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Future Career and Professional Success for Graduate Students

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel Louis Kajfez, Ohio State University; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies

Student Identity: A Balancing Act between RolesAbstractGraduate students balance the roles of teacher, researcher, and lifelong learner at a point in theircareers when they are transitioning into professional identities. We examine the roles of studentsin engineering, education, and engineering education through a quantitative survey to betterunderstand their unique experiences.IntroductionGraduate students are often required to balance a variety of roles while completing theireducation and preparing for their careers. This transitional process is a critical part ofconstructing their professional identities. However, it is not clear how well students are able tobalance multiple roles or how well graduate programs support multiple role

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 1

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Anne Marguerite McAlister, University of Virginia; Sarah Catherine Lilly, University of Virginia; Jennifer L. Chiu, University of Virginia

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

from U.S. universities: 2018.,” National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Alexandria, VA, 2019. Accessed: Jun. 23, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsf20301/.[21] E. Seymour and N. M. Hewitt, Talking about leaving: Why undergraduates leave the sciences. United States of America: Westview Press, 1997.[22] H. B. Carlone and A. Johnson, “Understanding the science experiences of successful women of color: Science identity as an analytic lens,” Journal of Research in Science Teaching, vol. 44, no. 8, pp. 1187–1218, 2007.[23] R. L. Kajfez and L. D. McNair, “Graduate student identity: A balancing act between roles,” presented at the 2014 American Society of Engineering Education Annual

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Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard J. Aleong, Queen's University

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Graduate Studies, Student

interdisciplinary understanding to balance the triadic tension I felt between myidentities as an engineer, researcher, and educator.Stevens, O’Connor, Garrison, Jocuns, and Amos3 describe identity as “a double-sided process ofpositioning ourselves and being positioned by others” (p. 357). My sense of identity refers to theway I see myself and the way others see me, in the engineering education context. Applying aninterdisciplinary understanding to position myself both within engineering and education, Iidentify myself as an educational engineer4,5,6: designing products, processes and systems tooptimize student learning. Finding my sense of identity as an educational engineer has led me tonew growth and understanding in my engineering education research and

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Preparation for Graduate Research

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Bala Ram P.E., North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; Tobin N. Walton, North Carolina A&T State University; Stephanie Teixeira-Poit

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

Identities among engineering students and through their transition to work: a longitudinal study. Studies in Higher Education, 38(1), 39-52.Kajifez, R. L., & McNair, L. D. (2014) Graduate student identity: A balancing act between roles. Proceedings from the 121st American Society for Engineering Education Conference and Exposition, Paper#8549.Maton, K. I., Watkins-Lewis, K. M., Beason, T., & Hrabowski III, F. A. (2015). Enhancing the Number of African Americans Pursuing the PhD in Engineering. Changing the Face of Engineering: The African American Experience, 354.Matusovich, H. M., Streveler, R. A., & Miller, R. L. (2010) Why do students choose engineering? A qualitative longitudinal

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Y Tsai, University of Colorado at Boulder; Daria A Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado Boulder; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder; Virginia Lea Ferguson, Mechanical Engineering; University of Colorado; Boulder, CO; Alyssa Nicole Berg, University of Colorado Boulder

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Graduate Studies, Student

. During theirparticipation in the mentoring program, undergraduates are assessed via pre- and post- surveys togauge several dimensions of their engineering identity and confidence. Additionally,undergraduates respond to biweekly reflective questions to give researchers a qualitative flavorof their experiences in the mentoring program. Graduate mentors similarly respond to severalreflective questions about their experiences during their participation in the program andcomplete pre- and post- assessments.This paper presents the qualitative data collected from graduate student mentors during the firsttwo years of program implementation. Graduate student responses have been examined in thecontext of each individual mentoring partnership to understand

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine E. Winters, Virginia Tech; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies, Student

decisions. Our results also show that despite a perceived lack of autonomy, some GTAscontinue to act autonomously when faced with decision-making in the classroom. These resultscan help inform faculty as they seek to support GTAs in the GTAs‟ teaching responsibilities.IntroductionFor many years, graduate students have served as laboratory assistants and graders forundergraduate engineering courses. Due to recent efforts to increase hands-on activities inengineering education, many institutions are now also employing graduate teaching assistants(GTAs) as course instructors and lecturers 1-3. While researchers have studied GTAs in thehumanities and physical sciences, little is known about GTA experiences in engineering. Thepurpose of this study is to

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Cutler, Virginia Tech; Walter Curtis Lee Jr., Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies, Student

AC 2012-5183: EASING INTO ENGINEERING EDUCATION: AN ORIEN-TATION PROGRAM FOR GRADUATE STUDENTSStephanie Cutler, Virginia TechWalter Curtis Lee Jr., Virginia Tech Walter Lee is a Graduate Assistant and doctoral student in engineering education at Virginia Tech. His pri- mary research interests focus on diversity and student retention. He earned a B.S. in industrial engineering from Clemson University.Dr. Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech Lisa McNair is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. Her research includes interdisciplinary collaboration, communication studies, identity theory, and reflective practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include

Conference Session

Improving the Teaching Skills of Graduate Students

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erin Crede, Virginia Tech; Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies

interdepartmental feedbackand review system.I. Introduction While those holding faculty positions within a college or university are expected to beactive in research, teaching, service and outreach, little is done at the graduate level to preparestudents for the demands of balancing these roles. Many students who complete a doctoraldegree have strong backgrounds in research and generating scholarly publications, but havelimited practical experience balancing the responsibilities of a junior faculty member. This paperdescribes the assessment of a Graduate Teaching Fellowship (GTF) program that was developedto address this deficiency. The primary objective of the GTF program is to better prepareinterested doctoral students for an academic career

Conference Session

Professional Skills for Graduate Students

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wendy Roldan, University of Washington; Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

effective teach- ing decisions, and the application of ideas from complexity science to the challenges of engineering education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 “I came in thinking there was one right practice”: Exploring how to help graduate students learn to read academic researchAbstractIn the fall of 2017, an engineering educator with many years of experience offered a course toincoming doctoral students. The course was focused on helping the students explore approachesto reading published scholarship and develop their own scholarly reading practice. The coursewas taken by a student who documented her experiences in a reflection journal. Against thisbackdrop, this paper uses

Conference Session

Professional Development and Advising for Graduate Students

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Paul Andrew Branham, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Neha Choudhary, Purdue; Trina L. Fletcher, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Molly H Goldstein, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Cole Hatfield Joslyn, Purdue University; Corey A Mathis, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Emilie A Siverling, Purdue University; Natascha Trellinger Buswell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; M. D. Wilson, Purdue University

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Graduate Studies

always open-ended andincomplete. In this way, knowing is enacted and embodied in and through our everydaypractice as professionals: “Learning to become a professional involves not only what weknow and can do, but also who we are (becoming). It involves the integration ofknowing, acting, and being in the form of professional ways of being that unfold overtime”27 (pp 34). This unfolding professional way of being gives meaning to theknowledge and skills being developed within professional practice, while alsoincorporating an understanding of the practice itself and who we are as professionals.Other research illustrates that ignoring the role of identity in learning has been associatedwith: challenges in transferring learning across contexts

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Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reginald Rogers, University of Michigan; Anthony Lachawiec, University of Michigan; Jeffrey Ringenberg, University of Michigan

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Graduate Studies

. Page 13.1293.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 To Sink or Swim: Effective Strategies for Maintaining and Nurturing an ASEE Student ChapterAs an ASEE Student Chapter, one of the toughest aspects for operating a chapter is providingbeneficial opportunities that meet the needs of the members. Due to the varied scope of theneeds for each member, finding a harmonious balance between member desires while avoidingduplication of existing programs can be challenging. This leads to a strain in building andmaintaining a healthy membership. In a previous paper, we presented an analysis on the abilityof our student chapter to evolve with the changing focus on a major university campus. As achapter with a

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Wheeless, University of Washington; Brianna Blaser, University of Washington; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington

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Graduate Studies

a longitudinal tracking assessment. The annual evaluation has been an assessmentfixture of the program since the mentoring program began in 1998. It asks participants questionsabout the frequency and type of contact between mentors and mentees, questions related toperceived impacts on retention and career planning, as well as others ways participants feel theprogram may have benefited them. The university’s student database is used to follow the Page 12.1059.2degree progress of mentoring students. The student database allows program staff to collectaccurate enrollment data about graduate students. Additionally, it allows program staff to

Conference Session

Case Studies and Programs to Improve Graduate Students' Skills

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara A. Karanian, Stanford University; Srinath Sibi, Stanford University; Matthew T. Ikeler; Leigh Hagestad, Stanford University; Wendy G. Ju, Stanford University

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Graduate Studies

into studentobservations is necessary. We recommend a careful consideration for both definingcourse content for student observations and for compiling student observations. Whileoffering an intriguing first attempt, the current analysis is limited in its approach andopportunity to detail student insights. We close with a graduate student response on theanalysis of how the driver is acting and the assertion of engagement: “Or maybe this isthe sweet spot, the difference between semi autonomous and full autonomous. Aninflection point, if you will -- semi-autonomous grants us trust in these new, semi-autonomous ‘superpowers’ that enable us to extend our abilities

Conference Session

Mental Health of Graduate Students

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Amanda C. Arnold, Arizona State University; Kerrie G. Wilkins-Yel, University of Massachusetts Boston; Jennifer M. Bekki, Arizona State University; Bianca L. Bernstein, Arizona State University; Madison Natarajan, University of Massachusetts Boston; Ashley K. Randall, Arizona State University ; Roxanna Francies, Arizona State University; Chinwendu Elyse Okwu, University of Pittsburgh

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

looking at religion and sexuality, evaluating how religious identities and morals influence self-concept in the areas of sexuality, sexual expression, self-esteem, and sexual agency.Dr. Ashley K Randall, Arizona State UniversityRoxanna Francies, Arizona State UniversityChinwendu Elyse Okwu, University of Pittsburgh c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Examining the Effects of STEM Climate on the Mental Health of Graduate Women from Diverse Racial/Ethnic Backgrounds The current state of mental health needs among graduate students is a growing crisisworldwide (Evans, Bira, Gastelum, Weiss, & Vanderford, 2018; Hyun, Quinn, Madon, &Lustig, 2006). A recent study of 2,279

Conference Session

Professional Development and Advising for Graduate Students

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erika Mosyjowski, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Diane L Peters, Kettering University; Steve Skerlos, University of Michigan; Adam B. Baker, University of Michigan

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Graduate Studies

advisor works to adapt his or her style to meet the needs ofindividual students. Several other positive characteristics that students identified somewhatfrequently include their advisors’ understanding of the importance of a work/life balance, theirprofessional connectedness and assistance networking, acting as a mentor or role model, beingeasily accessible to students, and providing helpful advice. Several students even cited theiradvisors as being a primary factor in their decision to pursue a PhD in instances where thestudent knew his or her advisor in another capacity prior to enrolling. Additional positivecharacteristics of advisors mentioned by several students include that their advisors wereknowledgeable, adept at securing funding and

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Non-Traditional Doctoral Programs

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmen Torres-Sánchez, Loughborough University; Paul P. Conway, Loughborough University

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Graduate Studies

the studies and out to employmentupon PhD graduation: (i) Grounding yourselfWe organised induction sessions at the start of the program (i.e. first week upon enrolment)as well as refreshers (called ‘orientation’ days) throughout the program. The content coveredin those sessions had the intention of assisting their ‘transition in’ and aiding their ‘transitionout’ into employment after graduation. With these events we intended to foster a sense of‘togetherness’ to face the uncertainty of the early months ahead.Since identity can be one of the strongest motivators in one’s (professional) life, we devoted asignificant amount of time to delving into the students’ perceptions of themselves asgraduates, as professionals (particularly relevant to

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Future Career and Professional Success for Graduate Students

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiabin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Qunqun Liu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Graduate Studies

thesestudents, Chinese students rank top in the number of doctorate recipients in science andengineering fields with a total of 32,973 students graduated with science or engineering doctoratedegrees from U.S. institutions between 1999 and 20091. Despite the prominent representation ofinternational students, including Chinese students, among the science and engineering doctoralstudents in U.S. institutions, however, these scientists and engineers are understudied comparedto their U.S.-born peers2.Among current qualitative and quantitative research findings on foreign-born talents includingChinese students and scholars in U.S. institutions, most efforts focused on their academicperformance, or adjustment issues, such as language barriers, the sense of

Conference Session

Educating Students for Professional Success

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert J. Gustafson, Ohio State University

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Graduate Studies, New Engineering Educators, Student

Programs In a review of the development and characteristics of future faculty preparationprograms2, it is pointed out that they can provide a smooth transition between graduate schooland faculty positions. These programs evolved from TA training programs that proliferatedbetween 1960 and 1990. Establishment of the Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) program in 1993formed a base for a sustained national initiative to transform doctoral education. The PFFprogram has three core features3 of 1) addressing the full scope of faculty roles andresponsibilities, 2) students have multiple mentors and receive reflective feedback and 3) bothare addressed in the context of a cluster of institutions typically involving a doctoral degree-granting institution

Conference Session

Improved Pathways to Graduate Studies

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Colleen Elizabeth Bronner, University of California, Davis; Alin Wakefield, University of California, Davis; Jean S. VanderGheynst, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth; Kara Moloney Ph.D., University of California, Davis

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

financial) to persist to degree completion. 5) Balancing Act: The pace and intensity of graduate study frequently catches LIATFG students off guard. Particularly in the first and second year of graduate study, students are challenged by issues of time and balancing not only of their academic pursuits, but also their family relationships and responsibilities.Program OverviewThe PEGS21 program eases the transition for a cohort of about 15 first-year graduate students eachyear through a variety of interventions designed to foster supportive relationships, enhanceprofessional skills, and reduce financial barriers to help students address the challenges describedabove (Table 1). Table 1: Components of

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Graduate Education Model, Industry and Practitioner Experience - Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaclyn K. Murray, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Erika Mosyjowski, University of Michigan; Diane L. Peters, Kettering University

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

Psychology and Sociology from Case Western Reserve University. Before pursuing a PhD, Erika had a dual appointment in UM’s College of Engineering working in student affairs and as a research associate. While grounded in the field of higher education, her research interests include engineering education, particularly as related to innovation, professional identity development, and supporting the recruitment and persistence of underrepresented students within engineering.Dr. Diane L. Peters, Kettering University Dr. Peters is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Practitioner Experience Meets Graduate

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Professional Graduate Education & Industry

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; John Bardo, Western Carolina University; Duane Dunlap, Western Carolina University; Stephen Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University; Dennis Depew, Purdue University; Mark Schuver, Purdue University; Gary Bertoline, Purdue University; Albert McHenry, Arizona State University; Timothy Lindquist, Arizona State University; Joseph Tidwell, Boeing Co.; Mark Smith, Rochester Institute of Technology; Raymond Morrison, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co.; Harvey Palmer, Rochester Institute of Technology; Norman Egbert; David Quick, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Mohammad Noori, California State Polytechnic University; Samuel Truesdale, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Edward Sullivan, California Polytechnic State University; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas; Carla Purdy, University of Cincinnati

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Graduate Studies

competitiveness.Finding # 9: Policy blind spot exists in U.S. Science & Technology Policy and in U.S.professional engineering education. The disconnect between U.S. engineering graduate educationand creative engineering practice has neither occurred overnight nor by happenstance. It has occurredover the last four decades. While the nation has placed a deserved, increased federally fundedemphasis on basic academic research and on the graduate education of the nation’s future researchersduring the 1960’s, 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s [and must continue to do so], it has not placed a parallel andequal emphasis on advanced professional graduate education for the U.S. engineering workforce inindustry during this same time period which is the nation’s primary resource for

Conference Session

Graduate Programs, Development, and Research Fellowships

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laleh Behjat P.Eng., University of Calgary; Milana Trifkovic, University of Calgary; Robyn Paul, University of Calgary; Karen Andrea Canon-Rubio, University of Calgary; Stephanie Hladik, University of Calgary

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

feel they are not preparedand do not have necessary research skills such as communications skills and organization [3].Communication is a particularly important area of professional skill development, especiallywith high numbers of foreign language graduate students in engineering. Studies have shown thatmentoring can be an effective approach for improving communication skills of internationalstudents, including activities such as Toastmasters clubs, formal academic support, and informalpeer discussion groups [4,5].Many universities have begun to recognize the value of professional development programs inthe balance of work/study/life across different disciplines [1,6,7]. The four most relevantprofessional attributes for engineering PhDs were

Conference Session

Research and Graduate Studies

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Andrew Janeski, Virginia Tech; Erin Crede, Virginia Tech; Maura J. Borrego, Virginia Tech; Chris Venters, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies

distinct disciplinary patterns2. This research training is central to transformingthe student into a producer of knowledge, so much so that departments design specializedtraining programs to meet the needs of individual disciplines3.The majority of engineering graduate students spend their graduate school years as part of aresearch group4. These groups are generally organized around the research specialty of aprimary advisor, or collaboration between faculty advisors, depending on the size of the researchgroup5. Doctoral students, master’s students and post doctoral researchers work together underthe guidance of these faculty advisors, often in shared laboratory and office spaces6. It’s thisgroup environment where the majority of student learning

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Eduardo Santillan-Jimenez, University of Kentucky; Julia E. Parker, University of Kentucky ; Keren Mabisi, University of Cincinnati; Carissa B. Schutzman, University of Cincinnati; Mark Crocker, University of Kentucky

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Graduate Studies

stress the importance of a) providing graduate students with tools and resources to helpthem establish a home, find a community, and get acclimated to their new environment; b)ensuring that these tools and resources act in conjunction with those provided by the universityand its departments; and c) striving to make these tools and resources inclusive by identifying avariety of cultural organizations [3, 5].The aforementioned set of best practices and recommendations were taken into account andintegrated in the development and deployment of the onboarding and orientation event for whicha description, assessment and outcomes are offered below (see Sections 3.1 and 4.1). However, itis worth noting that the literature is either scant – or completely

Conference Session

Training and Mentoring of Graduate Teaching Assistants

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel Louis Kajfez, Virginia Tech; Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies

Paper ID #5848Graduate Teaching Assistants Views of Their Own Teaching Practice Com-petenceMrs. Rachel Louis Kajfez, Virginia Tech Rachel Louis Kajfez is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Civil Engineering from The Ohio State University where she specialized in construction. Currently, Rachel is a Dean’s Teaching Fellow, is a Departmental Ambassador, and is actively involved in ASEE. Her current research interests include graduate student motivation and identity development.Dr. Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Tech

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Professional Graduate Education & Industry

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norman Egbert; Donald Keating, University of South Carolina

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Graduate Studies

educational institutions need to also embrace this initiativeto market engineering. The goal of such an activity should be to convince parents of theeconomic and societal value added by engineers and encourage them to influence their childrenaccordingly. Another needed step is to strengthen primary and secondary school teaching staffsin the areas of math and science. Having knowledgeable and enthusiastic teachers is a necessarystep to enlisting students into a technical career path.The lack of interest in STEM areas in the U.S. contributes significantly to the fact that thedeveloping countries are graduating multiples of the numbers of U.S. engineering graduates