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W357B·FDD special session: Improving the Lecture: The Application of Cognitive Science to PowerPoint
Special Faculty Development Division (FDD)
Wed. June 25, 2025 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Montreal D - 11th Floor, Westin Montreal
Speakers
  1. Robyn Paul
    University of Calgary

    Robyn Mae Paul (she/her) is an Assistant Professor in the Sustainable Systems Engineering at the University of Calgary. Her research and teaching focuses on applying frameworks from social justice, queer theories, indigenous knowledges, and ecofeminism to broaden the narratives of engineering culture and foster more inclusive spaces and more socially just and sustainable engineering designs. Her teaching includes engineering ethics and sustainable systems design courses, where she teaches in both small PBL settings and extremely large online asynchronous settings.

  2. Dr. Jillian Seniuk Cicek
    University of Manitoba

    Jillian Seniuk Cicek is a settler and Associate Professor in the Centre for Engineering Professional Practice and Engineering Education in the Price Faculty of Engineering at the University of Manitoba, which is located on the original lands of Anishinaabeg, Ininiwak, Anisininewuk, Dakota Oyate and Dene, and on the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. She is motivated by the translation of research into practice to improve engineering curricula
    and advance engineering education as a field. She teaches technical communication, decolonized engineering, career design, engineering education and engineering education research courses.

  3. Mr. Renato Alan Bezerra Rodrigues
    University of Manitoba

    Renato Bezerra Rodrigues (he/him) is an Educational Developer at the University of Manitoba’s Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning, as well Ph.D. candidate in Engineering Education. He is originally from the northeast region of Brazil and is now a settler in Winnipeg, Canada. With an undergraduate degree in engineering and a master's in philosophy, his research interests revolve around Science and Technology Studies, Emancipatory Education, and Engaged Engineering practices. He has been involved in courses that teach technical communication, technology and society, and engineering ethics and professionalism.