Presentations

Discipline-Specific TA Training: A Scalable Model for Departments Wednesday, October 15, 2025:

I was invited to speak at the UBC Department of Statistics' Educational Leadership Seminar on teaching assistant training.

Abstract:

Most universities offer centralized teaching development programs for Teaching Assistants (TAs), but discipline-specific initiatives – particularly in statistics and actuarial science – are often limited or informal. In response to this gap, the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science at the University of Waterloo launched a comprehensive TA Program in 2023. This initiative encompasses all aspects of...

Statistics for Scientists: Learning Outcomes and GenAI’s Role Tuesday, August 12, 2025

During the JSM's Section on Statistics and Data Science Education virtual Birds of a Feather sessions, Tatiana Krikella and I co-led a discussion on GenAI's role in introductory statistics courses for science students.

Abstract:

The use of Generative AI (GenAI) in the classroom and in assessments is drastically different depending on the instructional team. Yet, we know that undergraduate students are increasingly interacting with GenAI tools in various ways – for personal reasons, academic work or related tasks, coding, brainstorming, and...

Flipping for the first time: building a roadmap from non-flipped to flipped courses Friday, July 18, 2025:

wcse_2025_flipped_classroom_talk.pdf

At the Western Conference on Science Education in London, I spoke about flipping a statistical consulting course for the first time.

Abstract:

A flipped class is one that engages students with material outside of the classroom to prepare for an active learning experience in the classroom. Bates et al. (2017) remind us that the idea of a flipped classroom is not new and that many classes are becoming increasingly suited to this model as higher education institutions invest more in technology. Instructors can choose to flip some classes in a...

Texts and Effects: Interview Findings on Neurodiversity and Representation Wednesday, June 25, 2025

New academic article! Texts and Effects: Interview Findings on Neurodiversity and Representation was recently published in Neurodiversity. Authored by Meg Gibson, bridget livingstone, Steacy Easton, Hannah Monroe, and Julia Gruson-Wood. Read more about Texts and Effects: Interview Findings on Neurodiversity and Representation

Eloping: Autism & Community-Driven Research podcast episode Monday, May 12, 2025:

podcast_eloping-transcript-final-2.pdf

Several members of the Eloping Project team -- Nicole Corrado, Sandra Nakata, Tina Wilson, and Meg Gibson -- recorded a podcast episode about autism and community-driven research with Dr. Barbara Lee at the University of British Columbia. Links can be found here:

https://blogs.ubc.ca/swkx/episodes/episode-12/

‘White people have an easier time making claims to those identities’: Interviews on neurodiversity, at The University of Sheffield, UK, Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Forthcoming chapter in edited collection Desiring Autism and Neurodivergence, edited by Dr. Patty Douglas. Chapter authored by Margaret F. Gibson, bridget livingstone, Izumi Sakamoto, Hannah Monroe, Patty Douglas, and Julia Gruson-Wood Read more about ‘White people have an easier time making claims to those identities’: Interviews on neurodiversity

Learning Through "Teach-Offs", at Waterloo, Thursday, May 1, 2025:

fymsic_teach-offs.pdf

Talk given at the 2025 UWTL conference (and also at the FYMSiC one-day conference a week later)

Abstract:
The Math Prof Teach-Offs began in Winter 2023 as a way to challenge how teaching is evaluated, by bringing together students and willing instructors in an experimental event. Students were given a surprise topic and a short quiz to measure their prior knowledge, and then split randomly into three groups. Each was taught a one-hour lesson by an award-winning instructor, and then students were tested again with a...

How do graduate student instructors in STEM navigate challenges with the help of their mentors? Wednesday, April 30, 2025

At the UW Teaching and Learning Conference, I co-organized and co-moderated a panel with Minzee Kim on graduate student instructors navigating challenges when teaching (typically for the first time) with their mentors. Our session was one of two sessions, out of 18 in total, selected by conference organizers to be recorded.

Abstract:

Uncertainty and disruption...

Autistic "eloping" and other fugitive practices: Reflections on neuroqueer resistance, at University of Sheffield, UK, Tuesday, April 29, 2025:

gibson_autistic_eloping_and_other_fugitive_practices.pdf

When Autistic people leave spaces suddenly or against expectations, this can sometimes be referred to as “eloping”. Different people might have a range of other words they would use instead: fleeing, running away, “nope-ing”, wandering, going missing, hiding, getting lost. While researchers have investigated the risks of “eloping” – especially for children -- they have seldom asked Autistic people what these departures mean for them. In this presentation, Dr. Gibson will share reflections and emerging research findings from a mixed-methods, participatory...

Applied critique (with YouTube link), at University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Margaret F. (Meg) Gibson, Social Development Studies and Social Work, University of Waterloo; Julia Bullard, Information (UBC); Hannah Kia, Social Work (UBC), organized and moderated by Tina Wilson, Social Work (UBC)
Coach House, Green College, UBC and livestreamed
Tuesday, January 21, 5-6:30 pm

in the series
Green College Special Lecture
Social justice and related terms are notoriously unstable objects of analysis and intervention. Liberal responses to seventy-odd years of...

https://blogs.ubc.ca/swkx/episodes/episode-12/

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