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Track 7: Technical Session 7: Grassroots Approach to Advancing Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access in Engineering

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Ashleigh R. Wright, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Ellen Wang Althaus, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Akshina Sood, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Lance Cooper, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Lynford Goddard, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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-Champaign she • Leads the strategy enhancing the Grainger College of Engineering (GCOE)’s commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and access. • Develops robust structures to support faculty and staff appropriately to ensure an equitable, inclusive, and supportive workplace and learning community. • Collaborates with the Associate Dean (AD) to 1) define strategic priorities and examine policies, and 2) develop DEI goals and objectives for the College and its units. • Utilizes data collection and analysis to identify challenges, enhance transparency, establish accountability measures, propose effective solutions, and define metrics for evaluating progress within the college’s units and other assigned areas. • Leads and

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Track 7: Technical Session 2: Taking it One Step at a Time: The Growth of a Program to Support the Doctorates of Tomorrow

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Travis Chan; Tremayne O'Brian Waller, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Cynthia Hampton Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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. Crafted by S2D participantswith the support of writing coaches, personal statements written during the program reflectparticipant stories and the effectiveness of programming and staff. The exit survey providesfeedback on programming from the participant perspective which will help administrators takesteps toward enhanced curriculum building. Currently, research is being conducted to performpost program analysis. The research details where past S2D participants are now, how S2Dcontributed to their academic journeys, and which component(s) of past S2D programming pastS2D participants found most useful. Post program analysis provides administrators with insightregarding long term outcomes of S2D programming.BiasTwo types of bias to be highlighted

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Track 7: Technical Session 3: Latine STEM Doctoral Students' Perceptions Regarding Doctoral Mentoring Relationships - A Qualitative Study

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Dilara Yaya-Bryson Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Lisa R Merriweather, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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theProfessoriate (AGEP) Program Solicitation." NSF21-576, 2021. [Online]. Available:https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2021/nsf21576/nsf21576.pdf[19] P. Felder, "On Doctoral Student Development: Exploring Faculty Mentoring in the Shapingof African American Doctoral Student Success." Qualitative Report, vol. 15, no. 2, 2010, pp.455-474.[20] R. W. Lent and S. D. Brown, (2019). “Social cognitive career theory at 25: empirical statusof the interest, choice, and performance models.” J. Vocat. Behav, 115, 2019. doi:10.1016/j.jvb.2019.06.004[21] R. W. Lent, H.-B. Sheu, M. J. Miller, M. E. Cusick, L. T. Penn, and N. N. Truong,“Predictors of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics choice options: A meta-analytic path analysis of the social–cognitive choice model

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Track 6: Technical Session 3: The role of undergraduate engineering students' different support networks in promoting emotional well-being: A narrative study

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Sowmya Panuganti, Purdue Engineering Education; Narjes Khorsandi Koujel, Rowan University; Justin Charles Major, Rowan University

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Track 5: Technical Session 1: Engineering and Computer Science Faculty Members' Personal and Professional Perspectives on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

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Yvette E. Pearson P.E., University of Texas at Dallas; Canek Moises Luna Phillips, Rice University; Lisa J. Borello, University of Texas at Dallas; Torrie Cropps; Jue Wu, Univertify of Florida; Samara Rose Boyle

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totalsto visually observe the relationship between the variables and found a positive, monotonicrelationship (Figure 1). We calculated Spearman’s correlation coefficient using the ranks of thetotals and found a moderate positive correlation between the variables (r s=0.59). Mostrespondents had a favorable disposition to diversity, equity and inclusion, on both the personaland professional scales.Items that scored least favorably (i.e., average scores less than 3.5 on the scales are summarizedin Table 4. The table shows that faculty hold less favorable personal and professional beliefsabout linguistic differences; this may infer that respondents place English learning as a priority inand outside the classroom. The table also shows that faculty hold

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Track 5: Technical Session 3: Utilizing Campus Engagement for the Development of an ADVANCE Faculty Leadership Initiative

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Lisa A Kunza, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Brooke Lamonte Long-Fox, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Lance A Roberts P.E., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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. (2022). The men need to be involved: A criticalframe analysis of gender+ equity narratives. ADVANCE Journal 3(1).https://doi.org/10.5399/osu/ADVJRNL.3.1.13Ballakrishnen, S., P. Fielding-Singh, and D. Magliozzi. (2019). Intentional Invisibility:Professional Women and the Navigation of Workplace Constraints. Sociology Perspectives61(1):23-41. https://doi.org/10.1177/0731121418782185Bilen-Green, C., Green, R. A., McGeorge, C., Anicha, C., & Burnett, A. (2013, June 23-26).Engaging male faculty in institutional transformation [Conference paper]. American Society forEngineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Atlanta, GA, United States.Bilen-Green, C., Carpenter, J. P., Doore, S., Green, R. A., Horton, K. J., Jellison, K. L., Latimer

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Track 4: Technical Session 3: A narrative study of food insecure students in engineering and computing

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Justin Charles Major, Rowan University

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. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 A narrative study of food insecurestudents in engineering and computing Justin C. Major, Ph.D 2025 CoNECD Conference This material is based upon grants supported by the New Jersey Office of the Secretary of Higher Education (NJOSHE). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the reviews of NJOSHE. 1 Hunger is a serious issue among college students. • ~24-30% of college

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Track 2: Technical Session 7: "Three strikes, you're out"¦ actually, that's four strikes": Transgressive Teacher and Student Humor in a Pre-College Engineering Classroom

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George Schafer, Drexel University; Christopher George Wright, Drexel University (Tech.) (MERGED)

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Page 13 of 22 STUDENTS PUNCHING UP Researcher: When you all faced difficulties or issues with your design, was there a particular resource that you went to? Like, was there a person(s), online, or what kinds of things did you do in order to get beyond the difficult parts of the design process -- Mario: [interrupts] My group, we really just walked around to see the other plane designs. Royal: Hmmmmmm [looks at Mario] [All laugh] 12Here, the researcher asks a question around how students navigate difficulties --specifically, the kinds of resources that they seek out in such moments.[narrate quotes]Mario interjects with one answer to the question. This is

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Track 7: Technical Session 1: Agriculture & Nutrition for Girls While Encouraging Leadership & Stem-Enrichment (ANGELS) Program

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Sandra C Affare, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; Marissa McElrone, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; Rachelle Pedersen, Texas Tech University

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-efficacy and science course trajectories. Journal of Research in Education 27(1), 79.[8] Microsoft. (n.d.). Closing the STEM Gap. Microsoft. Retrieved September 28, 2021, from https://query.prod.cms.rt.microsoft.com/cms/api/am/binary/RE1UMWz[9] Kerger, S., Martin, R., & Brunner, M. (2011). How can we enhance girls’ interest in scientific topics? British Journal of Educational Psychology. doi: 10.1111/j.2044-8279.2011.02019.x[10] Fletcher, T., Hooper, K., Alfonso, D. F., & Alharbi, A. (2024). Gender and STEM Education: An Analysis of Interest and Experience Outcomes for Black Girls within a Summer Engineering Program. Education Sciences, 14(5), 518.[11] Vela, K. N., Pedersen, R. M., & Baucum, M. N. (2020). Improving

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Track 6: Technical Session 2: Empowering Hispanic Engineers' Success Towards Graduate Education with Hybrid Mentorship

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Federico Cifuentes-Urtubey, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Paola Alexandra Baldaguez Medina, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez; Julie E Lorenzo, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Natasha Mamaril, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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during her Ph.D. studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, fostering the next generation of Hispanic engineers.Julie E Lorenzo, University of Illinois at Urbana - ChampaignDr. Natasha Mamaril, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Natasha Mamaril is currently the Associate Director for Undergraduate Research in The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research interests include academic motivation and the assessment of student learning. She has a B. S. in Chemical Engineering and obtained her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Educational Psychology from the University of Kentucky. She also has nine years of industry experience

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CANCELLED: Track 2: Technical Session 6: Exploring Gender Dynamics in Intercultural Competence Development through a Study Abroad Program

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Aparajita Jaiswal, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Sakhi Aggrawal, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Vidya Reddy Madana, Purdue University

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Track 1: Technical Session 5: Motivations for Engineering Faculty Engagement in an Inclusive Pedagogy Program

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Renee M. Desing, University of Washington; Joyce Yen, University of Washington; Karen Thomas-Brown, University of Washington

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, “Exploring inclusive pedagogy,” Br. Educ. Res. J., vol. 37, no. 5, pp. 813–828, Oct. 2011, doi: 10.1080/01411926.2010.501096.[8] D. E. Chubin, G. S. May, and E. L. Babco, “Diversifying the engineering workforce,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 94, no. 1, pp. 73–86, 2005, doi: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2005.tb00830.x.[9] G. Light, S. Calkins, M. Luna, and D. Drane, “Assessing the Impact of a Year‐Long Faculty Development Program on Faculty Approaches to Teaching”.[10] R. M. Felder and R. Brent, “The National Effective Teaching Institute: Assessment of Impact and Implications for Faculty Development,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 99, no. 2, pp. 121– 134, Apr. 2010, doi: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2010.tb01049.x.[11] Y. Steinert et al., “A systematic review of faculty

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Track 5: Technical Session 2: Barriers in the Workplace: An Analysis of Engineering Workplace Culture and Climate

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Susan Sajadi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Olivia Ryan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Katherine Drinkwater, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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reduced the model‬ ‭to three factors, the overall analysis became less coherent, further justifying our choice to retain‬ ‭the two-item factor. Internal consistency for each factor was determined by a Cronbach’s alpha‬ ‭value higher than 0.70‬‭[32]‬‭. The breakdown of each‬‭factor can be found in the tables below.‬‭ s part of the exploratory factor analysis, we named the factors to determine underlying themes‬A‭in grouping the survey items. Factor 1 included survey items related to limited growth, lack of‬ ‭flexibility, and discouraged creativity, so we called this factor “Limited Innovation and Growth.”‬ ‭Factor 2 included survey items related to slow work, unproductive work, and isolation, so we‬ ‭called this factor

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Track 3: Technical Session 4: Engaging Two-Year Students in STEM: A Professional STEM Society's Efforts to Support Community College Students

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Roberta Rincon, Society of Women Engineers; Beth C McGinnis-Cavanaugh, Springfield Technical Community College; Sohn Paul Cook, Society of Women Engineers

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in supporting students who begin their STEM studies at a two-year college. Inaddition, the findings could lead to institutional policy recommendations aimed at supportingstudent engagement with professional STEM societies pre-transfer to help smooth thetransition from two-year to four-year institutions and into the professional workforce.References[1] Koch, A. J., Sacket, P. R., Kuncel, N. R., Dahlke, J. A., & Beatty, A. S. (2022). Why womenSTEM majors are less likely than men to persist in completing a STEM degree: More than theindividual. Personality and Individual Differences, 190. Retrieved fromhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886922000356.[2] National Center for Education Statistics. (2024). Diversity and

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Track 1: Technical Session 5: Fostering Critical Awareness: Incorporating a Critical Consciousness Framework into Engineering Professional Development

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Jameka Wiggins, The Ohio State University; Monica Farmer Cox, The Ohio State University

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Engineers: Reforming Humanitarian Engineering for Gender Equality in Education. In 2022 IEEEInternational Humanitarian Technology Conference (IHTC) (pp. 6-11). IEEE.Solorzano, D., Ceja, M., & Yosso, T. (2000). Critical race theory, racial microaggressions, and campus racial climate: The experiences of African Americancollege students. Journal of Negro education, 60-73.Trbušić, H. (2014). Engineering in the community: Critical consciousness and engineering education. Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems:INDECS, 12(2), 108-118.Waite, S. R. (2021). Towards a theory of critical consciousness: A new direction for the development of instructional and supervisory leaders. Journal ofEducational Supervision, 4(2), 65.Watts, R. J., Griffith

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CANCELLED: Track 6: Technical Session 1: A Student-Centered, Theory-Informed, Integrated Model to Academic and Career Advising to Educate the Whole Engineer: Transforming Engineering Education and Broadening Participation in Engineering is Possible!

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Olga Pierrakos, Wake Forest University; Melissa C Kenny, Wake Forest University

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and a process for you to consult with mentors (e.g. peer mentors, parents, friends, faculty, professionalmentors, personal mentors, etc.). The more you invest in this process early, the more the rewards will pay off. Most studentseither never complete an IDP during their tenure as students or they tackle an IDP as seniors as a means to find a job aftergraduation. For us at WFU Engineering, we are committed to your personal and professional growth from semester one!Goal(s)/objective(s) (1) Understand the value and purpose of an independent development plan for personal and professional growth. (2) Reflect deeply on personal and professional short-term and long-term goals accompanied by action items and evidence of achievement. (3) Conduct

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Track 2: Technical Session 1: Pulled In or Pushed Out? Underrepresented Minority High School Students Describe Socio-environmental Factors Shaping STEM Persistence and Post-Secondary Plans

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Alexis Grace Daniels, Johns Hopkins University; Rachel E Durham; Michael L Falk, The Johns Hopkins University; Alisha Nicole Sparks, The Johns Hopkins University; Emily J Yanisko, American University

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plans and secondary plans or provide emotional, provides support psychosocial, and/or academic encouragement into STEM pathwaysFamily No family member with Family member(s) provide Family member(s)Support whom student discusses emotional support provide various types future plans of support (emotional

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CANCELLED: Track 5: Technical Session 6: Think-Aloud Insights: Exploring QuantCrit Challenges and Diverse Survey Responses Among Undergraduate Engineering Students

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Sheila Kathryn Castro, University of Florida; Bruce Frederick Carroll, University of Florida; Janice Mejía, Northwestern University; Kent J. Crippen, University of Florida

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marginalizedcommunities [3]. Together, QuantCrit can provide valuable broader insights on the CCW heldand used by students of minoritized populations. One example includes Perez Huber et al.’s [10]use of QuantCrit as a counter story methodology to share the occupational outcomes of Latinestudents.Our study explores the use of think-aloud methodology to provide an avenue for integrating theprinciple of Voices and Insight in survey design. Voices and Insight posits that all data issubjected to socially constructed interpretations, thus prompting researchers to reflect on howtheir beliefs and experiences shape their understanding of the data [3]. Voices and Insights alsorecognizes the importance of the knowledge and experiences held by minoritized individuals.Using

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Track 1: Technical Session 6: "Use of a multi-level self-study to engage campus stakeholders and improve STEM student learning outcomes "

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Jennifer Speed, Texas State University; Don Pair, University of Dayton

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. Price, "Enhancing the success of minority STEM studentsby providing financial, academic, social, and cultural capital," In ASEE annual conference &exposition, vol. 2014, 2017.[10] G.H. Kuh, J.K. Kinzie, J.A. Buckley, B.K. Bridges, and J.C. Hayek, J. C. “What matters tostudent success: A review of the literature. In commissioned report for the national symposiumon postsecondary student success, National Postsecondary Education Cooperative, 2006.Available: https://nces.ed.gov/npec/pdf/Kuh_Team_Report.pdf[11] J.J. Fry, "Reframing the deficit mindset: first-generation students and concurrentenrollment," Ph.D. dissertation, University of Texas, Austin, TX, 2020.[12] G. Menezes, C. Bowen, J. Dong, L. Thompson, N. Warter-Perez, S. Heubach, D

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Track 6: Technical Session 5: Student-based Recommendations to Increase Accessibility in Undergraduate Engineering Programs

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Emily Violet Landgren, University of Texas at Austin; Maura Borrego, University of Texas at Austin

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Zoom meeting code.” Instances like this were made more difficult by thepandemic, because remote staff meant that office phones went unanswered, and there would notbe a way to reach someone quickly as mentioned by Participant 8. When Participant 10 started the process to get accommodations in January, he was notgranted any until April. In the “multiple months before I got anything – I was just hanging in thebalance.” In addition to the time he waited for his accommodation appointment, he also had towait two months prior to get tested for ADHD, for which he needed a formalized diagnosis inorder to be approved for accommodations. Not only did these wait times impact Participant 10’s access to accommodations, but he“would’ve gotten

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Track 2: Technical Session 4: Research- and Practice-Informed Insights for Recognizing Rurality in Engineering Education

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Malle R Schilling, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jacob R Grohs, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Track 1: Technical Session 4: The Effects of Group Size on the Experiences of First-Year Engineering Students in Mixed Gender Groups

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Koenraad E Gieskes, State University of New York at Binghamton; Ioana Elena Tiu, State University of New York at Binghamton

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Learning Environments," International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), vol. 15, no. 10, pp. 157-174, 2020.[2] P. M. Griffin, S. O. Griffin and D. C. Llewellyn, "The Impact of Group Size and Project Duration on Capstone Design," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 93, no. 3, pp. 185- 193, 2013.[3] K. Gieskes and I. Tiu, "The Effect of Male to Female Ratios on Female Students in Engineering and Technical Science Majors," in 2024 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Annual Conference, York University, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2024.[4] A. E. Bell, S. J. Spencer, E. Iserman and C. E. Logel, "Stereotype Threat and Women's Performance in Engineering," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 92, pp. 307-312, 2003.[5] B

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Track 2: Technical Session 2: "Si no servimos, no servimos": A Pilot Study on the Influence of Perceived Advisor Support on Graduate Student Thesis Self-Efficacy

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Abimelec Mercado Rivera, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus; Brooke Charae Coley, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus

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). MethodsInstrument and VariablesWe used the Advisor Support and Self-Efficacy for Thesis completion (ASSET) survey to gatherdata for our study. With engineering graduate programs at HSIs as a focus and SCCT as atheoretical underpinning, ASSET was designed to explore graduate students' thesis ordissertation self-efficacy and their perceptions of advisor support. The instrument is based onVarney’s Dissertation Self-Efficacy (2010) and Zhao et al.’s Advisor Behavior (2007) scales,adapted to the engineering context as the Thesis Self-Efficacy and Advisor Support constructs.Previous work, which comprised an exploratory factor analysis (EFA), provided constructvalidity evidence for the adapted scales in the instrument (Mercado Rivera et al., 2023).The survey

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Track 1: Technical Session 1: Fostering Tomorrow's Black STEM Entrepreneurs: Insights from an Innovative STEM Program Promoting Equity-Centered Entrepreneurship

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Ebony Omotola McGee, The Johns Hopkins University; Shelly Engelman, The Johns Hopkins University; Binh Chi Bui, The Johns Hopkins University

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Paper ID #45214Fostering Tomorrow’s Black STEM Entrepreneurs: Insights from an InnovativeSTEM Program Promoting Equity-Centered EntrepreneurshipDr. Ebony Omotola McGee, The Johns Hopkins University Ebony McGee, associate professor of diversity and STEM education at Vanderbilt Universityˆa C™s Peabody College, investigates what it means to be racially marginalized in the context of learning and achieving in STEM higher education and industry. In particDr. Shelly Engelman, The Johns Hopkins University Shelly Engelman, Ph.D., is a Research Manager at Johns Hopkins University and also the Director of Research and Evaluation at

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Track 5: Technical Session 1: Evaluating the five pillars of a Summer Bridge Program and their influence on participants' intentions to complete an engineering degree

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Lorena Benavides-Riano, Mississippi State University; Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University

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, while focus on performance aims to do well compared to others. Additionally, students canfocus on s on achieving positive outcomes (success) or avoiding negative outcomes (failure)[14]. By combining these concepts, there are four types of achievement goals. • Mastery-Approach: Focused on achieving personal growth or mastering a task. • Performance-Approach: Focused on being better than others and gaining recognition. • Mastery-Avoidance: Focused on avoiding misunderstanding or failing to learn. • Performance-Avoidance: Focused on not being seen as worse than others.Feeling of inclusion A sense of inclusion refers to student’s perceptions of acceptance by others. However,underrepresented students face additional challenges

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Track 4: Technical Session 5: Insights and Updates on Identity Constructs Among Hispanic Engineering Students and Professionals: A Longitudinal Study

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Dayna Lee Martínez, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Inc.; Andrea D. Beattie, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Inc.; Kimberly D Douglas P.E., Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Inc.

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