Collection

2020 ASEE North Midwest Section Annual Conference

Authors

Arielle True-Funk, Iowa State University; Cristina Poleacovschi, Iowa State University; Gloria Jones-Johnson; Scott Grant Feinstein; Meghan Berger M.A., LCMHCA, NCC, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

procedures were reviewed for ethical compliance by the InstitutionalReview Board (IRB) at Iowa State University (IRB Number 18-231). Following the interviewsand subsequent transcription, using a grounded theory approach, microaggression themes anditems were identified (Case & Light, 2011). Twenty-one items were identified as specific to theengineering environment. Finally, previous microaggression scales were reviewed as they examinedmicroaggressions among individuals from similar racial, ethnic, and gender identities (Keum etal., 2018; Lewis & Neville, 2015; Nadal, 2011; Torres-Harding et al., 2012). Twenty-one scaleitems from these previously developed items were adapted to the engineering environment. Allitems were then grouped