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Track 4: Technical Session 6: Building Bridges to Success: A Thriving Program

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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Labrisha Nicole Mabry, Mississippi State University ; Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University; Lorena Andrea Benavides Riano, Mississippi State University

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is a historic, nationally recognized leader in the field of 7 experimental aviation research.• The Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems is committed to exploring solutions to complex problems in areas such as autonomous vehicles, materials science, high- performance computing, advanced controls, and human-machine interaction.• The Digital Media Center empowers MSU students, faculty, and staff to develop skills in design, production, creation, and editing. We provide a collaborative space for teaching and learning, the latest technology and equipment, and the help you need to use them.• The High Voltage Laboratory at

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Track 4: Technical Session 1: Creating Pathways to Engineering through Sponsored Summer Camps

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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Racheida S Lewis, University of Georgia; Stephan A. Durham, University of Georgia; Alison Leigh Banka, University of Georgia

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Paper ID #40775Creating Pathways to Engineering through Sponsored Summer CampsDr. Racheida S Lewis, University of Georgia Racheida S. Lewis, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor at the University of Georgia in the Engineering Ed- ucation Transformations Institute (EETI) and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Dr. Lewis believes in creating a diverse engineering field and strives to do so through connecting with teaching, and mentoring future engineers. She has devoted her life to this mission through her leadership and lifetime membership in the National Society of Black Engineers. Ultimately, Dr. Lewis

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Track 3: Technical Session 8: Self-Advocacy Professional Programming as a Framework to Support Non-Academic Outcomes of STEM PhD Graduate Education

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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Carmen Maria Lilley, The University of Illinois at Chicago

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, their professionalization. Assuch, in this paper, the focus is on how PhD graduate students from historically minoritizedcommunities perceive their sense of belonging within their research laboratories, theirprograms/departments and their professions. It is also discussed how teaching self-advocacyeducation impact how students navigate environments in higher education, such as in knowledgeof policies and help seeking. Challenges in sustaining this type of programming will also bediscussed and opportunities for expanding them more broadly within graduate programs at otherHSIs and institutions interested in expanding their supports to include non-academic outcomes ofstudents.Programming Students are given opportunities to attend seminars

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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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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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

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presently includes nine topics: facultydevelopment, cultural capital and cultural relevance, inclusive teaching, persistence, field work,laboratories, patents, funding and research, gender inclusive standards, and STEM librarianship.Each page in the disciplinary and special topics modules contains readings, videos, and websitesto explore as well as reflection questions. When adopted, the content can be used as is by faculty,or edited to meet their specific learning outcomes and course topics. Content was selected toprovoke discussion and introduce students to issues and resources. For example, the ElectricalEngineering page contains readings on gendered interests in computer engineering [11], andengineering identity in electrical engineering [12

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Track 6: Technical Session 2: Enhancing the Cultural Competence of K-12 STEM Teachers through a Global Research Experience

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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton; Leanne Petry, Central State University; Kelly Bohrer, University of Dayton; Kellie Schneider, University of Dayton; Marjorie Langston Langston; Elizabeth Generas

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- chemistry. Her research interests include oxidation-reduction reactions at the surface of electrodes for sensor applications, corrosion mechanisms of materials, as well as their electrochemical degradation. She currently serves as the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) – CSU Chapter President, the Director of Faculty Development in the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) as well as Chair of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Council at CSU. She advocates for the incorporation of high im- pact practices such as problem-based learning into educator lectures, laboratories, and outreach activities to engage students and the community in the education process, particularly STEM education.Kelly Bohrer

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Track 3: Technical Session 5: Mycorrhiza Framework: towards an Engineering Education framework for Social and Environmental Justice

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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Jorge A Cristancho, Purdue Engineering Education

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Paper ID #40726Mycorrhiza Framework: towards an Engineering Education framework forSocial and Environmental JusticeJorge A Cristancho, Purdue Engineering Education Jorge A. Cristancho studied Electronic and Computer Engineering and using bioinspired methods, he received a master’s in Electronic Engineering and Computers on Control and Automation at Los Andes University. Curious about teaching, he formally started as a teaching assistant in 2011 and continued as a teacher at three different universities in Colombia. He is a second-year Ph.D. in Engineering Education at Purdue University. He keeps a balanced life

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Technical Session: Transforming Engineering Education Is Possible! A Descriptive Case Study of Reimagining Engineering Education and Delivering a Wake Forest Engineering Student Experience Promoting Inclusion, Agency, Holistic Learning, and Success

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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Olga Pierrakos, Wake Forest University

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benefits that higher education offers citizens, communities,and our society, there is also considerable skepticism. The Chronicle of Higher Education hasrecently pointed to the lack of quality teaching which the public and students value but oftentimes is not a priority and not rewarded equally to research at many higher education institutions(McMurtrie 2023), ineffective use of teaching evaluation processes (McMurtrie 2023), extremecosts of higher education that keep increasing, etc. The public’s declining faith in highereducation is a concerning and a pivotal moment in the history of higher education. Publicexpectations of higher education are good teaching and meaningful learning to lead to well-informed citizenry and a skilled workforce

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Track 1: Technical Session 8: Cutting the Curb for Students with Disabilities Transitioning to Higher Education

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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Seth Vuletich, Colorado School of Mines; Brianna B Buljung, Colorado School of Mines; Jamie Marie Regan, Colorado School of Mines

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Brianna is the Teaching and Learning librarian at the Colorado School of Mines. She collaborates with faculty to design and implement information literacy throughout the curriculum. Prior to her work at the School of Mines, she was the Engineering and Computer Science Librarian at the US Naval Academy and a contract Reference Librarian assigned to the National Defense University. She earned her MLIS at the University of Denver in 2011.Ms. Jamie Marie Regan, Colorado School of Mines Jamie Regan is an undergraduate student in Electrical Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines. Her academic journey is intertwined with a personal and passionate dedication to advancing accessibility within STEM fields. Inspired by her

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Track 3: Technical Session 7: Promotion of Student Well-being via Successful Navigation through Conflict Resolution Pathways

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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Boni Frances Yraguen, Vanderbilt University; Bettina K Arkhurst; Stuart Montgomery, Georgia Institute of Technology; Derek Ashton Nichols, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jennifer Molnar, Georgia Institute of Technology

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learning assignments, ad the use of technology in the classroom. Boni hopes to pursue a career in academia with a focus on teaching and engineering education.Bettina K ArkhurstStuart Montgomery, Georgia Institute of TechnologyDerek Ashton Nichols, Georgia Institute of TechnologyJennifer Molnar, Georgia Institute of Technology ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Promotion of Graduate Student Well-being via Successful Navigationthrough Conflict Resolution PathwaysDr. Boni Yraguen, Bettina Arkhurst, Derek Nichols, Jennifer Molnar, Dr. Macrae Montgomery 1 Addressing advising and departmental issues can

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Track 5: Technical Session 1: Peru in State College

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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Lauren A Griggs Griggs, Pennsylvania State University ; Julio Urbina, Pennsylvania State University

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Paper ID #40790Peru in State CollegeDr. Lauren A Griggs Griggs, Pennsylvania State University Lauren received her B.S. in Engineering Science, with a concentration in Nanomedicine from The Univer- sity of Virginia in 2012. As a doctoral student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University, Lauren was awarded the RuProf. Julio Urbina, Pennsylvania State University JULIO V. URBINA, Ph.D. is a Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at The Pennsylvania State University. His educational research interests include: effective teaching tech- niques for

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Track 1: Technical Session 3: Examining how Graduate Advisors in STEM Support Mental Health among Black and Latinx Graduate Women

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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Kerrie Wilkins-Yel, University of Massachusetts Boston ; Stephanie Marando-Blanck, University of Massachusetts; Pavneet Kaur Bharaj, California State University, Bakersfield; Aisha Farra

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laboratories, classrooms, and their broader departments. Yet, graduatestudents broadly, as well as graduate WOC more specifically, rarely described mental healthwith their STEM graduate advisors (Mousavi et al., 2018; Wilkins-Yel et al., 2022; Wilkins-Yelet al., 2023). To date, there is a dearth in research examining how systemic agents, such asSTEM graduate advisors, actively support graduate Women of Color’s mental health. Extensive research documents the harmful and toxic ways in which graduate advisorsnegatively affect Black and Latinx graduate students. However, there have been fewer attemptsto highlight how graduate advisors can positively support graduate students, especially Black andLatinx graduate women in STEM. Understanding the