Conference Session

Critical Conversations on Being Valued

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Dustyn Roberts P.E., University of Pennsylvania; Robert W. Carpick, University of Pennsylvania

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Culture & Social Justice in Education, Equity

activities were included above, but have also led to the followingactions from the task force: • Shared materials and resources amongst faculty to address DEI issues in syllabi, assignments, and in lectures • Agreements to work on integrating DEI issues across the curriculum • Reviewed recent student surveys for feedback on DEI issues and this was shared with faculty • Compiled and shared extensive notes from the DEI Town Hall • Hired two new faculty members to the department that will start in January 2022 that both represent diverse perspectives (1 Hispanic woman, 1 Black male)The response to these events from undergraduate students has been very encouraging and mostlypositive. However, to find out if any of

Conference Session

Working Against Unjust Social Forces

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Anna Marie LaChance, University of Connecticut; Jennifer Pascal, University of Connecticut; Danielle Gan, University of Connecticut; Justyn James Paquette Welsh, University of Connecticut; Thomas James Pauly, University of Connecticut; Patrick Paul, University of Connecticut

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Culture & Social Justice in Education, Equity

evalutations. Finally, students demonstrably understood the ethicalnature of the questions being asked in the project deliverable portion of EJ Week, providingnuanced answers that acknowledged the environmental cost of their chlorobenzene plant andconsidering ways to reduce the most energy-intensive unit operations. For future iterations of thispractice, a comprehensive study on the specific learning goals that were achieved will becompleted. The results of this study will be presented at ASEE 2022. In summary, the cogen team was able to plan out one full week of a senior-level chemicalengineering course while connecting the class content to social justice principles. With the ideasand passions of four undergraduate cogen team members and one