Collection

2022 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference

Authors

Shantanu Gupta, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Mary E. Johnson Ph.D., Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Jiansen Wang, Purdue University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

approaches and ethics, leadership styles, and social and political issues.Students developed mutual respect and appreciation for different cultures byunderstanding the differences and identifying some deep-rooted similarities in cultures and socialbehaviors. Being international graduate students, they learned professional social etiquettesfollowed in United States and how to build professional relationships with professionals from othercultures. By working in culturally diverse teams for semester-long projects, the graduate studentslearned some critical professional skills such as effective communication, project management,leadership, and critical thinking. For example, one of the graduate students learned to apply criticalthinking to provide