Conference Session

Expanding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Engineering Cultures from a Theoretical Perspective

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Joel Alejandro Mejia, University of San Diego; Renata A. Revelo, University of Illinois at Chicago

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

seen asa field that is reserved for those who can endure the tough courses. At the same time, the realitiesand lived experiences of students of color such as around microaggressions and dailydiscrimination are neglected. There is an “unquestioned assumption” that knowledge inengineering is race- and gender- free [57]. There seems to be no recognition of theethnocentricity of the curriculum and the accepted epistemologies. Although students of colorare “holders and creators of knowledge” [68, p. 106] and contribute to the engineering field, thisknowledge differs from the perceived “bourgeois norms” in engineering.Classical engineering education philosophy situates engineering as a field where the ways ofthinking, doing and being are

Conference Session

Understanding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion from Students' Perspectives

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susannah C. Davis, Oregon State University; Naeun Cheon, University of Washington; Elba Camila Moise, University of Washington; Susan Bobbitt Nolen, University of Washington

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responses to this climatesurvey, was highlighted as an aspect of the culture of engineering education in Godfrey andParker’s [61] ethnographic study. They found that “the shared hardship was likened to a bootcamp mentality seen as binding students into a shared identity” (p. 12). This “shared identity”may help students feel a sense of belonging. There may be ways to promote these academic andsocial benefits of peer relations within the classroom or curriculum. For example, Meeuwisseand colleagues’ [26] found that more cooperative learning environments had a positive impact onstudents’ formal and informal interactions with peers and faculty, which in turn had a positiveimpact on students’ sense of belonging.Ong and colleagues [6] described a

Conference Session

Building and Engaging Communities for Scholarship, Advocacy, and Action for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Adrienne Robyn Minerick, Michigan Technological University

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International, Minorities in Engineering

was deemed ‘not cut out for’ engineering,” this paper eloquently outlined“the ways that many other actors (students, teachers, societal labels, engineering culture)contribute to and construct this student ability in everyday moments.” The final pitch is for alleducators to view culture not as a past explanation for the current plight, but instead as a currentchallenge to create a desired, inclusive culture.The team of Svihla et. al. [10] added an engineering design course early in the curriculum as astrategy to support persistence in engineering, especially with underrepresented groups. The goalwas to help students discover and gain confidence in individual attributes, skills, and beliefs thatare critical for engineering design. Those

Conference Session

Revealing the Invisible: Engineering Course Activities that Address Privilege, -Isms, and Power Relations (Interactive Session)

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joel Alejandro Mejia, University of San Diego; Diana A. Chen, University of San Diego; Odesma Onika Dalrymple, University of San Diego; Susan M Lord, University of San Diego

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity, Faculty Development Constituency Committee

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Design in Engineering Education, International, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering

maintaining or dismantling that privilege. We hope that these examples willbe helpful to others interested in integrating such content into their courses.Institutional ContextThe history behind the creation of these courses stems from being at the forefront of institution-wide transformation, including the inauguration of a new university president, theimplementation of a new University Core curriculum, the award of an NSF RED grant, and thecreation of a new General Engineering department [11]. The University of San Diego is amajority undergraduate, private four-year [12], faith-based institution that embraces Catholicsocial teaching in its mission. Our new president has enacted a new strategic plan, TheUniversity has identified six pathways through

Conference Session

Perspectives on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Beyond the Undergraduate Years

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thanh Truc Thi Nguyen, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa; Oceana Puananilei Francis, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa; Scott F. Miller, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa; Donna Kuehu, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa; Kapena McLean; Joshua Lelemia Irvine, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa; Nicholas R. Izawa

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Paper ID #22667Native Hawaiians in Engineering: A Path to the ProfessoriateDr. Thanh Truc Thi Nguyen, University of Hawai’i at Mnoa Nguyen is a learning technologies faculty member at the Curriculum Research & Development Group in the College of Education, University of Hawaii at Manoa. Her work in organizational change and tech- nology is grounded in inquiry science, communities of practice, TPACK, and most recently improvement science.Dr. Oceana Puananilei Francis, University of Hawai’i at MnoaDr. Scott F. Miller, University of Hawai’i at Mnoa Scott Miller is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the

Conference Session

Expanding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Engineering Cultures from a Theoretical Perspective

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Haverkamp, Oregon State University

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sexuality) may be integral inshifting engineering culture.SummaryOn September 16th 2017, Georgia Tech fourth-year computer engineering student Scout Schultzwas fatally shot by campus police in an incident which many close to Scout frame as a “suicideby cop.” Friends and family report 21-year old Scout navigated depression and social stressthroughout their college years. Scout identified as “nonbinary, intersex, and bisexual” [38]. Eachof these identities are impacted by marginalization and exist in the liminal spaces presented inthis paper. This tragedy should prompt our necessary discussion around nonbinary inclusion –are our environments sources of affirmation, support, distress, or invalidation? Are we expandinggendered norms and presentations

Conference Session

Expanding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Engineering Cultures from a Theoretical Perspective

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeff Dusek, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Daniela Faas, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Emily Ferrier, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Robyn Goodner, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Alisha L. Sarang-Sieminski, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Adva Waranyuwat, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Alison Wood, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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disabilities. Design is an integral part of engineering education at Olin College of Engineering. In Olin College’s largely project-based curriculum, students spend much of their time in design teams. These courses can present barriers for students with disabilities who are entitled to the same access to learning resources, including classroom culture, as their peers. Project-based courses present a wide range of challenges for students with disabilities, including, but not limited to, the ability to fully participate in hands-on learning and as a contributing team member. As larger numbers of students with identified non-visible disabilities enter engineering schools, and engineering schools increasingly adopt project-based design courses, the

Conference Session

Creating Equity Through Structure and Pedagogy

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raja S. Kushalnagar, Gallaudet University; Gary W Behm, Rochester Institute of Technology (CET)

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

expectations ofcollege level classes and specifically introductory mathematics courses. As a result, withoutappropriate support, most DHH students fail to succeed in introductory mathematics courses intheir first year.For this group of underprepared students, a transitional community and transitional engineeringcourse has been shown to significantly improve their academic success. This paper describes 1)how the establishment of a community of peers with an appropriate academic support structureimproves graduation persistence, 2) how a transition engineering program with an appropriatesupport structure improves success in succeeding in engineering and 3) resources available forinstructors who have DHH students in the classroom.IntroductionPhysical

Conference Session

Expanding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Engineering Cultures from a Theoretical Perspective

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brianna Benedict McIntyre, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Dina Verdín, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Rachel Ann Baker; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Thaddeus Milton

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

learned as it solved its problems of external adaptation and internal integration, that has worked well enough to be considered valid, and therefore, to be taught to new members as the correct way to perceive, think, and feel in relation to those problems [p. 17]Often, these patterns of adaptation and integration implicitly lead students to believe that, to bean engineer one must “look like an engineer, talk like an engineer, and act like an engineer” [24,p. 355]. Engineering culture implicitly imposes a set of prescribed attitudes, mindsets, andbeliefs that students are expected to take on in order to be an engineer. Succeeding inengineering would involve integration into the culture of engineering, a process that requiresidentifying

Conference Session

Creating Equity Through Structure and Pedagogy

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Golding, University of Texas, El Paso; Celena Arreola, American Society for Engineering Education; Crystal Fernandez-Pena, University of Texas, El Paso; Mike Thomas Pitcher, University of Texas, El Paso; Cory Brozina, Youngstown State University; Helen Elizabeth Geller, University of Texas, El Paso; Carolina Favela, University of Texas, El Paso; Melissa Stearns

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, and Mathematics(STEM) Ability Awareness program. This work in progress is part of a STEMGROW program [1]that is informed by a theory-to-practice model [2] and uses a funds of knowledge framework [3].The goal is to bring together students already studying STEM fields and learn more about howthey can serve as an an inspiration not only for future students with disabilities, but for all allstudents at EPCC, UTEP, in STEM-fields and beyond. Our work centers on our students’ self-efficacy development and growth pathways. Therefore, we ground our project in the Model of Co-Curricular Support (MCCS) [4], whereby it is posited that there exist four main areas in whichstudents become integrated and educationally engaged within the university. The MCCS

Conference Session

Creating Equity Through Structure and Pedagogy

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chelsea Nneka Onyeador, Stanford University; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Gloriana Trujillo, Stanford University; Carol B. Muller, Stanford University

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

, interpersonal interactions, organizations, and institutional change. There areexceptions, perhaps even increasingly so; these “exceptional” courses may be seen as part of alarger movement in engineering education to integrate ethics, human-centered design, leadershipdevelopment and community-based project work—considerations of people, in other words—into more traditional technical coursework [2] - [5].At the center of this paper is one such course newly offered at Stanford in the winter term of2017. The name of the course was ENGR 311C/FEMGEN311C Expanding Engineering Limits(EEL): Culture, Diversity, and Gender. The course was developed to address a curricular gap inthe school of engineering: the absence of an engineering-based formal learning

Conference Session

Perspectives on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Beyond the Undergraduate Years

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cliff Fitzmorris, University of Oklahoma; Deborah A. Trytten, University of Oklahoma; Randa L. Shehab, University of Oklahoma

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Paper ID #21502The Career Pathways of Non-tenure-track Full-time Engineering FacultyMr. Cliff Fitzmorris, University of Oklahoma Cliff Fitzmorris is a lecturer in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Oklahoma. He was a practicing engineer in the telecom industry for fifteen years before joining the Uni- versity of Oklahoma as an adjunct instructor, later transitioning to a full-time non-tenure-track teaching role.Dr. Deborah A. Trytten, University of Oklahoma Dr. Deborah A. Trytten is a President’s Associates Presidential Professor and Associate Professor of Computer Science and