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hierarchical dualisms (e.g. man-woman, mind-body, rational-emotional, culture-nature, technical-social, etc.), I aimed to increase the criticalconsciousness of engineering education and bring awareness to these normative value systems.This paper provides a story of how storytelling methodology saved my sanity, improved myresearch, and led to greater outcomes. Much of the words in the paper are adapted from Chapter3 of my dissertation (Paul, 2024).Prologue: ContextWriting a PhD thesis is a daunting task filled with trepidation, uncertainty, and anxiety. Afteryears of research, reading, data collection, and analysis, somehow this information is to bepresented into a coherent sequence of scholarships that demonstrates enough ‘rigour’ (Riley,2017) to be
Paper ID #39932Exploring Undergraduate Engineering Students’ Understanding of PowerDynamicsKenya Z Mejia, University of Washington Kenya Z. Mejia is a PhD Candidate at the University of Washington in the Human Centered Design and Engineering program. Her work focuses on diversity and inclusion in engineering education focusing on engineering design education.Hailee Kenney, University of WashingtonTiffany Dewitt, University of WashingtonDr. Jennifer A Turns, University of Washington Dr. Jennifer Turns is a full professor in the Human Centered Design & Engineering Department in the College of Engineering at the
has been argued that there is a lack ofpreparation in the graduate programs to support future faculty to become engineering educators –especially Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) [4-7]. Research also shows that themost valued career path among doctoral engineering students is that of academia, but there isalso a limited number of tenure-track positions that may be available for students in the future[3]. This trend means that future efforts for the preparation of graduate engineering students forthe professoriate must involve actions that contribute to the professional development of futureeffective and equity-minded engineering educators with an emphasis on pedagogical methods.Prepared or not, the reality is that doctoral
], [34]), etc.Given the variety of terms and approaches, we first sought to define our goals for equity-centeredengineering curriculum and instruction. To challenge conceptualizations of engineering thatreproduce and maintain inequitable processes and outcomes, educators must interrogate whatcounts as engineering and support such reflection in their students. Educators must teach thatengineering is sociotechnical in nature [7]; authentic engineering problem-solving is contextual[13], [23]; and engineering is part of justice movements [1], [20]. Such teaching requires bothequitable pedagogy – to model equitable practices and create environments in which students canlearn to be equity-minded engineers – as well as equity-centered content – in
[2]. Individuals who had the greatest self-efficacy changedtheir environments, such as seeking like-minded individuals for support (i.e., affinitygroups) and improving the discipline for others [2]. However, previous research featuredindividuals who experienced HC and responded to it. This current research thread isfocused on individuals who are resistant to self-/advocacy around engineering HC.MethodsData collection The research team utilized responses to the UPHEME (Uncovering PreviouslyHidden Messages in Engineering) survey, a mixed-methods survey that has beenpreviously validated [12]. The survey contains a video vignette that provides an exampleof what HC looks like in engineering contexts. The video vignette features actors
Paper ID #43189Exploring Student and Faculty Beliefs about Inclusive Teaching in EngineeringKeith Fouch, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoZoey Camarillo, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoDr. Ben Lutz, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Ben Lutz is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Design at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. He is the leader of the Critical Research in Engineering and Technology Education (CREATE) group at Cal Poly. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Exploring Student and Faculty Beliefs about
Paper ID #43761Metaphors in Engineering Education Research: Prisms to Analyze the EpistemologicalSpectrumNrupaja Bhide, Purdue University Nrupaja is a PhD candidate at the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She is interested in exploring diverse ways of knowing in engineering education and the role of language and metaphors in research and writing.Yash Ajay Garje, Purdue University Yash is a Ph.D. student at the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. His research aims at broadening student participation in STEM through robotics education. His research focuses on enhancing STEM
Paper ID #38862How Engineering Faculty, Staff and Administrators Enact and ExperienceDiversity Programs.Dr. Emily Gwen Blosser, University of Louisiana, Lafayette Emily Blosser is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Louisiana Lafayette. She has expertise in qualitative methods, including grounded theory and narrative analysis. She prioritizes the importance of using sociological theories to shed light on the underrepresentation of women and people of color in engineering. Her work is committed to shifting engineering environments towards diversity, inclusion and equity.Dr. Arunkumar Pennathur
understanding the characteristics of thosestudents who persist within their studies through graduation.The next stage of this project is to expand the use of the survey instrument to other PSIs within the BCTransfer System, including both those hosting engineering schools and those from which studentstransfer to engineering schools after their first year of studies. It is expected that the instrument willcontinue to evolve, and support work to develop resources for engineering programs that enhanceequity, allyship, and representation. Additionally, these tailored resources provide opportunities forlike-minded students to establish support systems, fostering a sense of belonging that produces aunified, resilient, and persistent student body.1.0
Paper ID #36878Improving Gender Equity in Engineering—Perspectives from Academia andLiteratureBrianna N. Griffith, University of Arkansas Brianna Griffith currently serves as a graduate research assistant at the University of Arkansas while pursuing a M.S. in Engineering Management. She received a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Arkansas in May 2022. .Dr. Eric Specking, University of Arkansas Dr. Eric A. Specking serves as the Assistant Dean for Enrollment Management and Retention for the Col- lege of Engineering at the University of Arkansas. Specking received a B.S. in Computer Engineering, a
Paper ID #38611Promoting Belonging and Breaking Down Gatekeeping in Youth-CenteredEngineering SpacesKiana Alexa RamosJulia GardowEmanuel Joseph LouimeEunice Yujin KangDr. Avneet Hira, Boston College Dr. Avneet Hira is an Assistant Professor in the Human-Centered Engineering Program and the Depart- ment of Teaching, Curriculum and Society (by courtesy) at Boston College. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Promoting belonging and breaking down gatekeeping in youth-centered engineering spacesAbstract In recent years there has been a movement to increase accessibility
Paper ID #36961Student Definitions of DEI in First-Year Engineering and Capstone DesignDr. Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University Dr. Smyser is a Teaching Professor in the department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. Her research interests include DEI in STEM, lab and design course pedagogy, and information literacy.Dr. Susan F. Freeman, Northeastern University Susan Freeman, is a member of Northeastern University’s first-year engineering facutly, a group of teach- ing faculty expressly devoted to the first-year Engineering Program at Northeastern University. The focus of this team is on providing a
Engineering Survey major/concurrent Participant Cohort Gender Race/ethnicity master's degree? 1 3 Woman Asian Yes 2 3 Woman Black Yes 3 2 Woman White Yes 4 2 Woman Asian Yes 5 2 Woman White Yes 6 2 Woman Asian Yes 7 2 Woman Latino/a Yes4.0 Research Findings4.1 Conceptions of stretch assignments (Research Question 1)Defining stretches. When asked what comes to mind when they think of the term “stretchassignments
Paper ID #37108Where Are We, and Where to Next? ’Neurodiversity’ in EngineeringEducation ResearchTheo Sorg, Purdue University Theo Sorg (they/them) is a third-year PhD student and National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. They received their Bachelor’s de- gree in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at Purdue University. As an undergraduate, they also received a Cooperative Education Program certificate for their work as a Pathways Intern at NASA’s John- son Space Center. Their research interests focus on challenging problematic conceptions and
in mind of DEI, and it just blossomed into a really amazing friendship. . . . You guys have such a special place in my heart.Here, Garcia highlights the “sibling bond” they formed with Bond-Trittipo, Tinoco, andElaouinate despite Bond-Trittipo “technically” being a mentor. Additionally, they spotlight thatthe common goal the group shared around improving DEI issues enabled them to form “a reallyamazing friendship” despite holding different social identities. Later in their interview, Garciadescribes the friendship as “the best thing that came out of JEDI”.Prior research has highlighted that LGBTQ+ engineering students often experience a lack ofcommunity and support within their programs [16], [36]-[37], and the experiences shared
psychological security and hence afforded them an emotional state where theycould focus more on academic goals and objectives rather than being engulfed by psychologicalproblems. Decrease in stress. Engineering education is characterized by stress. It is a tense field ofstudy where students might suffer from different mental health problems, including stress whichnegatively affects their ability to successfully and effectively complete their academic tasks andachieve their academic goals. In this study, many references were made to how the availability offinancial support helped reduce participants' stress and allowed them to focus more on their studieswith a clear mind. Apparently, working many hours was a source of stress that could be
factors should be kept in mind: 1. Underrepresented students must see others with their identity in the role of an engineer to feel welcome in the STEM space. 2. Underrepresented students must have time and freedom to engage with their identities as engineers in the classroom to solidify their engineering identity. 3. Underrepresented students must have the choice to engage or not engage with instruction in class so they may feel safe and welcome in the space. 4. Underrepresented students must have their skill-development needs acknowledged and addressed so they may be at the same level as their overrepresented peers. 5. Underrepresented students must be given a human-centered approach to engineering problem
value to people’s bodies and minds based on societally constructed ideas ofnormalcy, productivity, desirability, intelligence, excellence, and fitness…. You do not have tobe disabled to experience ableism” [61]. Ableism manifests in narratives of smartness andintellectual superiority in engineering by identifying which minds and bodies are privileged anduplifted in engineering: minds and bodies that “maximize outcomes while minimizing effort”and demonstrate technical superiority are privileged due to meritocratic ideologies [31], [62, p.575]. Through the model minority stereotype, smartness is used to racialize Asian(Americans) asabnormally intelligent, ruthlessly efficient, antisocial, and incapable of working with others [5].When combined
. interactions If someone does not agree with my ideas, I can find ways and means to get them to (α=0.749) change their mind. When I interact with the professors at this university, I feel that they care about my performance. Sense of belonging- I see myself as part of the university community. general It has been easy for me to make friends at the School of Engineering. (α=0.827) I feel like I really belong in my college career. Self-efficacy I can always solve difficult problems if I try hard enough. (α=0.844) It is easy for me to stick to my objectives and achieve my goals. I can solve most problems if I put in the
Paper ID #42751WIP: In Search of Community: A Collaborative Inquiry Among NeurodivergentEngineering Education ResearchersDr. Marissa A Tsugawa, Utah State University Marissa Tsugawa is an assistant professor at Utah State University who leverages mixed-methods research to explore neurodiversity and identity and motivation in engineering. They completed their Ph.D. in Engineering Education where they focused on motivation and identity for engineering graduate students.Theo Sorg, Purdue University Theo Sorg (they/them) is a fifth-year PhD student and National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow in the School
engineering - and the health technologies eventually designed.Whose care? Understanding “unmarked users” in medical technology designAdoption of new medical technologies is happening at breakneck speed, from decision-makingalgorithms to electronic health records to personalized medicine [2]. Much of this developmentoccurs under a universalist framework that considers a device made for one patient will likelywork for all patients. This is what Constanza-Chock refers to as designing for the “unmarked”user, whose gender, race, class, and age are not specified [3]. Yet in the minds of the engineer,this user likely has a certain set of assumed normal characteristics: English language proficient,with access to broadband internet, literate, with a normally
. Engineering practice for me became as much about interaction withthose individuals and collaborators as the technology itself. Leydens and Lucena present aframework in their book Engineering Justice [5] that establishes methods for integrating criteriain courses such that the human factors rampant in engineering practice are present in engineeringeducation. This was the missing link for me when I was a student preparing to apply forinternships, jobs, and try to formulate an idea in my mind concerning how a career inengineering might materialize and be fulfilling.Research approach and rationaleThe focus of the field observations in this study was the creation of knowledge through themutual understanding of the instructional faculty and students within
Paper ID #38491A Case Study: Making Facilitates an Engineering Student’s(Re)Negotiation with Her Disciplinary RelationshipsMs. Yume Menghe Xu, Tufts University Menghe (Yume) is a PhD student in STEM Education at Tufts University and a research assistant at Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach . She holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in Chemical System Engineering from the University of Tokyo, Japan. Prior to pursuing a PhD at Tufts, she designed and developed educational apps for children, and worked with students, teachers, and mak- erspace in Japan to host making workshops using various materials and
strong sense of connection to their disability identity that has continuedfrom high school and into college. And then when I got to college, I decided to just be very open about it and I'm very happy with that. I can't remember if I've mentioned it to all my teachers, but it's something I'm very comfortable being open about. Just saying like, okay, my mind works different[ly]. I need to be told very clearly what you expect from me.In this instance, January’s description also suggests that they began to develop as a self-advocateby explicitly telling their engineering instructors their needs to be academically successful (e.g.,articulating that they need clear expectations). Their advocacy was further highlighted in
Paper ID #36778Conceptualizing Social Justice in Civil Engineering and Professors’Perspective: A Systematic Literature ReviewMs. Tomeka Carroll, University of Virginia Tomeka Carroll is a Ph.D. Fellow in the school of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia. She is also a Research Assistant with the Behavioral Research at Darden (BRAD Lab). Her research interest revolve around JEDI in engineering education, circular economy and behavior change, as well adaptive reuse and sustainability. Tomeka received her BA in Spanish from Spelman College and attended graduate school at McDonough School of Business
Paper ID #37075Influences on Displaced Engineering Student Professional IdentityDevelopment: A Scoping Literature Review Across Forced Migration Con-textsMargaret E.B. Webb, Virginia Tech Margaret (Maggie) Webb is a master’s and Ph.D. student in sustainable land development (civil engi- neering) and engineering education, respectively, at Virginia Tech. She graduated with her mechanical engineering degree from Rice University and worked for ExxonMobil as a subsea engineer and as a high school STEM teacher in a Houston charter school before starting grad school. Her research interests in- clude supporting the needs of
Paper ID #37578How Do Students Take up Notions of Environmental Racism in anEngineering Computational Methods Course?Dr. Desen Sevi Ozkan, Tufts University Desen is a postdoctoral researcher at Tufts University in the Center for Engineering Education Outreach and the Institute for Research on Learning and Instruction Tech. She holds a Ph.D. in Engineering Edu- cation from Virginia Tech and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Tufts University.Ms. Cynthia Hampton, Virginia Tech Cynthia Hampton is a postdoctoral fellow with the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED) at Virginia Tech. She has done work as a
Engineering for SocialJustice [17], and Reynante [33] also created and used a framework of four key mind shifts indesign-for-charity to design-for-justice.In the following, we give a brief overview of the courses described in the papers we reviewedand note that several courses were described across multiple papers.Introduction to Feedback Control Systems courseA seminal example of a course that integrated social and technical aspects of engineering is anIntroduction to Feedback Control Systems course that intentionally integrated social justiceconsiderations [13], [28], [29]. Three iterations of this course were studied. Third and fourth yearelectrical or mechanical engineering students took one of two sections of the course. One sectionof the course
Education. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2020. Appendix - Survey for Readiness for Equity-focused ChangeSURVEY OVERVIEWThe PROTEGE Collective is a center created to transform engineering graduate educationthrough organizational change. To adequately address equity-related issues in the Virginia TechCollege of Engineering, we must first understand current department cultures and perspectiveson equity-minded initiatives. The purpose of this survey is to gather this information fromgraduate program faculty/staff members.ROLE AT VTTo begin, we would like to ask some questions about your role at Virginia Tech. Results fromthis questionnaire will be reported in the aggregate and shared with department leadership andcollege