole Koschmann, Bill Phelan, Cornell University, "Cornell University's Collaborative Outreach Evaluation Tool: Its Development, Use, and Impacts"
Session G: Evaluating Outreach Activities
Susan Garcia, Anne-Maree Ruddy, Liese Hilgeman, Deborah S. Hutton, Indiana University, "Assessing the Impact of PreK-12 Outreach Projects: Challenges and Solutions"
Session H: Evaluating Study Abroad
Tripp Tuttle, Gina Asalon, University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill, "Global Orientation: Evaluating Perceptions and Improving Programming"
Session I: Evaluating Media Outreach
Thamora Fishel, Cornell University, "Southeast Asia Visibility Project: Proactive Media Outreach"
Session J: Assessing the Impact of FLAS Fellowships
Anthony Koliha, Indiana University, "A Multi-Center Standardized Evaluation of Title VI Centers: A University-Wide Approach"
Beth-Ann Kutchma, Jacqueline Olich, Erica Edwards, University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill, "UNC Chapel Hill NRCs: FLAS Impact Across World Regions"
Session K: Building and Evaluating Relationships with Community Colleges
Brad D. Washington, UC Berkeley, "Balancing Sustainability with Ingenuity: Building Bridges among the University of California and California Community College Institutions"
Julia S. Lamb, Northern Illinois University, "Reaching Out from the Midwest: Outreach Beyond the Four-Year College Model"
Judy Ledgerwood, Northern Illinois University, "Little Kampung on the Prairie: Bringing Southeast Asia to US Students"
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