Grants, Research,
Presentations and Workshops, etc.

Grants

  • PI, NSF S–STEM HCC STEM Scholars’ Program (#1458613), 650K, 2015-2020

  • PI, NSF S–STEM SCoRE: STEM Cohorts for Research and Engagement: STEM Scholars 2.0, (# 203890), 1M, 2020-2025

  • Co-PI, NSF HDR DSC: Collaborative Research: The Data ScienceWAV (# 1923012), 25K, 2019-2022

  • NSF DUE: MassTeach, Collaborator, A Statewide Strategy to Increase STEM Teacher Diversity, 2018-20

  • STEM Starter Grant: STEM Faculty Coordinator, 2014 – present, Mass DHE Grant

  • STEM Ambassadors’ Program, collaborator, 2018-2020

  • Helped establish the HCC Yadavendra Sharma Scholarship, 2002

  • Helped establish the John Sullivan Scholarship, 2015

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

  1.  Accelerating Systemic Change member, working groups 5 and 6 

  2. Developing an “Equity Blog” for HCC community

  3. “Equity in Action Workshop Series: Addressing Racism” for the Center for Excellence, HCC, October, 2020

  4. “Equity Teas Series” for informal themed or un-themed conversations around DEI

  5. Spearheaded the “Statement of Commitment to Diversity” to be placed (voluntarily) by faculty on their STEM syllabi, Moodle pages, etc., and adopted by the HCC STEM Division

  6. Designed and ran a Culturally Responsive Pedagogy Year Long PD Program for STEM Faculty (with Dr. Vanessa Martinez), NSF #203890

  1. Organizer: STEM Anti-racism Group (for HCC community)

  2. Equity Matters: Culturally Responsive Pedagogy Assignment Design, Integrative Learning Program Retreat, 2021, co-facilitator

  3. Principal Investigator for two NSF S–STEM grants which give scholarships to academically talented but financially needy students who are under–represented in STEM

  1. Creating research opportunities for students in STEM through internships, undergraduate research conferences, and STEM Honors Projects

  1. Anti-racism working group: COMMIT Network — https://www.comathinquiry.org/

  2. Thinking about and participating in various other anti-racism opportunities to become a better ally

  3. Working within my sphere of influence to help dismantle systemic racism.

Presentations and Workshops

  1. Using case studies to elicit affirming mentoring practices, 2023 Transforming STEM Higher Education Conference, American

  2.  Association of Colleges and Universities, November 2023, Arlington, VA

  3. Equity in the Moment, 2023 Transforming STEM Higher Education Conference, American Association of Colleges and Universities, November 2023, Arlington, VA

  4. Voices of Inclusion: Supporting Students’ Sense of Belonging in STEM, 2023 Transforming STEM Higher Education Conference, American Association of Colleges and Universities, November 2023, Arlington VA

  5. Promoting Equity through Mentorship within NSF S-STEM Programs at Community Colleges, The Council for the Study of Community Colleges, April 2022

  6. Asset-based Frameworks for S-STEM Scholars’ Success, Workshop,  NSF S-STEM Symposium, 2022, Washington, DC

  7. Advancing STEM Equity Efforts by Institutionalizing Professional Development Centering   Culturally Responsive Pedagogy, A.A.C.& U Transforming STEM Higher Education Conference 2022, Arlington, VA, November 2022.

  8. Promoting Equity through Mentorship within NSF S-STEM Programs at Community Colleges, The Council for the Study of Community Colleges, April 2022

  9. Gradeless: Grade Less, Teach More (The Case for UNgrading), Workshop, University of Washington Math Department Seminar Series, June 3, 2022 

  10. S-STEM PreAward: Submit your first NSF S-STEM grant, Workshop, MathFest, August, 2021 (with Oscar Vega, Rebecca Dupont, Yu-Ju Kuo)

  11. Equity in STEM: Designing your our Equity centered PD program, S-STEM Symposium, 10/28/2021

  12. Equity Minded Learning Communities: Comunidades sin fronteras, National Learning Communities Conference Presentation, October 2021

  13. Coaching Inquiry in Mathematics Teaching, MathFest, August, 2021 (with Chrissi von Renesse and Nermin Bayazit)

  14. UNgrading Panel, NE-COMMIT Summer series (with Rachel de Costa, Candice Price, Debbie Borkowicz and others), July 2021

  15. The Classroom Matters: Impacts of enacted multiple representations, gender, and discourse on understanding of the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, Fitchburg State University, March 2021

  16. New England Inquiry Based Learning Conference, “Live Classroom on Linear Algebra”, October 2020

  17. Mathematical Association of America (NES/MAA), New England IBL: "Inquiry in a Mathematical Classroom: Exploring Linear Transformations", November 2020

  18. Joint Mathematics Meetings,  NSF S-STEM Panelist, January 2021

  19. NSF S-STEM Symposium, Designing Culturally Responsive Practices in our S-STEM Program Workshop Designer,  Washington D.C., September 2019.

  20. STEM Lesson Observations in High-needs Schools: Strengths, Challenges, and Stability, Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE), February 2019, Orlando FL, co-presenter

  21. Mathematical Association of America (NES/MAA) Teaching Hour Presentation: Assessment, Fitchburg State University, June 2019.

  22. Math Circle Workshop, Combinatorial Deluxe, Harvard University, April 2019

  23. Joint Mathematics Meetings,HCC’S STEM SCHOLARS’ Program, Poster Session, January 2019, Baltimore, MD

  24. Joint Mathematics Meetings, Multiple Representations, the Enacted Calculus Curriculum, and Gender, January 2019, Baltimore, MD

  25. New England IBL Launch Conference, Learning with Inquiry, Westfield State University, November 2018, Westfield MA

  26. Team-Based Learning, Pakistan Community College Project, UMass College of Education and HCC, October, 2015, April 2017 and April 2015

  27. Undergraduate Research Conference, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Session Chair, April 28, 2017

  28. Gallery Walk, Poster Presentations:   Multiple Representations, the Enacted Calculus Curriculum, and Gender, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, April, 2017

  29. HCC’S STEM SCHOLARS’ Program, Poster Session, Joint Mathematics Meetings, January 2017, Atlanta GA

  30. Multiple Representations, the Enacted Calculus Curriculum, and Gender, workshop leader, ICME (International Congress of Mathematics Education), 2016. 

  31. HCC Mobile Project – guest lecturer on “Mathematics of Art”, 2013, in collaboration with the Care Center, Holyoke

  32. Computer Simulations to Teach Kinematics, Achievement and Gender, Panel Presentation, National Association for Science Teaching, March 2010, Philadelphia, PA

  33. Mathematics and STEM, guest lecture in STEM Foundations, 2014

  34. College for A Day:  STEM Workshop,  ABE program, HCC, March 2014

  35. STEM Spotlight Night, HCC, October 2015

  36. PBL Workshop with Donna Mastroianni, December, 2014, HCC

  37. STEM Summit Conference, Worcester, MA, October, 2014 and November, 2016

  38. Fractal Geometry Workshop, with James Morgan, November, 2014, for HCC faculty

  39. ASTE, Poster Session Presenter, 2007, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

  40. A Crime Scene Investigation: mini-course in chemistry and math for the Care Center, Holyoke, July- August 2005, with Prof. Carl Satterfield.   (The Care Center helps teenage moms get their GED

  41. Take Your Kids to Work Presentations, April 2004, 2005, 2006

  42. MathFest, Madison Wisconsin, May 2002   “Heart of Mathematics” Focus Group at MathFest,  August 2001—helped revise text for second edition

  43. Integrating Mathematics and the Humanities Workshop, ISSOTL (International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning), University of British Columbia, October, 2000

  44. STEM STARTER video designed to advertise the STEM Starter Grant, May 2014

  45. STEM Student Videos, to advertise STEM opportunities to entering students, HCC, 2013 

Research: Papers and Reports

  1. Vasu, I. (2023) Centering Equity in STEM Teaching: STEM Ideas that Change the World, Feminist Pedagogy.

  2. Vasu, I. (2023) Let’s Humanize STEM and Increase Student Belonging, AAAS S-STEM REC.

  3. Vasu, I. & Mino J. (2022) Culturally Responsive Mentoring: Leveraging Students’ Community Cultural Wealth to Secure STEM Success, The Chronicle of Mentoring and Coaching.

  4. Vasu, I. & Madden S. (2021) The Enacted Calculus Curriculum: Impacts of Multiple Representations, Gender, and Classroom Discourse on Student Understanding of the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, for review International Journal for Research In Mathematics Education.

  5. Madden, S., Ericson, J., Gonzales, A. & Vasu, I. (2021) Characteristics of STEM Lessons in High Needs School Districts: A Lesson Observation Study. Submitted to Teaching and Teacher Education Journal.

  6. Vasu I. (2017). Enacted Multiple Representations of Calculus Concepts, Student Understanding and Gender. In: Kaiser G. (eds) Proceedings of the 13th International Congress on Mathematical Education,  ICME-13 Monographs. Springer, Cham; doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62597-3_138

  7. Vasu, I. (2018). Multiple Representations of the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, Sense-making, and Gender, Doctoral Thesis

  8. Vasu, I. & Sweeney, R. (2010). Computer Simulations to Teach Kinematics in Large and Small Group Settings: Achievement, Gender and Attitudes, Proceeding of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching.

  9. Stephens, A. L., Vasu, I. & Clement, J.  (2010). Small Group vs. Whole Class Use of Interactive Computer Simulations: Comparative Case Studies of Matched High School Physics Classes. Proceedings of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching.

  10. Vasu, I. Equivariant Casson Invariant of 3-Manifolds with Group Action. Unfinished dissertation  (1993) Yale University

  11. Vasu, I. Homological Invariants of Finite Coverings of Links. (1990) Stanford University

  12. Vasu, I. Models of Altruism and Kin Selection. (1989) Stanford University — on mathematical models in population biology 

Professional Development

  1. City as Text Institute, National Collegiate Honors Council, June 2022

  2. Data Science Summer Training, Summer 2021 and 2022, DSC WAV Five College Grant, June 2022

  3. Cultural Humility Training, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, February 2022

  4. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), 2004 — STEM Peer Mentoring Project

  5. Inclusiveness training,  Dr. S. Pline, Mt. Holyoke College, and Prof. J. Mino, HCC

  6. American Colleges Learning Community (ACLC) Conference, 2014
    Communicating Science Workshop, Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science, Westfield State University, MA, January 2016

  7. STEMTEC Faculty Fellows Program:  NSF & University of Massachusetts, 2001, 2002

  8. Inquiry Based Learning Workshops, HCC, May and August, 2018