industry related topics such that academic development isstrengthen and post-graduation career venues are explored and advocated.V. CONCLUSIONA strong STEM workforce is contingent on developing policies, programs, and initiatives thatwork to provide equitable access and opportunities for all students, especially those fromunderrepresented and underserved communities. This commitment to diversifying the STEMworkforce will require deep commitment at all levels. Regardless of policy or reform efforts todrive significant change in the STEM fields, faculty members have a tremendous influence inshaping the engineering landscape. As such, the active recruitment and mentoring by facultyadvisors is critical in engaging underrepresented students in research
Paper ID #11724The Impact of Personal Interactions on the Experience of African-AmericanMales on Multiracial Student TeamsMs. Kelly J Cross, Virginia Tech Ms. Cross earned her Bachelor’s of Science in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University in 2007. She earned her Master’s of Science in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Cincin- nati in 2011. Ms. Cross is currently completing her studies in the Engineering Education PhD program at Virginia Tech and involved with multiple educational research projects with faculty and graduate students. Her research interests include diversity and inclusion
inclusivecampus climates, there is still underrepresentation of Blacks/African Americans,Latinx/Hispanics, and Native Americans (including Native Hawaiians and Alaska Natives)within the STEM professoriate nationwide. For students who are members of these groups, theculturally isolating experience this deficit creates can weaken one’s academic self-perception,and hinder performance in STEM disciplines. This paper explores the relationship betweenintentionality towards diversity and inclusion in faculty job postings and corresponding facultydemographics at a variety of US postsecondary institutions. The research questions we areinvestigating are: • In what ways are diversity and inclusion implicitly and explicitly addressed in the
Paper ID #14862Ethnic Student Organizations in Engineering: Implications for Practice fromTwo StudiesDr. Julie P Martin, Clemson University Julie P. Martin is an assistant professor of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University. Her research interests focus on social factors affecting the recruitment, retention, and career development of underrepresented students in engineering. Dr. Martin is a 2009 NSF CAREER awardee for her research entitled, ”Influence of Social Capital on Under-Represented Engineering Students Academic and Career Decisions.” She held an American Association for the Advancement of Science
and collaboration with others cuts across mental and physical health and he has done research on HIV/AIDS, depression, serious mental illness, child- hood diarrhea and acute respiratory illnesses, obesity and complementary and alternative medicine. Ryan has worked extensively in Latin America and Africa on health-related issues and helped redesign and implement a large-scale education reform in Qatar.Dr. Gery W. Ryan, Gery Ryan is Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs and core faculty at the Pardee RAND Graduate School where he teaches policy analysis and methods courses and mentors graduate students. Trained as a med- ical anthropologist, Ryan has conducted research on decision-making processes, ethnographies of
Paper ID #28985Toward the Development of a Scale Linking Underrepresented EngineeringFaculty’s Workplace Experiences & Career OutcomesDr. Jeremi S London, Virginia Tech Dr. Jeremi London is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Education Department at Virginia Poly- technic Institute and State University. London is a mixed methods researcher with interests in research impact, cyberlearning, and instructional change in STEM Education. Prior to being a faculty member, London worked at the National Science Foundation, GE Healthcare, and Anheuser-Busch. She earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in Industrial Engineering, and a
&M University Dr. Malini Natarajarathinam is an Associate professor with Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution. She teaches classes on strategic relationships for industrial distribution, distribu- tion information systems and new directions in Industrial Distribution. She is also the founding faculty and advisor for the Society of Women in Industrial Distribution (SWID). She works on many service learning projects with her students where they work with many local community agencies. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016Women in Industrial Distribution: emerging opportunities and challenges for female college
centers on effective faculty mentoring practices, broadening participation in higher education, and the educational attainment and schooling experiences of Mexican descent youth in the mid-20th century.Dr. Sarah Elizabeth Cooksey, University of Colorado Colorado Springs Sarah Cooksey is a Ph.D. graduate from the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. She currently works at UCCS as a Research Assistant and Lecturer in the department of Leadership, Research, and Foundations and on a grant with the National Science Foundation trying to understand the career decision making process of underrepresented minorities in STEM fields. Sarah is a special education teacher in the state of Colorado, whose specific research
handbook and guidelines were intended to be resources for developing a healthy mentor-mentee relationship.Epic FailThe third initiative of the program is an event called Epic Fail. Epic Fail is an open microphoneevent where faculty members and students share their personal stories of failure, to dispelimposter syndrome. Having an open microphone structure with no main speaker, Epic Fail isconsidered a unique event, separate from the speaker series. This event has a goal tocommunicate that “Fail” stands for First Attempt in Learning and that failure is part ofengineering. In fact, everyone fails, even the best in any field. It is important to emphasize that itis not only okay to fail but also a valuable way to improve by identifying ways to perform
graduation rates [5].Thus, promoting an environment where students can cultivate a sense of belonging is vital topromoting student success and retention of students at-risk of attrition [7]. Connections with aslittle as one other individual in the institution might influence their decision to persist in college[7].Summer Bridge Programs Traditionally, summer bridge programs are interventions implemented to supportincoming first-year undergraduate students as they transition from high school to a post-secondary institution to increase retention and academic success of these students [8].Conventionally, summer bridge programs are a multi-week experience during the summer beforea student’s first semester at a four-year university. During the
Paper ID #22321Reflections on a new community partnership: How does an engineering sum-mer camp evolve to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse student popula-tion? (WIP)Emily E. Liptow, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Emily Liptow currently works at a tech startup accelerator in Cleveland OH where she manages a cowork- ing space and promotes community and diversity in the city’s entrepreneurship ecosystem. She served as an AmeriCorps VISTA member at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo where she was involved with a variety of diversity and inclusion efforts in the College of
them, especially URMs, arebeing negatively impacted, personal and professionally [4], [5]. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the research that is being conducted on URMs’experiences during COVID-19, particularly as it pertains to engineering. Using the online data andanalysis platform SenseMaker, participants were asked to share a story in response to the followingprompt: Imagine you are chatting with a friend or family member about the evolving COVID-19crisis. Tell them about something you have experienced recently as an engineering student. In asimilar study, at the University of Georgia, students expressed there was a lack of empathy frominstructors during the shift to virtual instruction [6], [7]. Our overarching
undergraduate research experiences[10].In a 2004 three-year study, researchers interviewed 76 students, mostly rising seniors in eightscience disciplines across four small private STEM-serving institutions [11]. They conductedthree interviews: two before graduation and the third post-graduation. For students who hadcompleted an undergraduate research experience, 91% of them reported gains after graduating.Gains were based on a checklist of possible faculty-defined benefits derived from literature.There were seven different kinds of gains including: personal/professional, thinking and workinglike a scientist, and gains in various skills. Seventy-four percent of the comments in thepersonal/professional gains category referenced increase in confidence
mentorship. Today, as an engineering faculty member ata large Midwestern university, Dr. James continues to engage in mentoring relationships throughher informal mentoring relationships with engineering undergraduates and her work with a peer Page 26.1146.6mentoring program she helped to initiate that pairs incoming graduate students with currentgraduate students. Dr. James develops relationships with her protégés so that they are more opento sharing which can open the door to them accepting her guidance. In her mentoringrelationships and experiences, she: (1) works to develop personal relationships with her mentorsand protégés, (2) recognizes that
majors at our university. Studentsparticipated in team-building activities that prompted research into their engineering majors andcareer options. In Week 3, we organized an industry career panel with a diverse mix of recruitersand alumni that currently work as engineers. The students asked questions about the panel’s pastcollege experiences, internships, graduate school, and careers. Students also had the opportunityto practice their “60 second pitches” with the panel members to help prepare for a career fair.Throughout the quarter, we incorporated activities that addressed global perspectives ofengineering, current events, and social justice. In Week 4, we collaborated with an EthnicStudies faculty member and her students from a Gender, Race
shaping and supportingstudents’ group-learning experiences.6 While faculty practices are important in all group-learningapproaches, they can be particularly important for supporting under-represented students, whooften experience marginalization in such settings. Both faculty and peers can marginalizeindividual students in a variety of ways, including through assignment of work tasks, validationof work tasks, validation of ideas or perspectives, and the nature of the group task itself.First, at the onset of an activity, task assignment biases can often result from unconsciousexpectations about who may be more (or less) suited to certain tasks.7, 8 While each team isdifferent, with a different set of identities and personalities, there is also
’ cognitive, personal, and professional development.” Science Education 91: 36-74.7. Guterman, L. (2007). What Good is Undergraduate Research, Anyway? The Chronicle of Higher Education, 53(50) A12.8. Nagda, B. A., S. R. Gregerman, J. Jonides, W. von Hippel, and J.S. Lerner. (1998). “Undergraduate student- faculty research partnerships affect student retention.” The Review of Higher Education 22: 55-72.9. Hathaway, R., B.A. Nagda, and S. Gregerman. (2002). “The relationship of undergraduate research participation to graduate and professional education pursuit: An empirical study.” Journal of College Student Development 43(5): 614-631.10. Kremmer, J.F. and R.G. Bringle, (2000). “The Effects of an Intensive Research Experience on
engineering majors of interest to the larger project (namely, biomedical,chemical, mechanical, and electrical and computer engineering). Potential participants weregiven a link to an online survey, asking them to help the university prepare the next generation ofengineering students [27].Survey InstrumentThe survey instrument was divided into three sections: (1) characterizing the participants' post-baccalaureate pathways; (2) describing their experiences with and beliefs about engineering; and(3) collecting personal information about participants, including their demographics. First, tocharacterize career pathways, we asked participants to identify the number of career positionsthat they have experienced, including educational opportunities and
. Unfortunately,limited work exists on this group, but what does exist31 begins to highlight the complexchallenges African-American women face as they negotiate identities as engineering studentsand professionals.MentoringTo respond to the calls and tap into the talent of African-American women, African-Americanwomen must successfully persist in an engineering degree program and into graduate programs.While no single solution will address this need, research suggests that mentors are one verysignificant component. Work by Lichtenstein et al., notes that “positive interactions withengineering faculty role models can have a significant influence on students’ decisions to pursuegraduate study in engineering”1, and these interactions may be even more
President of the Student Government Association, and a member of the MSU chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers. Active in community outreach, he is also President of SMOOTH, an innovative student organization fostering Black male achievement and collaboration across disciplines, backgrounds and cultures.Dr. Keyanoush Sadeghipour, Temple University Keya Sadeghipour is currently a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering and serves as the Dean of the College of Engineering since 2003. He is a graduate of Mechanical Engineering from the University of Manchester Institute of Technology, UK which is now the University of Manchester. He has been involved in receiving over $7 M funding from various
26.311.10 person shares in already have and rest of the Sharing with elders to technical content.Introduce common with their what they will group. Soft skills build confidence.LabVIEW, group members. learn by will be emphasizedgroup completing the and “support” careersstructure program. for non-engineers.and STEM Strengths and weaknesses.Week Two: • Life Skills: Week two explores the process of goal setting, providing activities where students are held accountable for building a business that benefits their
members.Results have shown an increase in retention of STEM majors due to active involvement inresearch. These experiences have introduced students to academic research and professionalismwithin their disciplines through mentoring from faculty members and graduate students. Industryand business professionals are engaged in the presentations for the students at professionalorganization conferences and student conferences where many industry members provideopportunities for students to interview for summer internships and future employment.Inclusion of academic and summer undergraduate research experiences provided opportunitiesfor students to experience the application of their knowledge to real-life situations and to seewhat graduate school could offer
degrading behavior,students can interpret that inaction as tacit support for bad behavior.20-22 One advisor mentions atime when the team had some members with “grating personalities,” during which he spent moretime assisting with interpersonal relations than usual. He felt that he needed to intervene as thosestudents were contributing to a hostile climate for new members. Finally, a young advisorbelieves that his wife exerts positive influences on team cultures. His wife, a highly successfulengineer in industry, provides input during design critiques and reviews and aids introubleshooting. They sometimes bring their young children to team activities. She becomesvisible proof of a successful engineer who is also a wife and mother, an important role
women and underrepresented minorities. He received his M.S. in Industrial & Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech and his B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Clemson University.Dr. Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Tech Dr. Matusovich is an Assistant Professor and Assistant Department Head for Graduate Programs in Vir- ginia Tech’s Department of Engineering Education. She has her doctorate in Engineering Education and her strengths include qualitative and mixed methods research study design and implementation. She is/was PI/Co-PI on 8 funded research projects including a CAREER grant. She has won several Virginia Tech awards including a Dean’s Award for Outstanding New Faculty. Her research expertise includes using
occurs during interpretive research, we offerthe following reflections regarding our backgrounds, “conceptual baggage”13 and insights relatedto this research.Julie’s career vision is to be a national catalyst for increasing the diversity of students inengineering, and to help all students—particularly those who are underrepresented— achievetheir academic, professional and personal goals. She is a faculty member at a predominantlyWhite institution, where she has taught large-enrollment freshman and sophomore levelengineering courses. In her previous position at a diverse institution, she was the foundingwomen-in-engineering program director and director of recruitment and retention. Her studentaffairs and teaching experience, combined with her
Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting. Jacob holds professional experience as a Teaching Assistant for introductory chemistry labs and peer mentor for various calculus courses at Rutgers University.Dan Battey, Rutgers University Dan Battey is an Associate Professor in Elementary Mathematics Education in the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. He was previously faculty at Arizona State University and a postdoctoral fellow at UCLA in the Center for Teaching and Learning, Diversity in Mathematics Education (DiME). His work centers on engaging teachers in opportunities to learn within and from their practice in a way that sustains and generates change as well as challenges
persistence of various groups ofstudents in civil engineering education and careers, this paper describes findings from a surveytaken by 223 undergraduate (165) and graduate students (58) in civil engineering. The surveyaims to address the following questions:• What are the factors that affect why women and minorities choose to pursue education in civil engineering?• What aspects of the civil engineering curriculum and course work do students find particularly motivating and interesting? Do students feel that they have a mentor? What kind of work experience and internships have students had? Are they members of student/professional engineering organizations? Do the answers to this question depend on the gender or ethnic/racial
what underrepresented minority students considerwhen deciding whether to participate in a co-op and who influences their decisions. We explorethe benefits and disadvantages students identify when deciding between different potential pre-graduation work experiences (internship or co-op). This comparison between co-ops andinternships adds depth to our understanding of how students perceive pre-graduate workexperiences and of how they decide which experiences to pursue for professional development.Research questionsThe following research questions guided our exploration of underrepresented minorityengineering students’ experiences and perceptions of co-ops: RQ1: How do underrepresented minority engineering students perceive the benefits and
University Dr. Marjorie Shavers is an assistant professor and the Director of Graduate Studies in Counseling at Hei- delberg University. She has a Ph.D. in Counselor Education from Ohio State University and is currently licensed as a professional school and professional clinical counselor with supervision designation. Dr. Shavers’s research agenda focuses on exploring how educational systems and professionals impact the experiences and overall mental health of students, particularly Black women. Dr. Shavers’s most recent work focuses particularly on the experiences of Black women pursuing doctorates and post–doctorates in computer science and engineering. In addition to her research, her teaching and clinical practice is
. Adams, University of Texas at Dallas Dr. Stephanie G. Adams is the Department Head and Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She previously served as Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies in the School of Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University and was a faculty member and administrator at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). Her research interests include: Teamwork, International Collaborations, Fac- ulty Development, Quality Control/Management and Broadening Participation. She is an honor graduate American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021