Who We Are
The University of Minnesota is one of the 10 public research universities in the United States that partners with SEISMIC.
When joining the SEISMIC Collaboration, each SEISMIC Institution committed to
- Bringing together a local community of education researchers and practitioners motivated to explore and improve equity and inclusion in foundational STEM courses, led by an institutional PI and supported by an administrative patron.
- Hosting 6 or more SEISMIC-related speakers on their campus each year, as part of our Speaker Exchange Program.
- Getting research access to student data so their institution can participate in our parallel data analysis. Note, we do not share institutional data across SEISMIC, we share code to run parallel analyses and then share results across SEISMIC.
- Connecting their existing STEM reform efforts to the larger SEISMIC project. It is hoped that these connections will both support and enhance local reform projects.
- Paying the travel costs for four local team members to attend our annual collaboration meetings.
Join Our Team!
If you are currently affiliated with the University of Minnesota- as a faculty and/or student member– please reach out to your colleagues listed below for more information regarding how to join.
Our Week Of SEISMIC!
Since Spring of 2022, SEISMIC has hosted several local, in-person SEISMIC events on each SEISMIC campus. University of Minnesota’s Week of SEISMIC took place September 26-30, 2022.
Upcoming Events
University of Minnesota hosts many seminars, talks, and events in general related to the work of SEISMIC. These opportunities are often highlight in the monthly newsletters that are sent to SEISMIC members. The link below gives you a detailed list of all opportunities available to members and non-members.
CONTACTS
Below you will find members of SEISMIC leadership that are University of Minnesota faculty and/or staff. Working Group members can use the Participants Database (password-protected) to find more members.
Abdi Warfa
Local SEISMIC PI for University of Minnesota; Measurement Working Group; Collaboration Council (CoCo) SEISMIC East Representative
awarfa@umn.edu
Jesse Lewis
SEISMIC Research Coordinator
lewi0922@umn.edu
Michelle Driessen
Implementing Change Working Group
mdd@umn.edu
SEISMIC Voices- University of Minnesota
Read the full statements here.
Sehoya Cotner
Associate Professor | College of Biological Sciences
“In my recent work, we’ve identified several areas where, at our institution, we see biased performance, participation, sense of inclusion, or retention in STEM courses or fields. I’ve seen how these biases can hinge on racial or gender differences, and how they may be correlated with “hidden identities” such as political persuasion, religiosity, sexual orientation, generation in college, etc…”
University of Minnesota in the Spotlight
April 2019 UMinn Local Team Meeting
