Conference Session

Diversity, Inclusion, and Representation in STEM

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emma Sophie Stine, University of Colorado Boulder; Tiera Tanksley, University of Colorado Boulder; Amy Javernick-Will, University of Colorado Boulder

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

. Through this analysis, we aim to identifypathways for transforming HE education to better recognize and build upon the assets,knowledge, and experiences that marginalized students bring to the field.Diversifying Humanitarian Engineering EducationHumanitarian Engineering (HE) graduate programs represent an emerging discipline withinengineering education, training engineers to address infrastructure and service disparities inmarginalized communities both domestically and globally. These programs distinguishthemselves through explicit commitments to diversity, sustainability, and communitypartnerships, emphasizing user-centered design approaches and alignment with contemporaryframeworks like the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals [8], [9

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division 4 - Cultivating Engineering Excellence through Mentorship and Humanitarian Engineering

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kirsten Heikkinen Dodson, Lipscomb University; Amelia Elizabeth Cook, Lipscomb University; Lewis Ngwenya, Lipscomb University; Hannah Grace Duke, Lipscomb University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

experience in the workforce before pursuing graduate school. Lewis Ngwenya has been working with Dr. Dodson to research how humanitarian engineering projects impact professional formation and views of diversity, equity, and inclusion.Ms. Hannah Grace Duke, Lipscomb University Hannah Duke is an undergraduate student in the Raymond B. Jones College of Engineering at Lipscomb University. Hannah is studying mechanical engineering and plans to continue on to graduate school, following the completion of her undergraduate degree, to ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Creating Inclusive Engineers through Humanitarian Engineering: Quantitative Results from a

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division 2 - Engagement in Practice Lightning Round: Equitable Engagement and Transformative Education

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roneisha Wynette Worthy, Kennesaw State University; Amy Borello Gruss, Kennesaw State University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

centered on the ability of community engagement to change theirperceptions of populations, its role in confidence building, the sense of contribution as amotivation factor, and the idea that community engagement is the only tool to receive suchintangible and priceless benefits. The final theme entailed three concepts that focused primarilyon sheer enjoyment and fun participants and students found in the event, the importance ofhands-on experiences to promote such engagement, and the usage of hands-on activities to createcuriosity and engage in problem-solving.A. Community Engagement in Student IdentityRecent studies suggest that outreach as a context for developing retention-oriented identities hasled many students to seek formal volunteer