Conference Session

TELPhE Division Technical Session 2: The Broadening Face of Engineering Education

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Katherine Robert, University of Denver

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

participation of girls and students from racially underrepresented communities in engineering? • How do engineering educators and the U.S public perceive and interpret new information about the history of discrimination in STEM fields?My findings indicate that the film had a tremendous impact on Black women in STEM, but also White women andother women of color by providing much needed visual models of success in STEM professions. I begin my paperwith a review of some of the research literature to set up the context of my study, after which I explain my uniquemethodological framework and research design. In the last section, I discuss my analysis process and findings inmore detail. I end with the limitations and the future