Presentations

Publications Presentations Invited Scholar Technical Reports

Lowry, D. (November 2025). K-12 strategies for getting students to the right post-secondary setting. PromiseNet Conference. Kalamazoo, MI.

Iriti, J., & Miller-Adams, M. (November 2025). Pivot, flex, sustain: Adaptive redesign of Promise programs. PromiseNet Conference. Kalamazoo, MI.

Iriti, J. (October 2025). Assessment and Teaching Conference Keynote Panelist on Generative AI. University Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Pittsburgh.

Lowry, D., & Iriti, J. (September 2025). Promising practices to expand equitable access to dual enrollment in Pennsylvania. Dual Enrollment Symposium, Pittsburgh, PA.

Legg, A. S. & Iriti, J. (May, 2025). The STEM PUSH Network. Invited presentation to the STEM Funders Network held at the Carnegie Science Center.

Delale O'Connor, L., Stol, T., Davis, D., Iriti, J., Lowry, D., Matthis, C., & Legg, A. S. (2025). Addressing Racism in Out-of-School Time STEM: A Plan-Do-Study-Act Cycle for Staff Development. Paper accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association, Denver, Colorado.

Capo, R. C., Fullerton, S., McKone, J., Parker, B., Woon, J., Godley, A., Thomas, A., & Iriti, J. (2024). Networked Improvement Community-based Initiatives to Broaden Participation and Improve Outcomes for STEM Ph.D Students at the University of Pittsburgh. Presented at the Annual Convening of the American Geophysical Union, Washington DC.

Iriti, J., & Delale-O'Connor, L. (2024). Adaptive practices to Networked Improvement Community Frameworks for Deepening Equity and Inclusion and Increasing Efficacy. Invited presentation to the NSF INCLUDES National Network.

Davis, D., Iriti, J., Stol, T., & Legg, A. S. (April, 2024). Building program capacity for broadening participation through an evidence-based self-study tool. Paper presented at the ARIS Summit in Omaha, Nebraska and published in the official conference proceedings. Create a copy of the self-study tool

Lowry, D., Iriti, J., & Page, L. (2023). Buffering the Promise: Impact of emergency funds on student postsecondary persistence during the COVID-19 pandemic. Poster presented at the 2023 LRDC Board of Visitors.

Stol, T., Iriti, J., Sherer, J. Z., Matthis, C., & Slinskey Legg, A. (2023). Enablers and constraints of the networked improvement community model in STEM out-of-school time spaces. Poster presented at the 2023 LRDC Board of Visitors.

Stol, T., Forster, R., Elie, K., Iriti, J., & Binning, K. (2023). Adapting and testing an ecological belonging intervention in out-of-school time STEM programs. Poster presented at the 2023 LRDC Board of Visitors.

Iriti, J., Lowry, D., Taylor, S., & Tannous, J. (2023). Equitable practices for getting students to college. Presentation at the annual PromiseNet convening in Detroit, MI.

Iriti, J., Delale O’Connor, L., Langford, J., Seanez, C., Valmont, M., & Stol, T. (2023, April). Leveraging Improvement Science for Racial Equity in STEM: Stories from the STEM PUSH Network. Presentation at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Improvement Summit, San Diego, CA.

Mohabir, P., Iriti, J., Klein, C., Tisdal, C. & Wasserman, D. (2021, October). Keeping the long game in mind: Centering alumnae voice and experience in pre-college spaces. Presentation at the virtual conference for the Association of Science-Technology Centers.

Slinskey Legg, A., Iriti, J., Boone, D., & Morrison, J. (2021, September). Overview of the STEM PUSH Network. Presentation at the annual meeting of NSF ITEST grantees.

Iriti, J. (2021, August). How a networked improvement community model supports collaborative systems change. Presentation at the 2021 National Science Foundation National Network virtual convening.

Iriti, J. & Sherer, J. Z. (2021, April). Knowledge management: Engineering for learning in an emergent networked improvement community. Presentation at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Education Summit: Held virtually.

Stol, T. & Iriti, J. (2021, April). Balancing practitioner and field knowledge: A scaffolded approach to developing change ideas. Presentation at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Education Summit: Held virtually.

Allen, A., Iriti, J. E., Ball, M. (April 2020). Leveraging precollege STEM programs for broadening participation in undergraduate STEM. Paper presented at the annual conference for Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity. Crystal City, VA.

Iriti, J. E. & Plank, S. (April 2019). Harnessing the power of developmental evaluation and network health assessments to support networked improvement communities. Paper accepted for presentation at the Annual Education Summit hosted by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching: San Francisco, CA.

Russell, J., Sherer, J., & Iriti, J. (April 2019). How participation structures and routines contribute to the critical learning needs to support network functioning. Paper accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association: Toronto, Canada.

Valenta, W., Pieri, J. & Iriti, J. (March 2019). Increasing the value proposition of the MBA program through experiential-based learning aimed at professional development. Paper accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the Association for Business Simulation and Experiential Learning: San Diego, CA.

Iriti, J. E., Pugh, M., & Scherer, S. (November 2018). Leveraging researcher-practitioner partnerships for improving postsecondary access. Paper presented at the National College Access Network conference: Pittsburgh, PA.

Slinskey Legg, A., Allen, A., Iriti, J., Boone, D., Delale-O'Connor, L. (November 2018). NSF INCLUDES DDLPs: Early Lessons Learned. Paper presented at the STEM Learning Ecosystems convening: Orange County, CA.

Allen, A., Boone, D., Iriti, J., & Champagne, R. (October 2018). Diversifying access to urban universities for students in STEM fields: A collaborative approach to rethinking college SETM admissions. Webinar hosted by the National Association of Multicultural Engineering Program Advocates: Pittsburgh, PA.

Iriti, J. E., & Long, C. E. (June 2018). Winchester Thurston's City as Our Campus: Unpacking the core components and theory of change. CoLearn Conference: Pittsburgh, PA.

Iriti, J. E. (2017). Researcher-practitioner partnerships: Developing evidence-grounded solutions. Presentation to the PromiseNet conference held in Kalamazoo, MI.

Iriti, J. E. (2017). Evaluating place-based Promise scholarship programs. Presentation to the PromiseNet conference held in Kalamazoo, MI.

Iriti, J. E., Brown, J., & Miller-Adams, M. (2016). Promise programs design lab. Presentation to the PromiseNet conference held in Washington DC.

Iriti, J. E. & Hamilton, L. (2016). Program evaluation: Build it from the beginning. Presentation to the PromiseNet conference held in Washington DC.