Conference Session

Institutional Transformations

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Canan Bilen-Green, North Dakota State University; Roger A. Green, North Dakota State University; Christi McGeorge, North Dakota State University ; Cali L. Anicha, North Dakota State University; Ann Burnett, North Dakota State University

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Women in Engineering

project has, over the past four and a half years, worked toimprove the climate across campus, enhance recruitment efforts, increase retention andadvancement, and open leadership opportunities for faculty women especially in STEMdisciplines. In this paper, we discuss our strategies for effectively engaging male faculty ininstitutional transformation, leading to increased participation of women in all academic facultyranks and administrative positions.Institutional context Our institution is a land grant university in the upper Great Plains with around 692ranked faculty and instructors in seven academic colleges, serving approximately 14,500undergraduate and graduate students. The undergraduate student population is 42.6% women(2011 data

Conference Session

Retaining and Developing Women Faculty in STEM

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kacey Beddoes, Purdue University; Corey T Schimpf, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Women in Engineering

structured with the assumption of a regular (i.e., 9:00-5:00) work schedule, similar to that of staff members, which did not coincide with the looser,more continuous work structure of faculty. STEM faculty members could not simply stopresearch, particularly grant-funded research, publications, mentoring graduate students,maintaining labs, and other responsibilities.In addition to not aligning with the work context of faculty careers, researchers have found thatother members of an organization, in academia and beyond, influence if and how an employeetakes leave49, 58, 61, 62. For instance, Blair-Loy & Wharton found that supervisors’ views ofparental leave had a substantial impact on employees’ decisions to take leave62. Furthermore,Kirby &

Conference Session

Retaining and Developing Women Faculty in STEM

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine Fu, MIT; Tahira N Reid, Purdue University; Janis P. Terpenny, Iowa State University; Deborah L. Thurston, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Judy M. Vance, Iowa State University; Susan Finger, Carnegie Mellon University; Gloria J. Wiens, University of Florida; Kazem Kazerounian, University of Connecticut; Janet Katherine Allen, University of Oklahoma; Kathy Jacobson

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Women in Engineering

teams; impacts of project choice and context; and the retention and success of under- represented students). She has 9 years of industry work experience with the General Electric Company (GE), including the completion of a 2-year corporate management program. Throughout her career, she has managed over $8 million of sponsored research and is the author of 150 peer-reviewed publications. She is a member and Fellow of IIE, a member and Fellow of ASME, and a member of ASEE, INFORMS, Alpha Pi Mu, and Tau Beta Pi. She serves as an associate editor for the ASME Journal of Mechanical Design and for the Engineering Economist. She has received numerous awards for excellence in teaching, in research, and for service.Dr

Conference Session

Institutional Transformations

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue Ph.D., Towson University

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Women in Engineering

more service (which is less valued).7 In anotherrecent study, Holleran and colleagues explored female and male STEM faculty members’ talkabout research and other topics.8 Among other findings, they found that when women and mentalked with one another about research, female STEM faculty were not regarded as being ascompetent as their male counterparts. To address the final finding of the Beyond Bias and Barriers report – the need to act – thecommittee recommended actions to be taken by universities, professional societies andorganizations, funders, federal agencies, and Congress. The first agent and stakeholder in thislist, the university (and within it, colleges and departments), is the context of focus for thepresent paper. The

Conference Session

Undergraduate Student Issues: Persistence

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kerry Meyers, Youngstown State University; Catherine F Pieronek, University of Notre Dame; Leo H McWilliams, University of Notre Dame

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Women in Engineering

, S.Sheppard, and K. Jackson, An engineering major does not (necessarily) an engineer make: career decision-making among undergraduate engineers, Journal of Engineering Education, 2009. 12. Agresti and B. Finlay, Statistical Methods for the Social Sciences, 3rd edn, Prentice Hall. Upper Saddle River, NJ(1977). 13. Meyers, K., Pieronek, C., and McWilliams, L. “Engineering Student Involvement,” 2012 ASEE National Conference, San Antonio, TX. 14. W. Smith, Does gender influence online survey participation? A record-linkage analysis of university faculty online survey response behavior, Research report, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA (2008). Page 23.519.14

Conference Session

Undergraduate Student Issues: Culture

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech; Courtney S Smith-Orr, Virginia Tech

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Women in Engineering

students9) How important is it to you to fit in with other students in your engineering-related courses?  Possible probes: male students, female students, other students in your engineering program, other engineering studentsChoice of Major and Career Goals10) Do you have any plans to change your major? If so, please describe them for me.11) At this point, what kind of work do you see yourself doing after you graduate?12) At this point, how important is it to you to have a career as an engineer after you graduate?Gender-Related Issues13) Please describe for me what it has been like for you, being a woman in your engineering program.14) How much does being a woman contribute to how you see yourself as a person?15) How important is

Conference Session

Undergraduate Student Issues II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa A Dagley, University of Central Florida; Nirmala Ramlakhan, Nee-Moh, Inc; Cynthia Y. Young, University of Central Florida; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida

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Women in Engineering

program staff to include this in future activities with the suggestion of schedulingit in fall when more students would take advantage.STEM female faculty role models shared life stories (personal and professional) and experienceson the path to success at the mentoring Networking events. In 2010-2011, three Networkingevents were held in both the Fall and Spring semesters. The purpose of these events was to givementors and mentees an opportunity to talk with professors outside the classroom atmosphere oncareer and major related topics and seek professional advice. Professors from chemistry,mathematics, biomedical sciences, and environmental engineering presented. One event eachterm was focused on advising or shared experiences by EXCEL graduate