Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maral Kargarmoakhar, Florida International University; Monique S. Ross, Florida International University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

answer the research question “What culturalfactors influence Muslim women’s occupational pursuit of computer science?”4. Methods This qualitative pilot study utilizes a case study approach through a small sample ofpeople’s experiences. Employing purposive sampling, four graduate Muslim female participantswere solicited from a large public university in Florida. All the participants were Ph.D. studentsmajoring in computer science and have been in the program for at least one year. Three out of fourstudents passed their qualification exams, two of them have also defended their proposals. Thefourth student was in her second year of the Ph.D. program and was taking courses to meet therequirements of the department for taking the qualifying

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristina Rigden, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Mariappan Jawaharlal, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Nicole Gutzke, Cal Poly Pomona

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

® students are learning in this three-year program entail skills that engineering studentsare exposed to in college; however, the Femineer® students are able to learn the curriculum throughhands-on experience and become confident in these skills before entering college. A pilot quantitative study was completed with the Creative Robotics curriculum with eightschools, 173 participants, in the 2016-2017 academic year. Some of the findings from this studyshowed that 92% of participants agreed or strongly agreed that they “enjoyed participating in theFemineer® Program” and 81% of participants agreed or strongly agreed that they “learned to solveengineering problems in the Femineer® Program.” With the Creative Robotics curriculum, 78% ofrespondents

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith J. Bowman, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Sue Rosser, California State University System, Office of the Chancellor

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

characterize STEM careers as unworthy of literate andcreative individuals [2]. Does she have a good point? During the last two decades substantial efforthas been expended towards reconciling developing students with what can be broadly defined asSTEM identities. Considerable recent research broadly on STEM identities [e.g. 3-21], includingseparate considerations of science, engineering and math identities, has focused on the identitiesof groups and intersectionalities underrepresented in STEM disciplines and careers. But, someresearch also suggests that merely inserting a STEM label, e.g. science or scientist, into adiscussion unleashes implicit biases of gender, race and ethnicity in middle school children [14].Surveys to assess self-efficacy and