Paper ID #24891Work in Progress: Bridging the gap between accommodations letters andemerging classroom practicesDr. Alisha L. Sarang-Sieminski, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Alisha Sarang-Sieminski is an Associate Professor of bioengineering and the director of SCOPE at Olin College of Engineering. Their work focuses on low-tech design to maximize mobility and amplifying under-represented voices within engineering.Adva WaranyuwatEmily Ferrier, Franklin W. Olin College of EngineeringDr. Alison Wood , Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Dr. Wood is a distinguished researcher in the fields of both water and
CASE STUDIES FOR Too Black to be Woman and Too Much Woman to be a Man: Best Practices from Black Women Persisting through Doctoral Engineering and Computing Programs Case Study #1: Black EyesHow does your race impact your experience in your doctoral program?My race impacting my experience in this department is huge because not only am Ithe only Black PhD candidate in Computer Science in the history of this school,there’s only been five other black students who have graduated from thisdepartment. Knowing this makes me think more about the school and why it beenso difficult for the staff here to recruit other students like me. I know they exist, soit's strange for me to sit here and know that I'm the
Paper ID #24992Engineering a New Reality: Using virtual reality to cultivate inclusive mind-sets among engineering facultyClaudio Vignola, Arizona State Univ. Poly Claudio is a Bachelor and Master Engineering student at Arizona State University that enjoys human interaction and it is currently interested in having an impact on culture and society. He considers himself a practical aesthete since he has a major appreciation for arts and beauty but he also values the usefulness of things. Claudio aims for his work to be meaningful and he is passionate about having an impact on other people lives. He is currently working at
life together. I want to have a good job, and I want to have a good education to insure that that job is never challenged. So that is a big pushing force for this. (Jim) Voices of gay men as student veterans in engineering education Challenge of being gay in the military• [Don’t ask/don’t tell policy] was a big problem… in the Navy, as far as taking a stance of asking people about their personal lives because they wanted to maintain healthy minds because of suicide rates being so high and things like that. Well, that becomes a problem when you have a don’t ask/don’t tell policy, and you’re asking me about my relationship problems. Now, I can’t even tell you information about that because my
both Mathematics instruction as well as Physics instruction during summer bridge instead of last, which is when it was taught previously. This way, students had foundational skills to learn physics concepts and apply trigonometry concepts in the process of solving physics problems. New - Engineering Humanities A mechanical engineering professor, who serves as the faculty advisor for the Engineering GoldShirt Program, taught a Humanities in Engineering class during summer bridge to encourage students to be mindful of the humanitarian impact on engineering designs and projects. Case studies included the burning tower in London and the ethical decisions made by engineers who designed the tower
Paper ID #24990Can Eye Tracking Detect Implicit Bias Among People Navigating Engineer-ing Environments?Mr. Kylel Devine Scott, S.P.A.C.E. (Shifting Perceptions, Attitudes, and Cultures in Engineering Kylel Devine Scott is a Sophomore Robotic Engineering student at Arizona State University and a first- year Research Assistant in the Shifting Perceptions, Attitudes and Cultures (SPACE) Lab. He also oc- cupies membership in the National Society of Black Engineers (N.S.B.E.) and is enrolled in Barrett the Honors College at Arizona State University. Kylel strives to attain the social, cultural, and professional awareness
engineering competencies that are not exclusively synonymous with male, whiteor middle-class ideologies.For readers who are not classroom instructors, we believe that being mindful of how smartness isculturally constructed can help you better understand how you participate in a co-construction ofsmartness that may be exclusive, especially with respect to the cultural barriers inherent to abilitypresent for underrepresented students in engineering. In the end, we all must take responsibilitybecause we participate in the construction of smartness. It is our hope that this work can helpencourage those in both academic and non-academic settings to reflect on how they contribute tothis potential gatekeeper and how their tacit assumptions about
Paper ID #24852Quantifying the Pool of Underrepresented Minority Students for EngineeringStudiesDr. Beth A Myers, University of Colorado Boulder Beth A. Myers is the Director of Analytics, Assessment and Accreditation at the University of Colorado Boulder. She holds a BA in biochemistry, ME in engineering management and PhD in civil engineering. Her interests are in quantitative and qualitative research and data analysis as related to equity in education.Dr. Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder Angela Bielefeldt is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU) in the Department of Civil
-basedmediation incorporating deep listening practices, followed by a directed visionary fiction writingexercises with prompts in relation to hoped for futures and outcomes in engineering education.The first exercise, meant to last about 5-10 minutes, will establish mindfulness, attention to one’scurrent emotional/physical state, and cultivate presence for the ensuing writing exercise. Withthe prompt we will have a free write, and then lead a conversation about shared visions,divergent visions, and intersecting themes with those already identified by interview participants.From here we may form action teams for brainstorming actionable items and strategies forfurthering the campaign. It is our intention, like the Highlander Institute, to culminate theory
Paper ID #24932Exploring the Experiences of Prospective Transfer Students in a Global En-gineering ProgramJessica R Deters, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education Jessica Deters is a PhD student at Virginia Tech in the Department of Engineering Education. She holds a B.S. in Applied Mathematics & Statistics and a minor in the McBride Honors Program in Public Affairs from the Colorado School of Mines.Ms. Ashley R Taylor, Virginia Tech Ashley Taylor is a doctoral candidate in engineering education at Virginia Polytechnic and State Univer- sity, where she also serves as a program assistant for the Center
thevoices of my participants.Now that I have completed this course, I have the language, theories, and understanding tocompetently argue that youth of color are not a monolith and should not be treated as such whenbeing taught STEM. There are also skills, ways of knowing, being, representing, and living thatthese youth bring with them into the classroom, and educators should be sure not to overlook ordismiss these jewels of knowledge but celebrate them. Their current lived circumstances shouldnot dictate the education they receive or who they are to become in life, nor should a STEMeducation fit them into a narrow pathway that was not designed with their lives in mind. I learnedthat the engineering content that I teach youth should align with their
peers seems to be a helpful strategy in navigating the academic andsocial challenges of this engineering program. They appear to be like-minded in work ethic andrelatable through military experiences. The challenge then is to connect these student veteranswith one another, so they can further their relationships of support.DiscussionInterpretation of the ThemesThe focus of this study was to better understand the unique strengths utilized and challengesencountered as veterans with service-connected disabilities transition from military service intoan undergraduate engineering program. The demographics and military experiences of thestudent veterans that participated in this study vary widely, but there are many similarities whenit comes to the
Paper ID #24991Black Men in the Making: Engaging in makerspaces promotes agency andidentity for Black males in engineeringMr. Michael Lorenzo Greene, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus Michael Greene is a PhD Student in the Shifting Perceptions, Attitudes and Cultures (SPACE) Lab at Arizona State University. He is pursuing his degree in the Engineering Education Systems and Design program concurrently with a Master’s degree in Engineering. Michael received his B.S. in Mechanical en- gineering from the University of Pittsburgh in April 2018. His research interest lies in diversity, inclusion and K-12
variable in predicting six-year engineering graduation was the higher educationinstitution or ethnicity—a finding that suggests that the best predictive admissions model isspecific to an individual institution, not an across-institutional model. Standardized test scorewas the most significant predictor in only one of the 11 institutions when modeled separately andin three others after high school grade point average. In seven of the 11 institutions, test scorewas not found to be a significant predictor of six-year engineering graduation forunderrepresented minority students. A better understanding of the admissions profile of eachinstitution might help determine what other factors are at play. Other potential factors that cometo mind are financial
Paper ID #24997Exploring Faculty Perceptions of Students Characteristics at Hispanic Serv-ing InstitutionsDr. Meagan R. Kendall, University of Texas, El Paso An Assistant Professor at The University of Texas at El Paso, Dr. Meagan R. Kendall is helping develop a new Engineering Leadership Program to enable students to bridge the gap between traditional engineer- ing education and what they will really experience in industry. With a background in both engineering education and design thinking, her research focuses on how Latinx students develop an identity as an engineer, methods for enhancing student motivation, and
school in engineering Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas. https://peer.asee.org/21985Riordan, C. (2015). Single-sex schools: a place to learn. Rowman & Littlefield.Robinson, C. W., & Zajicek, J. M. (2005). Growing minds: The effects of a one-year school garden program on six constructs of life skills of elementary school children. Horl Technology, 15(3), 453-457.Seron, C., Silbey, S., Cech, E. & Rubineau, B. (2016). Persistence is cultural: Professional socialization and the reproduction of sex segregation. Work and Occupations, 43(2), 178- 214.Sage, R., Vandagriff, J., & Schmidt, J. (2018). Building life skills and interest in STEM through
Paper ID #24789Dilemmas in Co-Curricular Support: A Theoretical and Pragmatic Discus-sion on Current Practice and Future ChallengesDr. Stephen Secules, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Stephen is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue. He has a prior academic and professional background in engineering, having worked professionally as an acousti- cal engineer. His research focuses on equity and inclusion in undergraduate engineering education. He uses critical qualitative and ethnographic methodologies to investigate and improve engineering class
. 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
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Paper ID #24925Transitioning from WISE to WISER – Life after an NSF ADVANCE GrantMiss Leanne DeVreugd, Oakland University Leanne DeVreugd is the Program Coordinator for the Women in Science, Engineering, and Research Pro- gram (WISER) and other faculty development initiatives of the Research Office at Oakland University. She received both her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Oakland University, completing her Mas- ter’s of Public Administration in 2011 and post-Master’s certificate in Human Resources Management in 2017.Prof. Laila Guessous, Oakland University Laila Guessous, Ph.D. is a professor in the
. Rebecca A. Zulli, Cynosure Consulting c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 AN ASSET APPROACH TO BROADENING P A R T I C I P AT I O N TIP S A ND T OOLS FOR STRATEGIC P L A NNINGA D R I E N N E S M I T H & R E B E C C A Z U L L I L OW EINTRODUCTION• All too often when thinking about recruiting, supporting, and retaining diverse students in our STEM majors and programs, the situation is approached from a deficit mindset; that is, one that focuses on what students or environments lack that must be remedied.• In our work supporting STEM departments with their broadening participation efforts, we focus on fostering an asset-minded approach to strategic planning.• This approach is grounded
Berkeley and graduate degrees in Counseling Psychology from the University of California at Santa Barbara.Dr. Jennifer M Bekki, Arizona State University Jennifer M. Bekki is an Associate Professor and Graduate Program Chair for the Engineering Education Systems and Design program within The Polytechnic School within the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engi- neering at Arizona State University. Her research interests include topics related to engineering student persistence, STEM graduate students (particularly women), online learning, educational data mining, and the modeling and analysis of manufacturing systems. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Bioengineering and graduate degrees in Industrial Engineering, all from Arizona
Paper ID #25004High Risk, (with Hope for) High Reward: Lessons Learned from Planningand Hosting an UnconferenceAdam 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 justice in engineering.Dr. Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech Lisa D. McNair is a Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she also
Paper ID #24983Demystifying Evaluation: Meet Your New Best Friend in Change-MakingDr. Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington Elizabeth Litzler, Ph.D., is the director of the University of Washington Center for Evaluation & Research for STEM Equity (UW CERSE) and an affiliate assistant professor of sociology. She has been at UW working on STEM Equity issues for more than 15 years. Dr. Litzler is a member of ASEE and a former board member of the Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN). Her research interests include the educational climate for students, faculty, and staff in science and engineering, assets
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.Dr. Sarah Hug, Colorado Evaluation & Research Consulting Dr. Sarah Hug is Director of Colorado Evaluation & Research Consulting. Dr. Hug earned her PhD in Educational Psychology at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her research and evaluation efforts focus on learning science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, with a special interest in communities of practice, creativity, and experiences of underrepresented groups in these fields across multiple contexts.Dr. Heather Thiry, Golden
; Technical Director now working as an Educational Consultant on several National Sci- ence Foundation grant projects focused on Computer Science. Chair of CS4NH - Computer Science for New Hampshire - in collaboration with NH Tech Alliance (Technology Business Assn.) c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Changing Perceptions of Who Can Code: A Professional Development Program for Career and Technical Education Teachers AbstractThis paper reports the results of evaluating a broadening participation in computing initiativeaimed at Career and Technical Education (CTE) secondary teachers and students. The