Conference Session

Revealing the Invisible: Engineering Course Activities that Address Privilege, -Isms, and Power Relations (Interactive Session)

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joel Alejandro Mejia, University of San Diego; Diana A. Chen, University of San Diego; Odesma Onika Dalrymple, University of San Diego; Susan M Lord, University of San Diego

Tagged Topics

ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity, Faculty Development Constituency Committee

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education, International, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering

activity conducted over two consecutive course periods, students, in teams, choosefrom a list of articles about different types of technologies, such as a bridge, a GPS app, airconditioning in office buildings, and airbags. Many of the articles were non-academic includingsome blogs. Our intent here was to push students to not only be able to discern the key points theauthor(s) raise(s) and what information and evidence (or lack thereof) is used to support theirclaims, but also critically consider what the stance of the author is and how this might havecolored his/her assumptions and viewpoint.After evaluating the article as a whole, students are asked to analyze the technology itself andcreate a single presentation slide to summarize their