Collection

2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Meagan Patterson; Prajnaparamita Dhar

programs, however, have focusedprimarily on supports outside of the classroom and neglected to examine the benefits ofincorporating inclusive teaching practices across the curriculum. In this paper, we presentmicrointerventions that. Were incorporated in two core chemical engineering classes. Data wasobtained to study the inpact of these interventions on students self-perceptions of departmentclimate, classroom engagement, and sense of belonging.KeywordsActive learning, sense of belonging, retention, graduate education.IntroductionThere is a critical need for more, and more diverse, engineers in the U.S.[1,2]. Although thenumber of members of underrepresented racial groups (i.e., African Americans, Latinxs, andNative Americans) in engineering has