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

studentsof color (Samuelson & Litzler, 2016; Yosso et al., 2009). At the individual level, engineeringundergraduates who experience microaggressions may face decreased academic self-efficacy andself-esteem (True-Funk et al., 2020). Additionally, Camacho and Lord (2011) found thatmicroaggressions contributed to a hostile environment within engineering education. Womenwithin male dominate majors like engineering face environments widespread incidents of sexistmicroaggressions (McCabe, 2009). Among Latinx college students, microaggressions have beenassociated with negative persistence attitudes (Hernández & Villodas, 2019). Women in engineering may experience microaggressions due to their gender and racial orethnic identities (Camacho