Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 6: Challenges and Coping Strategies of Engineering Graduate Students

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eunsil Lee, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Susan Sajadi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

transparentinstitutional action to enhance diversity and promote inclusive and equitable learningenvironments” [2, p.3]. Despite this growing attention and acknowledgment of the need toimprove graduate education in engineering, cultures and practices in these spaces are seldomcharacterized as welcoming. In response to the above calls, this study explores the engineering graduate student’sexperience, focusing on their perceived stressors or challenges, while considering the student’sdegree and citizenship status. This study is situated in a three-year effort to develop andimplement a mandatory graduate seminar course focused on promoting equity in STEM at anR1, research-intensive university in the Mid-Atlantic U.S. The following sections will