Collection

2021 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Tracy Anne Hammond, Texas A&M University; Jacques C. Richard, Texas A&M University; Charles Patrick Jr, Texas A&M University; Lance Leon Allen White, Texas A&M University; Samantha Ray, Texas A&M University; Robert Harold Lightfoot Jr, Texas A&M University; Karan Watson P.E., Texas A&M University; Randy Hugh Brooks, Texas A&M University; Donna Jaison, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

opportunities to discuss DEI topics in their work lives,with some only having the EEFG meetings and book discussions as outlets. Some found that it isdifficult to have discussions over Zoom, citing body language as a barrier that remote meetingshave difficulty overcoming. Techniques that were particularly useful for these participants wereintroducing DEI topics in direct relation to the engineering discipline and design considerations,along with integrating important historically diverse engineers related to national heritagemonths throughout the year, e.g., Black History Month or Hispanic Heritage Month. Participantswere also more mindful of the graphics they use in their presentations and examples they use intheir classrooms to be more