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Myths About Gender and Race

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carroll Suzanne Seron, University of California, Irvine; Erin A. Cech, University of California, San Diego; Susan S. Silbey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Brian Rubineau, Cornell University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

University.Prof. Susan S Silbey, M.I.T. Susan S. Silbey is Leon and Anne Goldberg Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Head, Department of Anthropology.Brian Rubineau, Cornell University Brian Rubineau is an Assistant Professor in Organizational Behavior at Cornell University’s ILR School. Professor Rubineau joined the Cornell University faculty in 2007. Professor Rubineau earned his Ph.D. at the MIT Sloan School of Management, concentrating in Economic Sociology and Organization Studies. His dissertation was entitled, ”Gendering professions: An analysis of peer effects.” Professor Rubineau also earned a Masters degree in Public Health from Harvard University, a Bachelor of Science in Mathe- matics and a Bachelor of

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WIED Poster Session

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Anna M. Zajicek, University of Arkansas; Shauna A. Morimoto, University of Arkansas; Aparna S. Terdalkar, University of Arkansas; Valerie H. Hunt, University of Arkansas; Joseph J. Rencis, University of Arkansas; Rodica Lisnic, University of Arkansas

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analyses.Shauna A. Morimoto, University of Arkansas Shauna A. Morimoto is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Arkansas. She received her Ph.D. in sociology in 2008 from the University of Wisconsin- Madison. Her research focuses on democratic participation and social equality with an emphasis on how the intersections of race, class and gender constrain and enable institutional change.Aparna S. Terdalkar, University of Arkansas Aparna S. Terdalkar is a Management professional with over four years of experience in financial, ed- ucation and social media industry. She received BS in Engineering and MBA from India, and MS in Operations Management from University of

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Engaging Students in Engineering (ENGAGE)

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan Staffin Metz, Stevens Institute of Technology; Sheryl A. Sorby, Michigan Technological University; Tricia S. Berry, University of Texas, Austin; Carolyn Conner Seepersad, University of Texas, Austin; Ana Maria Dison, University of Texas, Austin; Yosef S. Allam, The Ohio State University; John A. Merrill, Ohio State University; Wally Peters, University of South Carolina, Department of Mechanical Engineering; Erica Pfister-Altschul, University of South Carolina; Sarah C. Baxter, University of South Carolina; Guangming Zhang, University of Maryland, College Park, Department of Mechanical Engineering; James A. Leach, University of Louisville

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awarded WEPAN’s Betty Vetter Award for research on women in engineering.Tricia S. Berry, The University of Texas at Austin Tricia Berry, Director of the Women in Engineering Program (WEP) at The University of Texas at Austin, is responsible for leading the efforts on recruitment and retention of women in the Cockrell School of Engineering. She concurrently serves as Director of the Texas Girls Collaborative Project, connecting Texas organizations, companies and individuals working to advance gender equity in science, technology, engineering and math fields. Berry received her BS Chemical Engineering degree from the University of Texas at Austin in May 1993 and her MBA from the University of Houston Clear Lake in May

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Reports from ADVANCE Institutions

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Margaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology; Carol Elizabeth Marchetti, Rochester Institute of Technology; Elizabeth A. DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology; Jacqueline R. Mozrall, Rochester Institute of Technology; Gina M. Williams, Rochester Institute of Technology; Sharon Patricia Mason, Rochester Institute of Technology; Maureen S. Valentine P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology; Stefi Baum, Rochester Institute of Technology; Steven LaLonde, Rochester Institute of Technology

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AC 2011-2271: ESTABLISHING THE FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE OR-GANIZATIONAL REFORM AND TRANSFORMATION AT A LARGE PRI-VATE UNIVERSITY TO EXPAND THE REPRESENTATION OF WOMENFACULTYMargaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE) Margaret Bailey is Professor of Mechanical Engineering within the Kate Gleason College of Engineer- ing at RIT and is the Founding Executive Director for the nationally recognized women in engineering program called WE@RIT. She recently accepted the role as Faculty Associate to the Provost for Female Faculty and serves as the co-chair on the President’s Commission on Women. She began her academic career as an Assistant Professor at the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, being the first woman

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Recruitment & Retention of Women II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John J. Duffy, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Manuel A Heredia, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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Women in Engineering

and service-learning (S-L) in particular are more attractive to those from underrepresented groups inengineering than to their counterparts. Courses with service-learning projects have beenintegrated into existing required courses in engineering over the past six years in fivedepartments at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Entering engineering students have beensampled every fall with a “pre” survey, and then all students are surveyed “post” at the end of thespring semester. Evidence continues to mount of the significant difference in responses inattitudes toward community service and S-L in engineering with women especially and to alesser extent other minorities in engineering. Voluntary participation in S-L projects involvingwork

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WIED Olio

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carmen G. Villa, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City; Elsa Gonzalez, Texas A&M University

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Women in Engineering

, particularly the 1970‗s and 1980‗s, female participation in higher education inMexico was very low. This phenomenon was associated with socio-cultural stereotypes thatestablished Mexican women as mothers and wives and identified them as emotional andaffective, and therefore not ―fit‖ for schooling; this ultimately has kept them from paid workand formal education. Historically the characteristics of Mexican educational institutions havenot only affected the experiences of female students, but also have stressed traditional roles ofwomen and thus present challenges for women who venture into non-traditional fields1. Despitethis, participation of women in higher education in Mexico has increased substantially in the lastthree decades and has nearly

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WIED Poster Session

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Elaine R. Millam, University of Saint Thomas; Ronald J. Bennett, Univeristy of Saint Thomas

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Women in Engineering

increasing, it is not at a rate that is fast enough. This paper looks at the issues that limit engineering women‟s opportunities for faster advancement, and shares information about a course in developing leadership capacity in women engineers, documenting progress based on interviews with alumni. Significant strides are being seen in the women that understand and practice effective leadership, and organizations that can create a supportive climate for their practice.BackgroundIn the U.S., it is no longer surprising or incongruous to see a woman as principal of a public highschool, manager of a corporate department, dean of a university college, or anchor on a localnewscast. Women have breached the barriers to such positions in concert

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Recruitment & Retention of Women I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Ayre, University of South Australia; Julie E. Mills, University of South Australia; Judith Gill, University of South Australia

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Women in Engineering

when they are taken up7,13,14.This paper reports a recent study of the careers of all the female graduates in a single engineeringdiscipline from an Australian technical university (ATU), which found that a much higherproportion of them have remained in the engineering profession than the rates frequently cited inthe literature. The study‟s findings on workplace conditions, availability and use of family-friendly practices and intentions to leave the profession are compared with the findings of anational study of Australian female engineers across all engineering disciplines undertaken in2007 to seek potential explanations for the high retention and satisfaction rate of this cohort.Women in the engineering professionIn all western countries

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WIED Poster Session

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Emiko Hirose Horton, Shibaura Institute of Technology; Kumiko Miki, Nihon University

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Women in Engineering

FS v. i v. v. i v. CT CT CT CT u ni un u ni unFig. 2 Ratio of male/female faculty and students in engineering programs(Data from 2010 JSEE survey)Note: MF=male faculty, FF=female faculty, MS=male students, FS= female students,Univ.=universities, CT= colleges of technology Since 2006, MEXT has been granting funds to institutions of higher education inscience and technology (S&T) for their plans to promote the interests of science and Page 22.860.3technology

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Recruitment & Retention of Women II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna Milgram, National Institute for Women in Trades, Technology & Sciences (IWITTS)

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rates for both female and male students. TheCalWomenTech Project‟s numbers on the recruitment and retention of technology students—both female and male—have been compiled by an external evaluator.The Project has worked with the CalWomenTech colleges to distribute two surveys to thetargeted female technology students that ask them what recruitment and retention strategies theyhave experienced, which ones they find helpful, and which strategies they would like toexperience more (2009 survey n=60, 2010 repeat survey n=43). The results from these surveyshave allowed the colleges to see what strategies take the fewest resources and yield the highestreturn for their students. Most of the strategies female students indicate have been most helpfulto

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WIED Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aura Tuulia Paloheimo, Aalto University, School of Science and Engineering; Kaisa Pohjonen, Aalto University; Pirjo Helena Putila

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Women in Engineering

the dot comcollapse or concern over job security is still only one factor that can be seen as a forcing onecompared to the multitude of factors affecting the women‟s underrepresentation.In the large scale the underrepresentation of women in engineering programs continues to be aworld-wide phenomenon3-5. Some common reasons for women not to choose engineering aredepicted to be lack of suitable role models6, sex-stereotyped and/or negative view on scienceand scientists7 and masculine content and climate of technical institutes8. The impacts of old-fashioned stereotypes are surprisingly strong not only in the traditional industry, but also inthe field of ICT, where most girls drop out of the track latest after secondary school level:Even if

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WIED Olio

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Sarah Hug, University of Colorado, Boulder; Susan Jurow, University of Colorado at Boulder; Wendy C. Chi, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Women in Engineering

you think about graduate school? FemProf Participant: Even though I already did research, I didn‟t really understand very well the whole entire master‟s/Ph.D. degree process. At the first school I was a tutor, and really enjoyed that. Since I‟m studying engineering, I just don‟t want to be a teacher in high school, and didn‟t understand how to become a professor. FemProf coordinators have given me seminars and how about grad school works, and I have talked to them individually about their experiences in the doctoral degree, as the doctoral degree sounds like a super-hard thing but it‟s actually not as scary as it seems.Program directors highlight ways women can support one another in their

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WIED Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Myongsook Susan Oh, Hongik University; Yookyung Bae, Seoul National University, Institute for Gender Research

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Women in Engineering

AC 2011-1680: EFFECT OF THE GROUP CULTURE ON THE LEADER-SHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR FEMALE ENGINEERING STUDENTS INKOREA.Myongsook S. Oh, Professor, Hongik University B. S. in Chemical Engineering, UC Berkeley Sc. D. in Chemical Engineering, MIT Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Texaco, Inc Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Hongik University in KoreaYookyung Bae, Institute for Gender Research in Seoul National University B.A. in Socioloy at Ewha Womans University in Seoul, Korea M.A. in Socioloy at Ewha Womans Uni- versity in Seoul, Korea M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction at The University of Texas at Austin Ph.D Candidate in Gender Studies at Seoul National University, Korea

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Recruitment & Retention of Women II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Armando A. Rodriguez, Arizona State University; Anita Grierson, Arizona State University

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Women in Engineering

work and to add two additional non- metropolitancommunity colleges to the mix. This program is called METSTEP. Based on a successful thirdyear review, this grant is for five years and also supports the METS Center, as well as some $4Kscholarships for students from the five targeted schools and additional $300 scholarships fortransfer students who register, attend, and do the assignments on time for a one credit AcademicSuccess Class. Much of this work has already been documented. 3-9 . The support for engineeringtransfer students at ASU is further enhanced through an S-STEM Academic Success Program(NSF grant # 0728695).II. Community College Visits by ASUThere is nothing more effective than a meeting face to face when a university person wants

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WIED Poster Session

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Maria M. Larrondo-Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Martha Elicia Beltran-Martinez, Organization of American States, Office of Science, Technology, and Innovation

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Women in Engineering

in science and engineering is amajor hindrance to global capacity building in science and technology”.7 The report urges all nationalacademies throughout the world to making changes within the academies and proposed a sample statement ofcommitment for adoption by the academies: “The president and council of the academy commit to full inclusion of women in science and technology. The academy will: • Adopt good management practice—tools for inclusiveness—in its institutions and advocate such practice across the S&T community. • Establish a committee that addresses gender issues and ensures follow-up. • Promote women members to decision-making levels and include them in panels and committees. • Increase the

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FPD V: Gender and Engineering Education: A Panel Discussion and Workshop

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yevgeniya V. Zastavker, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Debbie Chachra, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Caitrin Lynch, Olin College of Engineering; Alisha L. Sarang-Sieminski, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Lynn Andrea Stein, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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First-Year Programs, Women in Engineering

students.AcknowledgmentThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under GrantsNo. 0624738, 0953698, and 0939128. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions orrecommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarilyreflect the views of the National Science Foundation. We would like to express our gratitude tothe students who have participated in the Gender and Engineering Co-Curricular Activity. Wewould also like to thank our colleagues for intense conversations on the subject and support inthe formation of this manuscript.References:1. National Academy of Engineering (2002). Diversity in Engineering: Managing the Workforce of the Future, Washington, DC: National Academy Press2. National

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Myths About Gender and Race

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peggy Layne, Virginia Tech

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

personal path led me from a [university] BS/MS in 1969/70 to industry experience in [state]. After balancing family obligations and career motivation in the late 70’s and early 80’s, I returned to school and received my PhD from [different university] in 1985. My continued commitment to education led me to the newly created chemical engineering department at [another university] in 1986, where I started as an assistant professor just before turning 40.” – Diane Dorland, dean, Rowan UniversitySally Ann Keller gained leadership experience at the National Science Foundation and LosAlamos National Laboratory before becoming dean: “When I look back on my career, I can honestly say I did not spend much time planning

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Recruitment & Retention of Women I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Priti N. Mody-Pan, University of Washington; Suzanne G. Brainard, University of Washington

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Women in Engineering

inclass suggest that other dynamics such as culture and family upbringing 24 may mitigate theirobservations of bias. This study begins to address the issues of climate in engineering forwomen of all races and ethnicities. Examination of other dimensions of diversity, particularlyclass and culture, may provide further insight into the mechanisms that enable women of certainracial/ethnic groups to persist despite being in an environment that singles them out for theirunderrepresented status.Bibliography1 Malcolm, S. M. (1976). The double bind: The price of being a minority woman in science. Washington, DC: Page 22.953.10 American

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Recruitment & Retention of Women II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth T. Cady, National Academy of Engineering; Norman L. Fortenberry, American Society for Engineering Education; Catherine Didion, National Academy of Engineering

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Women in Engineering

57.8%, with women receiving approximately 851,824 degrees and menreceiving approximately 621,911 degrees in 20061. During that time the percentage of womenreceiving bachelor’s degrees in science and engineering (S & E) fields increased from 24.8% to50.5%, and the number of women earning S & E degrees increased from 45,634 to 239,273 inthat time. However, the percentage of women with bachelor’s degrees in engineering was 19.5%in 2006, although that is an increase from 0.4% in 1966 and represents an increase in totalnumber of women’s degrees from 146 in 1966 to 13,300 in 2006. Certain engineering fields haveeven lower numbers and percentages of women graduates. For example, the percentage ofwomen attaining electrical or mechanical

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WIED Poster Session

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Silvia Carreno-Castillo, Universidad de las Américas, Puebla; Aurelio Lopez-Malo, Universidad de las Américas, Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Américas, Puebla

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Women in Engineering

, private, and research-oriented university in Mexico, focusing on howfaculty implicitly or explicitly describe the boundaries of engineering, and how their descriptionsreproduce or resist historically-influenced ideas about women’s and men’s work.Difficulties and potential uses of the category of gender as an analytical unitAmerican feminism prompted the use of the category of gender in the 1970’s with the intentionto differentiate social and cultural constructions of the biological facts. In addition, to thescientific goal of understanding social reality, with the sole intent to point out that humancharacteristics considered “feminine” were acquired by women through a complex individualand social process, rather than derived “naturally” from

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WIED Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Natalie Fabert, Arizona State University; Marilyn Cabay, Ph.D., Argosy University, Phoenix; Melissa B Rivers, Arizona State University; Mary Lee Smith, Arizona State University; Bianca L. Bernstein, Arizona State University

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Women in Engineering

damagingeffects of isolation and to help promote graduate student retention. Page 22.660.14Bibliography1. Spradley, J. P. (1979). The ethnographic interview. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.2. Glaser, B. G., & Strauss, A. L. (1967). Discovery of grounded theory: Strategies for qualitative research. Chicago: Aldine Pub.3. Coleman, J. S. (1988). Social capital in the creation of human capital. American Journal of Sociology,94(1), 95- 120.4. National Science Foundation. (2008). Science and engineering indicators 2008. Retrieved July, 2008, from http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind08/5. Mednick, M., & Thomas, V. (2008). Women and

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Reports from ADVANCE Institutions

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jan Rinehart, Rice University; Eden B. King, George Mason University; Mikki Hebl, Rice University

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Women in Engineering

associate professor was hired and paired with a single senior woman because her transition, as a senior faculty member, was unique.Evaluation of the Triad Mentor ProgramAnnual Online SurveyWe administered an online survey to Triad Mentor participants in the first and second years(2006-06 and 2007-08) of the ADVANCE grant. In those two years, 12 senior women served asmentors with 75% of them participating in the online survey. During the same time period(2006-07 and 2007-08), 21 junior women were protégés with 52% of them participating in theonline survey. There was 61% overall participation in the online survey during the two yearperiod.In the survey, we asked about the goals of the participants, topics discussed, and benefit(s) s ofthe

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WIED Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cassandra Groen, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jennifer Karlin, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Andrea E. Surovek, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Women in Engineering

mentoring is becoming more widely known throughout business and academic fields,women still feel at a disadvantage in terms of finding a mentor or a group of mentors to assistthem during their careers. Because STEM fields, such as engineering, are traditionally maledominated fields, women may find it difficult to find a proper mentor(s) to suit their needs. Fewwomen occupy high organizational ranks, which in turn may create difficulty when femaleprotégés are trying to initiate a mentoring relationship with potential female mentors20. Studies have also shown that the gender of the mentor and protégé may affect the overallmentoring experience20,21. Mentoring relationships that contain participants with the same genderare often more successful and

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WIED Olio

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Natalie C.T. Van Tyne P.E., Colorado School of Mines; Chester J. Van Tyne, Colorado School of Mines; Kathryne Van Tyne, University of Chicago

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Women in Engineering

Effective Teams. Journal of Student Centered Learning, 2: 9-34.4. R. Marra, K. Rodgers, D. Shen, and B. Bogue, 2009. Women Engineering Students and Self-Efficacy: A Multi- Year, Multi-Institution Study of Women Engineering Student Self-Efficacy. Journal of Engineering Education, 98: 27-38.5. A. Bandura, 1977. Self- Efficacy: Toward a Unifying Theory of Behavioral Change. Psychological Review, 84: 191-215.6. A. Carberry, H-S Lee, and M. Ohland. 2010. Measuring Engineering Design Self-Efficacy. Journal of Page 22.739.8 Engineering Education, 99: 71-79.7. R. Felder, G. Felder, M. Mauney, C. Hamrin, and E

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Myths About Gender and Race

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy E. Slaton, Drexel University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1986.3. Bandura, A. "Social Cognitive Theory in cultural context." Applied Psychology: An International Review. 51,2002, pp. 269-290.4. Concannon, James P. and Lloyd H. Barrow. "A Cross-Sectional Study of Engineering Students' Self-Efficacy byGender, Ethnicity, Year and Transfer Status." Journal of Science, Education and Technology 18 (2), 2009, pp. 163-172.5. Ponton, Michael K., Julie Horine Edmister, Lawrence S. Ukeiley, and John M. Seiner."Understanding the role ofself-efficacy in engineering education." Journal of Engineering Education 90 (2), 2001, pp. 247-251.6. Pajares, Frank. "Current directions in self-efficacy research." In M. Maehr and P.R. Pintrich, eds., Advances inmotivation and achievement 10, 2007

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WIED Poster Session

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Jorja Kimball, Texas Engineering Experiment Station; Margaret Hobson, Texas A&M University

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of “why” women departengineering.References1. Schneider, C.G. and D. Humphreys, Putting Liberal Education on the Radar Screen. Chronicle of Higher Education, 2005. 52(5): p. B20-B20.2. Nationl Center for Education Statistics, Persistence and Attainment of 2003-04 Beginning Postsecondary Students: After 6 Years, T. Hunt-White, Editor. 2010, U S Department of Education: Washington, DC.3. Brainard, J. and A. Fuller, Graduation Rates Fall at One-third of 4-Year Colleges, in The Chronicle of Higher Education. 2010: Washington, DC.4. Atman, C.J., et al., Enabling engineering student success: The final report for the Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education. 2010, San Rafel, CA: Morgan &

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Reports from ADVANCE Institutions

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marisol Mercado Santiago, Purdue University; Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jordana Hoegh, Purdue University; Dina Banerjee, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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AC 2011-1956: INSTITUTIONAL ETHNOGRAPHY AS A METHOD TOUNDERSTAND THE CAREER AND PARENTAL LEAVE EXPERIENCESOF STEM FACULTY MEMBERSMarisol Mercado Santiago, Purdue University Marisol Mercado Santiago is a doctoral student in the School of Engineering Education, Purdue Univer- sity, and a research assistant in the Research in Feminist Engineering (RIFE) group. She has a M. E. in Computer Engineering and a B. S. in Computer Science (with honors). Among her research interests are (1) culturally responsive education, (2) engineering studies, and (3) art and engineering education. Address: School of Engineering Education, Armstrong Hall, 701 W. Stadium Ave., West Lafayette, IN 47907. mercado@purdue.edu.Alice L. Pawley

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WIED Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa M Frehill, National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering

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WIED Olio

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peggy Layne, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Molly R. Hall, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Women in Engineering

different kinds of evidence are convincing todifferent people. Engineers like tables and graphs, but scholars in other disciplines respond tomore qualitative data. Finally, institutional transformation requires changes to policies, practices,norms, and culture – and faculty norms and culture are very difficult to change.References1. Long, J.S., From Scarcity to Visibility: Gender Differences in the Careers of Doctoral Scientists and Engineers. 2001, Washington DC: National Academies Press.2. Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering. 2006, National Research Council: Washington.3. Burrelli, J., Thirty-three Years of Women in S&E Faculty Positions, Directorate for

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Recruitment & Retention of Women I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lois Calian Trautvetter, Northwestern University; Rose M. Marra, University of Missouri, Columbia; Lisa R. Lattuca, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Katie L. Piacentini, University of Missouri - Columbia; David B. Knight, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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University and is a graduate research assistant on two NSF-funded engineering education projects. His research interests include STEM education, interdisciplinary teaching and research, organizational issues in higher education, and leadership and administration in higher education. Email: dbk144@psu.edu Page 22.1185.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Pr ogr ams and Pr actices Making a Differ ence: A Cr oss-Case Analysis Identifying Pr ogr ams and Factor s that Influence Recr uitment and Retention of Women Engineer ing StudentsAbstr act