Conference Session

Engineering Faculty: Interactions, Influences and Issues

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mariafé Taeví Panizo, James Madison University; John Hollander, James Madison University; Jesse Pappas, James Madison University; Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Robin D. Anderson, James Madison University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

culture, while other departmentslack the knowledge and formal establishment of a culture of student engagement3. The aim ofthis study, thus, is to explore the culture of student engagement at anengineering departmentwithin a medium-sized comprehensive university in the Mid-Atlantic and to compare this cultureto findings of other similar efforts as described in published literature. Specifically, we targetedengineering faculty to gain insight into faculty‘s perceptions of student engagement. Theengineering department at this university has fourteen full-time faculty members, nine of whomparticipated in this study. Being a relatively new engineering program, cultural development isan ongoing process, making this study meaningful at the departmental