Conference Archive
The UC Davis Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference has brought together instructors, researchers, students, and campus partners to share ideas, showcase scholarship, and advance teaching and learning across disciplines. This archive preserves the history of the conference through themes, agendas, abstract books, keynote speakers, and other resources from each year.
Explore past conferences to discover how the event has grown over time and to revisit the people, presentations, and ideas that have contributed to the UC Davis teaching and learning community.
- 2025
Theme: Growing Together: Preparing Students, Empowering Faculty
Date: Friday, Dec. 5, 2025
Keynote: Dr. Dave Kung, Executive Director of Transforming Post-Secondary Education in Mathematics (TPSE-Math)
- 2024
Theme: The SoTL Cycle: Innovate, Assess, Evolve
Date: Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024
Keynote: Dr. Melanie Cooper, Michigan State University
- 2023
Theme: Emerging Directions in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Artificial Intelligence and Student Engagement
Date: Friday, Dec. 1, 2023
Featured Panels:
Researching Student Engagement in the Time of Artificial Intelligence
Researching Learning and Assessment in the Time of Artificial Intelligence- 2022
Theme: Energizing the SoTL Community
Date: Friday, Dec. 2, 2022
Keynote: Afiya C. Fredericks, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of the District of Columbia
- 2021
Theme: Reconnecting the SoTL Community
Date: Friday, Dec. 3, 2021
Keynote: Sara Brownell, Professor, Arizona State University
- 2020
Date: Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020, and Friday, Dec. 4, 2020
Keynote: Bryan Dewsbury, University of Rhode Island
- 2019
Theme: The Intersection of Teaching and Research
Date: Friday, Dec. 6, 2019
Keynote: Sehoya Coter, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
- 2018
Date: Friday, Nov. 30, 2018
Keynote: Pat Hutchings, PhD, Senior Scholar, National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment
- Agenda
- Abstract Book (coming soon)
- 2017
Date: Friday, Dec. 1, 2017
Keynote: Robert Bjork, PhD, Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology at UCLA
- 2016
Theme: Addressing Todays Instructional Challenges and Opportunities
Date: Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016, and Friday, Nov. 18, 2016
Keynotes: Erin Dolan, University of Georgia and Scott Freeman, University of Washington
- Agenda
- Abstract Book (coming soon)
Suggested Citation Format
Presenters may cite conference participation using the format most appropriate for their discipline or review process. The following example may be adapted as needed:
[Presenter Last Name], [Initials]. ([Year]). [Presentation title]. UC Davis Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference, University of California, Davis.