Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sagit Betser, University of California, Davis; Lee Michael Martin, University of California, Davis; Rebecca Ambrose Ph.D., University of California-Davis

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

Paper ID #27539”They Don’t See Girls”: Construction of Identities in a Maker ProgramMs. sagit betser, University of California, Davis Sagit Betser is a graduate student in the Learning and Mind Sciences program at UC Davis School of Education. She received B.Sc in Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering from Tel Aviv University. She worked in start-ups, heading research and design multidisciplinary teams. Before joining the PhD program she taught science and design at a K-8 school.Prof. Lee Michael Martin, University of California, Davis Lee Martin studies people’s efforts to enhance their own learning environments

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Retaining and Developing Women Faculty

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gretchen L. Hein, Michigan Technological University; Daniela Faas, Harvard University; Anne M Lucietto, Purdue University; Jacquelyn Kay Nagel, James Madison University; Diane L Peters P.E., Kettering University; Rebecca M. Reck, Kettering University; Mary C. Verstraete, The University of Akron; Deborah J. O'Bannon P.E., University of Missouri, Kansas City

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity, Engineering Deans Council

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Engineering and Public Policy, Women in Engineering

often consider the needsof graduate students. This group of women represents a diverse set of employment, promotion,and professional development requirements and needs: ● Careers in academia typically require an advanced degree (Ph.D.) ● Promotion in academia does not take into account 2/3 of typical job responsibilities, thus individuals are unaware of other ways to advance in academia ● Professional development and networking needs of women in academia vary from others in industry ● Academia is an environment that differs greatly from industry and the challenges of a typical work week may be significantly different from industry ● Female faculty are often caught between their own needs and the needs of their students

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kimberly Stillmaker P.E., California State University, Fresno; Lalita G Oka, California State University, Fresno; Jesus Gutierrez Plascencia; Cindy Charlott Schwartz-Doyle, California State University, Fresno; Katherine Lor, California State University, Fresno

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

the Navy. She has graduated from California State University, Fresno with a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Investigating the Role of Faculty Gender in Mentoring Female Engineering Students for SuccessAbstract: While many previously male-dominated collegiate programs have experienceddemographic shifts over the past half century to become gender-balanced, engineering haspersisted as a male-dominated discipline. Trends between national gender proportions of facultyand degree recipients in engineering over a span of fifty years and their implications on same-gender mentoring relationship for female engineering students are

Conference Session

Undergraduate Student Issues: Persistence

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer A. Skaggs, American University in Cairo

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Women in Engineering

women are not making their future career choices based on someoneelse’s convictions. They may be following what could be determined as the traditional scriptssociety has set for females, but this is happening only after they have “bucked the system” infollowing a non-traditional major.These female students are beginning to build their internal foundations by balancing the varied,and many times conflicting external voices with their own inner voice. While this researchcontinues longitudinally through follow-up interviews scheduled for three – years, post-graduation in 2013, some students have already changed their career paths as evidenced throughsocial network contacts. As females develop personal and professional identities that areauthentic

Conference Session

Research on Diversification & Inclusion

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Brewer, University of Georgia; Nicola Sochacka, University of Georgia; Joachim Walther, University of Georgia

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, New Engineering Educators, Student, Women in Engineering

Paper ID #11811Into the Pipeline: A freshman student’s experiences of stories told about en-gineeringMr. Michael BrewerDr. Nicola Sochacka, University of Georgia Dr. Nicki Sochacka received her doctorate in Engineering Epistemologies from the University of Queens- land, Australia, in 2011. She is currently a member of the CLUSTER research group at the University of Georgia where she holds a research and teaching position. Nicki’s areas of research interest include: STEAM (STEM + Art) education, diversity, interpretive research quality, the role of empathy in engineer- ing education and practice, and student reflection.Dr

Conference Session

Busting a Career Move? When and Why or Why Not?

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Adrienne R. Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Jenna P. Carpenter, Campbell University; Cindy Waters, Naval Surface Warfare Center; Beena Sukumaran, Rowan University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

improve society, yet less than 100 people had read it. It felt like the effortwasn’t having the impact that I wanted. Further, there had been a couple of experiences atconferences in my professional field where other researchers dismissed or diminished ourgroup’s work. I was experiencing Imposter Phenomena9 episodes during conferences that hailedback to my days in graduate school. My students and I had recently received a scathing,unprofessional review for a manuscript10 and my satisfaction with the research treadmillplummeted, I came to the conclusion that I should instead focus on commercializing our workso that it didn’t remain buried in the literature and could be translated to improve society. Thesecond conclusion I came to was that if my

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Student Issues as Related to Culture

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Brandt, Seton Hall University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

influencingindividuals in their values hierarchy (Leaper et al18). Males may place a higher valuepriority on achieving career success and achievement of higher income. Females mayseek more balance between career and family.The study also draws on Tobin et al3 Gender Self Socialization Model (GSSM) as anauxiliary framework to help explain gender role in the development of women’s valuebased hierarchy. The GSSM model links childhood gender cognition theories into atripartite classification of three constructs: (a) gender identity: children develop a self-identity as a boy or a girl at a young age; (b) gender stereotype: children’s beliefs aboutwhat boys and girls are expected to do are influenced by their desire to conform to thecollective gender stereotype; (c

Conference Session

The Impact of Curriculum on the Retention of Women Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Backer, San Jose State University

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Women in Engineering

students a better context for analyzing the similarities, differences,linkages, and interactions between ethnic, cultural, gender/sexual, age-based, class, regional,national, transnational, and global identities. I will take the readings that I have already used andsupplement them with individual and group activities so that the students can better understandthe complexities of these issues. Also, I plan on giving the students more backgroundinformation about the topics in this class so that they can better meet the learning objective.Figure 5. Assessment results for Technology VS Women by semester for each GE andMUSE objective. Fall Fall Fall *Fall Total percent

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

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

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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

Recruitment & Retention of Women I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lois Calian Trautvetter, Northwestern University; Rose M. Marra, University of Missouri, Columbia; Lisa R. Lattuca, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Katie L. Piacentini, University of Missouri - Columbia; David B. Knight, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Women in Engineering

interesting students, a female student who had designed and soldher own jewelry, with the proceeds going to aid women in an underdeveloped country. At Howard’s engineering school, they are very competitive for one main demographic --African American students. Clearly, other HBCUs are obviously in competition with Howard forthis student pool. In addition, Howard does derive a student population from internationalstudents, mostly Carribbean and African, who feel very comfortable with Howard’s message,role and history. Howard respondents told us “because of Howard’s legacy we get people whoseparents have graduated from Howard and they are middle class, upper middle class and then youhave other people who are in the first generation college, so those

Conference Session

Retention of Women Students

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gretchen L. Hein, Michigan Technological University; Kaitlyn J. Bunker; Nilufer Onder, Michigan Technological University; Raven Rachaun Rebb; Laura E. Brown, Michigan Technological University; Leonard J. Bohmann, Michigan Technological University

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Women in Engineering

25.1401.4out of doggedness (a strong determination to complete their degree) regardless of theirconfidence, level of enjoyment, or satisfaction13.The academic background that students receive from their high school education has an effect ontheir persistence in engineering. Jackson et al. showed that there were no differences in highschool GPA, ACT or SAT scores, or family background between students who persist than thosewho switch majors. However, the results also showed a difference between men and womenstudents with respect to their academic background. Women students tended to rank themselvesas having lower academic ability in science, math, and writing compared to other high schoolstudents9.In 2009, Pierrako et al. completed focus groups and

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

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Diversity

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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

Women in Engineering Division: Pre-college Student Experiences

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lynsey Mitchell Kissane, Ryerson University; Liping Fang, Ryerson University ; Ruth Jean Silver, Groundswell Projects

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

the betterment of society.A project based at Ryerson University – empowering girls, themselves, to create a female-inclusive engineering identity – gave us the insight and model for our paper. The projectinvolved two components: a branding project, led by graduate students enrolled in theProfessional Communication program at Ryerson’s Faculty of Communication and Design; anda youth think tank, comprised of 36 female teenagers from high schools in the Greater TorontoArea. The project – part of the collaborative partnership WEMADEIT – was envisioned byfaculty and staff from Ryerson University’s Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science(FEAS), and by Groundswell, a youth engagement and communications firm, which hereinreferred to as “the

Conference Session

The Impact of Curriculum on the Retention of Women Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto

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Women in Engineering

humansKohlberg suggested that females might be less developed in the sequence than others, oftennot completing stages 4, 5 and 6. He suggested that females lag behind males because theyare not given the same opportunities or expectations in society (Langford36, 1995), whichhighlights some of our understanding about gender roles, stereotypes and socialization andhow these things affect confidence and career choice.Gilligan’s22 (1982) groundbreaking work, outlined in “In a Different Voice” describes the Page 12.295.14female’s own way in approaching morality, one that is not inferior nor superior to a male’smoral reasoning. Gilligan, a former graduate student

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Marcela Alejandra Silva, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile; Angeles Dominguez, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico and Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

-Peñalvo and A. Bello and A. Dominguez and R. M. Romero Chacón, “Acciones, políticas y estrategias para el balance de género en el ámbito STEM: Resultados de una dinámica World Café,” Education in the Knowledge Society (EKS), vol. 20, p. 15, Dec. 2019. e-ISSN:2444-8729, Doi: 10.14201/eks2019_20_a31 Appendix – Students interview protocolObjectives. To know about general aspects of the program. Specifically, a) to improve attractionand access to the program, b) to improve retention and decrease attrition, and c) to promotetimely qualification.Participants. Female students from the first, middle and last thirds of the program.A. Greeting and thanking the intervieweeB. Data of the interviewee: Name, graduation year

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Understanding and Changing Engineering Culture

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Abrams, Ohio State University; Suzanne Grassel Shoger, The Ohio State University; Lauren Corrigan, Ohio State University; Steven Y. Nozaki, Ohio State University; Mitsu Narui, The Ohio State University Multicultural Center; Adithya Jayakumar, The Ohio State University

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

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Women in Engineering

male undergraduate and graduate engineeringstudents who have been trained as allies for women in the COE. Through participation in a one-year program focused on gender equity, implicit bias, microaggressions, and socioculturalconversations, these individuals are equipped to act as allies specifically for women in the COE,but also for other underrepresented groups, as they move from academe into the professionalarena. This paper will highlight details and logistics of the ally program as well as the first phaseof assessment.Introduction and BackgroundFifty percent of students pursuing undergraduate degrees in the United States are women.1,2 Inspite of this, much has been made of the chilly climate, or unwelcoming environment for womenin higher

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Susan J. Ely, University of Southern Indiana

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

capable of success, but oftensuffer higher levels of doubt, anxiety and stress regarding their engineering coursework. Thereare multiple factors influencing this gender difference, including but not limited to: lack ofwomen faculty for mentoring and acting as role models [14], [15]; ongoing gender-basedstereotypes and bias in STEM fields by both men and women [8], [9], [10], [16]; workplacehabits that reinforce gendered work assignments [10], [13] and lack of community to provideencouragement and support throughout the program [2], [4], [10], [14], [15].The focus on self-efficacy is based on studies that have shown a direct relationship betweenretention of women in engineering programs and self-efficacy. The more women believe in theirabilities

Conference Session

WIED: Medley

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane L. Lehr, California Polytechnic State University; Helene Finger P.E., California Polytechnic State University; Alana Christine Snelling

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Women in Engineering

whether the patterns identified above – and their significantrecruitment implications – could be explained by the sex/gender of the first year engineeringstudents surveyed and/or by their Millennial Generation status (born between 1981-2000).Preliminary analysis of the 2013 data suggests that the answer may be both/and rather thaneither/or. In the 2013 survey, 89.8% of female respondents indicated that they did not make theirpersonal decision to major in engineering until their sophomore, junior, or senior years in highschool. However, 69.8% of the male students provided the same answer. Secondly, whereas25.6% of the 2013 female respondents indicated that making a difference, helping, or serving asa role model for others was one of their top

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 10

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

M. Teresa Cardador, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Karin Jensen, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Kelly J Cross, University of Nevada, Reno; Grisel Lopez-Alvarez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

something well or not was alsobased on how much prior exposure you may have had/not had to the topic.Third, interest and anticipated performance also seemed related to elective track selection.Students based their elective selection on personal interest (how interesting they found the topic),and how much they enjoyed previous courses in a particular specialization area (e.g., hardwarevs. software or biomechanics vs. therapeutics). Related to the second theme, however, interestalso appeared related to how well one performed in a particular course.A fourth theme to emerge from the wave 1 student data was that approximately fifty percent ofinformants had some plan to pursue managerial roles, rather than purely technical roles post-graduation. Some

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristin E. Sherwood, Stony Brook University; Angela M Kelly, Stony Brook University; Monica Bugallo, Stony Brook University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

, where both mentors and mentees are building competence andenhancing problem solving skills [9].Research questions. This research study examined the impacts of the mentoring experience onjunior and senior STEM students serving as peer mentors to first-year female students. To buildupon prior work in the STEM mentoring field, the overarching research questions were: How didservice as a peer mentor to first year female students impact the women serving in these roles?How did mentoring service facilitate leadership development among junior and senior mentors?Conceptual FrameworkMuch of what is known about self-efficacy and its role in persistence of behavior is based uponthe research of Bandura, who distinguished between both efficacy expectations

Conference Session

Effective Methods for Recruiting Women to Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manjusha Saraswathiamma, North Dakota State University; Kathy Enger, North Dakota State University; Canan Bilen-Green, North Dakota State University; Achinthya Bazebaruah, North Dakota State University; Bruce Schumacher, North Dakota State University

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Women in Engineering

friends, and voluntary training services, which these widows preferredto the various formal training services available to them. He showed how MIL analysis could beused to design programs to meet the needs of a specific group of females.Thompson, in a 1992 study of female persistence44 in baccalaureate nursing programs, found that Page 15.367.5females who dropped out of these programs lacked satisfactory MIL. In Thompson’s model,female students sought a balance between load and power and dropped out because they couldnot find adequate margin in their lives. Participants in Thompson’s study pursued the program ina condition where power and load

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kathrine Ehrlich-Scheffer, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE)

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

personal growth as well as program growth. Also noted was that having thelounge open for both groups would make it less about any one group and more about a diversityand growth mindset among students utilizing it.Though there was not disagreement in having a diversity lounge as opposed to a loungespecifically for the women in engineering program, a few students expressed concern that eachgroup still needs its own identity, and that this identity should be treated with the utmost respect.Likewise, a diversity lounge should not be perceived as altering the need for a women orminorities in engineering program, but rather build a foundation of commonalities between thetwo groups. Though many things experienced by all underrepresented minorities are in

Conference Session

Panel: What Funding Agencies Look For

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane Daniels, Henry Luce Foundation; Kathleen Christensen, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation; Jessie DeAro, National Science Foundation; David Ruth, Elsevier Foundation

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Women in Engineering

, professional, personal, andorganizational role models who shape the experiences and expectations of many prospectivescientists and engineers. Persistent underrepresentation of women faculty, especially inleadership positions, may affect all students' critically important relationships with mentors,participation as members of research and education teams, and self-identification as potentialresearchers. Page 14.642.2Henry Luce FoundationThe Clare Boothe Luce (CBL) Program has two goals—to support women who are studying orteaching in the sciences and engineering and to serve as a catalyst for institutional change so that women can thrive and reach their

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Panel on Advocacy and Allyship by Men for Women

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Brian Kirkmeyer, Miami University; Michael D. Johnson, Texas A&M University; Lisa Abrams, The Ohio State University; Roger A. Green, North Dakota State University; Lyndsey McMillon-Brown, NASA Glenn Research Center; Sharon A. Jones P.E., University of Washington Bothell; Philip Ritchey, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

small, that occur in a broader institutional context and with my men colleagues.Panelist #4: I was hearing from women students at my institution that they were havingdifficulties working in teams – they were assigned the role of note taker or their technicalopinion wasn’t being heard in projects. They were also getting told by their peers that theirgender was the sole reason they were receiving internships or job offers. I realized that menweren’t given the opportunity to hear and digest these stories and then learn why theseexperiences can be detrimental to their peers and the engineering field overall. I developed andimplemented an inclusive leadership course for engineering students, who identify as male,where we talk about identity, bias

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise Wilson, University of Washington; Jennifer J. VanAntwerp, Calvin College; Joanna Wright, University of Washington; Lauren Summers, University of Washington

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Women in Engineering

: socialization, gender roles andunconscious bias, and work-family balance [9], all of which are aspects of the chilly climateconcept. Britton [10] defined the chilly climate concepts in a context specific to women inacademe to include “harassment by students and colleagues, inhospitable department andclassroom climates, biases in hiring processes, inequitable allocations of work responsibilities,and policies that penalize women’s greater role in managing work/family responsibilities.”One highly studied area for faculty women has been the theme of work-family balance.Qualitative studies have found that women faculty in many STEM departments feel eitherimplicit or explicit pressure to avoid taking parental leave, tenure clock extensions, or otherfamily

Conference Session

Institutional Transformations

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue Ph.D., Towson University

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Women in Engineering

old-timers alike. Of course, by the same token, these resources can become obstacles to learning … The long beak that made a species successful can be its downfall if circumstances change. Communities of practice are not immune to such paradoxes. Remaining on a learning edge takes a delicate balancing act between honoring the history of the practice and shaking free from it. This is often only possible when communities interact with and explore other perspectives beyond their boundaries.23Given that a community of practice is shaped primarily by its participants, if participants withinthe community are resistant to change, so will be the broader community of practice; practices –be they good or harmful – will

Conference Session

Reports from ADVANCE Institutions

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marisol Mercado Santiago, Purdue University; Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jordana Hoegh, Purdue University; Dina Banerjee, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Women in Engineering

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. She is currently conducting her dissertation research on the role of motherhood in the career paths of women with engineering

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Strategies Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder; Amanda S. Parker, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beth A. Myers, University of Colorado Boulder

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

provides validated assessment toolsthat can help programs analyze effectiveness and compare against other results33. Informationabout satisfaction and identity formation can be gained by the use of the instruments from theAcademic Pathways of People Learning Engineering Survey (APPLES) study34. Furtherinformation is gained by using qualitative techniques such as interviews and observations35.Workflow Process DiagramsMost engineering disciplines use flow charting to illustrate the idea of a process that progressesfrom one state or condition to another. In engineering colleges it is common to use the conceptto chart the courses that students need to take to graduate, often linked to certain terms of thecollege career. The concept of a general

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Understanding and Changing Engineering Culture

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rui (Celia) Pan, Toyota Financial Services; Randa L. Shehab, University of Oklahoma; Deborah A. Trytten, University of Oklahoma; Cindy E Foor, University of Oklahoma; Susan E. Walden, University of Oklahoma

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

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Women in Engineering

their GPA (57%, n=60). Only 11% (n=11) of team members indicate that their teamsrequire a minimum GPA for individual members to retain eligibility for team participation.Considering team participation requires extreme time commitment, it is not surprising thatstudents face challenges to balancing their time between course work and team participation.Table 4. Perceptions of Why Others Drop Out (n=106 responses). Responses Participation takes too much time 81% (86) Grades or coursework were suffering 57% (60) Loss of interest 53% (56) There are not enough tasks to keep all students engaged 45% (48) Lack of

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Coleen Carrigan, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Saejin Kwak Tanguay, University of Washington; Joyce Yen, University of Washington; Julie Simmons Ivy, North Carolina State University; Cara Margherio, University of Washington; Eve A. Riskin, University of Washington; Christine S. Grant, North Carolina State University; M. Claire Horner-Devine, University of Washington and Counterspace Consulting

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

about all the life experiencesthat motivate us to broaden participation of underrepresented populations in engineering. Theselectures played a key role in members’ abilities to breach personal and professional boundariesby structuring in opportunities for members to explain their perspectives in our work together.Semantic Consensus Building: In breaching the boundaries between our disciplinary identities,members did a great deal of what we have called “semantic consensus building.” It became clearthat the type and tone of language used to discuss issues of marginalization was very distinctbetween the social sciences, field sciences and lab sciences. Throughout our meetings, therewere many conversations in which we identified and analyzed the