Conference Session

Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: The Role of Engineering Education towards Attaining UN Sustainable Development Goals

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tripp Shealy, Virginia Tech; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Haley Margaret Gardner

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering, Community Engagement Division, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering

climate change effects their motivations and agency to solve complex global problems for a sustainability in their career.Dr. Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses what factors influence diverse students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering foster or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education. She is the recipient of a 2014 American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

It Takes a Village: Engineering Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carrie Robinson, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

ethic of careand to listen to the expressed needs of the students being served 11. Noddings explains the ethicof care: If my expressed needs are not treated positively, or at least sensitively, I will likely not feel cared for. Attempts to care frequently misfire this way. Would-be carers think they know what the cared-for needs and act on their inferences in the name of caring. (p. 148)Postsecondary administrators often implement initiatives based on the perceived needs of a Page 23.915.3population or because a program has had success in another area. As Noddings discussed, thereis a definite difference between the

Conference Session

It Takes a Village: Engineering Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Cate Samuelson, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

adjustment and their success in college.4 In fact, the academicachievement of Latino students in particular tends to be enhanced by professors perceived to besupportive and accessible.4Students’ level of comfort approaching faculty for academic and social support can contribute totheir sense of belonging.3 Students who cultivate relationships with faculty members outside theclassroom tend to both report higher levels of satisfaction with their college and graduate.4 Infact, minority students who complete science and engineering degrees often highlight the role ofa faculty member as being instrumental to their success.4 Positive experiences with supportivefaculty can increase students’ sense of belonging and contribute to a climate that

Conference Session

Minority Student Success

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer O Burrell, Howard University; Afiya C Fredericks, Howard University; Lorraine N. Fleming, Howard University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

“Black” has been a symbol of inferiority in engineering intellectualcontexts historically11. During the focus group discussion, one participant shared that, “As anAfrican American male in engineering at [this institution], I see it as an opportunity to put to restthe statement that Black males are not intelligent or they are dumb.” Although deficit beliefsabout the relationship between being Black and academic prowess exist in society, the studentsin this sample view Black students succeeding as a part of their identity as engineering students,not an anomaly2. For instance, Sean, a freshman chemical engineering student shares howengineering majors are unique from other majors on campus and require “more time”. He states,“Friday and Saturday

Conference Session

Research on Learning, Performance, and Impact

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ananda Mani Paudel, Colorado State University-Pueblo; Sylvester A. Kalevela, Colorado State University, Pueblo

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

period of2002-2011, the trend showed a higher enrollment rate of minority students. Women’s enrollmentis very low and no sign of increment is evident.As displayed in second pan of the chart in Figure 1, the number of graduation is highest amongwhite students, followed by the number of minority and female students. The trend of the whitestudents’ graduation rate appeared almost uniform throughout the years. Minority students’graduation rate appeared to be decreasing. Despite the increased enrollment of the minoritystudents, the graduation rate was decreasing. This could be an indication of a lower success rateof minority students. That might be due to the time difference between the enrollment andgraduation. After careful examination, the student

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Development Opportunities for Diverse Engineering Students

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joanna Wolfe, Carnegie Mellon University; Elizabeth A. Powell, Tennessee Technological University; Seth Schlisserman; Alexandra Kirshon

Tagged Topics

ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

students have, pointing to a need forinterventions to teach problem-solving skills.IntroductionIn 1996, ABET mandated the development of professional skills such as effectivecommunication and working in teams through the EC2000 criteria. At the time, many educatorswelcomed this increasing emphasis on teamwork not only as preparation for workplace but alsoas a way to increase the participation of women and minorities in engineering (Brown, 2001;Ettenheim et al., 2000; Rosser, 1995; Teague, 1995). Team projects were thought to beparticularly congenial to women because they promote learning through social interaction withothers and can provide a cooperative balance to the often competitive atmosphere that dominatesmany science and engineering

Conference Session

Interactive Panel on Improving the Experiences of Marginalized Students on Engineering Design Teams

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lorelle A Meadows, Michigan Technological University; Denise Sekaquaptewa, University of Michigan; Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech; Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Debbie Chachra, Olin College of Engineering; Adrienne Minerick, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education, Electrical and Computer, Engineering Libraries, First-Year Programs, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering, Student, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering, Women in Engineering

successful interactions and learning outcomes.1-3 One important challenge centers onthe interactions between students from groups negatively stereotyped as poor performers inengineering (e.g., women and under-represented racial minorities) and others. A body of researchin psychology indicates that students from these marginalized groups may have qualitativelydifferent group work experiences compared to others, which may contribute to their self-selection from engineering and thus their group’s under-representation in engineering fields.Recent research suggests that the negative experiences of people from marginalized groups onengineering student design teams can influence many factors that contribute to persistence andsuccess, such as development of

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Idalis Villanueva, Utah State University; Laura Ann Gelles, Utah State University - Engineering Education; Marialuisa Di Stefano, Utah State University; Buffy Smith, University of St. Thomas; Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Susan M Lord, University of San Diego; Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Anne Therese Hunt, Hunt Consulting Associates; Donna M. Riley, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Gery W. Ryan, Pardee RAND Graduate School in Policy Analysis

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

professor gave these instructions: “You should be at least as formal as the client. If he has a coat and tie, you keep your coat on. If he is in a shirt and tie, you can take off your jacket.” This posed dilemmas for women that did not exist for men.” [60, p. 163-164] “On the surface, formal lines of communication, such as orientations, graduate advisors Engineering and handbooks purporting to facilitate women becoming graduate students are not Preparation always reliable. The alternative, which no one explicitly states, is to engage in the informal (gendered roles and track through establishing social networks and building social capital.” [61, p. 145] implicit/explicit

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shabnam Etemadi Brady, Tennessee State University; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; Lesia L. Crumpton-Young, Tennessee State University; Germysha Emily Little, Tennessee State University; Lydia Davis, Tennessee State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

should be addressed nationally.IntroductionSTEM (i.e., science, engineering, technology, and math) fields are critical to the advancement ofthe United States in the global economy. Therefore, it is important that institutes of highereducation support students succeeding in STEM education by completions of STEM degrees.Advancing STEM education plays a fundamental role in improving student learning in STEMfields and, in turn, can enhance the production of STEM graduates. By investigating STEMeducation at colleges and universities, we can expose areas of needed improvement and enableprograms to become more effective and efficient. If the field of engineering wishes to broadenparticipation, it is imperative that such efforts include institutions

Conference Session

Broadening Participation of Minority Students in and with K-12 Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhao Chad Kong; Angie Martiza Bautista-Chavez, Rice University; Andres J Goza, Rice University; Rachel Jackson, Rice University; Kurt Kienast, Rice University; Sam Oke; Juan A Castilleja, The Boeing Company; Brent C Houchens, Rice University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering, Minorities in Engineering

introduce underrepresented,underprivileged high school students (mentees) to engineering and help them prepare for thechallenges of an undergraduate engineering degree program. DREAM has three main goals thathave evolved and come into focus over the four years of the program’s existence. First, DREAMseeks to change mentees’ perceptions of what is possible, leading them to a better quality of lifethrough college education and subsequent rewarding and lucrative engineering and STEMcareers. Second, DREAM prepares mentees for the rigors of undergraduate STEM education byforming connections between engineering applications and high school classes, and promotingenrollment in upper-level math and science courses. Third, DREAM prepares mentees for

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erika Mein, University of Texas at El Paso; Helena Mucino, University of Texas, El Paso

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Paper ID #26930Key Sociocultural Influences Shaping Latinx Students’ Pathways to Engi-neering/CS: An Ethnographic LensDr. Erika Mein, University of Texas at El Paso Dr. Erika Mein is an Associate Professor of Literacy/Biliteracy Education and Associate Dean for 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. Her research has been published in journals such as Theory into Practice, Action in

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Mayra S. Artiles Ph.D., Arizona State University; Juan M. Cruz, Rowan University; Sarah Anne Blackowski, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Stephanie G. Adams, University of Texas at Dallas; Gwen Lee-Thomas, Quality Measures LLC

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 1–7.Cruz, J. M., Artiles, M. S., Matusovich, H. M., Lee-Thomas, G., & Adams, S. G. (2019). Revising the Dissertation Institute: Contextual Factors Relevant to Transfer-ability. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Meeting, Tampa, Florida.Curtin, N., Stewart, A. J., & Ostrove, J. M. (2013). Fostering Academic Self-Concept: Advisor Support and Sense of Belonging Among International and Domestic Graduate Students. American Educational Research Journal, 50(1), 108–137. https://doi.org/10.3102/0002831212446662Devos, C., Boudrenghien, G., Van der Linden, N., Frenay, M., Azzi, A., Galand, B., & Klein, O. (2016). " Misfits between doctoral students and

Conference Session

Expanding the Perspectives of Underrepresentation in Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luis Leyva, Vanderbilt University; Jacob Massa, Rutgers University; Dan Battey, Rutgers University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

an analytical device to unpack thesegendered contradictions and thus capture the heterogeneity of practice for being successful asengineering students and professionals.4, 5, 20 In an online survey study of 288 undergraduateengineering majors across four institutions, Cech and colleagues attributed student participants’persistence as engineering majors to professional role confidence. 5 They defined professionalrole confidence as “individuals’ confidence in their ability to successfully fulfill the roles,competencies, and identity features of a profession.”5 Cech and colleagues argued that women’slack of opportunities in developing professional role confidence in male-dominated engineeringcontexts explain women’s low retention in the

Conference Session

Building Pathways that Promote Pursuit/Persistence in Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ebony Omotola McGee, Vanderbilt University; William H. Robinson, Vanderbilt University; Lydia C. Bentley, Vanderbilt University; Stacey Houston II, Vanderbilt University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Fellow. As a former electrical engineer, she is concerned with sci- ence, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) learning and participation among historically marginalized students of color. Her research focuses on the role of racialized experiences and biases in STEM educational and career attainment, problematizing traditional notions of academic achievement and what is mean to be successful yet marginalized, and STEM identity and identity development in high-achieving students of color. She is currently the PI on two studies funded by NSF, the first of which investigates the causes behind why African Americans remain one of the most underrepresented racial groups in engineering faculty positions. The

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Autumn Marie Reed, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Pamela Petrease Felder, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Shawnisha Hester LGSW, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Denise Nicole Williams, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Yarazeth Medina, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Amanda Lo, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Erika T. Aparaka, University of Maryland College Park; Patricia Ordonez, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

%) 24 (50%) 312Understanding your professor'sexpectations 5 (20%) 6 (12.5%) 4Differences between undergraduatecoursework and graduate work 5 (20%) 6 (12.5%) 998Isolation 3 (12%) 6 (12.5%) 154Expectations from family andobligations to the community 1 (4%) 6 (12.5%) 353GROUP TOTAL 25 48The group of First Year/New/Incoming Graduate Students produced 25 (4.8%) of the 518 toptweets data set. These responses generated 48 “likes” during the hacking activity. A basicanalysis of the

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruk T. Berhane, University of Maryland, College Park; Felicia James Onuma; Stephen Secules, University of Maryland, College Park

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

this data serves as an effective reminder that there is still much work to be done inincreasing the participation of Blacks in STEM, it fails to distinguish between native and non-native Blacks. The failure to differentiate between these two populations of Blacks in the datacomplicates the ability to ascertain the degree to which diversity goals in STEM fields havealready been addressed, as well as the amount of work that will be required in the future to meetthese goals. If indeed one population of Black undergraduates are persisting and graduating inSTEM fields at rates disproportionately higher than the other population, then a concerted andwell-directed effort is necessary to ensure a comparable level of success among the latterpopulation

Conference Session

MIND - Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibironke Lawal, Virginia Commonwealth University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

situations through the lens of their own self views and that individual differences exist in theway situations impact on people. Constructivist posit that humans actively create and construeour personal realities –that each person creates his or her own representational model of theworld and that this model does not simply act as a filter through which ongoing experience isperceived, but that the model actually creates and constrains new experience and so shapes whatthe person will perceive as “reality.”40Indeed research suggests a central role for the self in motivation and behavior.41 Thus, self viewsare important for understanding the persistent tendency for male and female students to separateinto different academic and career paths and the

Conference Session

Myths About Gender and Race

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jordana Hoegh, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

Engineering (RIFE) group, whose projects are described at the group’s website, http://feministengineering.org/. She is interested in creating new models for thinking about gender and race in the context of engineering education. She was recently awarded a CAREER grant for the project, ”Learning from Small Numbers: Using personal narratives by underrepresented undergraduate students to promote institutional change in engineering education.”Jordana Hoegh, Purdue University Jordana Hoegh, M.S., is a doctoral student in the Department of Sociology at Purdue University. Her research interests include early adult life course and transitions, self and identity, sociology of the family, work and organizations, and social networks

Conference Session

Research in Minority Issues

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Turns, University of Washington; Angela Linse, Temple University; Tammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland; Matt Eliot, University of Washington; Jana Jones, Microsoft Corp.; Steve Lappenbusch, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

, developing and revising a teachingstatement, identifying and annotating teaching artifacts, developing a diversity statement,compiling a complete draft portfolio, and outlining a professional development plan. The ETPPis peer-led and peer-focused. Participants rotate the leadership role for each session andfacilitate the sessions without supervision by faculty or professional staff.Key features of this program include: a) a focus on graduate students, b) a series of activitiesthat collectively help students develop a teaching portfolio, and c) a peer-led structure with astrong peer evaluation component. The program has these elements for three primary reasons.First, we have an interest in helping improve the flow in the engineering educator pipeline