Conference Session

GSD 5: Mentorship

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacqueline E McDermott, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Nathan Tompkins, Wabash College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

mentees and randomly sorting each column independently to create a random butrepresentative set of mentees. The mentees were then manually paired to create the seeds formentoring groups. Sample student data was generated using a combination of generative AI(ChatGPT) and previous student data. Random student names were generated in ChatGPT byasking for a list of 100 random names from all ethnicities in the US with likely ethnicity and genderfor each name (ChatGPT only returned 98 entries). Gender was classified as Man or Woman with2% of the list being randomly classified with a gender of More to account for transgender and non-binary students. Sample student ethnicity was classified as one of: African American/Black, EastAsian/Asian American (e.g

Conference Session

GSD 1: From Recruitment to Retention

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samuel Sola Akosile, Morgan State University; Michael Oluwafemi Ige, Morgan State University; Tolulope Abiri, Morgan State University; Pelumi Olaitan Abiodun, Morgan State University; Oludare Adegbola Owolabi P.E., Morgan State University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

ideas in diverse manners, reviewing related literature in the area ofstudy, discussing assignments with lecturers, and using editors and academic social media likeResearchGate, Google Scholar, and YouTube, to mention a few enhanced academic writings. Inaddition, using technology and artificial intelligence AI tools (ChatGPT, Grammarly, and so on)helps overcome these writing challenges.The absence or lack of a proper understanding of academic writing may cause respondents to applytheir preexisting assumptions, opinions, and methods that have provided them with confidence andreliability when faced with academic challenges like writing a research paper [49]. According toCasanave and Hubbard, [50], faculty members failed to provide students with