Paper ID #37153Facing a Double Pandemic: Viewpoints of African American EngineeringStudents during COVID-19 and Racial Unrest in the United StatesDr. Racheida S Lewis, University of Georgia Dr. Racheida S. Lewis, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor at the University of Georgia in the Engineering Education Transformations Institute (EETI) and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Dr. Lewis believes in creating a diverse engineering field and strives to do so through connecting with teaching, and mentoring future engineers. She has devoted her life to this mission through her leadership and lifetime membership in
Paper ID #38537Examining the Experiences of Women and Underrepresented Students WhoLeave Engineering Undergraduate ProgramsDr. Chrystal A. S. Smith, National Science Foundation Chrystal A. S. Smith, Ph.D., is a cultural anthropologist with expertise in diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM education. Her research uses social science theoretical frameworks to examine how implicit factors such as culture and social capital influence the persistence of students belonging to groups historically underrepresented in STEM education. Currently, she is a Program Officer in the Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM
Paper ID #38414Work in Progress: A Data-Gathering Effort on STEM Faculty StartupPackages for Assessing Equity in RecruitmentDr. Leigh S. McCue, George Mason University Leigh McCue is an Associate Professor and Chair of George Mason University’s Department of Mechan- ical Engineering.Dr. Girum Urgessa, P.E., George Mason University Dr. Girum Urgessa is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering in the Sid and Reva Dewberry De- partment of Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering (CEIE) at George Mason University (GMU). He received his MS (2002) and PhD (2006) from the UniTehama Lopez Bunyasi, George Mason
of the journal, Advances in Engineering Education and she serves on the ASEE committee for Scholarly Publications.Dr. Mayra S. Artiles, Arizona State University Mayra S. Artiles is an assistant professor in engineering at the Polytechnic School of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. Her research expertise includes engineering doctoral education structure, experiences of underreprAbimelec Mercado Rivera, Arizona State University Abimelec Mercado Rivera is a Puerto Rican doctoral student and graduate research assistant in the En- gineering Education Systems and Design program at Arizona State University. Abimelec received his ©American Society for
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strategies for creating equitable access to the discipline. Byexamining how Western Tech Scholars and their peers become cybersecurity professionals, thispaper provides information about “what works” in influencing a diverse body of students tostudy cybersecurity in institutions that are minority serving.3 MethodologyThis qualitative case study considers the Western Tech S-STEM program as the bounded system[15] under investigation. This section describes the data sources used in this study as well as thedata analysis strategies used. IRB was obtained before gathering data.3.1 Data CollectionData sources for this study include the following: a) Annual interviews with Western TechScholars, occurring between May and October from 2019 to 2021, b
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thepostdoc program is to create well-rounded scholars versed in research, teaching, and service.Using artifacts and postdoc reflections, this study aims to explore the experiences of the firstcohort of LEGACY postdoc scholars to understand how a newly created intersectionalmentorship model facilitates scholars’ progression toward faculty positions while curating aninclusive community and culture for scholars. The intersectional mentorship model framing this postdoc program is based on researchconducted by Dr. Cox, with some adaptations from Walker et al.’s (2009) The Formation ofScholars, which presents a multiple apprenticeship framework that offers a holistic approach tomentoring for scholars. The three mentor types in the program are primary
, approximately five million residents are of PuertoRican descent, accounting for 1.8 percent of the overall population in 2019, where 20.3 percentof that population have an education of Bachelor’s Degree or Higher. In the 2021’s ProfessionalEngineering Examination performed in Puerto Rico, only 24 percent of the professionals thatparticipated in the examination passed the test, while the national average for passing theProfessional Engineering examination was 58 percent. This study aims to address the problem ofthe current shortage of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the Engineering and Constructionindustry, focusing on the Puerto Rican minority group and their challenges. This study will focuson determining the obstacles Puerto Rican engineering
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industry mentor(s) over time sothat they could build a relationship with the mentor(s) and feel comfortable enough to ask questions onany range of topics. These sessions, moreover, were designed such that mentor(s) responded to theinterests and needs of the REM students in what we called a “Mr. Roger’s” fashion – inviting a friendof theirs to talk with the students for a little while about an interest they expressed (i.e., EngineersWithout Borders).Interactive Talks with Industry Professionals. The purpose was to give the REM students insight intothe daily life of an engineer working in the energy sector and hear what they are doing around all thedifferent energy sources (e.g., gas, oil, wind, solar), and how their companies are innovating
main stakeholder impacted by the desired outcome? 4. What are the DEI indicators or metrics associated with this desired outcome? 5. What action verbs make this goal specific, measurable, and attainable? 6. What are the accepted definitions of the DEI indicators identified? 7. What aspect of the DEI framework does this outcome relate to?Table 2: DEI Action Plan MatrixGoal Partner Goal / Stakeholder Indicator / Action RECIPES Shared Definition (s) DEI Type Objective Metric Verb (s) CategoryA In Network Increase the Students Power Increase the ability to control
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