Conference Session

Socio-cultural Dimensions of Community Engagement

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Anne Elizabeth Dare, Purdue University; Julia D Thompson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tiago R Forin, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

. Jesiek draws on expertise from engineering, comput- ing, and the social sciences to advance understanding of geographic, disciplinary, and historical variations in engineering education and professional practice.Miss Anne Elizabeth Dare, Purdue University Anne Dare is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Agricultural & Biological Engineering at Purdue Uni- versity, and holds a joint appointment with the Global Engineering Program (GEP) as its Global Design Team Coordinator. She received her B.S. in 2008 and M.S.E. in 2010 from Purdue University and was a member of GEP’s pilot Global Design Team. As an undergraduate, Dare spent several summers work- ing with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service as an

Conference Session

INTERACTIVE SESSION – Measuring the Impact on Communities

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca A Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Julie P Martin, Clemson University; Denise Wilson, University of Washington; Melani Plett, Seattle Pacific University; Tamara Floyd Smith, Tuskegee University

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

quantitative and qualitativemethods requires expertise in many areas and can be a challenge on its own. One way to addressthis is to have experts with a variety of experience associated with project. On one‘s owncampus, experts in statistics for qualitative work or interviewing and data coding for quantitativework can be a treasure for supporting work in engineering education research.ResourcesInstruments from Study 1 are available throughhttp://www.ee.washington.edu/research/community/Community/Home.html.Instruments and models from Study 2 can be requested through Dr. Julie Martin(jtrenor@clemson.edu).SummaryIn Study 1, the role of community as it is associated with student engagement in academicendeavors can range from negative to negligible to