National Academy of Sciences committee on ”Revitalizing Gradute Stem Education for the 21st Century.”Dr. Yvette Maria Huet, UNC Charlotte Yvette Huet is Director of the ADVANCE Faculty Affairs and Diversity Office and a Professor of Kine- siology at UNC Charlotte. She has worked with and created a variety of workshops for faculty, graduate students and post-doctoral fellows, and current and future leaders and provided professional development consultation to faculty. She has provided training at UNC Charlotte and other programs and institutions across the country, many with current or previous ADVANCE grants, that addresses best practices in recruitment, inherent bias, communication, mentoring and reappointment
Paper ID #24974An Asset Approach to Broadening Participation: Tips and Tools for StrategicPlanningDr. Adrienne Ann Smith, Cynosure Consulting Dr. Adrienne Smith is a social scientist by training and an evaluator in practice with over ten years of experience leading evaluations in the areas of STEM education, collective impact, and teacher prepara- tion. Adrienne started her evaluation career at top evaluation and policy organizations in North Carolina (Horizon Research and the Education Policy Initiative at Carolina) before founding Cynosure Consulting. Adrienne’s commitment to high-quality evaluation is born out of a
Education Design Principles to Broaden Participation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. San Diego, CA: BEST, February 2004. Available: http://www.bestworkforce.org/sites/default/files/research/downloads/Bridge%20for%20A ll%20Higher%20Ed%20report.pdf [Accessed March 3, 2019].[8] W. C. Lee and H. M. Matusovich, “A Model of Co-Curricular Support for Undergraduate Engineering Students,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 105, no. 3, pp. 406–430, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1002/jee.20123[9] M. Anderson-Rowland and C. Ruben, (2008). “Academic achievement and retention in a minority engineering program” in Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, 2008. https
. NOVA and Mason have a responsibility to lead the way in finding solutionsto the transfer problem, because we have one of the largest partnerships of this kind. Significantresearch has already been reported on the topic of transfer students. For example, see theTransfer Playbook by the Aspen Institute: (https://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/media/k2/attachments/transfer-playbook-essential-practices.pdf).Mason and NOVA are relying on documented best practices to design and implementADVANCE. We are drawing on these resources to design ADVANCE, with the goal of buildinga blueprint for Virginia and a transfer model that is scalable across the country. The impact onour nation will be profound if we can dramatically improve student success rates for
serves as Director of the Center for Research in SEAD Education at the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology (ICAT). Her research interests include interdisciplinary collaboration, design education, communication studies, identity theory and reflective practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include exploring disciplines as cultures, liberatory maker spaces, and a RED grant to increase pathways in ECE for the professional formation of engineers.Dr. Donna M Riley, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Donna Riley is Kamyar Haghighi Head of the School of Engineering Education and Professor of Engi- neering Education at Purdue University
contemporarytheories of change as frameworks for the basis of their assertions.Course Design and DescriptionAlice, instructor: I designed this course for more senior graduate students in or with interest inengineering education research and related fields, and who are interested in developing a moretheorized understanding of the concepts of race, class, gender, diversity, and other topics relatedto broadening participation in engineering education. This is the second time I have offered thecourse.Learning ObjectivesThese learning objectives are the ones I am anticipating for the next iteration of the course, asthey have changed over the course as I discovered my own blind spots. For example, eventhough I had committed one class period to discuss Whiteness and
a faculty devel- opment and leadership program to train and recruit diverse PhD students who wish to pursue academic positions in engineering or applied science after graduation. Dr. Sandekian earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in Aerospace Engineering Sciences at CU Boulder in 1992 and 1994, respectively. She went on to earn a Specialist in Education (Ed. S.) degree in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in 2011 and a Ph.D. in Higher Education and Student Affairs Leadership in December 2017, both from the University of Northern Colorado. She is a Founding Leader of the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Virtual Community of Practice (VCP) for LGBTQ+ Inclusion in Engineering and a facilitator of
research and evaluation of programs to improve human services, as well as developing evaluation methods that can be embedded within programs. Dr. Giancola’s current work focuses on developing methodological processes to embed evaluation into human services programs, such that program development can be driven by reliable and valid information and impact findings can be properly interpreted. Much of her work employs theory-based methods, not to replace rigorous research designs, but rather to supplement, in order to better understand implementation and effectiveness. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 ADVANCE Women’s Leadership at the University of Delaware
. degrees in Civil Engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 To Be or Not to Be: A Dialogic Discussion of Two Researchers’ Hidden and Transitioning Identities Introduction Simplicities are enormously complex. Consider the sentence “I am”. With this opening adapted from a poem by Richard O. Moore (2010), we emphasize howsome of the simplest aspects of the human experience contain vast complexity: identity;belonging; education; justice. The CoNECD community focuses on these aspects and centers thescholarship and practice of equity and
students, including students in rural areas and those who learn differently, in STEM education from pre-K through graduate studies. Her current work focuses on supporting and evaluating the construction of collaborative communities and building evaluation capacity within organizations and large-scale programs. In all efforts Adrienne works to (a) truly understand the purpose and needs for the evaluation or research undertaking, (b) develop feedback cycles that support continuous program improvement, (c) make implementation and impact data available and interpretable for program implementers, and (d) select the most rigorous, yet feasible analytic designs that are tailored to the unique needs of each program context. She
. Hormell and A. J. Knight, "Racial Microaggressions within the Advisor-advisee Relationship: Implications for Engineering Research, Policy, and Practice," in Education Conference Presentations, Posters, and Proceedings, 1., 2016.[5] E. O. McGee, "Race, identity, and resilience: Black college students negotiating success in mathematics and engineering," Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Illinios-Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2009.[6] C. E. Brawner, C. Mobley, S. M. Lord, J. B. Main and M. M. Camacho, "Transitioning from Military Service to Engineering Education," in Proceedings of the IEEE EDUCON Conference, Athens, Greece, 2017.[7] C. E. Brawner, C. Mobley, J. Main, S. M. Lord and M. M. Camacho, "Exploring the Intersection of
students who have been in the program for at least one year (i.e. sophomores, juniors, seniors, and transfer students who have been in residence at least one year). We would like to have an even distribution of students among our four academic programs: Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Civil and Environmental Engineering. We realize that each of these groups will still include a variety of intersecting identities, and in some cases some aspects of a student’s identity may not be emphasized in the conversations that ensue. Due to practical limitations on the number of students expected to be available for focus groups, these six groups were chosen as the best option to capture the population
, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE). She has served as the Associate Chair for Under- graduate Education in the CEAE Department, as well as the ABET assessment coordinator. She was also the faculty director of the Sustainable By Design Residential Academic Program at CU, a living-learning community where interdisciplinary students learn about and practice sustainability. Bielefeldt is currently the chair of ASEE’s Community Engagement Division and a member of the AAAS Committee on Sci- entific Freedom and Responsibility.She is also a licensed P.E. Professor Bielefeldt’s research interests in engineering education include service-learning, sustainable engineering, social responsibility, ethics, and
Architectural Engineering (CEAE). She has served as the Associate Chair for Under- graduate Education in the CEAE Department, as well as the ABET assessment coordinator. Professor Bielefeldt was also the faculty director of the Sustainable By Design Residential Academic Program, a living-learning community where interdisciplinary students learn about and practice sustainability. Biele- feldt serves as the chair of ASEE’s Community Engagement Division and on the AAAS Committee for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility. She is also a licensed P.E. Professor Bielefeldt’s research interests in engineering education include service-learning, sustainable engineering, social responsibility, ethics, and diversity.Dr. Jacquelyn F
. She has led and co-led numerous grants from corporate foundations and state and federal agencies, and has numerous publications in refereed journals and edited books. Her research interests include communities of practice, gender, transformative learning, and identity.Christina Convertino ConvertinoDr. Erika Mein, University of Texas at El Paso Dr. Erika Mein is an Associate Professor of Literacy/Biliteracy Education and Associate Dean of Under- graduate Studies and Educator Preparation at the University of Texas at El Paso. Her scholarship focuses on disciplinary literacies in postsecondary contexts, with a particular emphasis on engineering identities and literacies among English Learners and bilingual students
committed to increasing the number ofHispanics in all computing areas [4, 5, 6, 7].CAHSI focused much of its energy on retention and graduation efforts, and over the years itbecame known for certain proven practices, called signature practices, which consistentlydemonstrated to be beneficial for Hispanic students. Three of these signature practices are theAffinity Research Group (ARG) model, Peer-Led Team Learning (PLTL), and Fellow-Net.The ARG model [8, 9, 10] is a set of practices built on a cooperative team framework imbuedwith cooperative-learning principles, which have been shown to increase student achievementand self-esteem [11, 12, 13]. ARG supports the creation and maintenance of dynamic andinclusive groups in which students learn and
Paper ID #24933Exploring the Unique Skills and Challenges Veterans with Disabilities Bringto College: A Qualitative Study in EngineeringMr. Michael Scott Sheppard Jr., Arizona State University Michael Scott Sheppard is a graduate research associate pursuing a Master of Science degree in Engineer- ing and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education Systems and Design at Arizona State University. He received a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Science degree from Lynchburg College in 2002, after which he served in the military for six years as a Special Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman (SARC) at the 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company
for Enhancement of Engineering Diversity and an advisor for international senior design projects in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Ash- ley received her MS in Mechanical Engineering, MPH in Public Health Education, and BS in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech. Her research interests include access to higher education, broadening participation in engineering, the integration of engineering education and international development, and building capacity in low and middle income countries through inclusive technical education.Teirra K Holloman, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education Teirra Holloman is a doctoral student in engineering education at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University Dr. Gallagher is an Assistant Professor of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University, with joint appointments to Mathematical Sciences and Education & Human Development. Her research inter- ests include student cognition in mathematics, development of teacher identity among graduate teaching assistants, curricular reform to foster diversity and inclusion in STEM fields, and development of mathe- matical knowledge for teaching. She is co-PI on an NSF INCLUDES Design and Development Launch Pilot, ”Statewide Coalition: Supporting Underrepresented Populations in Precalculus through Organiza- tional Redesign Toward Engineering Diversity (SC:SUPPORTED),” Award #EEC-1744497.Abigail E Hines, Clemson
Topic 3 4 Evidence of ImpactIn today's presentation, we will share the details of a longitudinal study on a middle schooloutreach program for girls. We will begin by sharing some background on Camp Reach and theoriginal elements of its design which have remained relatively constant over the last 20+years. In addition, we will share some brief information on other outreach programs at WPI,since participation in these outreach programs is one of the main sources of the touchpoints wediscuss in our research.Next, we will discuss the study design of this particular research. Camp Reach was originallydeveloped with the intent of conducting longitudinal research. Therefore, the program
- hancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL) and three years as a faculty member at Olin College of En- gineering in Massachusetts. Alexandra’s research aims to improve the design of educational experiences for students by critically examining the work and learning environments of practitioners. Specifically, she focuses on (1) how to design and change educational and work systems through studies of practicing engineers and educators and (2) how to help students transition into, through and out of educational and work systems.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
children using different of engaging students of all ages, especially minorities andrepresentations and helps them to learn and practice traditionally excluded groups [3]. The target students for ourthe concepts using a “hands-on” approach. Further, use experiment are all African Americans and are amongst theof multiple representations supports the learning needs least likely to have access to and benefit from CS withoutof diverse learners, considering the grades and ages of intervention. Considering the ages of our population and thethe participants. Specifically, we present CS concepts to notion that CS concepts tend to be abstract, we employed astudents in three formats: 1) using