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Understanding the Relationship between Living–Learning Communities and Self-efficacy of Women in Engineering

Conference Session
Women in Engineering Division: Retention of Undergraduate Students
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Elaine Zundl, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Laura Stiltz, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Helen M. Buettner, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Women in Engineering
especially interested in innovative teaching and learning approaches in engineering. Page 26.1628.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Understanding the Relationship between Living-Learning Communities and Self-Efficacy of Women in EngineeringAbstractRutgers University’s Douglass Residential College and School of Engineering developed apartnership to provide first-year women in engineering the opportunity to live together and studyengineering through the Douglass Engineering Living-Learning Community (DELLC). Thishigh-impact program, which provides first-year women enrolled in
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Assessing the Success of Programs for Women in Engineering

Conference Session
Women in Engineering Division: Strategies Beyond the Classroom
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University; Katherine C. Titus-Becker, North Carolina State University
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Women in Engineering
each year. The programs she leads include sum- mer camps for K-12 students; programs that send undergraduates and graduate students into schools to work with elementary and middle school students; training sessions for NC State engineering alumni who want to be volunteer teachers in their communities; and professional development and classroom support for K-12 teachers who want to introduce engineering concepts to their young students. In addition, she co-authored statewide engineering standards for K-12 and delivers teacher professional development in integrated STEM. Bottomley also directs NC State’s Women in Engineering program, which works to boost the number of women engineers in academia and industry. The NC
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An Iterative Process to Assess and Optimize Diversity Programming

Conference Session
Women in Engineering Division: Strategies Beyond the Classroom
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder; Amanda S. Parker, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beth A. Myers, University of Colorado Boulder
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Women in Engineering
-programs/dual-degree-engineering/dual-degree- engineering-requirements28. Perry, Reginald J. "An analysis of a pre-engineering program model used to predict a student's persistence to graduation." Frontiers in Education Conference, 2013 IEEE. IEEE, 2013.29. Ennis et al, “GoldShirt Transitional Program: First-Year Results and Lessons Learned on Creating Engineering Capacity and Expanding Diversity, 2011 ASEE Conference,30. Knight et al, “The Impact of Inclusive Excellence Programs on the Development of Engineering Identity among First-Year Underrepresented Students, 2013 ASEE Conference, Atlanta, GA.31. Kingma et al, “The Washington STate Academic RedShirt (STARS) in Engineering Program, 2014 ASEE Conference, Indianapolis, IN.32
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Difference Between Engineering Men and Women: How and Why They Choose What They Do During Early Career

Conference Session
Women in Engineering Division: Student Issues as Related to Culture
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Jennifer J. VanAntwerp, Calvin College; Denise Wilson, University of Washington
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Women in Engineering
engineering side. I like math. I like building stuff. I discovered later – actually, I developed a passion later…for the field, for the coursework. It wasn’t as much linear algebra and math stuff; it was taking some of that and building circuits and stuff. You know, projects – taking that stuff and using it and that was really cool. So I really got excited. (Brent)Whether interested in how things work in general, or in new gadgets and high-tech items, ormath and science, or more hands-on building, these men were distinctive in that the activitiesthey find inherently motivating and enjoyable would be best fulfilled through an engineeringcareer. For example, other professional career fields would be unlikely to provide
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Easing the Tortuous Road that Underrepresented Minorities Travel to Become Engineering Faculty

Conference Session
Women in Engineering Division Poster Session
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Teresa J. Cutright, University of Akron; Lakiesha N. Williams, Mississippi State University; Linda T Coats; Debora F Rodrigues, University of Houston (CoE); Judit Eva Puskas; Frank "Fritz" J Claydon, University of Houston (CoE)
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Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Women in Engineering
(volume 2): a third decade of research. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2005.16. Banks, J.A., Banks, C.A.M. Multicultural Education: Issues and Perspectives. Hoboken, NJ, John Wiley and Sons, 2010.17. Merolla, D.M., Serpe, R.T. STEM enrichment programs and graduate school matriculation: the role of science identity salience. Social Psychology Education 16:575-597, 2013.18. Bilimoria, D., Joy, S., Liang, X. Breaking barriers and creating inclusiveness: lessons of organizational transformation to advance women faculty in academic science and engineering. Human Resource Management, 47(3): 423-441, 2008.19. Yoder, B.L. Engineering by the numbers. Engineering College Profiles & Statistics ASEE, 2012.20. CRA-W, Career mentoring
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