Presentations/Podcasts/Talks

Invited Talks/Workshops

• Sorensen-Unruh, C. (2025, February 7). Exploring the Practice of Ungrading in STEM Higher Education using Emancipatory Pedagogical Frameworks. SCIENCE Collaborative Meeting, University of New Mexico.
• Sorensen-Unruh, C. (2024, January 16). Reframing the STEM classroom in the age of AI through authentic, equity-centered assessment and evaluation. Brock University. 
• Sorensen-Unruh, C. (2023, August 18). Exploring the tension between enacting pedagogies of care and self care. MidYear Festival (MYFest23).
• Albright, C. & Sorensen-Unruh, C. (6/30/2023 – 8/4/2023). MYFest23 Track Navigating Grief and Uncertainty using Positive Psychology and Psychological Capital.
  • Albright, C. & Sorensen-Unruh, C. (2023, June 30). Introduction to Grief, Storytelling, Positive Psychology, and HERO (Hope, Efficacy, Resiliency, and Optimism)[Online Workshop]. MYFest23 Track Navigating Grief and Uncertainty using Positive Psychology and Psychological Capital
• • Albright, C. & Sorensen-Unruh, C. (2023, July 7). Grief and Storytelling: Focus on Hope [Online Workshop]. MYFest23 Track Navigating Grief and Uncertainty using Positive Psychology and Psychological Capital
• • Albright, C. & Sorensen-Unruh, C. (2023, July 14). Grief and Storytelling: Focus on Efficacy[Online Workshop]. MYFest23 Track Navigating Grief and Uncertainty using Positive Psychology and Psychological Capital
• • Albright, C. & Sorensen-Unruh, C. (2023, July 21). Grief and Storytelling: Focus on Resiliency [Online Workshop]. MYFest23 Track Navigating Grief and Uncertainty using Positive Psychology and Psychological Capital
• • Albright, C. & Sorensen-Unruh, C. (2023, July 28). Grief and Storytelling: Focus on Optimism [Online Workshop]. MYFest23 Track Navigating Grief and Uncertainty using Positive Psychology and Psychological Capital
  • Albright, C. & Sorensen-Unruh, C. (2023, August 4). Grief, PsyCap, HERO, and Sabbath Moments [Online Workshop]. MYFest23 Track Navigating Grief and Uncertainty using Positive Psychology and Psychological Capital
• Sorensen-Unruh, C. (2022, November 5). Ungrading as Emancipation [Virtual Workshop]. California State University, Monterey Bay.
• Sorensen-Unruh, C. (2022, August 9). Pausing and building community with students in STEM classrooms and labs [Workshop]. Austin Peay State University.
• Denial, C., Lehfeldt, E., & Sorensen-Unruh, C. (2022, August 8). Pausing and Thinking About Community [Keynote]. Austin Peay State University.
• Albright, C. & Sorensen-Unruh, C. (2022, July 25). Rest and rejuvenation for Learners of All Ages [Online Workshop]. Midyear Festival (MYFest22).
• Station, G. & Sorensen-Unruh, C. (2022, July 18). Emancipatory Pedagogies: Pedagogies of Care [Online Conversation]. Midyear Festival (MYFest22).
• Station, G. & Sorensen-Unruh, C. (2022, July 7). Emancipatory Pedagogies: Embracing Culturally Responsive Pedagogy [Online Conversation]. Midyear Festival (MYFest22).
• Albright, C. & Sorensen-Unruh, C. (2022, June 27). Storying our grief through Hope, Efficacy, Resilience, and Optimism [Online Workshop]. Midyear Festival (MYFest22).
• Sorensen-Unruh, C. (6/13/2022 – 7/15/2022).  MYFest22 Track Ungrading as Emancipation: Theory and Practice
  • Sorensen-Unruh, C. (2022, June 17). What is ungrading and how is it emancipatory? [Online Workshop]. MYFest22 Track Ungrading as Emancipation: Theory and Practice
• • Sorensen-Unruh, C. (2022, June 30). Practicing ungrading in our classroom using reflective practice [Online Workshop]. MYFest22 Track Ungrading as Emancipation: Theory and Practice
  • Sorensen-Unruh, C. (2022, July 15). Ungrading and the Art of Transformation [Online Workshop]. MYFest22 Track Ungrading as Emancipation: Theory and Practice
• Sorensen-Unruh, C. (2022, June 3). Barriers to Ungrading: Intersectionality, Cognitive Bias, and COVID [Virtual Keynote]. The HE Grading Conference.
• Sorensen-Unruh, C. (2022, March 25). Where do we go from here? Pedagogical considerations for the “new” normal [Online Workshop]. Baltimore City Community College.
• Sorensen-Unruh, C. (2022, January 27). Ungrading in STEM: What is it and how do we practice it [Online Workshop]. California State University Stanislaus.
• Sorensen-Unruh, C. (2021, September 7). A STEM Ungrading Case Study [Online Workshop]. University of Connecticut.
• Digital Pedagogy Lab Track Critical Digital Pedagogy and STEM-H (from August 2nd-August 6th, 2021)
• Stewart, J., Leander, C., Moosvi, F., and Sorensen-Unruh, C. (2021, June 7). Exploring Ungrading at UBC: A paradigm shift in teaching and learning [Online Workshop]. University of British Columbia. https://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/exploring-ungrading-at-ubc-a-paradigm-shift-in-teaching-and-learning/
• Sorensen-Unruh, C. (2021, June 4). Ungrading: Equity in Student Evaluation [Online Workshop]. Imperial Valley College.
• Sorensen-Unruh, C. (2021, May 19). Ungrading: Expanding the Grading Discussion [Online Webinar]. University of California Irvine Teaching Experiment Academy.
• Sorensen-Unruh, C. (2021, March 10). Ungrading Faculty Conversations Webinar [Online Workshop]. North Carolina State University.
• Blum, S., Stommel, J., and Sorensen-Unruh, C. (2021, February 16). Ungrading Strategies and Practices [Online Panel Webinar]. Wofford College.
• Sorensen-Unruh, C. (2021, February 12). Ungrading [Online Workshop]. University of New Mexico.
• Sorensen-Unruh, C. (2020, November 13). Challenging Our Strategies and Expectations: What Students Learn, Why, and How [Invited Panel Participant]. In National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Symposium on Imagining the Future of Undergraduate STEM Education. https://www.nationalacademies.org/event/10-21-2020/imagining-the-future-of-undergraduate-stem-education-symposium
• Sorensen-Unruh, C. (2020, November 6). Ungrading [Online Workshop]. Imperial Valley College.
• Sorensen-Unruh, C. (2020, August 18). Online teaching & learning [Online Workshop]. Baltimore City Community College.
• Digital Pedagogy Lab Track STEM-H and Critical Digital Pedagogy (from July 26th-August 2nd, 2020)
• Sorensen-Unruh, C. (2020, July 8). Online teaching & learning [Online Workshop]. Digital Learning Institute at Davidson College.
• Sorensen-Unruh, C. (2020, February 6). Ungrading Webinar [Panel Participant]. Plymouth State University Open CoLab .
• Sorensen-Unruh, C. and Cunningham, K. (2017, October). Social Media 101 [Workshop]. ADVANCE at University of New Mexico.

Article/Podcast Interviews

• Intersectionality, Power, and Pedagogy (Episode 522) in Teaching in Higher Ed Podcast (June 13, 2024). https://teachinginhighered.com/podcast/intersectionality-power-and-pedagogy/
• Community and Joy: Lessons learned from MYFest22 (Episode 431) in Teaching in Higher Ed Podcast (9/15/2022). https://teachinginhighered.com/podcast/community-and-joy-lessons-from-myfest/
• Supiano, Becky. (2022, March 29). The Redefinition of Rigor [Online Article]. The Chronicle of Higher Education. https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-redefinition-of-rigor
• Supiano, Becky. (2021, October 21). Teaching: ‘We Need to Bring Our New Selves Into Our Teaching Spaces’ [Online Article]. The Chronicle of Higher Education. https://www.chronicle.com/newsletter/teaching/2021-10-21
• A STEM Ungrading Case Study with Clarissa Sorensen-Unruh in beyond the curriculum podcast by Aaron Blackwelder (1/5/2021). https://anchor.fm/beyondthecurriculum/episodes/A-STEM-Ungrading-Case-Study-with-Clarissa-Sorensen-Unruh–Season-2-Episode-5-eoi8vo
• Ungrading Can Work in STEM: A conversation with Clarissa Sorensen-Unruh with Sarah Silverman in the University of Michigan-Dearborn Hub of Teaching and Learning Resources (11/24/2020)
• Rissa Sorensen-Unruh in Gettin’ Air with Terry Greene: The Open Pedagogy Podcast (5/22/2020). https://www.spreaker.com/user/voicedradio/rissa-sorensen-unruh
• Supiano, Becky. (2020, April 27). Teaching: What Do Final Exams Mean During a Pandemic? [Online Article]. The Chronicle of Higher Education. https://www.chronicle.com/article/What-Do-Final-Exams-Mean/248644
• Online Teaching in a Hurry Guest Episode 3 – Trust Your STEM Students (4/3/2020). https://oliah.ca/pedagogy/online-learning-in-a-hurry-guest-episode-3-clarissa-sorensen-unruh-trust-your-stem-students/
• Critical Pedagogy in STEM (Episode 303) in Teaching in Higher Ed Podcast (4/2/2020). https://teachinginhighered.com/podcast/critical-pedagogy-in-stem/
• Jarvis, Claire. (2020, January 17). The flip side of flipped classrooms. Chemical and Engineering News, 98(3). https://cen.acs.org/education/undergraduate-education/flip-side-flipped-classrooms/98/i3
• Jansen, Kerri. (2018, July 17). To improve reproducibility in the lab, these chemists press ‘record’ [Online article]. Chemical and Engineering News. https://cen.acs.org/research-integrity/reproducibility/improve-reproducibility-lab-chemists-press/96/web/2018/07

Papers/Presentations at Professional Meetings (including Local Meetings)

• Bridging the Researcher/Practitioner Divide: Insights from more than a decade of reflective practice. ACS Spring 2025 National Meeting & Exposition, March 23-27, 2024.
• Teaching Strategies for Belonging, Equity, and Information Abundance. CNM Faculty Focus Day 2024. (August 22, 2024)
• Care in the Classroom as a Tool of Transformation (with Dr. Sushilla Knottenbelt). Oral Presentation: Reflections from Pandemic Teaching and Beyond: Caring for our students while learning to care for ourselves and each other. ACS Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, 2024.
• Ungrading as Emancipatory: Theory and Practice. Oral Presentation: Disrupting Grading. ACS Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, 2024.
• Taming Communication: CHED Public Relations Committee. Oral Presentation: Inside the Division of Chemical Education. ACS Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, 2024.
• Equity Minded Assessment and Evaluation. CNM Conference on Teaching and Learning 2024. (January 5, 2024)
• Belonging. CNM Conference on Teaching and Learning 2024. (January 5, 2024)
• Integrating asset-framing with ungrading in introductory chemistry courses: A growth-filled journey. Oral Presentation: Moving towards anti-deficit framing in our research and practice (#AdvancingEquityinCER). ACS Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, 2022.
• Open Science and Open Pedagogy: My Journey as a TYC Lead Blogger at ChemEdX. Oral Presentation: Chemical Education Xchange: Engaging with Contributors. ACS Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, 2022.
• Liminal Burnout: Grief and change in our new normal. Oral Presentation: The Mole. ACS Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, 2022.
• How being appreciated made all the difference: A talk on how Jennifer E. Lewis inspired me to engage. Invited Online Oral Presentation: ACS Spring 2022 National Meeting & Exposition, March 2022.
• Antiracist Teaching: Why Using AI Proctoring Platforms is Inequitable (with Dr. Chris Gilliard) [Online Workshop]. August, 2021. CNM Faculty Focus Day 2021.
• Social Media: What’s the point? Virtual Talk + Live Q and A: IUPAC | CCCE 2021 Meeting, August 2021. https://www.cheminst.ca/conference/ccce2021/program/program-overview/workshops/
• Panel: Social Annotation in STEM. I Annotate 2021, June 2021. https://iannotate.org/2021/program/panel_stem.html
• Ungrading: Using Creative, Socially Just Student Evaluation. 2yc³ Spring 2021 Meeting, April 2021.
• Social media and ethics in the classroom: Reflection and analysis. Poster presentation: 258^th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, August 2019.
• Critical Pedagogy and STEM. Workshop: Digital Pedagogy Lab 2019, August 2019.
• Using WordPress blogs to increase student agency and reflection in organic chemistry. PressED Conference: Online via Twitter. March 29, 2018. http://2018.pressedconf.org/?easyconfpr=using-wordpress-blogs-to-increase-student-agency-and-reflection-in-organic-chemistry
• Social Media 101. Invited ADVANCE Presentation: University of New Mexico. October 2017.
• Radical awakenings: A new teaching paradigm using social media. Oral Presentation: 254^th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, August 2017.
• Ready, set, action! Using Go-Pro videos to connect instrumentation with students and faculty. Oral Presentation: 254^th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, August 2017.
• Radical awakenings: A new teaching paradigm using social media. Written Presentation: ACS ConfChem, Fall 2016.
• Communicating chemistry through social media: A whirlwind tour of some options (with Dr. Liesl Jones). Oral Presentation: 251st ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Spring 2016.
• Art of teaching biochemistry: Mentoring ASERT post-doctoral fellows (with Dr. Jayne Christen). Oral Presentation: ACS Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, 2014.
• Reflective Teaching, Active Learning. Oral Presentation: NIH IRACDA Conference, 2014.
• Active Learning: Methodologies and Practice. Oral Presentation: Pearson Innovating and Redesigning for Student Success Workshop, 2013.
• An analysis of Traditional, Hybrid and Blended Class Performance. Oral Presentation: New Mexico Higher Education Assessment and Retention (NMHEAR) Conference, 2013.
• Transforming Teaching: Moving Toward an Active Classroom (Parts 1 and 2). Oral Presentation: CNM Conference on Teaching and Learning, Albuquerque Convention Center, 2012.
• Teaching Chemistry in Multiple Dimensions: An Analysis of Traditional, Hybrid, and Blended Learning Environments. Oral Presentation: ACS Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, 2012.

Symposia and Workshops Organized for ACS National Meetings

• Bridging the Practitioner/Researcher Divide with Justice and Sustainability: Focus on Research and DEIR. Symposium co-organizer: ACS Spring 2025 National Meeting & Exposition, March 23-27, 2024.
• Bridging the Practitioner/Researcher Divide – How the Bridge Might Be Built: Bridging the Divide by Focusing on Practice. Symposium co-organizer: ACS Spring 2025 National Meeting & Exposition, March 23-27, 2024.
• Disrupt Grading. Symposium co-organizer: ACS Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Summer 2024.
• Reflections from Pandemic Teaching and Beyond: Caring for our students while learning to care for ourselves and each other. Symposium co-organizer: ACS Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Summer 2024.
• Disrupt Grading. Symposium co-organizer: ACS Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Summer 2022.
• Statistics in Chemical Education Research. Workshop: ACS Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Summer 2020 [BCCE 2020 cancelled due to COVID-19].
• Communicating Chemistry via Social Media. Joint symposium (virtual and in person) of RSC and ACS. Symposium co-organizer: ACS Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Summers 2018 and 2020 [BCCE 2020 cancelled due to COVID-19].
• Chemistry in the Age of Cheap Computing. Symposium co-organizer: 254^th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Fall 2017.
• Social networking in chemical education research (SNiCER): Using social media to communicate, teach and research in chemical education. Symposium co-organizer: ACS Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Summer 2016.
• Communicating Chemistry Through Social Media. Symposium co-organizer: 251st ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Spring 2016.

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