YUKIKO WATANABE, PhD

• Watanabe, Y. (2018, September). Design decisions: Creating a proactive assessment culture. Plenary talk for the Fourth Evaluation Congress and Third Colloquium Teaching and Evaluation of Foreign Languages, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico [Request PPT] 
   

• Watanabe, Y. (2018, October). Assessment that Guides and Informs Learning and Teaching of Languages. Invited workshop for the Fourth Evaluation Congress and Third Colloquium Teaching and Evaluation of Foreign Languages, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico. [Request Materials]
   

• Watanabe, Y. (2017, October). Intentional design and curricular thinking in assessment. A panel presentation for the University of California System-wide Conference on Undergraduate Education, Davis, CA.
   

• Watanabe, Y. (2016, November). Strategic planning for faculty development centers. Invited lecture for the Workshop on University Teachers' Development, National Academy of Education Administration, Beijing, China. 
   

• Watanabe, Y. (2016, November). Evaluating and communicating CTL impact and effectiveness. Invited lecture for the Workshop on University Teachers' Development, National Academy of Education Administration, Beijing, China. 
   

• Watanabe, Y. (2016, November). Cultivating assessment culture and capacity: CTL's roles and contributions. Invited lecture for the Workshop on University Teachers' Development, National Academy of Education Administration, Beijing, China. 

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• Watanabe, Y. (2016, October). Proactive ownership of assessment: A key factor for assessment success. A panel paper presentation on Defining and Measuring Assessment Climate, Culture, and Capacity in Higher Education, American Evaluation Association Conference, Atlanta, GA.
   

• Watanabe, Y. (2016, April). Graduate student assessment fellows program: A strategy to respond to assessment capacity needs. A ​paper presentation at the WASC Academic Resource Conference, Garden Grove, CA.
   

• Watanabe, Y. (2016, March). Enabling conditions for empowerment evaluation in a Japanese academic context: A case study of a Japanese as a second language program. A paper presentation at the Georgetown University Round Table, Washington DC
   

​Awarded Talk: 

• Watanabe, Y., Hagstrom, S., Manor, N., Roscoe, L., & Wilcox, E. (2013, March). Locally grown, locally embraced assessment. A panel discussion session at NACADA regional conference, Los Angels, CA. 
  *Selected as the Best of Region 9 Presentation. To be showcased at the National NACADA Annual Conference in October, 2013.