gender dynamics in MIT’s Mechanical Engineering Department havechanged over the past decade and a half, a range of mechanical engineering faculty wereinterviewed on their thoughts from their own career paths in engineering to what they haveobserved at MIT to what they think could be done better in achieving gender balance in the fieldof mechanical engineering.Ten MIT staff and tenure-track faculty members were interviewed for the original thesis. For thepurpose of condensing the findings into this conference paper, only quotes from four interviewsubjects are included here.Three of the four interviewees quoted in this paper are tenure-track faculty members, while thefourth heads MIT’s undergraduate admissions office. Two of the interviewees are
University. She received her BS in Chemical Engineer- ing in 2014 and was involved in the Connections Chemistry Review program for over 5 years. Kristen is currently pursuing her Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech, while working full time as an engineer in the Edison Engineering Development Program at GE Power & Water.Dr. Paul A. DiMilla, Northeastern University Paul A. DiMilla is an Associate Academic Specialist in Chemistry & Chemical Biology and Chemi- cal Engineering at Northeastern University. During his academic career at Carnegie Mellon University, Boston University, and Olin College he has been the recipient of the first Whitaker Young Investigator Award from the BMES, a Searle
sometimes when I'm like I can't believe I suck at math, like why?” (1stinterview), “I guess career-wise maybe so I'm not very strong at math” (2nd interview), and thefollowing passage from the 3rd interview: I realized, like, one: I sucked at (ooh… gosh...). Um, you're probably gonna be sick of hearing me talk after this!... S: No no... R: 1- I suck at math. S: Ok... Page 26.1582.6 R: I don't suck, I was, was pretty weak at math. I didn't have natural. My sister has a lot more aptitude for learning math.The repetition of this theme, in both 1st and 2nd person speech, suggests that this is a
article. As you read this article, you should review it with respect to the above student learning objective. Here are some questions about the reading that might help you with this article. a. What is the historical and social impact of Martha Stewart and how does it interact with the dimensions of race, class and gender? b. The author discusses the roles of work and family to be competing areas for women. How does the history of paid work versus unpaid work (housework) compare for women of different ethnic, cultural and class groups? c. The author compares the career of Martha Stewart and the career of Oprah Winfrey and
University prior to beginning his faculty career in Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, where he co-founded Automated Cell, Inc. He has been a Visiting Professor of Bioengineering at the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering as well as a Visiting Scholar in Biomedical Engineering at Boston University. He also has led R&D teams at Organogenesis Inc. and Polymerix Corporation developing tissue-engineered medical products and drug- generating biodegradable polymers, respectively. He is the inventor on ten issued US patents. He has been the recipient of the first Whitaker Young Investigator Award from the Biomedical Engineering Society, a Searle Scholar Award, and an Early Career
AC 2011-2430: MOVING BEYOND THE DOUBLE-BIND: WIE AND MEPPROGRAMS AND SERVING THE NEEDS OF WOMEN OF COLOR INENGINEERINGLisa M Frehill, National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering Lisa Frehill is the Director of Research, Evaluation and Policy at the National Action Council for Mi- norities in Engineering (NACME), a Senior Program Officer with the Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine at the National Research Council, and a senior analyst at Energetics Technol- ogy Center. Since earning her doctoral degree Dr. Frehill has developed expertise in the science and engineering workforce with a focus on how gender and ethnicity impact access to careers in these fields. While she was an
University. She has a B.Eng. in chemical engineering from McGill University, and an M.S. and a Ph.D. in industrial and systems engineering with a Ph.D. minor in women’s studies from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She is Co-PI and Research Director of Purdue University’s AD- VANCE program, and PI on the Assessing Sustainability Knowledge project. She runs the Research in Feminist Engineering (RIFE) group, whose diverse projects and group members are described at the web- site http://feministengineering.org/. She is interested in creating new models for thinking about gender and race in the context of engineering education. She was awarded a CAREER grant in 2010 for the project, ”Learning from Small Numbers: Using
. 111, no. 6, pp. 1081–1102, Aug. 2019.[17] M. Orr, Z. Hazari, P. Sadler, and G. Sonnert, “Career motivations of freshman engineering and non-engineering students: A gender study,” in ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings, 2009.[18] K. G. Nelson, D. F. Shell, J. Husman, E. J. Fishman, and L. K. Soh, “Motivational and self-regulated learning profiles of students taking a foundational engineering course,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 104, no. 1, pp. 74–100, 2015.[19] B. A. Marinak and L. B. Gambrell, “Reading motivation: Exploring the elementary gender gap,” Lit. Res. Instr., vol. 49, no. 2, pp. 129–141, Apr. 2010.[20] J. L. Meece, B. B. Glienke, and S. Burg, “Gender and motivation,” J
interest for thestructured review; 2) the career status of the participant; 3) a commitment to co-author a structuredreview as part of the workshop; and 4) prior experience with authoring reviews.Workshop organizers:1. DanielB.Oerther,PhD,PE,BCEE,FellowoftheAmericanAcademyofNursing,Professorof environmentalhealthengineering,MissouriUniversityofScienceandTechnology, oertherd@mst.edu2. HeatherRoss,PhD,DNP,RN,FellowoftheAmericanAcademyofNursePractitioners, Professorofnursingandhealthinnovation,ArizonaStateUniversity, Heather.M.Ross@asu.edu3. PascalSaikaly,PhD,Professor,KingAbdullahUniversityofScienceandTechnology, pascal.saikaly@kaust.edu.sa4. MuhammadAli,PhD,Postdoctoralfellow,KingAbdullahUniversityofScienceand Technology,muhammad.ali
populations, involving numerous students, staff, and faculty atseveral institutions (listed above).The NSF funding is used for staff at the four community colleges who work to support studentsinterested in transferring to the four-year colleges to earn engineering degrees, with a particularfocus on underrepresented students. These efforts include a comprehensive team comprised of Page 13.283.3existing faculty and student services providers, an on-site coordinator, and services ranging fromacademic support to major/career exploration to transfer assistance/support. At the universities,efforts are focused on retention of women interested in
asmathematics and the “hard” sciences. A picture emerges from this study that speaks to the powerful influence of peers onwomen’s academic goals. Over the course of the study, the women’s career goals shifted,giving way to what the researchers described as “the cultural model of romance” (Holland &Eisenhart, 1990, p. 93). They found that for three-quarters of their sample, peer relations,especially in the form of romantic ties, became a greater determinant of women’s actions thantheir academic aspirations. According to the researchers, by the end of their sophomore year, the Page 13.971.4
. Grant, H., & Dweck, C. S. (2003). Clarifying achievement goals and their impact. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85, 541-553.15. Dweck, C.S. (2006). Is math a gift? Beliefs that put females at risk. In S. J. Ceci & W. Williams (Eds.), Are sex differences in cognition responsible for the underrepresentation of women in scientific careers? (pp. 47- 55). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.16. Tinto, V. (2005). College student retention: Formula for student success. . In A. Seidman (Ed.), College Student Retention. Formula for student success (pp. ix-x). American Council on Education CT: Praeger.17. Lincoln, Y. S., Guba, E. G. (1985). Naturalistic inquiry. Newbury Park, CA:Sage.18
can implement similar support programs andlearn from our work. Materials, including the physics and chemistry help sheets, will beincluded in the appendix.BackgroundWomen continue to be underrepresented in engineering, earning only 19.3% of bachelor’sdegrees in engineering1 and holding only 11% of engineering positions.2 Despite being asacademically prepared and academically successful as men, they can lag behind men byexhibiting lower levels of academic satisfaction and lack of self-esteem.3 Traditionalassumptions about career options have been reinforced in society and have projected stereotypesthat discourage talented women from continuing in engineering. This is evidenced by researchthat has found a dramatic drop in women’s self-efficacy
that the makerspace allowed for more meaningfulengineering experiences than those of the classroom. They appreciated the opportunity to accesssuch diverse resources. Having the autonomy to create and utilize the skills that these studentshave learned thus far not only helped foster confidence in their engineering identity but alsohelped solidify their future career plans. Melissa, a first-year electrical engineering student,described how her university makerspace has helped her conceptualize her future. “Themakerspace really lets you get a taste of what it really could be like in the workforce. It’s a goodway to make sure you know what you want to do.”The makerspace also allowed for students to take ownership of their projects and see their
can really help these girls either get ahead in their planning for school and career. • It has given me a fresh perspective on the challenges the students go through during their first year. • I feel like a great role model. I feel respected and praised for the work I do. It makes me feel like a vital piece to the COE and this university as a whole. • I really enjoyed meeting the younger female students and feeling like I was making a difference for some of them. I like to believe that it was encouraging to them to talk to someone who has been where they are now and made it through the frustrations of transitioning from high school to college life and the
Engineering Program (MEP) merged to become a new organization known as theBroadening Opportunity through Leadership and Diversity (BOLD) Center. The BOLD Centercontinues to offer scholarship support, education and career advice, as well as socialnetworking opportunities to students underrepresented in engineering. Female communitybuilding events such as department luncheons, Girl Scout technology badge volunteer days, andother K-12 outreach events are also offered through the BOLD Center. In the fall of 2009, theBOLD Center launched a new living-learning community in the university residence halls. Thisliving and learning hall is a shared space with the Engineering Honors Program and offers them
and Engineering:2000, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, 2000 (NSF 00-327).7. Adelman, C., Females and Men of the Engineering Path. A Model for Analysts of Undergraduate Careers, U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, Washington, D.C.; U.S. Government Printing Office, 1998.8. Seymour, E., and Hewitt, N.M., Talking about Leaving: Why Undergraduates Leave the Sciences, Westview Press, Boulder, CO, 1997.9. Williams, F. M., Emerson, C. J., “Feedback Loops and Critical Mass: The Flow of Women into Science and Engineering,” presented at Gender and Science and Technology (GSAT 10), Denmark, 2001.10. Ro, H., Marra, R., Terenzini, P., Trautvetter, L., Walser, A., and Lord, S. “If You
13.713.8equal opportunities for leadership and career advancement, and since the college level is one ofthe first avenues for leadership, significant action should be focused on this area.Moreover, targeted analysis of the S&E faculty responses to these issues reveals that leadershipto achieve equity is more complex than department/college/upper administration hierarchies.Faculty members from different underrepresented groups expressed confidence in differentlevels of administration to provide leadership toward an equitable climate. For example, womenacross the university and S&E women faculty expressed a much greater degree of confidence intheir college leaderships’ commitment to inclusivity (53% and 62%) than did the facultythroughout the
relate to the case studies. Next, case studiesare presented in order to convey a principle of negotiation within an academic setting such asmight be seen by an entering assistant professor, or a professor in a leadership role. These caseswere selected in order to help academic faculty relate to scenarios they might encounter acrosstheir careers. While the authors of this work have drawn from their experiences and theexperiences of others in composing representative cases, all characters appearing in this work arefictitious, and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental.The academic units, rank and supervisory structure contain some jargon, for example, “fullprofessor,” and more. These, and an explanation of the search
hacker and OSH development groups, where methods for addressing suchissues in technology cultures had been identified and were being tested.Many of the engineering educators interviewed cited either their own observations, or more oftentheir lived experiences as motivation for wanting to enact and advocate for change. Foundationalmoments came from undergraduate and graduate pressures, recognition that there was a dearth ofequity in engineering, as well as connections made at nascent stages during their career. Forsome, it was an interest in social justice, which they found generally lacking in engineeringpractice otherwise: I did my PHD in electrical engineering and right at the end of the PhD I was basically not terribly happy with
students,” 2009 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings.5. Land of Plenty: Diversity as America’s Competitive Edge in Science, Engineering and Technology, The Congressional Commission on the Advancement of Females and Minorities in Science and Engineering and Technology Development, Washington, D.C., 2000.6. Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disability in Science and Engineering:2000, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, 2000 (NSF 00-327).7. Adelman, C., Females and Men of the Engineering Path. A Model for Analysts of Undergraduate Careers, U.S. Page 26.860.12 Department of Education, Office of Educational
Colleges, 1982.[7] I.H. Settles, L.M. Cortina, J. Malley, A.J. Stewart, “The climate for women in academic science: The good, the bad, and the changeable,” Psychology of Women Quarterly, 30(1), 2006, 47-58.[8] C.L. Maranto, A.E. Griffin, “The antecedents of a ‘chilly climate’ for women faculty in higher education,” Human Relations, 64(2), 2011, 139-159.[9] L. Howe-Walsh, S. Turnbull, “Barriers to women leaders in academia: Tales from science and technology,” Studies in Higher Education, 41(3), 2016, 415-428.[10] K.N. Miner, S.C. January, K.K. Dray, A.R. Carter-Sowell, “Is it always this cold? Chilly interpersonal climates as a barrier to the well-being of early-career women faculty in STEM,” Equality
function in the course and the function of their teams. There were in-class writing exerciseson independent learning and ethics, and these exercises provided further opportunities forreflection and self-awareness. In the independent learning module, students wrote narrativesabout their career and personal plans, their experiences in the class, and independent learningthat they needed to do to meet their long-term goals. In the ethics module they were asked toreflect on ethical and professional behavior and how that behavior influenced their capstoneexperience.Similar to the “assess and adjust” exercise, as mentioned previously, the first author conductedmid-term evaluations where she asked students about problems in their teams and in the course
these women themselvesnor their male peers and teaching staff.The results from the second study show that it is easier for women at Architecture and Design to cope aswomen are more than half of the students. The equal proportion by gender makes it easier andcomfortable for women to take active participate in different learning activities. In this way, thepercentage of women makes a difference.In addition, the second study shows that the understanding of professional identity is very different atEE and Architecture and Design. At EE there is a long tradition for what kind of careers and jobs theywill get after graduation. At Architecture and Design this tradition does not exist as it is a newprofession, so the students are very concerned with
AC 2007-1964: WHY PEDAGOGY MATTERS: FACULTY NARRATIVESSusan Lord, University of San Diego Susan M. Lord received a B.S. from Cornell University and the M.S. and Ph.D. from Stanford University. She is currently Associate Professor and Coordinator of Electrical Engineering at the University of San Diego. Her teaching and research interests include electronics, optoelectronics, materials science, first year engineering courses, as well as feminist and liberative pedagogies. Dr. Lord served as General Co-Chair of the 2006 Frontiers in Education Conference. She has been awarded an NSF CAREER and ILI grants. Dr. Lord’s industrial experience includes AT&T Bell Laboratories, General Motors
whenstudents are uncertain about their career path and not knowledgeable about the skills needed tobecome an engineer. Therefore, self-efficacy can fluctuate rapidly during the freshman year asstudents form judgments about their skills based on their vicarious and mastery experiences.Sherry’s perceptions of design projects as a success or a failure impacted her perceptions of herown abilities. It should be noted that her assessment of project success was based on her ownjudgment and was not necessarily aligned with the instructors’ judgment of her team’s success.The vicarious experiences that supported her self-efficacy were based on her observations of thestudents who were similar to herself. These students did not know how to use the tools but
difficult situations. Suchresources, we hope, will increase women’s self-confidence in their abilities to persist in anengineering career, which is a common and troubling reason women cite for leaving the field[14, 15].2. Methods2. 1 Overview:This study uses a methodology known as discourse completion interview. In a discoursecompletion interview, participants are given a specific problem situation and asked to describeexactly how they would respond, providing specific wording when possible. We also promptedparticipants with potential responses to the problem and asked them to comment on the meritsand drawbacks of these responses. The goal was to find out as much detail as possible aboutspecific word choices, interactional strategies, and variables
workplace adjustment for engineers and the corresponding influence on job satisfaction and intentions to persist. Rohini’s other interests include faculty development and engineering pathways of graduating engineers.Dr. Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus Samantha Brunhaver is an Assistant Professor of Engineering in the Fulton Schools of Engineering Poly- technic School. Dr. Brunhaver recently joined Arizona State after completing her M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. She also has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University. Dr. Brunhaver’s research examines the career decision-making and professional identity formation of engineering
engineering,complicating any analysis of diversification efforts. In the case of economic competitiveness, thegoal is simply production of the maximum number of STEM graduates. The strategy is puttingmore bodies into the beginning of the STEM education pipeline so more come out the other end.In the case of educational pluralism, the goal is more about economic (and career) opportunity“for all,” and inclusiveness and diversity as desirable social and educational foundations in theirown right. These two diversification logics often fold together in practice—and are oftenconflated by STEM education reform advocates—confusing the conceptual foundations formany STEM inclusiveness initiatives. Therefore, while policy support for broad-based STEMrecruitment