Conference Session

Faculty Development Round Table

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Grenmarie Agresar, University of Michigan; Stephanie Marie Kusano, University of Michigan; Tershia A. Pinder-Grover, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Faculty Development Constituent Committee

first-time engineering graduate student instructors (GSIs) to teach inclusively?Improvements to the OrientationOver the years, the teaching orientation has evolved to accommodate a growing population ofgraduate student instructors (e.g. 141 GSIs in 2011 to 179 in 2018), and the priorities of theCollege of Engineering. Most significantly, to support University and CoE diversity, equity andinclusion strategic plans the orientation has been revamped to make inclusive teaching trainingmore central. In the 2017-2018 academic year, we embarked on a pilot program to learn moreabout the experiences of GSIs, and to see if the orientation was meeting their needs, especiallyrelated to the inclusive teaching professional development. The results of

Conference Session

Faculty Development Lightning Talks

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tahsin Mahmud Chowdhury, Virginia Tech; Ashley R. Taylor, Virginia Tech; Homero Murzi, Virginia Tech; Desen Sevi Özkan, Virginia Tech; Hannah Claire Strom, Virginia Tech

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Faculty Development Constituent Committee

Society.Desen Sevi Ozkan, Virginia Tech Desen is a Ph.D. student in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech and holds a B.S. in Chemical Engi- neering from Tufts University.Hannah Claire Strom, Virginia Tech I am currently a Sophomore Undergraduate in Chemical Engineering with an intended Spanish minor at Virginia Tech. I am participating in Undergraduate Research with the Engineering Education department and intend to study Engineering Education in graduate school. I have previously worked as a grader for the Foundations of Engineering Class and assisted teaching Matlab once a week. I also work as a peer mentor for incoming freshman through the Center for Enhancement of Engineering Diversity. I wish to explore more about