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Redefining Inclusivity: Embracing Neurodiversity in Engineering and Computing Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Monica Lynn Miles, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Corey T Schimpf, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Nicole Lowman, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Kate Haq, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

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integration aligns withethical and equitable practices and ensures a more comprehensive and impactful approach tosustainability efforts.People of Color and Environmental OrganizationsOf the 43 websites analyzed, only 34 featured images of people. We noted that organizationswith an explicit mention of words with the root “just” in their mission statement were morelikely represent people of color (PoC) both in images, and, more importantly, in leadershippositions, as well as to display the pronouns used by their staff and/or board members. It is worthnoting that while University at Buffalo Sustainability did not explicitly articulate justice in theirmission, they were one of the three organizations to publish their staff’s pronouns and had anabove

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Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY) Technical Session 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sara E. Lego, Pennsylvania State University

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-basedbystander training; self reflections on microaggressions and implicit bias; and in-class teamexercises and discussions on the intersection of power dynamics, team interactions, anddiscrimination, as well as strengthening empathy though a recognition of societal privilege andeconomics factors. Throughout these trainings, activities, and discussions, an emphasis is placedon development of concrete actions that students can take within their current and future teams topromote an inclusive, collaborative, and psychologically safe environment for all members.As implementation of these active learning techniques to DEI concepts within the seniorundergraduate aerospace capstones is a relatively new update to the curriculum, development ofmetrics to gauge

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Breaking barriers, building futures: Narratives of equity and inclusion in STEM education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; Stewart Thomas, Bucknell University; Rebecca Thomas, Bucknell University

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andintellectual development such as that exemplified by a liberal-arts curriculum [13]. Debatesbetween these positions can consume considerable oxygen in department meetings, butregardless of one’s beliefs about the purposes education should serve, the technologies createdby engineers continues to make systems larger and more interconnected.In this practice-focused paper we report on introducing system maps in a design course to givethird-year engineering students practice using tools that enable causal connections of their workto social and global issues. Over the five semesters the course has been taught an ongoingchallenge has been having engineering students who are acculturated to quantitative and linearmethods of problem solving meaningfully

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Bridging Cultures, Advancing Justice: Fostering Inclusion and Sustainability in Engineering Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jorge Andrés Cristancho, Purdue Engineering Education; Leonardo Pollettini Marcos, Purdue University; eugene leo draine mahmoud, Mt. San Antonio Community College and Purdue University

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curriculum can bechallenging because of an already busy curriculum and a lack of pedagogical guidance forinstructors. Not addressing these challenges can thus hinder institutions’ ability to developsocially and environmentally responsible engineers. Due to technological and scientificdevelopments, the engineering curriculum is frequently expected to cover more and moretechnical content, which makes the incorporation of other aspects more challenging [10]. Ahorizontal integration of social and environmental justice is an effective approach to dealing withthis issue, and it simultaneously helps defuse faculty resistance to non-technical content[11,12,13]. It has also been pointed out that social justice in engineering contexts usuallynecessitates the

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Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY) Technical Session 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Juan Sebastián Sánchez-Gómez, Universidad El Bosque; Maria Catalina Ramirez; Andrea Herrera, Universidad de los Andes, Columbia

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Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad El Bosque 2 Departamento de Ingeniería Industrial, Universidad de los Andes 3 Departamento de Ingeniería de Sistemas y Computación, Universidad de los AndesAbstractScience, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) is an approach that integrates scienceand mathematics education through the development of scientific practices, technology,engineering design, and mathematical analysis. Although governments in North American andEuropean countries have invested in promoting the study of STEM disciplines, educationalprograms for migrants have been offered for adults, and very few programs for children, which areinvisible, downplaying the

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Interrogating Race, Caste, and Power (Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division ECSJ Technical Session 4)

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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R. Jamaal Downey, University of San Diego; Joel Alejandro Mejia, University of Cincinnati; Diana A. Chen, University of San Diego; Gordon D Hoople, University of San Diego

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his contributions to engineering education.Dr. Diana A. Chen, University of San Diego Diana A. Chen, PhD is an Associate Professor and one of the founding faculty members of Integrated Engineering at the University of San Diego. She earned her BS in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College, and MS and PhD in Civil Engineering from Clemson University. In collaboration with colleagues, Dr. Chen is designing a new engineering curriculum to educate changemakers who understand that engineering is an inherently socio-technical activity. Her passion is studying and encouraging culture change in engineering curricula and spaces to shift engineering to be a field more inclusive of diversity in all forms. Her scholarly

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Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY) Technical Session 5

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Austin Morgan Kainoa Peters, Purdue University

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obtained his bachelor’s degree at the University of San Diego (USD) in Integrated Engineering. Assimilating to the culture of this predominantly white institution left Peters questioning if he could be an engineer and multiracial. Fortunately, the liberal arts emphasis of the school combined with research work in Engineering Education helped him to see his worth as a multiracial engineer. Peters’ current goal is to obtain a doctoral degree in Engineering Education at Purdue University to bring his cultural knowledge and values into Engineering. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 (Re)membering Indigenous Spirituality into STEM Education: A Narrative

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Engineering a Just Future: Cultivating Equity, Voice, and Community in Technical Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kelyn Rola, Southern Methodist University; Hannah Louis, Southern Methodist University; Alain Mota, Southern Methodist University; Kathy Michelle Hubbard, Southern Methodist University

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supports Engineering and Science undergraduate students as they serve as camp counselors in his work at the Caruth Institute for Engineering Education. He directly manages the deployment of STEM integrated activities that surface Engineering to Middle and High School students in the Dallas area in an informal learning environment through the Hammon Engineering camps. He is also engaged in outreach programs that are seeking to serve underrepresented populations in Engineering. In his program manager role at the Institute, he contributes in fostering relationships and developing STEM activities for Voices of Hope and Jubilee Park. He is also part of the Maker Education project as his previous experiences developing

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Institutional inclusion: Advancing equity and belongingness in engineering education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dustyn Roberts, University of Pennsylvania; William Schlatterer, University of Pennsylvania; Seon Woo Lee, University of Pennsylvania; Jonathan Singleton, University of Pennsylvania; Byron Lee, University of Pennsylvania; Michelle Jillian Johnson, University of Pennsylvania; Robert W Carpick, University of Pennsylvania

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issues into the existing curriculum, rather than create an add-on for students.Courses taken for the Option all must be taken for a grade (not pass/fail) and in the followingthree areas: 1. Impact of Technology (1 course): These types of courses help students focus on how technology impacts marginalized communities. Examples of such courses are courses entitled “Race, Science, and Justice” and “Rehabilitation and Robotics.” These courses allow engineers to assess the needs of society and its marginalized communities and develop strategies to ensure that future technology solutions consider them. 2. Community Impact (1 course): These courses help students to develop and apply their knowledge of the interaction between

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Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY) Technical Session 8

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kavitha Chintam, Northwestern University; Alexis N. Prybutok, University of Washington; Chloé M. Archuleta; Adrien Deberghes; Beth DiBiase; Ruihan Li; Jeffrey Richards; Linsey Seitz; Jennifer Cole, Northwestern University

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and a starting point to adopt asimilar approach to training future engineers.METHODSARDEI content was readily incorporated into an existing graduate student courseThe two options for introducing ARDEI content into the graduate student curriculum were tocreate a new course or integrate content into an existing course. We chose to integrate contentinto an existing Professional Development Course in order to minimize extra time first-yeargraduate students would spend in class and to emphasize the importance of learning ARDEIconcepts alongside traditional professional development topics such as research safety,university library usage for research, presentation and writing skills, and fellowship writing.Finally, changing an existing course is

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Transformative Learning in STEM: Accessibility, Social Impact, and Inclusivity in Higher Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ingrid Scheel, Oregon State University; Rachael E Cate, Oregon State University; Natasha Mallette, Oregon State University; Ean H Ng, Oregon State University; Stella Collier, Oregon State University; Christina Bianca Southwick, Oregon State University; Carly Hudson

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degree-seeking years [13], to the inseparable impact of the state of the world onto the state of theclassroom (especially students who do not fit the tradition and dominant paradigm of white andmale-presenting) [14]. Microaggressions have been revealed to have an intense net-negativeeffect on people from marginalized communities working and studying in academic spacesperpetuated by systemic social structures that reinforce white-body supremacy [15]. Work tocounter legacy or traditional pedagogical practices where technical course topics are siloed fromhumanitarian efforts include the sociotechnical integration of human-centered design withengineering coursework [16], and discursive “micro-insertions” of ethics into technical coursesfor a

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Identity, Experiences, and Perceptions (Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division ECSJ Technical Session 2)

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Juan Sebastián Sánchez-Gómez, Universidad El Bosque; Maria Catalina Ramirez; Pedro Guillermo Feijóo-García, Georgia Institute of Technology; Fidel Mauricio Ramírez Aristizábal, Universidad el Bosque; Liliana Ahumada, Universidad el Bosque

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, Liliana Ahumada1 y Fidel Ramirez1 1 Universidad El Bosque, Bogotá, Colombia 2 Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia 3 Georgia Tech, Atlanta, United StatesAbstractSTEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) is an interdisciplinaryeducational approach developed by the U.S. National Science Foundation to foster research,innovation, and learning. By integrating these fields, STEM education aims to developtheoretical understanding and practical application in real-world contexts. Despite itswidespread adoption in developed countries, some initiatives

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Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY) Technical Session 13

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janis P. Terpenny, National Science Foundation; Tracee Gilbert, System Innovation

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growing incurricula through courses that focus on topics such as artificial intelligence, data science, dataanalytics, computer science, machine learning, and more [22]. While promising, these coursestend to be offered, much like other courses in the curriculum, as offerings that increaseknowledge of specific methods and tools, rather than providing students the opportunity toexperience their education as a continuum and progression of knowledge that supports theintegrated systems thinking mindset that is needed in an integrated/connected digital world.A growing number of graduate programs offering doctoral degrees in engineering education haveemerged since 2004, when Purdue University and Virginia Tech transformed engineeringfundamentals

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Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY) Technical Session 13

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohammad Moin Uddin, P.E., East Tennessee State University; Keith V. Johnson, East Tennessee State University; M. Leah Adinolfi, East Tennessee State University; Deidra A. Rogers, East Tennessee State University

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equal access. Integral to this mission issupporting efforts to create diverse and welcoming campus communities for all students. Researchshows that institutions’ commitment and implementation of practices toward diversity, equity andinclusion (DEI) have positively impacted students and campus cultures [3, 4, 5]. There has beenan increase in institutional strategic activities including institutional political commitment andbroader efforts to create supportive institutional climates [6]. However, institutionalizing DEIshould be viewed as an ongoing process rather than a single action or outcome and requires thebuy-in of all institutional stakeholders. As such, certain institutions are further along in theirdiversity efforts than others, and the

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Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY) Technical Session 4

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Selyna Perez Beverly, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Donald L. Gillian-Daniel

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its focuson developing an equity mindset can be a valuable tool for engineering faculty andadministrators as they navigate the facets of faculty life and seek to improve the experiences ofdiverse student populations.Teaching and Learning Contexts in Engineering Teaching and learning contexts in engineering have been adapted over time to meet theneeds of students. As engineering adapted its teaching to fit the demands of the workforce, theneed for diverse viewpoints also emerged to contribute positively to the global engineeringworkforce. Although engineering adapted its teaching and curriculum, more needs to be done topromote equity. Achieving equity through work with faculty can potentially have a broad impacton diverse students. First

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Equity in Engineering: Uncovering Challenges and Championing Change in STEM Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Qualla Jo Ketchum, Cal Poly Humboldt

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B.S. degree from Cal Poly Humboldt was in EnvironmentalResource Engineering with a minor in Native American studies of Culture and Community. Currently Iam finishing a Master's in Engineering and Community practices from the same institution. My passionand focus lies around collaborating and supporting communities' capacity towards energy autonomy,climate resilience, and health and habitat restoration.Our positionalities and who we are is an integral part of this work as the purpose of this WIP paper is toexplore centering Indigenous knowledge and ways of being in a collaborative autoethnographic researchproject. This mirrors the spirit of the program which is among the first of its kind in the United States asan Indigenous-centered graduate

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Identity, Experiences, and Perceptions (Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division ECSJ Technical Session 2)

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Renata A Revelo, The University of Illinois at Chicago; Melissa Espindola, University of Illinois Chicago; Betul Bilgin, University of Illinois Chicago; Houshang Darabi, University of Illinois Chicago

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Illinois at Chicago (UIC). With a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Michigan State University, Dr. Bilgin has extensive experience in both biotechnology research and engineering education. Since joining UIC, she has developed and taught various undergraduate courses, integrating innovative teaching methods and industry-relevant content to enhance student learning and engagement. Dr. Bilgin’s research focuses on engineering education, particularly in fostering professional identity among engineering students and integrating data science into the chemical engineering curriculum. She has received multiple awards for her contributions to teaching and mentoring, including the ASEE Ray Fahien Award and the UIC COE Harold

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Equity, Culture & Social Justice Technical Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sara Al Humidi; Alena Sloan; Andrea Atkins, University of Waterloo; Rania Al-Hammoud, University of Waterloo

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their studio course the same term. In thestudio course, students were asked to design a facade for an existing residence building oncampus. The students then had to use their mechanics knowledge and design a canopy for theentrance of the building that also integrated with the design of their facade. The objective was toallow them to see the feasibility of their designs. This project gave students the opportunity topractice design that is aesthetically pleasing but also structurally feasible. Thus, emphasizing thatthey cannot design abstractly without considering the structural integrity of their designs.The comments from the students in the end of term evaluation highlighted that despite projectsof this scale being enjoyable and beneficial to

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Inclusive Horizons: Shaping Diverse Pathways in Engineering and Design Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rachael E Cate, Oregon State University; Jacob Field, Oregon State University; Sierra Kai Sverdrup, Oregon State University

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. Not only do these practices help to support a strong foundation for educational action research studies, they also serve as a foundation for an educational culture within which transformative learning can occur. 2. Experiential design courses should be used to teach integrated skills, and also these courses should be extended throughout the curriculum in a way that allows for maximum scaffolding, possibly beginning as early as the freshman year in some form. 3. More broadly, experiential opportunities should be developed that complement engineering programs and empower students to build integrated practical and professional/interpersonal skills, to participate in an inclusive, supportive engineering

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Institutional Support and Training (Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division ECSJ Technical Session 12)

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David C. Mays, University of Colorado Denver; Tom Altman; Maryam Darbeheshti, University of Colorado Denver; Priscilla Hwang, Virginia Commonwealth University; Cassandra J McCall, Utah State University; Stephen Secules, Florida International University; Maribel Vazquez, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Kelsey Watts, University of Virginia

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at Florida International University. Secules holds a joint appointment in the STEM Transformation Institute and a secondary appointment in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering. He has bachelor degrees in engineering from Dartmouth College, a master’s in Architectural Acoustics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and a PhD in Education (Curriculum and Instruction) ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Paper ID #47248 from the University of Maryland. Prior to his academic career, Stephen was an acoustical consultant for 5 years in both London, UK and Silicon Valley

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Redefining Inclusivity: Embracing Neurodiversity in Engineering and Computing Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nolgie O. Oquendo-Colón, University of Michigan; Xiaping Li, University of Michigan; Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan

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experience, comprising curricularexperiences, classroom experiences, and out-of-class experiences [21]. Curricular experiencesencompass students’ unique coursework patterns, their choice of an academic major, the extentof their integration into the field, and their participation in additional academic experienceswithin the general or major field curriculum. (e.g., internships, cooperative education, studyabroad). Classroom experiences include, among other things, types of teaching methodsstudents experience in their classrooms. Finally, students’ out-of-class experiences which includestudents’ living arrangements during school, their level of engagement in co-curricular activities,study hours, family and work commitments, and the support they

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Breaking barriers, building futures: Narratives of equity and inclusion in STEM education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Meagan C Pollock, Engineer Inclusion; Hoda Ehsan, The Hill School ; Sreyoshi Bhaduri, ThatStatsGirl; Lauren Thomas Quigley, IBM Research

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,interdisciplinary community where the contributions of non-academic educators are not onlyrecognized but also integral to the organization's evolution. This change would lead to morepractical applications of research, greater diversity in perspectives and expertise, and a moreprofound impact on the engineering education landscape. Meagan Pollock: "We should be an organization of practitioners who might also do other things like research... One of my greatest joys is turning research into practice... If ASEE were more inclusive... I would feel more valued, included, and affirmed for my contributions." Sreyoshi Bhaduri: "I’d expect to see increased collaboration, more research, potentially more money/funding... behavioral economists or IO

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Marginalization, Identity, and Student Development (Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division ECSJ Technical Session 9)

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Donna M Riley, University of New Mexico; Ruben D. Lopez-Parra, Universidad del Norte; Susannah C. Davis, University of New Mexico; Eva Chi, University of New Mexico

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Ph.D. is in Engineering Education from Purdue University, and he has worked as a K-16 STEM instructor and curriculum designer using various evidence-based learning strategies. In 2015, Ruben earned an M.S. in Chemical Engineering at Universidad de los Andes in Colombia, where he also received the title of Chemical Engineer in 2012. His research interests are grounded in the learning sciences and include how K-16 students develop engineering thinking and professional skills when addressing complex socio-technical problems. He aims to apply his research to the design of better educational experiences.Dr. Susannah C. Davis, University of New Mexico Susannah C. Davis is a research assistant professor at the University

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Engineering Equity: Challenging Paradigms and Cultivating Inclusion in Technical Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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R. Jamaal Downey, University of San Diego; Joel Alejandro Mejia, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Diana A. Chen, University of San Diego; Gordon D Hoople, University of San Diego

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Paper ID #41801Meritocracy and Colorblindness: The Perpetuation of Whiteness in EngineeringEducation Through False NarrativesDr. R. Jamaal Downey, University of San DiegoDr. Joel Alejandro Mejia, The University of Texas at San Antonio Dr. Joel Alejandro (Alex) Mejia is an associate professor with joint appointment in the Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies and the Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio. Dr. Mejiaˆa C™s work examDr. Diana A. Chen, University of San Diego Diana A. Chen, PhD is an Associate Professor and one of the founding faculty members of Integrated

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Redefining Inclusivity: Embracing Neurodiversity in Engineering and Computing Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brean Elizabeth Prefontaine, Duke University; Alicia Nicki Washington, Duke University; Shaundra Bryant Daily, Duke University; Brianna Blaser, University of Washington; Joanna Goode, University of Oregon; Valerie B. Barr, Union College

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M.S. and Ph.D. in Physics from Michigan State University. Before starting at Duke, she worked for Horizon Research, Inc. as an external evaluator for STEM education projects.Dr. Alicia Nicki Washington, Duke University Dr. Nicki Washington is a professor of the practice of computer science and gender, sexuality, and feminist studies at Duke University and the author of Unapologetically Dope: Lessons for Black Women and Girls on Surviving and Thriving in the Tech Field. She is currently the director of the Cultural Competence in Computing (3C) Fellows program and the NSF-funded Alliance for Identity-Inclusive Computing Education (AiiCE). She also serves as senior personnel for the NSF-funded Athena Institute for

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Transformative Learning in STEM: Accessibility, Social Impact, and Inclusivity in Higher Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Seth Polsley, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Amanda Kate Lacy; Samantha Ray, Texas A&M University; Tracy Anne Hammond, Texas A&M University

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Paper ID #44324Tactile Learning: Making a Computer Vision Course Accessible throughTouched-Based InterfacesDr. Seth Polsley, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Dr. Seth Polsley is an Assistant Professor of Practice in the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, with his academic home in the School of Computing. His research focuses on the combination of intelligent systems design and human-computer interaction in order to support novel educational and universal computing experiences.Ms. Amanda Kate Lacy Amanda Lacy is a PhD student at Texas A&M University in the

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Equity, Culture & Social Justice Technical Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erin Scanlon, University of Connecticut; Connie Syharat, University of Connecticut; Arash Esmaili Zaghi, P.E., University of Connecticut; Maria Chrysochoou, University of Connecticut; Rachael Gabriel, University of Connecticut

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eight years as a K-12 teacher in Connecticut, where she maintained a focus on providing a varied learning environment and dif- ferentiated instruction for all types of learners. She received her Master’s Degree in Modern Languages from Central Connecticut State University in 2011. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Hispanic Studies and her teaching certificate from Connecticut College in 2001. She is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in Curriculum and Instruction at UConn’s Neag School of Education.Dr. Arash Esmaili Zaghi, P.E., University of Connecticut Arash E. Zaghi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Connecticut. He received his PhD in 2009

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Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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YaXuan Wen, Sino-Danish College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Yanru Xu; Ji’an Liu

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in theiruniversities in terms of funding (S3-NU3; S11-NU10), learning materials (S7-NU6;S2-NU2), soft and hardware relevant to electronic design (S4-NU4; S5-NU5; S8-NU7).As discussed above, the OIPI initiative is not merely an open platform aggregatinghigh-quality open educational resources. More importantly, the facilities from SUniversity designed systematic learning and curriculum plans which ‘transformed thescattered raw materials worldwide to comprehensive and coherent knowledge contentsand flow’. (S7-NU6) As our participants recognized that ‘accessing resources is the firststep leading to success’, (S6-NU6) the accessibility to learning opportunities provided bythe OIPI initiative is the precondition for candidates’ learning and

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Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY) Technical Session 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cassandra Puletapuai, Colorado State University; Daniel Birmingham, Colorado State University

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of Color experiences as contentious and destructive which impede a conducive learningatmosphere and feed into the immense student of Color attrition rates [8]. Studies on racialclimates at PWIs suggested the issues were deep-seated and influential in perpetuating theadverse encounters for students of Color and persuading PWIs’ values. To much chagrin, theseconditions preserve the lack of multicultural policies and substantive practices which saturatecampus culture and translate into the classroom [8]. Classroom curriculum has little to nopriority in integrating cultural representation based on students of Color experiences in priorstudies [8]. Though academic institutions attempt to adapt social justice concepts as a guide,many educators

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Institutional Support and Training (Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division ECSJ Technical Session 12)

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Danni Lopez-Rogina, Colorado School of Mines; Stacey Roland, Colorado School of Mines; Jessica Mary Smith, Colorado School of Mines; Heather Thiry

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Black, can cause mental and emotional harm[11]. Minoritized students are placed in situations in which they have to listen to peers askquestions about their very humanity and outdated misassumptions about intelligence, athleticprowess, and laziness, among others. The same can be said for trans and queer students,immigrants and children of immigrants, students with disabilities, and others. It is finding simpleways to address this normalization of social violence that occurs in DEIA research and educationspaces, along with the integration of what people consider “common” disabilityaccommodations, that we seek to discuss via curriculum and training methods for the remainderof this paper.Outline of ProgramAt the time of writing, the BASE Camp