Lancaster Learns 2026 Program 

See the scheduled sessions:

7:30AM - Doors  and Registration Open
8:00AM - 8:45AM Networking and Breakfast
8:45am - 9:45am Keynote
From Pedagogical Solitude to Pedagogical Solidarity: Teaching Better Together
​Johanna Inman, EdD
10:00am -10:50am  Session 1
Ungrading Approach to Assessment: Student and Faculty Perspectives - 1710
​Oksana Moroz, Leah Clarke, Mackenzie Wise, Laurel Uhlinger, & Anna Salvatori (Messiah University)
​Teaching Inclusively: Using AI Tools to Bring Universal Design and Backward Design into Your Classroom - Room 1620
Ann Green, Cas Hruska, Alyssa Kirchner, Rob McCunney, & Karen Pinto (Saint Joseph’s University)​
"Who does the thinking, gets the learning": AI & Cognitive Outsourcing - Room 1200
Justin Harbin (Lancaster Bible College)​
Active learning Strategies for Creating an Inclusive and Collaborative Learning Environment - Room 1520
Dianna Montgomery, Leonora Foels (Eastern University)
An Introduction to Appreciative Advising: Six Steps to Student Success - Room 1700
Kaitlin Gill (Messiah University)​
11:00am -11:50am  Session 2
Mentor Programs That Work: Evidence-Based Practices for Higher Education - Room 1200
Melissa Dietrich (Orbis Education)
Why Read: Wrestling with Our Personal Reading Histories - Room 1700
Karen L. Harrington (Messiah University)
Evidence-Based Strategies for Supporting Neurodiverse Students in Higher Education - Room 1710
Laura Cunningham (Elizabethtown College)
Student to Student Feedback - Room 1520
Leslie Gates (Millersville University)
12:00PM - 12:40PM Lunch
12:50PM - 1:40pm Roundtables
How Do We Balance Inclusive Teaching Practices, Student Accountability, and Instructor Capacity? - Room 1520
Melissa Mullen Davis (Millersville University)
Eight Dimensions of AI Literacy - Room 1700
​Charleton King & Michelle Bly (Lancaster Bible College)
Cultivating Healthy Academic Habitats - Room 1710
Aaron Haines & Laura Weise-Cross (Millersville University)
Incorporating Self-Care while Teaching in Higher Education - Room 1200
​Yanina Marti-Ramirez de Arellano, & Bertha Saldaña-DeJesús (Millersville University)
​1:50PM - 2:40pm Session 3
Beyond ChatGPT Essays: Building Interactive Learning Activities with AI in Under an Hour - Room 1520
Paul Logan (Saint Joseph’s University)
Livening up Lecture-Based Learning - Room 1620
​Kaitlin Gill (Messiah University)
Elevate Connection: Why Connection Matters and How to Foster it in Your Pedagogy - Room 1710
Kelly Waltman (Messiah University)
The Feedback Is Worth Getting - Room 1700
​A. Nicole Pfannenstiel, Leonora Foels, & Marie Firestone (Millersville University)
2:50pm - 3:40pm Session 4
Hot Takes on AI in Education - Room 1200
​Joshua Swartz & William Illingworth (HiTech Podcast)
Listening to the World: Global Storytelling in the College Classroom - Room 1620
Timothy Shea (Messiah University)
Supporting Student Pacing in Online Courses - Room 1700
Rocky Allinger, Katherine Clark, & Cindi Kerns (Messiah University)
Supporting Teacher Candidates Across Gender and Sexuality - Room 1710
Jennie Burke, Lara Wilcox, Aileen Hower, Allura Ralston (Millersville University) & Buck Rodgers (​School District of the City of York)
3:40PM - 4:00PM Conference Wrap Up and Prizes