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Working Against Unjust Social Forces

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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

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Diversity

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Culture & Social Justice in Education, Equity

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

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Critical Conversations on Being Valued

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

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National Laboratory. He served as Department Chair from 2011-2019, and currently serves as the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for his department. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 A DEI Task Force within a Mechanical Engineering DepartmentMotivation and BackgroundThe events and movements of 2020 have put into stark relief the fact that most academicinstitutions are not doing enough to address issues of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessamong undergraduates. More specifically, these topics are often considered tangential to coreengineering topics, and are therefore relegated to breadth requirements for coverage, if at

Conference Session

Bridging Content and Context in the Classroom

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Stephanie Lezotte, Rowan University; Harriet Hartman, Rowan University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Tiago R. Forin, Rowan University; Theresa F.S. Bruckerhoff, Curriculum Research & Evaluation, Inc.

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knowledge(for example, is it assumed that they know how a car engine works?) • Level 1. At commencement of the course, students are expected to have some degree of knowledge which is not formally taught in prerequisite courses, e.g. previous experience with electrical or mechanical components. • Level 2. Between 1 and 3 • Level 3. Curriculum content assumes no knowledge outside prerequisite curriculum • Level 4. Between 3 and 5 • Level 5. All required content is included in the curriculum and is structured to build on informal experiences that will be familiar to a diverse range of students (e.g. household items and technology)Q48. Is prior knowledge of laboratories and equipment use assumed in your

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Critical Conversations on Being Valued

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Minha R. Ha, York University; Jeffrey Harris, York University; Aleksander Czekanski , CEEA-ACEG

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her teaching approaches, whether in lecture, work- shop, and laboratory settings. She has been actively involved in ethics, equity and leadership education in engineering since 2011.Jeffrey Harris, York University Dr. Jeffrey Harris is an assistant professor (teaching stream) in mechanical engineering at York University in Toronto, Canada. He currently serves at the Director of Common Engineering and Science within the Lassonde School of Engineering. He has a PhD in mechanical engineering from the University of Toronto and is completing a M.Ed. from York University.Aleksander Czekanski , CEEA-ACEG Dr. Aleksander Czekanski is an Associate Professor and NSERC Chair in Design Engineering in Las- sonde School of

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Bridging Content and Context in the Classroom

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Heather Dillon, University of Washington Tacoma; Tammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland

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Paper ID #32428Creating an Inclusive Engineering Student Culture Through Diverse Teams:Instructor-led and Student-led ApproachesDr. Heather Dillon, University of Washington Tacoma Dr. Heather Dillon is Professor and Chair of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Washington Tacoma. Her research team is working on energy efficiency, renewable energy, fundamental heat transfer, and engineering education. Before joining academia, Heather Dillon worked for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) as a senior research engineer.Dr. Tammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland Dr. Tammy VanDeGrift is a Professor of