Download the 2025 Conference Program and Abstracts here.
Tuesday, October 21
Titles in the table below are linked to recordings of the talks. Alternatively you can go to BioTAP’s YouTube channel. Recording have been edited to remove gaps due to small group breakouts and technical issues.
For sessions that are not recorded, contact the presenters for more information.
| 1:00 PM (ET) 10:00 AM (PT) | Introduction & Welcome | |
| 1:15 PM (ET) 10:15 AM (PT) | Nomme, K., & C. Pollock | Keynote & Workshop – Effective GTA Training (Link to slides) |
| 2:45 PM (ET) 11:45 AM (PT) | BREAK | |
| 3:00 PM (ET) 12:00 PM (PT) | J. Reid, K. Heinrich, & A. Chouinard | Leadership Update and Community Hour |
| 4:00 PM (ET) 1:00 PM (PT) | BioTAP Ed Committee | Education Committee Overview |
| 4:30 PM (ET) 1:30 PM (PT) | Day 1 Conclusion (Download chat transcript) |
Wednesday, October 22
| 1:00 PM (ET) 10:00 AM (PT) | Welcome back | |
| 1:05 PM (ET) 10:05 AM (PT) | Westwood, N. E., & D. S. Srivastava | Perspectives of graduate student teaching assistants on value and meaning in their role |
| 1:30 PM (ET) 10:30 AM (PT) | Gardner, G., Akuoko, E., Marbach-Ad, G., Miller, K., & E. Schussler | Department Cultural Supports and Barriers for Implementing Biology Graduate Student Teaching Professional Development: A Delphi Study |
| 1:55 PM (ET) 10:55 AM (PT) | Solan, C. A. | Instructional Modeling Framework: Making Teaching Moves Explicit |
| 2:20 PM (ET) 11:20 AM (PT) | Weigel, E., & J. Reid | CANCELED – Extending the TPI: What Reflective Prompts Reveal about TA Teaching Perspectives |
| 2:20 PM (ET) 11:20 AM (PT) | BioTAP Community Hour | |
| 2:40 PM (ET) 11:40 AM (PT) | BREAK | |
| 2:55 PM (ET) 11:55 AM (PT) | Torres, M., & C. Overmyer | Beyond Logistics: Building Effective TA Professional Development for a large enrollment STEM course |
| 3:20 PM (ET) 12:20 PM (PT) | Shihadih, D. S., Baez, E. R., Asgari, M., Berl, J., Chouinard, A. J., Gutzler, S. J., Heinrich, K. K., Riordan, E., Lee, S. W., & E. E. Shortlidge | Assessing the Evolving the Culture of Biology Program through the lens of the Teacher Centered Systemic Reform (TCSR) Model |
| 3:45 PM (ET) 12:45 PM (PT) | Anderson, G., Ryker, K. D. A., Hardee, M. L., & K. L. Kathrein | Novice STEM GTAs’ Persistent Concerns: Classroom Climate, Communication, and Effective Teaching Practices |
| 4:10 PM (ET) 1:10 PM (ET) | Korunova, E. | Teamwork in Molecular Design: Introduction to an Industry-Scale Collaborative Platform |
| 4:30 PM (ET) 1:30 PM (ET) | Closing (Download chat transcript) |
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