Conference Session

Diversity Research - Session I

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2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

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Donna M. Riley, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Diversity, Diversity Research

structural change, so as to post a real challenge to systems of White supremacistcapitalist patriarchy. She also notes that the attacks have created opportunities for scholars tocome together and organize in new and broader way.Our field’s debates about how best to approach the enhancement of diversity, inclusion, andsocial justice in engineering education are healthy, vibrant, engaging, and must continue. For thisto happen, we need to be able to test new ideas in our publication venues and at conferences likeCONECD without fearing for our personal or professional security. It is not simply about theprinciple of academic freedom, which protects faculty expertise and scholarly authority. We needto make clear that research on diversity in engineering

Conference Session

Race/Ethnicity Track - Technical Session VI

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2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Catherine Cohan, Pennsylvania State University

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Race/Ethnicity

graduation rates of majoritystudents in Engineering? To demonstrate the efficacy of a summer bridge program it isimportant to compare the outcome of interest (GPA, math course grades, retention atthe end of the first year, retention in a particular major, academic self-efficacy, sense ofbelonging) against some benchmark. The benchmark might be the change in scoresfrom a pre-test to a post-test. For benchmarks such as GPA, retention in a major, orgraduation rates in a particular major, the most rigorous way to evaluate the efficacy ofan intervention is to have random assignment of participants to the experimental groupor to a control group. This research design is difficult to achieve because sample sizesare often small or there is no appropriate

Conference Session

Undergraduate Track - Technical Session III

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2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

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Beth A. Myers, University of Colorado, Boulder; Emily Knaphus-Soran, University of Washington; Donna C. Llewellyn, Boise State University; Ann Delaney, Boise State University; Sonya Cunningham, University of Washington; Pamela Cosman, University of California, San Diego; Tanya D. Ennis, University of Colorado, Boulder; Katherine Christine Tetrick, Washington State University; Eve A. Riskin, University of Washington; Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Kevin Pitts, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity, Undergraduate Education

Swarthmore College in 1980. She went on to earn an MS in Operations Research from Stanford University in 1981 and a Ph.D. in Operations Research from Cornell University in 1984. After 30 years at Georgia Tech in a variety of roles, Donna became the Executive Director of the new Institute for STEM and Diversity Initiatives at Boise State University in January 2015. Donna’s current interests center around education issues in general, and in particular on increasing access and success of those traditionally under-represented and/or under-served in STEM higher education.Ms. Ann Delaney, Boise State University Ann Delaney graduated in 2016 with her Masters in Materials Science & Engineering with an interdisci- plinary

Conference Session

Faculty Track - Technical Session V

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2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

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Teresa J. Cutright, University of Akron; Rebecca Kuntz Willits, University of Akron; Linda T. Coats, Mississippi State University; Lakiesha N. Williams, Mississippi State University; Debora F. Rodrigues, University of Houston

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Faculty

Advance program," Gender Technol. Develop., vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 119-144, 2015.[16] C.E. Vergara, M. Urban-Lurain, H. Campa, K.S. Cheruvelil, D. Ebert-May, C. Gata- Hartley, and K. Johnston, "FAST-future academic scholars in teaching: a high engagement development program for future STEM faculty," Innov. Higher Educ., vol. 39, pp. 93-102, 2013.[17] National Research Council (NRC). Evaluating and improving undergraduate teaching in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. National Academies Press, Washington D.C., 2004.[18] President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). Engage to excel: Producing one million additional college graduates with degrees in science, technology

Conference Session

LGBTQ+ Track - Technical Session IV

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2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

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Kristin Boudreau, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; David DiBiasio, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Paula Quinn, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Zoe Reidinger

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Diversity, LGBTQ+

transgenderstudents, the best practices at other institutions, the attitudes and desires of the WPIcommunity, and what design changes might be most successful in that context. The workthey had done was not only a valuable learning experience for them, but it introduced acampus-wide conversation about transgender students and it concluded with specificrecommendations tailored for WPI’s particular institutional context. The report hasprompted WPI’s administration to take a new approach to bathrooms: the campus nowincludes either single-stall or multi-stall gender-neutral bathrooms in 17 buildings and theuniversity has made a commitment for gender-inclusive bathrooms in all new buildings.All gender-inclusive bathrooms are indicated on WPI’s interactive campus

Conference Session

Race/Ethnicity Track - Technical Session V

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2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

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Katherine C. Chen, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Jaclyn Duerr, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Lizabeth T. Schlemer, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Jane L. Lehr, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Emily E. Liptow, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Monica Lauren Singer; Helene Finger P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Diversity, Race/Ethnicity

, andInclusivity in STEM Education at Cal Poly,” PLC sought to: 1.   identify explanations for patterns of underrepresentation that exist within the research and best practices literature; 2.   assess how Cal Poly’s student recruitment (admission and yield), retention, and graduation demographics compare to those at other institutions and the nation (with a focus on discipline-by-discipline comparisons); 3.   employ the research and best practices literature as a lens to a) initiate analysis of Cal Poly at the course, major, department, college, and university levels and b) identify research questions and areas of uncertainty; 4.   build and strengthen new and existing faculty

Conference Session

Corporate Engagement Track - Technical Session V

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2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Cheryl L. Knobloch, Pennsylvania State University

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Corporate Engagement, Diversity

director of Penn State Women in Engineering Program. Cheryl directs all aspects of WEP and innovatively steers pre-college outreach, undergraduate retention for 1,700+ women, and professional development for graduate students and alumnae. She has engaged in research investigating the effect of mentoring and retention initiatives on persistence of women in engineering. A seasoned educator, Cheryl teaches multiple courses includ- ing two gender-balanced, mechanical engineering design classes. She serves as advisor to the nationally award-winning SWE student chapter, and has been an active WEPAN member since 2002. Most recently, Cheryl’s contributions have been recognized as recipient of Penn State Achieving Woman Award

Conference Session

Pre K-12 Track - Technical Session V

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2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Michael Frye, University of the Incarnate Word; Chaoyi Wang, University of the Incarnate Word; Sreerenjini C. Nair, University of the Incarnate Word; Yvonne Calvo Burns, Camp Program Coordinator

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Pre K-12 Education

and underrepresentedcommunities. miniGEMS was a free two-week summer STEAM (Science, Technology,Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) and Programming camp for middle school girls in grades 6to 8 held at the University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) in San Antonio, Texas. miniGEMS washosted by the Autonomous Vehicle Systems (AVS) Research and Education Laboratory. This is the third year that miniGEMS is being held at UIW. Four two-week miniGEMScamps were hosted at UIW for a total of eight weeks starting June 5 till August 4 this summer.The primary goal of the camp was to introduce more female students to the field of Engineeringthrough robotic projects, computer programming, graphic design, and guest speakers. ProjectBased Learning

Conference Session

Undergraduate Education Track - Technical Session I

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2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

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Stephen Secules, University of Georgia; Nicola W. Sochacka, University of Georgia; Joachim Walther, University of Georgia

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Diversity, Undergraduate Education

widely documented to have a positive impact on retention and studentexperience [2]–[5].Although the importance of such programs is clearly recognized, an understanding of how andwhy such programs have an impact is less well-developed. In a review of programmatic studentsupport initiatives, Lee and Matusovich [6] presented a comprehensive analysis of diversitysupport practices, and then called for more interplay between research and practice on diversitysupport. Narrowly framed, a relationship between an empirical base and implementationstrategies might be summarized as determining “evidence-based best practices.” However, Leeand Matusovich noted that “while the practice of providing students with co-curricular supporthas been evaluated, theory

Conference Session

Socioeconomic Track - Technical Session II

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2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Cherie D. Edwards, Virginia Tech; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; David B. Knight, Virginia Tech; Karl W. Reid, National Society of Black Engineers; Trina L. Fletcher, University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff; Gregory Meeropol, National Society of Black Engineers

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Diversity, Socio-Economic Status

examining issues of social justice and educational equity. Currently, she is on a research team examining the impacts of an out-of-school STEM summer program for racially underrepresented youth.Dr. Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech Dr. Walter Lee is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Education and the assistant director for research in the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED), both at Virginia Tech.Dr. David B Knight, Virginia Tech David Knight is Assistant Professor and Assistant Department Head for Graduate Programs in the De- partment of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He is also Director of International Engagement in Engineering Education and affiliate faculty with

Conference Session

Race/Ethnicity Track - Technical Session I

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Ruth E. Davis, Santa Clara University; Sarah Kate Wilson, Santa Clara University; Kimberley Gonzalez; Jennifer Yarp, Santa Clara University; Muna Zaki Sinada, Santa Clara University; Naeem Khari Turner-Bandele, Santa Clara University

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Diversity, Race/Ethnicity

of theeffort to another office on campus (the Career Center).The students report was both eye-opening and impressive. In our response to the students, weresponded to their points in the following way.1. Create a Center for Diversity and InclusionWe are in the midst of designing a new Campus for Discovery and Innovation, a center for allSTEM disciplines. We have a working group on STEM diversity and student engagement, andthey are charged with identifying appropriate space in the center devoted to diversity andinclusion. This would be the future home of the Center for Engineering Diversity. The new deanis not going to wait for the new building to get started on this effort. He has committed togetting university approval to create a new

Conference Session

Faculty Track - Technical Session II

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2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

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Nicole N. Aljoe, Northeastern University; Stacy Blake-Beard, Simmons College; Michele C. Deramo, Virginia Tech; Barbara J. Guthrie, Northeastern University; Kathleen Kenney, Northeastern University; Carol B. Muller, Stanford University; Jan Rinehart, Northeastern University; Rania Sanford, Stanford University; Shawna Vican, University of Delaware

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Faculty

- cluding the Journal of Career Development, the Academy of Management Executive, the Psychology of Women Quarterly, Journal of Management Development, the Journal of Business Ethics, Human Re- source Management Journal, and The Diversity Factor. Dr. Blake-Beard is co-editor of a volume focused on women’s careers (Handbook of Research on Promoting Women’s Careers) and a 2017 volume on mentoring (Mentoring Diverse Leaders: Changing People, Processes and Paradigms). She received a 2010-2011 Fulbright Award to support her project entitled ”Systems of Sustenance and Support: Explor- ing the Impact of Mentoring on the Career Experiences of Indian Women,” in partnership with the Center for Leadership, Innovation and Change at

Conference Session

First-Generation Track - Technical Session IV

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2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

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Dina Verdín, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno; Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Geoff Potvin, Florida International University

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Diversity, First Generation

Paper ID #242182018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and ComputingDiversity Conference: Crystal City, Virginia Apr 29Understanding How Engineering Identity and Belongingness Predict Grit forFirst-Generation College StudentsDina Verd´ın, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Dina Verd´ın is a Ph.D. Candidate in Engineering Education and M.S. student in Industrial Engineering at Purdue University. She completed her B.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering at San Jos´e State University. Dina is a 2016 recipient of the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship. Her

Conference Session

Faculty Track - Technical Session IV

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2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

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Autumn Marie Reed, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Nilanjan Banerjee, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Elsa D. Garcin, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Wayne G. Lutters, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Susan McDonough, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Christopher Murphy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Kevin Erling Omland, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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Faculty

Professor of Information Systems in the College of Engineering and Information Technology at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). Dr. Lutters serves as one of the inaugural STRIDE fellows in addition to a role on the ADVANCE Executive committee and advisory boards for the Center for Women in Technology (CWIT) and the Honors College. Dr. Lutters’ research interests are at the nexus of computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW), social computing, and social informatics. He specializes in field studies of IT-mediated work, from a socio-technical perspective, to better inform the design and evaluation of collaborative systems. Recent projects have included cyberinfrastructure for e-Science

Conference Session

Faculty Track - Technical Session I

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2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

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Michelle Kay Bothwell, Oregon State University; Padma Akkaraju, Oregon State University; Joseph McGuire, Oregon State University; Thuy T. Tran, Oregon State University; Andrea Zigler, Oregon State University

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Diversity, Faculty

women in tenure-track appointments have ever been promoted to associateand/or full professor. Among them, about 10 have received promotion to full professor. Untilrecently, practices used to evaluate faculty research and teaching accomplishments had notaligned well with either the OSU promotion and tenure (P&T) Guidelines or the COE strategicplan. Such misalignment made it difficult to ensure a fair and proper evaluation and also limitedany potential for guiding faculty energy in ways that best serve our mission-specific activities.For example, academia has institutionalized a number of barriers to collaboration, and these areespecially apparent to untenured faculty. Establishing independence as a researcher is oftenprioritized over

Conference Session

Faculty Track - Technical Session V

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2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Christine S. Grant, North Carolina State University; Barbara E. Smith, North Carolina State University; Julie Simmons Ivy, North Carolina State University; Jessica T. DeCuir-Gunby, North Carolina State University; Coleen Carrigan, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Saejin Kwak Tanguay, University of Washington

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Faculty

would be coordinatedwith individuals departments to occur during the time of the visit; (2) Meetings with faculty toexplore potential research collaborations, development of center-level initiatives and “exchange”of research personnel in the form of students and post doctoral associates; (3) Collaborativenetworking between the visiting scholars that will incorporate elements of the summits to createlong term community, and; (4) On-site coaching and mentoring for URM and women students(undergraduate and graduate) on the host campus. Table 3 shows the elements in a basicschedule that colleges could start with for the regional summits. 1) Scholarly

Conference Session

Undergraduate Track - Technical Session II

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Adam Stark Masters, Virginia Tech

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Undergraduate Education

Paper ID #231132018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and ComputingDiversity Conference: Crystal City, Virginia Apr 29How Making and Maker Spaces have Contributed to Diversity & Inclusionin Engineering: A [non-traditional] Literature ReviewAdam Stark Masters, Virginia Tech Adam S. Masters is a doctoral student and Graduate Research Assistant at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. They received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Delaware and are currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. Adam’s research interests include access, equity and social

Conference Session

Undergraduate Education Track - Technical Session I

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2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

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Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University; Medha Dalal, Arizona State University; Ieshya Anderson, Arizona State University; Thien Ngoc Y Ta, Arizona State University

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Diversity, Undergraduate Education

. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Drexel University and Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. Her research focuses on design and innovation, entrepreneurial thinking, mentorship approaches of engineering faculty, and she is particularly interested in how to scale and sustain educational innovations to help tell the story of impact.Ms. Medha Dalal, Arizona State University Medha Dalal is currently a doctoral student in the Learning, Literacies and Technologies program at Ari- zona State University. She received her master’s degree in Computer Science from NYU-Poly. Medha has worked as an instructional designer/research assistant at the Engineering Research Center for Bio- mediated and Bio-inspired

Conference Session

Disability Track - Technical Session VI

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2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Meenakshi Manas Das, Mississippi State University; Sarah B. Lee, Mississippi State University; Litany H. Lineberry, Mississippi State University; Chase Addison Barr

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Disability

logistics to reach out to more students.” R.P., a recent chemical engineering graduate shares,“Disability inclusion programs have been a huge part of my C.R., a graduate in environmental science reveals, “Atcareer, mainly due to the people I have met, the network I the Access Technology Center at the University ofhave formed, and the opportunities I had to learn/grow. Washington, the accessible-computing guru showed meThey have allowed me opportunities to connect deeply with scads of accessible-computing tools, which was comfortingindividuals in my fields of interest to really learn what I because I don’t know how I’ll use a computer with all theneeded to in order to succeed. For example, the USBLN's

Conference Session

LGBTQ+ Track - Technical Session III

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity, LGBTQ+

indicated theirwillingness to share the information with selected faculty who they thought might be interested,no additional participants were gleaned from this recruitment method. One organizationalrepresentative requested that the researcher obtain full institutional review board approval fromthe target institution prior to allowing the request for participation to be shared with theirengineering faculty. While this may be standard practice for that institution, it set a high barriergiven that the likely best-case result would have been only one or two additional participants.Additional details regarding the methodology for this study are beyond the scope of this paperbut are detailed in a separate paper presented at the ASEE Zone IV conference

Conference Session

First-Generation Track - Technical Session IV

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Jennifer Blue, Miami University; Brielle Johnson, Miami University; Amy Summerville, Miami University; Brian P. Kirkmeyer, Miami University

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Diversity, First Generation

(though it isopen to all) that introduces students to mentors and campus resources, there is a residentialcampus with a living-learning community program, there is a “University 101” class that allstudents take that acclimates them to university life and study, and there is a robust tutoringcenter which is free of charge. One possible explanation for the lack of differences betweengroups in the current research may be the efficacy of these programs in alleviating gaps foundin previous research. However, since this research was not designed to test the efficacy of anyor all of these programs, such an explanation is clearly speculative. In any case, the effects ofthese programs might be short term. Once students get further into their college