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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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Paper ID #40789Technology Students’ Recognition of Algorithmic Data Bias throughRole-Play Case StudiesMr. Ashish Hingle, George Mason University Ashish Hingle (he/him) is a Ph.D. student in the College of Engineering and Computing at George Ma- son University. His research interests include technology ethics, interactions and networking in online communities, and student efficacy challenges in higher education. He received his bachelor’s degree in Information Systems and master’s degree in Information Assurance (Cybersecurity – Forensics – Audit) from sunny Cal Poly Pomona.Dr. Aditya Johri, George Mason University Aditya

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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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Jorge A Cristancho, Purdue Engineering Education

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mycorrhizaas a simile of these invisible connections. Mycorrhiza is a symbiotic association betweenfungi and plants that cycles nutrients to improve the whole ecosystem. The Mycorrhizaframework aims to raise awareness of the effects of engineering education and work,incorporate social and environmental justice in engineering education, and move closer tohelping people freely and fully develop in a sustainable world. I. IntroductionIt is essential for people and the Ecosystem that we raise awareness of our engineeringimpact. Demanding for people to take action, Singer [1] presented an ethical decisionwhere we would see a child drowning. Most people would do their best to come up with asolution to help the child. Engineering with visible results or

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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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content and learn about applications of AI ● Coordinating mentoring and support activities to build engagement ● Conducting a computing identity study, which is where our research team comes in ● And finally, conducting an evaluation on partnerships Project Context 12-credit Interdisciplinary AI HSCC Certificate Machine Learning AI Thinking Applied AI in Business AI & Ethics Foundations • AI and digital competency • Applied AI

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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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Olga Pierrakos, Wake Forest University

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anexample, one of the first assignments in our first engineering class - EGR 111 (Introduction toEngineering Thinking and Practice) - was a personal statement of what each student hoped to dowith an engineering degree and where they envisioned they would be after graduation. This wasnot an easy assignment but one that we would give back to students on graduation day (nearly 4years later). Similar visioning assignments like an Independent Development Plan (IDP) wouldbe part of the curriculum too and would continue to be improved by the founding faculty team(e.g. Melissa Kenny, Kyle Luthy, Kyana Young, Courtney DiVittorio). Ethical Leadershipassignments and Career Readiness assignments in capstone design, etc. Figure 3: Some of the

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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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Paper ID #40685On the Importance of Spatiality and Intersectionality: Transgender andGender Nonconforming Undergraduate Engineering Experiences ThroughCritical Collaborative Ethnographic Site VisitsFinn Johnson M.A., Oregon State University Finn Johnson, M.A., is a transgender and queer doctoral student in women, gender, and sexuality studies at Oregon State University. Finn has extensive experience in transgender and queer research methodologies, legal studies, and feminist research ethics and is currently working on an engineering education NSF- funded study with the College of Chemical, Environmental, and Biological

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

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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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our leaders Engineering Discovery Laboratory and Fabrication• Analysis - understand how to analyze information and Design Studio spaces. Then, in the middle of the week, data relevant to solving engineering problems we'll take a field trip to a nearby lake to explore sustainability and environmental stewardship initiatives.• Conceptualization - create and design ethical After completing the camp, you will leave excited about engineering solutions engineering and filled with a passion for how you can

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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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morechallenging for minoritized students. Additionally, minoritized engineering graduate studentsencounter lack of representation at faculty and student levels, exacerbating unwelcoming feeling,and tokenism as part of diversity campaigns [13], [22].Reason of engagement and experiencesDespite all the challenges mentioned above, minoritized students often embrace their agency toplace issues in the forefront and engage in activities to help them and others navigate injusticesand inequalities. Indeed, community values and a sense of responsibility to respond to socialinjustice give minoritized students the motivation to help others reduce inequities within theirfield and develop equity ethics—challenge social inequities through their vocation—andamplifying

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Track 4: Technical Session 4: The Pink Paradox: Tensions in How STEM Toys are Marketed Toward Girls

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Theresa Green, Purdue University; Artre Reginald Turner, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Ruth Wertz P.E., Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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E. Rush, “‘Why does all the girls have to buy pink stuff?’ The ethics and science of the gendered toy marketing debate,” Journal of Business Ethics, vol. 149, no. 4, pp. 769–784, 2018, doi: 10.1007/s10551-016-3080-3.[11] E. Sweet, “Boy builders and pink princesses: Gender, toys, and inequality over the twentieth century,” Dissertation, University of California, 2013. Accessed: Oct. 26, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.proquest.com/docview/1517101640?pq- origsite=gscholar&fromopenview=true[12] C. J. Auster and C. S. Mansbach, “The gender marketing of toys: An analysis of color and type of toy on the Disney Store website,” Sex Roles, vol. 67, pp. 375–388, Oct. 2012, doi: 10.1007/s11199

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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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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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from lab groupAll faculty indicated that any communication froma grad student regarding an ethical concern “Academic” “Career”constituted “protected activity” under the anti- consequences consequencesretaliation policy.Our interviews with administration revealed that there was rarely aclear pathway to resolve a graduate student concern. Furthermore– we could not get a consensus on if almost any hypotheticalposed had an institutional policy that might apply.Between 25% and 60% of faculty interviewed on hypotheticalsrelating to intimidation, racism, safety, and title 9 issues thoughtthat a policy that might apply to a student’s case existed. Even so,faculty could rarely name or locate the

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Track 8: Technical Session 2: Adapting the Gender Based Analysis Plus (GBA+) to Engineering: A Digital Tool to Aid Inclusive Design

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Audrey Anne Blanchet, Université de Sherbrooke; Nathalie Roy, Université de Sherbrooke

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attributes that graduates must develop during theirtraining in conjunction to the continuous improvement of programs. The attributes addresstechnical skills as well as social, ethical, and organizational skills within engineering practice torespond to the globalized and diversified environments that engineers will need to evolve in [5].Diversity is omnipresent in engineering regarding the sectors where engineers can work, theproblems they can solve, the multiple solutions they can propose, and the variety of peopleinvolved. As demonstrated in many papers [6], diversity in engineering is of great importance tocreate different approaches to problem-solving and better service for everyone.The provincial Quebec’s professional order of engineers defines

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Track 1: Technical Session 7:Beyond Math Readiness: Understanding Why Some Women Pursue Engineering

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Olivia Ryan, Virginia Tech Engineering Education; Susan Sajadi, Virginia Tech

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Track 7: Technical Session 3: The Missing Misrecognition in Recognition and Engineering Identity Research

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Annie Yong Patrick, Georgia Tech; Joseph M LeDoux, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sara Schley Schley, Rochester Institute of Technology (NTID)

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. (2015). Establishing an Explanatory Model for Mathematics Identity. Child Development, 86(4), 1048–1062. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12363Fraser, N. (2001). Recognition without Ethics? Theory, Culture & Society, 18(2–3), 21–42. https://doi.org/10.1177/02632760122051760Fraser, N. (2006). Reframing justice in a globalizing world. In T. Lovell (Ed.), (Mis)recognition, social inequality and social justice: Nancy Fraser and Pierre Bourdieu (pp. 17–35). Routledge.Fraser, N. (2008). Scales of Justice: Reimagining Political Space in a Globalizing World. Polity Press. http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/vt/detail.action?docID=1584038Gilgun, J. F. (2019). Deductive Qualitative Analysis and Grounded Theory

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Track 6: Technical Session 5: Exploring Gender Representation Issues In Computing by Writing Interactive Fiction

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John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Stephany Coffman-Wolph, Ohio Northern University

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serves as an ABET Commissioner and as a member of ABET’s Accreditation Council Training Committee. He was previously a Member-At-Large on the Computing Accreditation Commis- sion Executive Committee and a Program Evaluator for both computer engineering and computer science. Estell is well-known for his significant contributions on streamlining student outcomes assessment pro- cesses and has been an invited presenter at the ABET Symposium on multiple occasions. He was named an ABET Fellow in 2021. Estell is also a founding member and current Vice President of The Pledge of the Computing Professional, an organization dedicated to the promotion of ethics in the computing professions. Estell is Professor of Computer

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Track 3: Technical Session 4: Scripts of Whiteness in engineering: An analysis of the literature

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R. Jamaal Downey; Joel Alejandro Mejia, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Diana A. Chen, University of San Diego; Gordon D Hoople, University of San Diego; Susan M Lord, University of San Diego

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beneficiary oftentimes incites avisceral display of emotions as though their work ethic, will, and determination is in question[64]. A belief in meritocracy for white students also makes them believe that they aredeserving—entitled—to whatever success they are granted. In engineering, meritocracy showsitself in the manner “that students must prove themselves to be engineers, and they will make itonly if they work really hard through the ‘death march’ of math and science courses” [62, p. 11].More specifically to engineering, a blind belief of meritocracy in engineering gives a false sensethat, since the education, training, and work is hard, this will set them up for easy and wealthylives [65]. Since these beliefs are so ingrained into their sense of

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Track 7: Technical Session 2: Lessons Learned from Development of an Elective Undergraduate Course on DEI in STEM

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Leigh S McCue, George Mason University; Christopher Alexander Carr, George Mason University; Kevin William Kuck, George Mason University; Dhiambi Otete; Violet Veronika Reges

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organizational development in the collegiate and professional sphere, and diverse representation in STEM fields. With a background in public policy, he takes his ethical stances into conversations around tough issues to make sure all voices are included. In his professional life, Carr has convened numerous diversity leadership forums in STEM education – bringing together over 100 deans and diversity administrators to talk about underrepresented students persistence, diverse faculty recruitment, and creating inclusive campus climates. Carr has also been a champion for access to opportunities for those from historically oppressed groups. He worked to see outreach efforts exponentially expand to Historically Black Colleges and

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Track 7: Technical Session 7: Challenges and Opportunities to Address Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion within the Professional Construction Industry

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Andres Nieto, Virginia Tech; Homero Murzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Abiola Akanmu, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Anthony Olukayode Yusuf, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Sheryl Ball, Virginia Tech; Walid Saad; Andrea Nana Ofori-Boadu, North Carolina A&T State University (CoE)

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females and 5 were males. Additionally, 6 were White, and 1 wasAsian. Some relevant comments from the focus group discussion are presented in this paperas well. It is important to mention that we secured ethical clearance through our IRB office(IRB # 22-379). Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, and some of theresponses were analyzed by different variables to see if there were any importantdifferences to show between participants. Qualitative focus group data was analyzed bymemoing and coding strategies. Demographic and company-related data are presented next. First, we classified results based on gender and race, demographic data is shown inFigures 1 and 2. About gender diversity (Fig. 1), 75% identified

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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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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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. In M. A. Moodian (Ed.), Contemporary leadership and interculturalcompetence: Exploring the cross-cultural dynamics within organizations (pp. 219-232).Hammer, M. R., Bennett, M.J., & Wiseman, R. (2003). Measuring intercultural sensitivity: Theintercultural development inventory. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 27(4).Hammer, M. R. (2015). Intercultural competence development. In J. M. Bennett (Ed.), TheSAGE encyclopedia of intercultural competence. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publishing, Inc,pp 483-486.Hargman, E, Morris, C & Blache-Cohen, B. (2014). Fair Trade Learning: Ethical standards forcommunity-engaged international volunteer tourism. Tourism and Hospitality Research, 14(1–2),108–116. https://doi.org/10.1177

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Track 1: Technical Session 2: Tailoring DEIA Programming through Current Field Analysis: Promoting Allyship in STEM of University Graduate Students

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Mia Leigh Renna, University of Maryland College Park; Emily Lawson-Bulten, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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