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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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Lisa Trahan, University of California, San Diego; Gennie Miranda, UC San Diego; Olivia A. Graeve, University of California, San Diego

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, 2021 Reflecting on 10 years of centralized engineering student diversity initiatives (Experience)0. AbstractThe IDEA Engineering Student Center at the University of California San Diego’s Jacobs Schoolof Engineering was established in 2010 to focus on engineering student diversity and inclusioninitiatives following a series of racially charged incidents affecting our campus’ Black students.From its inception, the IDEA Center aimed to focus on 1) outreach, 2) recruitment and yield, 3)academic success and enrichment, and 4) retention and graduation for underrepresented minority(URM) students. Through the lens of nonprofit organizational lifecycles, the IDEA Centertransitioned from Idea to Start-up to Growth

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

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Brandon Bakka, University of Texas at Austin; Vivian Xian-wei Chou, University of Texas at Austin; Maura J. Borrego, University of Texas at Austin; Patricia Clayton, Wake Forest University ; Gabriella P. Sugerman, University of Texas at Austin; Cassandra Prince, LGBTQ+ STEM Issues and Advocacy; Jeffrey Marchioni, The University of Texas at Austin; Ria Upreti

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helped augment queer engineering spaces and has served as a catalyst for studentactivism. Importantly, we have included student reflections of their experiences in the group andhow the readings connect with their experiences as a queer engineering student.BackgroundIn this paper, we use LGBTQIA (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual) asan umbrella acronym to encompass all the identities held by those with a minoritized sexual orgender identity. We also use queer as a reclaimed term identifying LGBTQIA peoples andacknowledge that historically, “queer” was used as a slur.Despite the effort to advance diversity and inclusion resources on college campuses, the culture inengineering departments remains heteronormative

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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Aroba Saleem, University of Florida; Sindia M. Rivera-Jiménez, University of Florida; Idalis Villanueva Alarcón, University of Florida

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also consider discrimination or lack of diversity and inclusion asystematic misallocation of human resources and as such an economic inefficiency (Futrelle, 2013). Whileacknowledgment of these ideas is encouraging for a progressive future, the demographic profile of thestudent population in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields, despitesignificant gains, does not reflect that of the nation. The lack of diversity; gender, racial, and ethnic sexualinequality; and lack of an inclusive culture are still prevalent in the fields of STEM, especially at theuniversity level (Winkle-Wagner et al 2018). This is subsequently reflected in the nation’s STEM labormarket as well. As such, engineering and related STEM professionals in

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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Sarah Hug, Colorado Evaluation & Research Consulting; Christina Convertino; Heather Thiry

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grant. The team met to document their reflections on their experiences. Large groupdiscussions were audio taped and transcribed.ResultsThe results sections are structured around the themes addressed in the theoretical framework. Weemphasize three in this Experience Based Research, specifically continuous improvement as amessaging and process strategy for departmental change towards equitable student success,human resources practices that support equitable student success, and departmental policies thatsupport equitable student success.Continuous improvementContinuous Improvement became an integral part of the messaging of change and the process ofchange in the RED grant implementation at University of Texas at El Paso. Initialcommunications

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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Stephen Secules, Florida International University; Bruk T. Berhane, Florida International University; Haiying Long, University of Kansas; Anna Teresa Caringella; Andrea Pinto

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do nontraditional engineering students encounter at MSIs? • How do nontraditional engineering students engage with MSI support structures and resources or respond to misaligned university infrastructure?3. Research Method3.1 Institutional ContextFlorida International University is a public, research-intensive, Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) thatgraduates both the highest number of Hispanic students overall and the higher number of Hispanicengineering graduates of any college or university in the country (Gamarra, 2019). The diversityrepresented by institutions like Florida International University is particularly important because thesedemographics reflect the diversity that will likely be reflected throughout the US in the coming

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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Zaniyah Victoria Sealey, University of Georgia; Racheida S. Lewis, University of Georgia; Trina L. Fletcher, Florida International University

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valued in this story was… Willingness to Experiment, Grit and Perseverance, Planning and Efficiency Internal alignment/ Alignment with The experience I shared influenced my Confidence, Purpose, Belonging others sense of… Openness/ Reflectiveness Any decisions that were made in this Intuition, Self-Reflection, Feedback from story were influenced by… others Flexibility Thinking about the future, this story Embrace risk, Be willing to adapt, Rely on encourages me to… familiar ways of

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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Sonia M. Bartolomei-Suarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Carla Lopez Del Puerto, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Pedro O. Quintero, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Luisa Guillemard, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Aidsa I. Santiago-Roman, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Manuel Rodriguez-Martinez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Manuel A. Jimenez, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez; Nayda G. Santiago, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Nelson Cardona-Martinez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Oscar Marcelo Suarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus

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Research Workforce Working Grouprequired IDPs for their postdoctoral researchers (Austin) [8] and the National ScienceFoundation included the IDP as one of the tools in their career development website [9]. As wecan see, both NSF and NIH, as well as many universities, have embraced the IDP as a keycomponent for enhancing STEM graduate and postdoctoral programs. In fact, in studies ofreflection as pedagogy the IDP is considered a self-reflection tool. Researchers such as McMillanand Hearn have reported that it enhances self-motivation and achievement [10].Taking all these factors into consideration, and the fact that there is not a similar tool as ‘myIDP’for undergraduates, we developed an instrument customized to fit the goals of bachelor's

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

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Michel A. Kornegay, Morgan State University; Md Tanvir Arafin, Morgan State University; Kevin Kornegay, Morgan State University

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. A typical I. I NTRODUCTION CTF competition requires at least some basic technical security knowledge and time spent preparing [7]. Unfortunately, CTFT HE United States needs to utilize the available talent to meet the future’s cybersecurity challenges, and underrep-resented minorities are a significant resource pool. There is a contests typically attract fewer underrepresented minorities [8]. The games reflect the designers’ interests, who have usu

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Minorities in Engineering Division Poster Session

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Jameka Wiggins, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Jamie R. Gurganus, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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71% 68% Engineering Career Success 77% 66% Expectations Overall Emotional States 68% 64% Programmed students are encouraged by their scholar programs to pursue engineering-based research instead of industry. Potential misunderstanding and expectations of theengineering research, low research self-efficacy, may contribute to the uncertainty leading themto feel they are unable to be successful in the field. However, the virtual environment causedboth groups to have lower than expected engineering emotional states. Reflecting on the SocialPersuasion Vicarious Experiences results, the motivation to pursue

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

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Lei Miao, Middle Tennessee State Univ.; Cen Li, Middle Tennessee State University

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): the percentage of underrepresented students whose GPA is above 3.0 is 13% less thanthat of the majority students, and the percentage of underrepresented students whose GPA isbelow 2.0 is more than triple of that of the majority students. This gap directly contributes toother academic problems; for example, the current retention rate of underrepresented students is10% less than that of the majority students in CBAS at MTSU. Moreover, this gap gets worseyear after year in the past three years.Closing this gap is more challenging in the sophomore year due to a well-known phenomenon incollege education known as “sophomore slump”: reflected as either students getting poorer GPAor lower retention rate, or both, in the sophomore year [1] [2

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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Arielle Marie Rainey, Colorado School of Mines; Dina Verdin, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Jessica Mary Smith, Colorado School of Mines

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respect. The significance of faculty being available to meet may reflect the significantdemands that especially minoritized women face in managing multiple priorities on their time.One ethnographic study recounts how Inez, a minoritized multiethnic female student, felt hinderedacademically by her professors’ lack of availability outside of office hours [11]. Anotherminoritized female student, Kitatoi, expressed her frustration with attempting to receive help fromher instructors outside of office hours [39]. As a single mother, Kitatoi had competing prioritiesand a more flexible instructor could have better assisted her learning alongside her continued focuson other important obligations. Cole [41] also found that minoritized students believe

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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Eleazar Marquez, Rice University; Samuel Garcia Jr., NASA EPDC

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undergraduate research. The survey questionswere generated based on recurrent conversations the faculty advisor had with his undergraduatestudents during research meetings, office hours, or arbitrary settings. Moreover, the survey1 Cohort 2 information is in parenthesesincluded an open-ended question that provided students an opportunity to reflect and share abouttheir experiences in engaging in a research group setting. Descriptive statistics were employed foranalysis and presentation of data results. The authors note the following limitations of the study:(a) small sample size; (b) self-developed survey instrument; (c) convenient sampling procedure.The administered survey consisted of nine questions for Cohort 1 and Cohort 2: Question 1: Faculty

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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Nagash Antoine Clarke , University of Michigan; Joi-lynn Mondisa, University of Michigan; Kinnis Gosha, Morehouse College

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mentor can be accessible at any time and any place frompotentially any smart device. AcknowledgmentsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.1831964. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this materialare those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation. References[1] E. National Academies of Science, and Medicine, NASEM. (2019). The Science of Effective Mentoring in Science, Technology, Engineering, Medicine, and Mathematics (STEMM) Available: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/bhew/mentoring/index.htm[2] F

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder

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of race/ethnicityand gender. A survey instrument measured the students’ attitudes toward professionalconnectedness (PC), a sense that engineers should apply their skills to help others, using 19 itemswith a 7-point Likert-type response scale. A key methodological inconsistency in the dataset washow students were allowed to report their race/ethnicity in the demographic question at the endof the survey: 1088 students selected a single race/ethnicity category, while 2305 students couldidentify multiple racial/ethnic categories. The results show that constraining students to select asingle race/ethnicity likely fails to accurately reflect the multiracial identities of many students.For example, the percentage of students who responded to the

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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Danny Luecke; Robert V. Pieri, North Dakota State University; Austin James Allard, Turtle Mountain Community College ; Paula Comeau, North Dakota State College of Science; Michael Maloy Parker, Cankdeska Cikana Community College; Karl Haefner; Alexa D. Azure, United Tribes Technical College

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. Modern media and academic sources have repeatedlyreported the stress and impacts of an education crisis. Students of all ages have beenasked to isolate and learn without the social support of their classmates and teachers.The grief over the loss of community has been noted and described with reports ofemotional, mental, and physical distress [1]. The grief being described in the ongoingreports equates to a trauma, and while trauma can imply a psychological injury it can initself become a mental health problem [7]. As the pandemic overtakes its one-yearanniversary, educators must reflect on the potential impacts from the prolongedisolation and loss on both individuals and communities and those impacts on the futureof higher education. An entire

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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Daniel Knight, University of Colorado Boulder; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado Boulder; Janet Y. Tsai, University of Colorado Boulder

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the living and learningenvironment can easily derail a RedShirt student’s academic progress. Most programs include asecond year in the dorm. While RedShirt students expressed some ambivalence about thisrequirement in the second year, most third year students were grateful for dormitory supportwhen reflecting on their second year. A number of third year students struggled with the impactof moving back home after moving out of the dorm and others struggled with logistics aroundliving in an apartment. These third year struggles were worsened by the pandemic. This seemslike another area where continued engagement with RedShirt staff in the area of intrusiveadvising would be helpful to assist juniors with making their living arrangements when

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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Carlotta A. Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Audrey Bowden, Vanderbilt University; Monica Farmer Cox, The Ohio State University; Tahira N. Reid, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Leroy L. Long III, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach

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DEI efforts and larger DEI efforts. As part of the plan we haveengaged with constituents and discussed ways to implement the following levels for the Call toAction by addressing the following questions and then reflecting on the levels in Figure 4. ● How do we make the initiatives actionable? ● How do we make the actions sustainable? ● How do we measure success of the actions? ● How do we manage accountability for the initiatives? ● What did we miss? What have we not considered? ● What are the strengths, weaknesses, threats and opportunities? Figure 4. Call To Action Levels of ActionNext StepsThe BIE Call to Action offered a solid foundation for the launching of other BIE strategicinitiatives. Among

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Minorities in Engineering Division Poster Session

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Peter Golding, University of Texas at El Paso; Diane Elisa Golding, University of Texas at El Paso; Carla Ann Judith Navar, University of Texas at El Paso

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ProgramsPurpose: These unique platforms and programs help us to support and guide our students.EduGuide is a platform that provides a path to where the students want to go by using simplesteps of content and weekly challenges of reflection. YesSHECan is a program dedicated toencouraging more women to be part of STEM, and they have connections to professionalsdedicated to skillful workshops.! Topic: YesSHECan WorkshopsPurpose: We invite the YesSHECan program to our class 7 times to introduce six uniqueworkshops. The topics were: Resume Building, Self Discovery, Confidence Building,Communication Skills, Financial Literacy, and finally, Motivation and Time Management. Thestudents were enthusiastic about these workshops, and they were always very grateful to

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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Sylvia L. Mendez, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs; Sarah Elizabeth Cooksey, University of Colorado Colorado Springs; Kathryn Elizabeth Starkey, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs; Valerie Martin Conley, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs; Clayton J. Clark II, Florida A&M University; Natalie Yolanda Arnett, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering; C. Fred Higgs III, Rice University; Illya V. Hicks, Rice University; Comas Lamar Haynes, Georgia Tech Research Institute; Tammy Michelle McCoy, Georgia Institute of Technology; Molly Stuhlsatz, BSCS Science Learning

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those next in line to successfully compete for tenure-track facultylines are not receiving sufficient mentoring, the structural systems of power in higher educationare persisting. If this is the case, the call to action in diversifying the engineering professoriate isgoing unheard.Funding AcknowledgementThis research is sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Alliances for GraduateEducation and the Professoriate (AGEP; award numbers: 1821298, 1821019, 1821052, and1821008). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations are those of only theauthors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.ReferencesAllen-Ramdial, S.-A. A., & Campbell, A. G. (2014). Reimagining the pipeline: Advancing STEM diversity

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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Kristen Moore, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Monica Farmer Cox, The Ohio State University

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all perspectives.Heuristic for an Accomplice’s Ethic of Care and AccountabilityIn order to establish coalitional accomplice relationships that appreciate and celebrate difference,the authors suggest three heuristic activities that can establish trust and build a sharedunderstanding. This heuristic reflects a Black Feminist epistemology, not only because it is builtin pursuit of an ethic of care but also because it invests in knowledge-making in action. ForBlack Feminist theorists, this means that the experiential knowing that occurs in situ establishesthe basis for relationships. Importantly, we use a heuristic because there is no one-size-fits allapproach to activist work or to establishing ally, advocate or accomplice relationships. Yet

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

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Fethiye Ozis P.E., Northern Arizona University; Tina Zecher, Northern Arizona University; Nena E. Bloom, Northern Arizona University

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