STEM Symposium

Spring quarter STEM SYMPOSIUM

June 13, 2025


Peer Facilitator Pedagogy Poster Session

Collaboratory, Discovery Hall Room 152

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

 

Project: Effect of Peer Facilitator Presence on Student Performance in Different Formats of Intro Biology

  • Willow Jeanne Anderson, Biology (BS)

Faculty Adviser: Dr. Alanna Pawlak, STEM

Adviser: Laura Hollingsworth, Assistant Director, Quantitative Skills Center


Project: How Much Do Faculty Value the Peer Facilitator Program?

  • Bryson Hu, Pre-major
  • Matthew Rock, Mathematics (BS), Minor: Actuarial Science

Faculty Adviser: Dr. Alanna Pawlak, STEM

Adviser: Laura Hollingsworth, Assistant Director, Quantitative Skills Center


Project: Influence of Peer Facilitators on Novice CS Students

  • Foziya Reshid, CSSE (BS)

Faculty Adviser: Dr. Alanna Pawlak, STEM

Adviser: Laura Hollingsworth, Assistant Director, Quantitative Skills Center


Project: Peer facilitator impact on intro programming courses

  • Kate Zhou, Pre-major
  • Anushka Chougule, CSSE (BS)

Faculty Adviser: Dr. Alanna Pawlak, STEM

Adviser: Laura Hollingsworth, Assistant Director, Quantitative Skills Center


Project: Peer Facilitator Research Project

  • Serene Baddar, Electrical Engineering (BS)
  • Connor Wiedmann, Mathematics (BS)

Faculty Adviser: Dr. Alanna Pawlak, STEM

Adviser: Laura Hollingsworth, Assistant Director, Quantitative Skills Center


Project: Student confidence is not easy

  • Henry Fouillade, Pre-major

Faculty Adviser: Dr. Alanna Pawlak, STEM

Adviser: Laura Hollingsworth, Assistant Director, Quantitative Skills Center


Project: Student Preferences in General Chemistry Instruction: Lecture vs. Active Learning

  • Hannah Yu, Pre-Major

Faculty Adviser: Dr. Alanna Pawlak, STEM

Adviser: Laura Hollingsworth, Assistant Director, Quantitative Skills Center


Project: Student’s Perspectives, Quantum, Realist or Both?

  • Morrigan Kalet, Physics (BS)

Faculty Adviser: Dr. Alanna Pawlak, STEM

Adviser: Laura Hollingsworth, Assistant Director, Quantitative Skills Center


Project: Calculus III students prefer self-agency

for peer facilitator engagement

  • Sam Wong, BSEE

Faculty Adviser: Dr. Alanna Pawlak, STEM

Adviser: Laura Hollingsworth, Assistant Director, Quantitative Skills Center


Project: Use of Generative AI in CSS 143

  • Aatman Prajapati, CSSE (MS)
  • Anoop Prasad, CSSE (BS), Minor: Mathematics

Faculty Adviser: Dr. Alanna Pawlak, STEM

Adviser: Laura Hollingsworth, Assistant Director, Quantitative Skills Center