PhD Candidate in the Department of Communication at the University of Washington. Her work focuses on the intersections of gender, race, nation, and culture in relation to digital/social media.Dr. Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dr. Julia M. Williams is Professor of English at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Her research areas include technical communication, assessment, accreditation, and the development of change management strategies for faculty and staff. Her articles have appeared in the Journal of Engineering Education, In- ternational Journal of Engineering Education, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, and Technical Communication Quarterly, among others.Dr. Eva
Paper ID #32802Implementation of a Module to Increase Engineering Students’ Awarenessof Unconscious BiasEmily Lauber, Microsoft Emily Lauber graduated in May 2017 with a B.S. in Civil Engineering and a minor in Science, Technology and Society from Arizona State University. Since then, she has worked in various product management roles in software consulting. Most recently, Emily joined Microsoft as a Technical Program Manager.Dr. Benjamin Emery Mertz, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dr. Benjamin Mertz received his Ph. D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Notre Dame in 2010 and B.S. in Mechanical
Paper ID #32849Development of a Social-justice Mindset Through Discovery Learning fromthe Conflict Between Safety and Welfare in Engineering EthicsDr. Matthew Sleep, University of Kentucky Matthew Sleep is a Lecturer in the First-Year Engineering Program at the University of Kentucky. Prior to his position at UK, Matthew was an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at Oregon Institue of Technology. Matthew received his PhD at Virginia Tech researching slope stability, levees, transient seepage and reliability. Matthew is from Nashville, TN and has worked for the United States Army Corps of Engineers and private
founding member of the Renaissance Foundry Research Group, she has helped to develop and investigate the pedagogical techniques utilized to enhance critical and creative thinking at interdisciplinary interfaces.Dr. Stephanie Jorgensen, Tennessee Technological University Dr. Stephanie N. Jorgensen holds a PhD in Engineering with a Chemical Engineering concentration from Tennessee Technological University (TTU). She is currently on the Faculty in the TTU Department of Chemical Engineering. Her research interests focus on engineering education as well as the development and validation of mathematical and physical models for better understanding of species transport through healing wounds and predicting the effects of
- funded STEM education research projects.Dr. Cristina Poleacovschi, Iowa State University of Science and Technology Dr. Poleacovschi is an Assistant Professor at Iowa State University. She researches issues of diversity and focuses on intersectional aspects of microaggressions.Dr. Scott Grant Feinstein Dr. Scott Feinstein is an expert in research design and comparative and identity politics.Dr. Stephanie Luster-Teasley, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Dr. Stephanie Luster-Teasley is an Associate Professor with a joint appointment in the Departments of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, and Chemical, Biological, and Bioengineering. Over the last ten years, Dr. Luster-Teasley has
), working on initiatives to protect the watershed by bringing value to waste up-stream and transparency to the state of water quality. ● Twain High School, partnering for the participation of pregnant and parenting teens in a USD interdisciplinary course, Creative Minds, that combines ways of thinking from theatre, mathematics and engineering, to create tools or manipulatives that can be used by young children to facilitate mathematical learning. ● Viejas Band of the Kumeyaay Nation, enabling USD engineering students and Kumeyaay children to exchange ideas, collaborate, and share cultural knowledge in their Science Technology Engineering Art and Math (STEAM) lab. ● Waste for Life, supporting communities to develop
electro- chemical energy storage systems.Dr. Corin L. Bowen, California State University, Los Angeles Corin (Corey) Bowen is a postdoctoral researcher in the College of Engineering, Computer Science and Technology at California State University - Los Angeles, where she is working on the NSF-funded Eco- STEM project. Her engineering education research focuses on structural oppression in engineering sys- tems, organizing for equitable change, and developing an agenda of Engineering for the Common Good. She conferred her Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor in April 2021. Her doctoral research included both technical and educational research. She also holds an M.S.E. in aerospace
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math andscience, young women make up approximately 21.9 percent of undergraduate engineeringmajors [3].Efforts aimed at persuading girls and young women to pursue engineering include increasedscience, technology, engineering and math (STEM) extracurricular activities in schools, mediacampaigns to raise awareness and the development of new science and technology toys designedfor girls and young women [4], [5]. Recruiting young women to engineering, however, is notwithout challenges. Engineering is often perceived of as a traditionally masculine occupation thatis unwelcoming to women [6], [7]. Studies also regularly find that women in engineeringencounter discrimination, difficulties cultivating a sense of belonging and obstacles to
Assistant Professor in the Human-Centered Engineering Program at Boston Col- lege. She received her PhD in Engineering Education and MS in Aerospace Engineering from Purdue University, and BE in Aeronautical Engineering from Punjab Engineering College. Her scholarship is motivated by the fundamental question of how engineering and technology can support people in living well in an increasingly engineered world. Her research focuses on affordances of technology, humanis- tic design, and engineering epistemology to promote purpose and connection in engineering education. In her work, she partners with students and educators (middle school to undergraduate), youth and their families, community organizations, artisans
), he has written six textbooks and more than 300 peer-reviewed technical papers. Professionally, he serves on journal editorial boards and conference program committees and is also active in technical consulting. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Women in Science and Engineering: A Tale of Two Countries Behrooz Parhami ECE Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, USAAbstract: Despite poor retention and advancement prospects, as well as female-unfriendly workplaces and corporate policies, women continue to flock to and excel inSTEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) fields. In this
Technology (ICAT). Her research interests include interdisciplinary collaboration, design education, communication studies, identity theory and reflective practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include exploring disciplines as cultures, liberatory maker spaces, and a RED grant to increase pathways in ECE for the professional formation of engineers.Dr. David Reeping, University of Michigan Dr. David Reeping is a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Engineering Education Research Program at the University of Michigan. He earned his Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech and was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow. He received his B.S. in Engineering Education with a
Chemical Engineering at Rowan for eighteen years. Dr. Farrell has contributed to engineering education through her work in inductive pedagogy, spatial skills, and inclusion and diversity. She has been honored by the American Society of Engineering Education with several teaching awards such as the 2004 National Outstanding Teaching Medal and the 2005 Quinn Award for experiential learn- ing, and she was 2014-15 Fulbright Scholar in Engineering Education at Dublin Institute of Technology (Ireland). She has been awarded Honoris Causa from the International Society for Engineering Pedagogy, and has received that society’s highest honor, the Nikolai Tesla Award for outstanding contributions to engineering pedagogy.Mr. Tiago
Graduates with Degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Report to the President," Executive Office of the President, 2012.[3] G. S. May and D. E. Chubin, "A retrospective on undergraduate engineering success for underrepresented minority students," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 92, no. 1, pp. 27-39, 2003.[4] K. M. Soria and M. J. Stebleton, "First-generation students' academic engagement and retention," Teaching in Higher Education, vol. 17, no. 6, pp. 673-685, 2012.[5] D. C. Haak, J. HilleRisLambers, E. Pitre, and S. Freeman, "Increased structure and active learning reduce the achievement gap in introductory biology," Science, vol. 332, no. 6034, pp. 1213-1216, 2011.[6
by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET),which, in its most recent manifestation, cunningly integrates societal context and professionalskills throughout its technical objectives. The new ABET Student Outcomes 1-7 renderengineering programs unable to decouple technical skills from what are commonly (and oftendisdainfully) referred to as “soft skills.” Our program, and specifically the course discussed inthis study, embrace the integration of the liberal arts into engineering and purposefully frametechnical engineering content by its broader social context, as well as take a humanisticapproach to engineering by orienting the core of our program around social justice [1, 2].Much of the literature tying engineering
Technologies.Dr. Neslihan Alp P.E., Indiana State University Dr. Neslihan Alp is the Dean of the College of Technology at Indiana State University since August 2018. She has received her Ph.D. in Engineering Management from the University of Missouri-Rolla. Her teach- ing and research interests are in the areas of project management, decision making, optimization, quality control, six sigma, lean systems, and operations management. Dr. Alp has numerous of publications in national and international conferences and journals. She is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Tennessee. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Open Educational
engineering. On a community walk, she told me about a time in her middleschool STEM class where she had to build a marshmallow launcher. “Why would I want to dothat?” she rhetorically asked (Field Notes, 07/17/2018). At first glance, Mariabella appeared tobe disinterested in engineering. On her second day working with the community engineeringprogram, she offered, “I love people, but I hate technology” (Video Transcript, 07/18/2018). Yet,Mariabella participated in the community engineering program for two years, defining anddesigning toward community problems. Over time, we reflected on these collective experiencestogether, and she raised other engineering experiences in her life.Mariabella, an annoyed coder After working with Mariabella for
Paper ID #34587The Disconnect Between Engineering Students’ Desire to Discuss RacialInjustice in the Classroom and Faculty AnxietiesDr. Tracy Anne Hammond, Texas A&M University Dr. Hammond is Director of the Texas A&M University Institute for Engineering Education & Innovation and also the chair of the Engineering Education Faculty. She is also Director of the Sketch Recognition Lab and Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering. She is a member of the Center for Population and Aging, the Center for Remote Health Technologies & Systems as well as the Institute for Data Science
narrows achievement gaps for underrepresented students in undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and math,” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., vol. 117, no. 12, pp. 6476–6483, Mar. 2020, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1916903117.[2] E. A. Canning, K. Muenks, D. J. Green, and M. C. Murphy, “STEM faculty who believe ability is fixed have larger racial achievement gaps and inspire less student motivation in their classes,” Sci. Adv., vol. 5, no. 2, p. eaau4734, Feb. 2019, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aau4734.[3] E. O. McGee, “Racial stereotypes drive students of color away from STEM, but many still persist,” The Conversation. http://theconversation.com/racial-stereotypes-drive-students-of- color-away-from-stem-but-many-still-persist-149379 (accessed Mar
laboratory, she has mentored more than a dozen undergraduate students who are under-represented minorities in STEM. Additionally, she has been involved with her school’s Rainbow Center as well as anti-racist activism in both her department and outside of academia. Her goal is to bring social justice principles into STEM education and model what a queer, feminist, anti-racist engineer would be.Dr. Jennifer Pascal, University of Connecticut Jennifer Pascal is an Assistant Professor in Residence at the University of Connecticut. She earned her PhD from Tennessee Technological University in 2011 and was then an NIH Academic Science Education and Research Training (ASERT) Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of New Mexico
completion of the project were pride and joy. The useof responsive pedagogy should be further refined in the African context, mechanisms forbuilding self-efficacy in young African engineers should be elicited, and they should beconsidered equally alongside interventions focused on improving learning outcomes.IntroductionMost countries that have achieved sustainable development have done so through a concertedfocus on technology and innovation. Existence of an innovation-driven economy dependsdirectly on the quality of education available for the rising generation. Although the WestAfrican nation of Ghana recently achieved lower-middle income status [1], its potential forsustainable development continues to be limited by its educational system’s
engineering marvels in Africaand South America. The White dominant perspective, or dominant social paradigm (DSP), istypically characterized as a world view in which humans subdue or conquer the natural world inorder to support technological progress [5]. This paradigm is so embedded in engineering that itis considered the norm, hence, we need an understanding of how other worldviews can also beincorporated in engineering. Since worldviews are often influenced by individuals’ homecultures [6], conflict and marginalization can particularly occur when a student’s worldviewdiffers from the anthropocentric worldview that dominates White cultures – includingengineering education. A person’s worldview has been defined as “the perspective, or thinking,or
invest in and benefit fromteam-based involvement in service-learning. Humanitarian engineering programs and projectsbuild on the basics of service-learning concepts but expand and deepen them to address basichuman needs in the most marginalized populations. Both service-learning programs and HEP haveshown marked positive impacts on student professional formation including: professional skillslike teamwork and leadership [16], attitudes and identity as an engineer [17], and better recognitionof global and societal contexts [18]. Studies based on effectiveness of professional skills in directcorrelation with the involvement in service-learning are extensive, but tend to focus only on ABET(Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
systems design andmechanical systems design courses with the goal of disrupting the social/technical dualism presentin engineering curriculum that often discourages engineering students from learning about andparticipating in social justice issues and discussions. Using a modular four-step process the socialjustice assignments have students engage in engineering analysis while at the same timeconsidering the impacts of the engineering technology on different groups of people. The firstiteration implementing the modules in a thermal systems design course showed studentengagement in the topics, and overall, a positive experience for the both the instructor and thestudents. The next steps for this project are to incorporate social justice modules
Paper ID #32384Examining the STEM Institution and Imagining the Beginnings of aRevolutionary Praxis Through the Queer PerspectiveMadeleine Jennings, Arizona State University Madeleine Jennings is a doctoral student and graduate research assistant at Arizona State University - Polytechnic Campus, pursuing a PhD in Engineering Education Systems and Design and a MS in Human Systems Engineering. They received a BS in Manufacturing Engineering from Texas State University - San Marcos. Madeleine’s research interests include investigating and improving the experiences of marginalized and invisible identities in engineering, such as
Paper ID #34275Supporting Equitable Team Experiences Using Tandem, an Online Assess-mentand Learning ToolDr. Robin Fowler, University of Michigan Robin Fowler is a lecturer in the Program in Technical Communication at the University of Michigan. She enjoys serving as a ”communication coach” to students throughout the curriculum, and she’s especially excited to work with first year and senior students, as well as engineering project teams, as they navigate the more open-ended communication decisions involved in describing the products of open-ended design scenarios. She is one of the faculty co-innovators behind Tandem.Dr
Tokyo, Japan.Dr. Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington Elizabeth Litzler, Ph.D., is the director of the University of Washington Center for Evaluation and Re- search for STEM Equity (UW CERSE) and an affiliate assistant professor of sociology. She has been at UW working on STEM Equity issues for more than 17 years. Dr. Litzler is a member of ASEE, 2020-2021 chair of the ASEE Commission on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and a former board member of the Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN). Her research interests include the educational cli- mate for students, faculty, and staff in science and engineering, assets based approaches to STEM equity, and gender and race stratification in education and the
of bias,increase a sense of agency, and ultimately empower students.1. IntroductionGiven clear evidence of disparities in educational attainment, much importance has been placedon increasing use of inclusive teaching to help close this so-called achievement gap [1]–[4]. Inscience, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) disciplines, deliberate inclusive practicemay reduce the “leaving” phenomenon where those underrepresented amongst STEM majorssuch as women and minoritized racial groups would otherwise fail to complete their STEMdegree program [5]–[7]. For example, active learning has been shown to improve learning gainsand reduce failure rates especially among underrepresented minority (URM) students [2].Similarly, current recommendations