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We are excited to share that our fall 2026 offering for the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) is available to your graduate and professional students, faculty, and/or postdoctoral scholars. Registration is now open for An Introduction to Evidence-Based Undergraduate Teaching. Completers of this weekly local learning community can earn a CIRTL Associate-level digital [...]

Meeting ID:        885 7896 6646 Passcode:            498411 Link: https://pvpanther.zoom.us/j/88578966646?pwd=hELUZjapx0AjCLmnmKzlHb1IJ2lbPo.1

COMMITTEE CHAIR: Dr. Jennifer Quinlan TITLE: EXAMINATION OF FOOD SAFETY AND MICROBIAL QUALITY IN LOW-INCOME RURAL VS. HIGH-INCOME SUBURBAN RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS ABSTRACT: Introduction: Previous research has shown that food quality and safety at the retail level can vary based on the size and resources available to food retailers, particularly in urban areas, however rural retail food [...]

COMMITTEE CHAIR: Dr. Xishuang Dong TITLE: INTERPRETABLE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR KNOWLEDGE TRACING AND PERSONALIZED LEARNING ABSTRACT: Knowledge tracing (KT) models estimate learners’ evolving knowledge and predict subsequent responses from interaction histories. Their application to personalized learning requires interpretable predictions, reliable probabilities and explicit connections to instructional decisions. This dissertation presents four complementary studies addressing [...]