Join us on Sept 12 – 13, 2024 at 701 Carnegie Center Drive, Princeton.
- Modern accessible building
- ASL Interpretation
Register for ISLAND 2024 in Princeton
Book your ISLAND 2024 group rate at Princeton Marriott at Forrestal by August 16
This hotel is located at 100 College Road East, Princeton, NJ. It is roughly a fifteen minute drive from the Conference venue. Limited transportation will be provided by the conference organizers. Please stay tuned for more details!
Schedule of Presentations Inclusion in Science, Learning a New Direction, (ISLAND) 2024 – Princeton University
*All times listed in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT/UTC -4)
Thursday, September 12, 2024
9:00 a.m. Welcome and Introduction
9:05 a.m. Empowering Neurodivergent Student Persistence in STEM: AIESTEMPLOS Program Impact and Student Panel Discussion.
Presenters: Dr. Christin Monroe, Anastacio Bonhomme, Jaden Clark, Gabby Woolgar, and Madison Wan.
Landmark College, Dummerston, Vermont.
9:35 a.m. Curriculum Made Accessible: The Importance of Inclusion.
Presenter: Ashley Neybert, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.
10:05 a.m. Creating a Sustainability & Recycling Pre-ETS Curriculum for Non-Visual Students.
Presenters: Charis Glatthar and Maeve Goldman
Independence Science, West Lafayette, Indiana.
10:35 a.m. Coffee Break (15 minutes)
10:50 a.m. Interpreting an Ancient Rock-Carving Using NASA-Supported Tactile-Art Representations of the Sun.
Presenters: Tasnim Alshuli1*, Cherilynn Morrow2*, PhD, John M. Keller, PhD3 , Nicole Johnson, PhD3, and Don Kolinski.4
1*University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
2*NASA PUNCH Mission & Lead author of Petroglyph Inquiry &
Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, Colorado.
3Fiske Planetarium, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado.
4High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, Colorado.
11:20 a.m. Artificial Intelligence and Captioning.
Presenter: Thomas Logan, Equal Entry, Brooklyn, New York.
11:50 a.m. – Inclusio: Recent Advancements Toward Interoperability of Inclusive, Multimodal Graphics.
Presenters: Dr. Jenna L. Gorlewicz*, Dan Gardner1, Dr. Hari Palani2, Dr. Nicholas Giudice3, Dr. Danielle Guzman-Orth4, Amy Keith5
*,5St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri.
1ViewPlus Technologies
2 ROUX Institute, Northeastern University, Portland, Maine.
3University of Maine, Orono, Maine
4Measured Methods Consulting
12:20 p.m. LUNCH and KEYNOTE (70 minutes)
Keynote Address – Dr. Cary Supalo
1:30 p.m. Making a Podcast with kids: An inclusive Tool for the Elementary STEM Classroom.
Presenter: Marshall Escamilla, Tumble Science Podcast for Kids, Massachusetts.
2:00 p.m. Ionic Bonding Made Simple (in UEB and Nemeth).
Presenter: Rosanne Hoffman, American Printing House for the Blind, Louisville, Kentucky.
2:30 p.m. Facilitating Math Skills & Curriculum Access with the Abacus.
Presenter: Dr. Monique Coleman, VISTAS Education Partners, New Jersey.
3:00 p.m. Coffee Break (15 minutes)
3:15 p.m. Accessible Forensic Chemistry Part 2.
Presenters: Annalise Diodato and Maeve Goldman
Independence Science, West Lafayette, Indiana.
3:45 p.m. Wolfram Syndrome.
Presenter: Ellie White, Ellie White Foundation for Rare Genetic Disorders, Centennial, Colorado.
4:15 p.m. Alternative Avenues for Accessibility in STEM.
Presenters: Jennifer Doran*, Ashley Neybert, and Dr. Andreas Schmittner
Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.
4:45 p.m. Bridging Similarities Through Shared Experiences.
Presenters: Ashley Neybert* and Dr. Martin Storksdieck
Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.
5:15 p.m. Adjourn
Friday, September 13, 2024
9:00 a.m. Welcome
9:05 a.m. The Role of Technology in My Life: Narrating the Evolution of Technology and Its Impact on a Blind Individual from a Developing Country.
Presenter: Dr. Shrirang Sahasrabudhe, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey.
9:35 a.m. Opportunities and Challenges for AI as an Assistant in STEM Accessibility.
Presenter: Dr. Markku Häkkinen, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey.
10:05 a.m. Enabling graduate students in STEM to understand the fundamentals of communicating across the senses to facilitate accessible communication.
Presenter: Dr. Helen Sullivan, Rider University, New Jersey.
10:35 a.m. Coffee Break (15 minutes)
10:50 a.m. TSVIs’ APPROACH TO PROVIDING ACCOMMODATIONS FOR SVIs IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION.
Presenter: Tasnim Alshuli, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
11:20 a.m. Using Audible Light Sensors for Laboratory Physics.
Presenter: Dr. Peter Walters, Independence Science West Lafayette, Indiana.
11:50 a.m. LUNCH (70 minutes)
1:00 p.m. Round Table Discussion 1: How Higher Education is Improving IT Accessibility for Students with Disabilities.
2:15 p.m. Coffee Break (15 minutes)
2:30 p.m. Round Table Discussion 2: Making Science Education Accessible to Students with Disabilities.
3:45 p.m. Coffee Break (15 minutes)
4:00 p.m. Round Table Discussion 3: Students as Agents in Universal Access to Research Information.
5:00 p.m. Debrief and Closing Remarks
5:15 p.m. Wrap up