Wednesday, May 27th

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM East Coast USA Time

(Cancelled) Not Just Another Climate Survey (2026 AIR Best Paper)

Location: Poster 21 - Exhibit Hall - Marquis Ballroom 5-10 (ML2)

Presenter: Amy Ribera, PhD (she/her/hers) – Indiana University School of Medicine

Poster Presentation

Wednesday, May 27th

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM East Coast USA Time

Comparing StepAIC and LASSO Regression Models to Predict Student Retention

Location: Poster 29 - Exhibit Hall - Marquis Ballroom 5-10 (ML2)

Presenter: James Anderson, Master of Science Ag Biostats – Kaskaskia College

Poster Presentation

Wednesday, May 27th

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM East Coast USA Time

Early Momentum and Student Success Factors at a Community College

Location: Poster 25 - Exhibit Hall - Marquis Ballroom 5-10 (ML2)

Presenter: Hyekyung Lee, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Community College of Aurora

Presenter: Cuirong Wu, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Community College of Aurora

Presenter: Kushmakar Baral, Ph.D. – Community College of Aurora

Poster Presentation

Wednesday, May 27th

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM East Coast USA Time

Exploring the Direct Admissions Pipeline in Georgia

Location: Poster 27 - Exhibit Hall - Marquis Ballroom 5-10 (ML2)

Presenter: Leslie Hodges, PHD – University System of Georgia

Presenter: Lori Prince Hagood, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – University System of Georgia Board of Regents

Poster Presentation

Wednesday, May 27th

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM East Coast USA Time

From Training to Culture: Building A Sustainable Data Literacy Program

Location: Poster 15 - Exhibit Hall - Marquis Ballroom 5-10 (ML2)

Presenter: Daniel Jensen, Ed.D. – Weber State University

Poster Presentation

Wednesday, May 27th

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM East Coast USA Time

Measuring Unit Workplace Climate for Faculty, Staff, and Ph.D. Students

Location: Poster 3 - Exhibit Hall - Marquis Ballroom 5-10 (ML2)

Presenter: Mary Bautista, Ph.D. – University of Michigan ADVANCE Program

Presenter: Jordan Hudgins, B.S. in Statistics (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan ADVANCE Program

Poster Presentation

Wednesday, May 27th

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM East Coast USA Time

More Than Degrees: Alumni Insights on Student Well-Being in Japan

Location: Poster 23 - Exhibit Hall - Marquis Ballroom 5-10 (ML2)

Presenter: Hirokuni Yamada, PhD (he/him/his) – Waseda University

Presenter: Tomoko Torii, PhD (she/her/hers) – Waseda University

Poster Presentation

Wednesday, May 27th

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM East Coast USA Time

Navigating and Resolving Discrepancies in IPEDS Reporting Over Time

Location: Poster 5- Exhibit Hall - Marquis Ballroom 5-10 (ML2)

Presenter: Andrea Honeycutt – University of Arkansas

Poster Presentation

Wednesday, May 27th

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM East Coast USA Time

Noncognitive Constructs: Measuring Abilities and Supporting Student Success

Location: Poster 7- Exhibit Hall - Marquis Ballroom 5-10 (ML2)

Presenter: Avis Jackson (she/her/hers) – Morgan State University

Presenter: Erin Murphy – Morgan State University

Presenter: Taj Rollins (she/her/hers) – James Madison University

Poster Presentation

Wednesday, May 27th

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM East Coast USA Time

Optimizing Financial Aid based on Expected Family Income and Major

Location: Poster 13 - Exhibit Hall - Marquis Ballroom 5-10 (ML2)

Presenter: Qingyang Liu (she/her/hers) – Clarkson University

Poster Presentation

Wednesday, May 27th

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM East Coast USA Time

Overcoming Technical Challenges and Developing Value from Canvas Data

Location: Poster 1 - Exhibit Hall - Marquis Ballroom 5-10 (ML2)

Presenter: Tim S. Kish, MBA, University of Notre Dame; MA Teaching, Bethel College (he/him/his) – Ivy Tech Community College

Presenter: Samantha Turley – Ivy Tech Community College

Poster Presentation

Wednesday, May 27th

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM East Coast USA Time

Starting Small with AI: Building Trustworthy KPI Dashboards

Location: Poster 19 - Exhibit Hall - Marquis Ballroom 5-10 (ML2)

Presenter: Elmer Yglesias (he/him/his) – St. John's College

Poster Presentation

Wednesday, May 27th

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM East Coast USA Time

The impact of financial aid and library resources on student retention.

Location: Poster 9 - Exhibit Hall - Marquis Ballroom 5-10 (ML2)

Presenter: Ben Liu – Florida Atlantic University

Poster Presentation

Wednesday, May 27th

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM East Coast USA Time

Using AI to Discover Themes in a PhD Graduate Exit Survey

Location: Poster 11 - Exhibit Hall - Marquis Ballroom 5-10 (ML2)

Presenter: Melinda M. Whitford (she/her/hers) – University at Buffalo

Poster Presentation

Thursday, May 28th

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM East Coast USA Time

An Introduction to Differential Item Functioning

Location: Poster 14 - Exhibit Hall - Marquis Ballroom 5-10 (ML2)

Presenter: Paul Sturgis, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Central Florida College of Medicine

Poster Presentation

Thursday, May 28th

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM East Coast USA Time

Benchmarking Process: From Initiation to Implementation

Location: Poster 2 - Exhibit Hall - Marquis Ballroom 5-10 (ML2)

Presenter: Jonathan P. Gallegos, Bachelors in Statistics – Wichita State University Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology

Poster Presentation

Thursday, May 28th

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM East Coast USA Time

Credit Accumulation and Degree Completion: Evidence from Adult Learners

Location: Poster 20 - Exhibit Hall - Marquis Ballroom 5-10 (ML2)

Presenter: Siyu Liu, Ph.D. – Penn State University

Presenter: Tanya Cohen-Caldwell, B.A., M.A., Institutional Research Certificate (PSU) – The Pennsylvania State University/UP

Poster Presentation

Thursday, May 28th

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM East Coast USA Time

Enhancing Data Reporting with Programming, Visualization, and AI

Location: Poster 28 - Exhibit Hall - Marquis Ballroom 5-10 (ML2)

Presenter: Zhiyuan Ma (she/her/hers) – Florida Atlantic University

Presenter: Ying Liu – Florida Atlantic University

Poster Presentation

Thursday, May 28th

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM East Coast USA Time

Finding Synergy in Faculty Research Collaborations

Location: Poster 6 - Exhibit Hall - Marquis Ballroom 5-10 (ML2)

Presenter: Melinda M. Whitford (she/her/hers) – University at Buffalo

Poster Presentation

Thursday, May 28th

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM East Coast USA Time

FIRE & NSSE: What we know about engagement and speech on campus

Location: Poster 8 - Exhibit Hall - Marquis Ballroom 5-10 (ML2)

Presenter: Brendan Dugan – Indiana University

Poster Presentation

Thursday, May 28th

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM East Coast USA Time

Institutional Trust among Undergraduates: Links with Campus Connectedness

Location: Poster 10 - Exhibit Hall - Marquis Ballroom 5-10 (ML2)

Presenter: Molly S. Weeks, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Duke University

Poster Presentation

Thursday, May 28th

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM East Coast USA Time

Politicized Confidence in Higher Education

Location: Poster 12 - Exhibit Hall - Marquis Ballroom 5-10 (ML2)

Presenter: Nathan Honeycutt, PhD – Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression

Poster Presentation

Thursday, May 28th

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM East Coast USA Time

Turning Student–AI Interactions into Accreditation-Ready Evidence

Location: Poster 26 - Exhibit Hall - Marquis Ballroom 5-10 (ML2)

Presenter: YUNG-HSIANG HU, Ed.D – Department of Education (incl. Master's Program/Ph.D. Program), College of Education, University of Taipei

Presenter: Yin Chun Lin (she/her/hers) – Penn State University

Poster Presentation

Thursday, May 28th

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM East Coast USA Time

Using R and PBI to Build an Interactive Student Success Model

Location: Poster 22 - Exhibit Hall - Marquis Ballroom 5-10 (ML2)

Presenter: Xiaobing Cao, Ph.D. – University of the Pacific

Poster Presentation

Thursday, May 28th

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM East Coast USA Time

What they see: An empathetic design approach to institutional effectiveness

Location: Poster 18 - Exhibit Hall - Marquis Ballroom 5-10 (ML2)

Presenter: Sean Morris, MA – Temple University

Poster Presentation

Thursday, May 28th

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM East Coast USA Time

Wisconsin's Talent Pipeline: Brain Drain or Brain Gain?

Location: Poster 4 - Exhibit Hall - Marquis Ballroom 5-10 (ML2)

Presenter: Ling Ning, PhD – UW system

Poster Presentation