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Track 8: Technical Session 8: The Role of an Artificial Intelligence Certificate in the Computing Identity Formation of Hispanic-Serving Community College Students who Work

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Sarah L Rodriguez, Virginia Tech; Taylor Y. Johnson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Paul Charles Bigby Jr., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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institutional environments and STEM identity development are sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Kapor Center. In recent years, she was selected as an Early Career Awardee and Faculty Fellow with the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE) and a NASPA Emerging Faculty Leader. She also received the Barbara Townsend Early Career Scholar Award by the Council for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC) and gave the distinguished ASHE-CAHEP Barbara Townsend Lecture. To learn more about her current projects, visit http://sarahlrodriguez.com/Taylor Y. Johnson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Taylor Y. Johnson is a graduate student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and

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Track 1: Technical Session 6: stEm PEER Academy: the Power of Human Capital

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Jennifer Ocif Love, Northeastern University; Claire Duggan, Northeastern University; Elizabeth H. Blume, Northeastern University Engineering PLUS Alliance

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-career faculty or professional staff in engineering education roles.We are now in year 3 of the 5 year grant. 5Specifically, the Academy’s mission is train, empower, resource and support anational network of educational change agents through 5 objectives, based on a 2-year professional development & research experience that guides participants todesign and implement an engineering-focused high-impact ImplementationProject at their home institution.stEm PEER Fellows as change agents will: Understand the engineering education pathway landscape with emphasis on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion – nationally, regionally and locally at their own institution

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Track 5: Technical Session 5: Successful mentoring practices for women undergraduate STEM students

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Suzanne Zurn-Birkhimer, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Elizabeth Hart, University of Dayton

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, concentration areas, how to findstudy groups, etc. (note: a mentor is NOT a tutor) 2. Personal: finding your fit at Purdue, study abroad, exploring your interests outside ofthe classroom, getting involved in clubs, etc. 3. Professional: how to find internships/jobs, networking, career discovery, gettinginvolved in research, etc.Department - # of participants in Fall 2023ME - 215BME - 168AAE - 146ECE - 145CE/CEM - 102CHE - 94IE - 76EEE - 48ABE - 46MSE/NE/MDE/IDE - 15/16/9/3 8Dayton: There are no requirements to participate in UD’s mentoring program. Studentsare incentivized to participate regularly in several ways: ● Students who participate in monthly

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Track 2: Technical Session 4: View from the Kaleidoscope: Conceptualizing antiracist priorities for engineering as a collective across vantages

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Brooke Charae Coley, Arizona State University; Alaine M Allen, Carnegie Mellon University; Sharnnia Artis, George Mason University; Jennifer M Bekki, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus; Khalid Kadir, University of California, Berkeley; Meagan C Pollock, Engineer Inclusion; Renetta Garrison Tull, University of California, Davis; Linda Vanasupa, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Rochelle L Williams, Northeastern University; Haley R. Hatfield, University of Georgia; Ebony Omotola McGee, Vanderbilt University

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. 3 Vision The Racial Equity Center envisions an equitable and just future for all who dream of a career in engineering and even those who don’t.We will discuss the vision of the center and why this vision is paramount in the spaceof engineering. 4 Mission The Racial Equity Center cultivates and models a radically just engineering future

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Track 8: Technical Session 7: Designing an open course to highlight the work of underrepresented STEM scholars

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Brianna B Buljung, Colorado School of Mines; Seth Vuletich, Colorado School of Mines; Madison Schaefer

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. 1, pp. 4–8, Jan. 2021, doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2020.10.010.[10] M.-E. Baylor, J. R. Hoehn, and N. Finkelstein, “Infusing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Throughout Our Physics Curriculum: (Re)defining What It Means to Be a Physicist,” The Physics Teacher, vol. 60, no. 3, pp. 172–175, Mar. 2022, doi: 10.1119/5.0032998.[11] G. Potvin et al., “Gendered Interests in Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering: Intersections With Career Outcome Expectations,” IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 61, no. 4, pp. 298–304, Nov. 2018, doi: 10.1109/TE.2018.2859825.[12] J. Rohde et al., “Design Experiences, Engineering Identity, and Belongingness in Early Career Electrical and Computer Engineering Students,” IEEE Transactions on

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Track 2: Technical Session 3: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly: a Practitioner's Look "Under the Hood" of Implemented Program Recommendations Four Years After a Needs Assessmentor supporting LGBTQIA+ engineering students

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Kathrine Ehrlich-Scheffer, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE)

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eventually led her to a position in IT for a semiconductor IP start-up. Fast forward through coast-to-coast moves to Boston, San Diego and finally Rochester, Kathy spent many years in the fitness industry while raising her daughter, wearing every hat from personal trainer and cycling instructor to owner and director of Cycledelic Indoor Cycling Studio. Kathy draws upon these many diverse career and life experiences while directing WE@RIT. In the spring of 2020, Kathy earned her Master of Science degree in Program Design, Analysis & Manage- ment through RIT’s School of Individualized Study, combining concentrations in Project Management, Analytics and Research, & Group Leadership and Development. An unabashed

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Track 3: Technical Session 6: Organizational Transformation for Graduate Education: Intentionally Engaging Graduate Students as Partners in Equity Work

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Julia Machele Brisbane, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Teirra K Holloman, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Natali Huggins, Virginia Tech ; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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, doi: 10.28945/1947.[18] R. Phelps-Ward, “Emancipatory Research Counter-Spaces: Re-Examining Black Doctoral Student Socialization,” in Socialization in Higher Education and the Early Career: Theory, Research and Application, J. C. Weidman and L. DeAngelo, Eds., in Knowledge Studies in Higher Education. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020, pp. 241–268. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-33350-8_14.[19] E. Ramirez, “‘ ¿Qué Estoy Haciendo Aquí? (What Am I Doing Here?)’: Chicanos/Latinos(as) Navigating Challenges and Inequalities During Their First Year of Graduate School,” Equity Excell. Educ., vol. 47, no. 2, pp. 167–186, Apr. 2014, doi: 10.1080/10665684.2014.900394.[20] E. Ramirez, “Unequal socialization: Interrogating the

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Track 5: Technical Session 2: Adoption of an Advocates and Allies Program to a Predominantly STEM Campus

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Adrienne Robyn Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Sonia Goltz, Michigan Tech; andrew storer, Michigan Technological University; Patricia Sotirin, Michigan Technological University

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Advocates Team created a separateemail address from which to send emails in order to make it more transparent that advocacycommunications originate from this dedicated group of faculty and staff and are not associatedwith university administration.An ongoing challenge has been the tendency of both Advocates and A3B members to gravitatetowards student-centric advocacy and away from faculty-centric advocacy, a form of missiondrift from ADVANCE program goals. Similarly, Advocates and A3B members have also showngreater comfort and engagement with discussions about biases impacting junior faculty rolesthan with those impacting mid-career or leadership roles. This is consistent with Thomas et al.’sanalysis of women of color at mid-career going from “pet

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Track 8: Technical Session 4: Grading: The (Mis)use of Mathematics in Measuring Student Learning and its Disproportionate Impact on Equity and Inclusion

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Sharona Krinsky, California State University, Los Angeles; Robert Christopher Bosley, California State University, Los Angeles; Dina Verdin, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus; Eva Schiorring, STEMEVAL; Emily L. Allen, California State University, Los Angeles

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, and access to careers in STEM fields for students from historically underrepresented groups. Sharona is a founding organizer of ”The Grading Conference”, an annual two-day online confer- ence focused on reforming grading as we know it across STEM fields throughout higher education, now entering its fifth year. She coordinates a large general education Quantitative Reasoning with Statistics course for over 1,400 students per year as well as teaches a wide range of mathematics courses including Calculus and Linear Algebra.Mr. Robert Christopher Bosley, California State University, Los AngelesDr. Dina Verdin, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus Dina Verd´ın, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Engineering in the Ira

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Track 8: Technical Session 5: Disrupting Computing Department Cultures, One Cohort at a Time

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Alicia Nicki Washington, Duke University; Shaundra Bryant Daily, Duke University; Cecilé Sadler, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI). Her career in higher education began at Howard University as the first Black female fac- ulty member in the Department of Computer Science. Her professional experience also includes Winthrop University, The Aerospace Corporation, and IBM. She is a graduate of Johnson C. Smith University (B.S., ’00) and North Carolina State University (M.S., ’02; Ph.D., ’05), becoming the first Black woman to earn a Ph.D. in computer science at the university and 2019 Computer Science Hall of Fame Inductee.Shaundra Bryant Daily, Duke University Shaundra B. Daily is the Cue Family professor of practice in Electrical and Computer Engineering & Computer Science at Duke University and Levitan

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Track 3: Technical Session 2: Using a Collective Impact Approach to Establish a Center for Equity in Engineering Focused on Graduate Education: Lessons Learned from Phase I

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Teirra K Holloman, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Natali Huggins; Julia Machele Brisbane, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Michelle D Klopfer, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; David B Knight, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Tremayne O'Brian Waller, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jeremi S London, Vanderbilt University

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underrepresented in engineering. Prior to joining Virginia Tech, Dr. Waller was Interim Director of the Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives at Cornell University. In this role, he was responsible for building academic and professional-development support and resources for undergraduate students who are traditionally underrepresented and/or underserved in higher education. Dr. Waller was the inaugural lecturer and director of the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program at Cornell Uni- versity. Dr. Waller began his career in student affairs and undergraduate education at Averett University, Radford University, and the University of South Carolina.Dr. Jeremi S London, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State

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Track 4: Technical Session 7: Siloed Efforts and Collaboration Among STEM Equity Initiatives: An Organizational Network Analysis

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Daniel Mackin Freeman, University of Washington; Emily Knaphus-Soran, University of Washington; Pauline Charlotte Dott, University of Washington

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highereducation [4]. STEM fields have been highly stratified disciplines historically and this persistsdespite concerted efforts to diversify them [5]. STEM occupations are both in-demand andhigher-paying [6], and thus represent a notable opportunity to address broader social inequitiesby facilitating greater economic mobility for socially disadvantaged groups. While colleges anduniversities have expressed increasing commitment to EDI in STEM in recent years [7], mostefforts are designed as individual-level STEM intervention programs (SIPs) aimed at “helpingstudents historically underrepresented in STEM to prepare for and graduate from STEMfields”[8, p. 2]. Examples of SIPs include: summer bridge, mentoring, research experiences,tutoring, career

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Track 3: Technical Session 3: Envisioning Equitable Pathways to STEM Graduate Education: Creating a Coalition including University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Bowie State University, and University of Maryland College Park to Make It Happen

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Rosemary Parker, University of Maryland, College Park; JACQUELINE SMITH, Bowie State University; Isabel K Lloyd, Materials Science and Engineering Dept., University of Maryland, College Park, MD; Jennifer Johnson, Temple University ; Yuanwei Jin, University of Maryland Eastern Shore

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flagshipinstitution and the largest provider of tech workers in the region. This tri-institution collaborationleveraged existing relationships as an opportunity to expand current efforts to broadenparticipation in STEM majors and careers between the state’s flagship institution and the twoHBCUs. The goal of this coalition was to identify barriers to pursuing and earning STEM M.S.and Ph.D. degrees faced by Black, Latinx, and Native American students from the threeinstitutions; to identify and cultivate internal champions and mentors who can help to overcomeinstitutional biases; and to develop a framework for these institutions to work together in creatinga pathway to graduate degrees that could be extended to other institutions.Following a mixed methods

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Track 6: Technical Session 1:Technology Students' Recognition of Algorithmic Data Bias through Role-Play Case Studies

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Ashish Hingle, George Mason University; Aditya Johri, George Mason University

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unrecognized effects! Background RPS & Case Study Methods, Data Collection, and Analysis Results and Discussion Final Thoughts 2As algorithms proliferate across domains, their development for analysis,prediction, and generation tasks raises questions about fairness, justice,and inclusion. One primary reason is algorithmic data bias, a commonphenomenon across datasets and systems that reflects incomplete ormisused data. With the incentive to make generalized systems that cando everything, everywhere, data bias reflects the data makeup and howit leads to systematically unfairly generated decisions or outcomes.As future engineers, analysts, and scientists, it is fundamental thattechnology students are made aware early in their careers

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Track 6: Technical Session 6: Stewardship of the Stories: Learning from Black Engineering Students' Lived Experiences

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Tanya D Ennis, University of Colorado Boulder; Donna Auguste Ph.D., Auguste Research Group, LLC; Cynthia Hampton Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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was never, like, her asking if I could not do well. It was like you can do this, you can make your way through it. My little brothers, like, wanting to set an example for them and wanting to, you know, show them that, like, no matter our background we could do it. We can make it through college and graduate. And, you know, being in a position, like, with engineering, it puts you in a better financial position than a lot of other career paths, so being able to support, you know, my family and not letting, I guess past circumstances determine, like, the future. I think that, like, there's a lot of friends, being close with other people and The ACCESS Program like Obi and Greg. You know

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Track 8: Technical Session 9: On the Importance of Spatiality and Intersectionality: Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Undergraduate Engineering Experiences Through Critical Collaborative Ethnographic Site Visits

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Finn Johnson M.A., Oregon State University; Michelle Kay Bothwell, Oregon State University

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: Verso, 2020.[27] J. Yang, M. K. Sherard, C. Julien, and M. Borrego, “Resistance and community-building inLGBTQ+ engineering students,” Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering,vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 1–33, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1615/jwomenminorscieneng.2021035089.[28] E. A. Cech, and W. R. Rothwell, “LGBTQ Inequality in Engineering Education,” Journal ofEngineering Education, vol. 107, no. 4, pp. 583-610, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1002/jee.20239.[29] J. Yoder, and A. Mattheis, “Queer in STEM: workplace experiences reported in a nationalsurvey of LGBTQA individuals in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics careers,”Journal of Homosexuality, vol. 63, no. 1, pp. 1-27, 2016,https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2015.1078632.

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Track 8: Technical Session 3: Exploring Engineering Faculty Views on their Role in Broadening Participation in Engineering

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Gerica Brown, University of Dayton

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repair facilities, and as a Six Sigma Black Belt for Global Engine Overhaul Operations. Gerica is a 2008 graduate of UD’s Mechanical Engineering program, received her Master’s in Supply Chain Management from Penn State in 2014, and just recently earned her doctorate in Educational Leadership from the University of Dayton in December 2021. During her time with GE Aviation, Gerica also served as a University Relations lead-recruiter, and led a number of community engagement efforts with the GE Women’s Network and African American Forum. Gerica is passionate about equity and inclusion in STEM as a means to broadening the participation of underrepresented groups in STEM education and careers. Her experiences as the

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Track 1: Technical Session 9: Credit Loss for Engineering Transfer Students: Visualizations Across Students and Structures

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Amy Jo Richardson, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; David B Knight, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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for thepolicies to work as intended, community college students must choose a major andtransfer institution early in their college careers to mitigate the potential for credit loss.In their analysis of 34 statewide articulation agreements, Taylor and Jain (2017) found thateven though the agreements facilitate the transfer of credits from the associate of science(AS) and associate of arts (AA) degrees to be able to be used for a bachelor’s degree, thefocus tends to be on general education core courses and not the program major-specificcourses. In engineering programs, the major-specific courses are highly sequential, somissing a course or taking a class that does not meet transfer criteria could set transferstudents back in their progress to a