Collection

2022 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Annual Conference

Authors

Felicity Bilow, Clarkson University; Jan DeWaters P.E., Clarkson University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

definitions,retrieved from the EPRA tool [35], are as follows: social justice relates to the distribution of theadvantages and disadvantages in society, including the way in which they are allocated; socialresponsibility is an obligation that an individual (or company) has to act with concern andsensitivity, aware of the impacts of their action on others, particularly the disadvantaged.3. Results and DiscussionRelationships among student responses were explored across three major categories, whichfocused on how the course students were enrolled in affected their (1) sense of belonging inengineering (i.e., feeling included and/or connected to the community of engineering); (2) viewsof the relationship between social justice and engineering; and (3

Collection

2022 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Annual Conference

Authors

Esther Jose, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Matilde Luz Sanchez-Pena, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

Tagged Topics

Diversity

answered “Yes” to the third question was comparable among the twodepartments in our sample. When splitting the responses by rank, 75% of PhD students said“Yes”, as opposed to 67% of Faculty members. Among graduate students who responded “Yes”,it appeared that they heard this sentiment most often from friends (11 of 15) and colleagues (10of 15). About half said advisers or mentors were behind these comments (7 of 15). Only 5 of 15said family members were behind them. One person wrote that professors/ the chair told themthis, and one person wrote that random people say it when their career comes up. From thissurvey, we can then conclude that most women are indeed told that they receive advantages orpreferential treatment in the Engineering world