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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Understanding and Changing Engineering Culture

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary E Fitzpatrick, University of Wisconsin Madison College of Engineering; Manuela Romero, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Jennifer Sheridan, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

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Women in Engineering

, 2016Changes in Undergraduate Engineering College Climate and Predictorsof Major Commitment: Results from Climate Studies in 2008 and 2015Abstract This paper presents results of two cross-sectional investigations of educational andinterpersonal climate in a college of engineering at a large mid-western university. In 2008 andin 2015 we deployed a survey ("Project to Assess Climate in Engineering”) to undergraduateengineering students. In each survey year, just over 1000 eligible students participated andresponded to items contributing to scales rating their professors, teaching assistants, collegeresources, confidence (self-efficacy) in engineering, student interactions, perceptions ofengineering, and commitment to an engineering major

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Curricular Programs

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenahvive K. Morgan, Rowan University; Mario J. Leone, Rowan University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

sensing.” Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation. 2(4), 1-7.8. Berzowska J. (2005). “Electronic Textiles: Wearable Computers, Reactive Fashion, and Soft Computation.” Textile. 3(1), 2-19.9. Lam Po Tang, S. (2007). “Recent developments in flexible wearable electronics for monitoring applications.” Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control, 29 (3-4), 283-300.10. Raelin, J. A., Bailey, M. B., Hamann, J., Pendleton, L. K., Raelin, J. D., Reisberg, R., and Whitman, D. (2011). “The Effect of Cooperative Education on Change in Self-Efficacy among Undergraduate Students: Introducing Work Self-Efficacy.” Journal of Cooperative Education and Internships. 45(2), 17-35.11. Chubin, D. E., May, G. S., and

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela M Kelly, Stony Brook University; Doreen Aveni, Stony Brook University; Monica Bugallo, Stony Brook University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

uniqueresearch experiences must be identified for 100 students in laboratories across campus.Furthermore, the arrangement of internships depends upon strengthening and expanding thenetwork of regional industries, companies, and health services organizations. This requiresconsiderable work, however, our extensive faculty network and alumni have been supportive inproviding resources and opportunities for current WISE students.Preliminary FindingsTo measure the effectiveness of the new WISE curriculum in meeting its goals, incomingfreshmen (N = 58) were surveyed at the end of the fall semester in 2017. Baseline data werecollected to explore the following research question: How does participation in the WISEcurriculum impact students’ self-efficacy, career

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Leanne Kallemeyn, Loyola University Chicago; Gail Baura, Loyola University Chicago; Francisca Fils-Aime, Loyola University Chicago; Jana Grabarek; Pete Livas Jr, Loyola University Chicago

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

participants to report these findings. The remainder of theanalyses focused on gender.Similar rates of persistence existed for women and men, even though when they began theprogram there were statistically significant difference between mean scale scores for freshmenwomen and men on some measures of self-efficacy. For the Self-Efficacy Scale II, t(66) = 2.63,p = .011; Career Success Scale, t(66) = 3.03, p = .004, and Math Scale t(66) = 2.49, p = .015,men averaged higher scores than women (see Table 2 for averages). Although men scored higherthan women on the Self-Efficacy I Scale and Coping Self-Efficacy Scale, these results were notsignificantly different. Women and men scored similarly on the Inclusion Scale. The means onself-efficacy scales at the

Conference Session

The Pipeline

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cortney Martin, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Tonya Smith-Jackson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Women in Engineering

inductive processfor extracting relationships and models and is suited to areas of inquiry that are not wellresearched. The data was coded using a commercial software package for qualitative contentanalysis, Atlas.ti (www.atlasti.com).Children expressed varying levels of self-efficacy, the self-perception of one’s ability tocomplete a given task. Although self-efficacy was not measured directly, based on Bandura’s17social cognitive theories, positive, affirming, motivated, and confident statements wereinterpreted as indicative of high self-efficacy and instances of negative, pessimistic, disengaged,anxiety-related statements were associated with low self-efficacy.The most significant gender-related findings were: (1) of equally skilled girls and

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Pre-college Programs for Women

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shawna Fletcher, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division, Women in Engineering

students.In Texas, students were measured over a six-year period. From 2006 – 2010, enrollmentquadrupled and participants increased 18,686 individuals (4498 in 2006 to 23184 in 2010)9.Female participation increased 586% and Hispanic students increased 507%. This study alsoshowed a high impact on students enrolling in higher education (62.1%) compared to their non-PLTW counterparts (58.4%)9. In addition, post-secondary enrollment was slightly greater forfemales (63.5%) compared to their non-PLTW peers (63.1%).Several studies have examined self-efficacy of females for math and science subjects whenparticipating in PLTW10,11,12. Exposure to engineering through PLTW has shown to havesignificant impact on self-efficacy and underrepresented students10. The

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Shaundra Bryant Daily, Duke University; Jessica Sperling, Duke University; Megan Gray, Duke University; Medha Gupta, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology; Amy Arnold, Duke University; Kelly Perri, Duke University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

internships (this occurred between July and August 2018). All surveys wereadministered electronically through Qualtrics, and participants completed the surveys on theirown time. In total, 52 Scholars completed the pre-survey, 49 completed the post-survey, and 44completed both (68% response rate both pre and post assessments, based on n=64 summerprogram completers).Outcome measures were based upon the program theory of change and included multi-itemscales for general self-efficacy/perseverance; computer science/engineering self-efficacy in anapplied setting; teamwork, leadership, and communication skills (in both academic and appliedsettings); and mentoring and peer relationships. In addition, the post-program questions alsoaddressed confidence and

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 10

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Katherine L Walters, University of Georgia ; John M Mativo, University of Georgia; Uduak Zenas George, San Diego State University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

efficacy in mathematics higher than women [17]. Itis also important to look at SES as a factor as higher SES students tend to have higher gradeswhich may lead to higher reports of self-efficacy across disciplines. By identifying the influences and interests of the undergraduate women enrolled inengineering majors, the ultimate goal of this study was to identify possible avenues to invest oureffort towards enhancing the recruitment and retention of female engineering students. The studywas guided by the following research questions. 1. What do women identify as influences for enrolling in an engineering major? 2. What role does their educational and family backgrounds play in their success, as measured by GPA? To answer the research

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Blue, Miami University; Amy Summerville, Miami University; Brian P. Kirkmeyer, Miami University; Brielle Nikole Johnson

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

mindset, self-efficacy,and on the regrets that they may feel after they take their first exam. These measures of self-perception often have enough of an effect on students that they affect student performance andpersistence in a major and, sometimes, in a career.A. Mindset People can have either fixed or growth mindsets. Someone with a fixed mindset believesthat intelligence is both stable and uncontrollable, while someone with a growth mindsetbelieves that intelligence can improve [3]. Students with fixed mindsets may interpret one lowexam grade as evidence that they are not smart enough to learn the material in a course, whilethose with growth mindsets are more likely to keep trying to learn. Consequently, people with1 Miami

Conference Session

Using Teams, Seminars & Research Opportunities for Retention

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

De'Jeune Antoine, Xavier University of Louisiana; Mica Hutchison, Purdue University; Deborah Follman, Purdue University

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Women in Engineering

“moderate,” 61 to 80 to “frequent,” and over 80 to “intense” feelings. Though both self-efficacy and IP account for a great number of studies in education andpsychology, we are unaware of any studies that have looked at both simultaneously.Interestingly, many of the factors measured by Clance’s scale suggest strong ties to self-efficacytheory. Feelings that successes cannot be repeated, for example, may be tied to students’assessments of their mastery experiences when they are forming their efficacy beliefs. Inaddition, students’ comparisons of their capabilities to those of their peers are vicariousexperiences which are also significantly influential on efficacy beliefs. In the case of an IPsufferer, the negative feelings associated with

Conference Session

Undergraduate Student Issues II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ann Sharon Lourens, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) Port Elizabeth South Africa

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Women in Engineering

well asacademic development to prepare WELA members for work and life. In 2013, in partnership with SCCDC colleagues, the university will embark on a longitudinalstudy to measure the self-efficacy of women engineering students before and after the WELAinterventions at the university. It is also envisaged that an international university will beinvolved in the study as from 2014. The longitudinal study will provide a clear indication of thesuccess of the WELA programme in influencing feelings of self-efficacy in women engineeringstudents who have taken part in it. To determine the success of the WELA LDP, several roleplayers will be asked to complete questionnaires, including the WELA LDP participants andtheir mentors.The results of the

Conference Session

Undergraduate Student Issues: Culture

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lorelle A Meadows, University of Michigan; Denise Sekaquaptewa, University of Michigan

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Women in Engineering

learning and understanding isoptimized by taking an active role in collaborative or cooperative learning settings. However,the presence of gender bias on teams has been shown to diminish the effectiveness of activeparticipation38, resulting in fewer opportunities to develop self-confidence and a sense of self-efficacy in the field. Self-efficacy is defined by social science researchers as an individual’sjudgment of his or her own abilities to accomplish a specific task or objective39. Research in theSTEM fields suggests that students with high self-efficacy show greater cognitive engagement inrelated tasks40, and set more challenging goals with stronger commitment. In addition, researchreveals that men achieve higher levels of self-efficacy in

Conference Session

K-12 Programs (Co-sponsored by K-12 Division)

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeanne Hubelbank, WPI Evaluation Consulting; Chrysanthe Demetry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Shelley Errington Nicholson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Stephanie Blaisdell, Independent Consultant; Paula Quinn, Independent Consultant; Elissa Rosenthal, Marketing Research Consultant; Suzanne Sontgerath, Independent Consultant

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Women in Engineering

chosen in the random lottery (controlgroup). Results indicate that, in comparison to the control group, Camp Reach participants weresignificantly more likely to attend a public high school specializing in mathematics and scienceand also more likely to enroll in elective math and science courses in high school. While a higherfraction of the Camp Reach group chose engineering majors upon college entry, the differencedid not reach statistical significance. Grouping all STEM-related majors together, choices of theCamp Reach and control groups were not significantly different. Furthermore, there were nosignificant differences in the engineering self-efficacy and other measures of efficacy betweenthe Camp Reach and control groups.Introduction and

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Behzad Beigpourian, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

the analysisFigure 1. Adaptation of the PRISMA flowchart for described search process [12] ResultsWe analyzed the remaining 18 articles that investigated race and gender in engineeringteamwork at U.S. institutions. Two of these articles studied race [13], [14], and ten paperswere related to gender [15]–[24]. Another six papers investigated both race and gender [25]–[30]. For better understanding papers’ results, we categorized them and each differentcategory describing one facet of teamwork covered by papers: collaboration, communication,leadership and self-efficacy, peer evaluation, perceptions of professors and students, teameffectiveness and outcome, and team formation. We extracted any

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Denise Wilson, University of Washington

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

study. All participation was voluntary, and students were informed that theirsurvey responses would remain confidential. In several courses, students were incentivized witha nominal amount of extra credit for the course in which they were recruited. All studentscompleted an electronic survey online and outside of class. Surveys were collected withidentifying information so that duplicates could be removed before aggregating data for analysis.All results were cross-sectional. Students reported their perceptions of various items related toengagement, belonging, effort, peer harassment, task value, self-efficacy, TA and facultyinteractions, and measures of course achievement as well as responding to demographic items.Data AnalysisThe data were

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Maija A. Benitz, Roger Williams University; Lillian Clark Jeznach, Roger Williams University; Selby M. Conrad, Roger Williams University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

the northeastern US. The survey is administered twiceeach academic year to explore self-efficacy, belongingness, preparedness, and engagement, bothlongitudinally and cross-sectionally. In March 2020, our university quickly pivoted to remotelearning in response to the outbreak of COVID-19 and in the fall of 2020 our campus re-openedfor hybrid learning. The abrupt changes in higher education, brought on by the current publichealth crisis, affect students’ learning and mental health, in ways that will likely be long lasting.To measure the impacts of the pandemic on engineering students, twenty Likert-type screenerquestions were added to the survey, which was re-administered in June 2020 and again inSeptember 2020. This paper shares findings from

Conference Session

Recruitment & Retention of Women I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder; Lauren Marie Glogiewicz, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Women in Engineering

levels of self-efficacy willmake students want to strive to not only finish their class work but do it well, and can be thefoundation for greater student success. This model of self-efficacy applies to everyone inengineering, and is strongly related to women’s persistence in engineering. It has beensuggested that many talented women have a lower self-concept of their ability in mathematicsand science which contributes to their decision to leave male dominated fields.One’s grade point average (GPA), the direct measure of academic performance, contributes to astudent’s decision to stay or leave a major. More specifically, the first-year GPA stronglyinfluences student retention.2 In a study at Central Michigan University, it was concluded thathigh

Conference Session

WIED Olio

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenna P. Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University; D. Patrick O'Neal, Louisiana Tech University; Lori L. Bakken, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Women in Engineering

research self-efficacy and the introducton of social cognitive career theory in the training of physician- scientists. Page 22.390.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Creating a Culture of Success for Women in STEM - the ADVANCEing Faculty Program at Louisiana Tech University The ADVANCEing Faculty Program in the College of Engineering and Science at LouisianaTech University is a four-year NSF ADVANCE PAID project that utilizes a college-wide,systematic, sustainable approach for advancing women faculty in STEM. The Program aims toeducate all faculty and specifically

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Courtney Green P.E.

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

school. In fact, Cass, Hazari, Sadler, andSonnert [10] found that only 280 out of 6,860 engineering students were interested in pursuing anengineering career at the beginning of high school. As the nation’s need for highly qualified engineering professionals grows, policymakersand educators have focused their efforts in increasing recruitment and retention of womenpursuing post-secondary engineering degrees and engineering careers. While self-efficacy hasbeen found to be a significant factor in predicting academic success of women pursuing non-traditional career paths, such as engineering [11] the exact nature of how engineering curriculumand engineering contexts impacts self-efficacy for women remains unclear [9]. Exploring thefactors

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristina Rigden, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Mariappan Jawaharlal, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Nicole Gutzke, Cal Poly Pomona

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

becoming a critical job skill of the future. When one learns coding, it can help lay out aplan, evaluate the methodology, troubleshoot problems, and implement a strategy. STEM Confidence Albert Bandura’s self-efficacy theory will be used to define STEM confidence. AlbertBandura’s self-efficacy theory is developed in the field of behavioral change and he states that“…cognitive processes mediate change but that cognitive events are induced and altered mostreadily by experience of mastery arising from effective performance” [11]. The mastery that arisesfrom this effective performance is defined as confidence. Confidence is the self-belief in people’scompetence or chance to successfully complete a task [12

Conference Session

Faculty Career Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenna P. Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University; D. Patrick O'Neal, Louisiana Tech University; Lori L. Bakken, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Women in Engineering

perspective10,11 that considers the multiple environments centralto one’s life and work. Relevant to this project, the authors advocated that attention be given tothe multiple environments of research, academia and home/family life that create numerous andoften competing expectations and demands on one’s work life. These multiple environmentsinteract with personal characteristics (e.g. gender, race) to influence career behaviors, confidencein one’s ability to do research (research self-efficacy), and the outcomes one expects from aresearch career (career self-efficacy). These factors, in turn, predict one’s initial or sustained Page 25.932.3interest in a

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Women in Engineering Division: Faculty and Gender Issues

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ari Turrentine, VentureWell

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

, and sexual harassment. Second, this base of discrimination may influenceidentified behavioral and attitudinal barriers such as women faculty’s lower self-efficacy andconfidence, lower productivity, and higher risk-aversion. Third, discrimination and attitudinalbarriers come into play when considering the differences women experience navigating work-lifebalance such as marriage and parenting, and inclusion in critical networks. Finally, taking all ofthe listed factors into consideration, a picture emerges around why women faculty in engineeringare not participating in academic commercialization education and training at the same rate astheir male counterparts

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Anu Osta, Rowan University; Jennifer Kadlowec, Baldwin Wallace University; Alissa Papernik; Amanda Ferreira Dias-Liebold, Rowan University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Studying the Factors affecting Women Recruitment and Retention in Engineering Alissa Papernik, Amanda Dias-Liebold, Anu Osta, Jennifer Kadlowec Rowan University, Glassboro, NJAbstractWomen in engineering face different challenges than men in engineering programs due toengineering being a male dominated field. This impacts their recruitment, retention, and futurecareer paths. Women often face issues such as lowered sense of self-efficacy, poorer groupexperiences, and less stable support networks. The goal of this multi-semester study was to findthe factors that help recruit and retain women engineering

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juebei Chen, Shanghai Jiaotong University; Jiabin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Tianyi Zheng, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

engineering,while the lowest, 14 %, in computer-science in 2014 [4]. Some prior studies indicatedthat the low representation of females in engineering program was closely associatedwith gender differences observed in students’ learning experience, self-efficacy andlearning outcomes [5][6][7]. Others, moreover, observed that gender differences in termsof students’ self-efficacy, engagement level and performance presented significantchallenges to the teaching and learning process in engineering education [7].Particular challenges for female students have been observed in the team-workingenvironment of a project-based learning process [8]. Project-based Teaching, as one ofthe core teaching methods, has been widely adopted in engineering education

Conference Session

Focus on High School Girls in Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Porche, Wellesley Center for Women; Jennifer Grossman, Wellesley Center for Women; Anne Noonan, Salem State College; Peter Wong, Tufts University

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Women in Engineering

support from science teachers, while interest andaspirations for mathematics study was associated with math self-efficacy, math salience, andsupport from math teachers. Gender ideology also played a role, but in the opposite directionexpected.To shed additional light on these findings, we analyzed data from Key Informant interviewsconducted with several local and national STEM leaders. Themes from the Key Informantinterviews included attention to extracurricular activities (infrastructural issues, socioeconomicsupport, the need to support adults in their work with urban youth, specific challenges associatedwith after-school STEM opportunities) and messages to girls regarding STEM involvement(gender-specific messages that can discourage or

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vemitra M White, Mississippi State University; Sarah B. Lee, Mississippi State University; Litany H Lineberry, Mississippi State University; Jessica Ivy, Mississippi State Universitt; C. Danielle Grimes, Mississippi State University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

Women in MississippiAbstractThe NSF INCLUDES Mississippi Alliance for Women in Computing (MSAWC) strives to:generate interest and participation of women in computing; improve recruitment and retentionrates of women in undergraduate computing majors; and help post-secondary women make atransition to the computing workforce. Activities designed to engage girls and young womenwith computing, emphasizing computational thinking and cybersecurity knowledge andawareness, and to illuminate a pathway forward are hosted and facilitated through Alliancepartnerships.The authors will describe a project-based approach to facilitating learning among K-12 students.By engaging students at an early age, we believe we can promote the development of self-efficacy

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Retaining and Developing Women Faculty in STEM

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenna P. Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University; D. Patrick O'Neal, Louisiana Tech University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

from a social cognitive perspective10,11 thatconsiders the multiple environments central to one’s life and work. Relevant to thisproject, the authors advocated that attention be given to the multiple environments ofresearch, academia and home/family life that create numerous and often competingexpectations and demands on one’s work life. These multiple environments interactwith personal characteristics (e.g. gender, race) to influence career behaviors,confidence in one’s ability to do research (research self-efficacy), and the outcomes oneexpects from a research career (career self-efficacy). These factors, in turn, predict one’sinitial or sustained interest in a research career pathway. This theoretical framework isimportant because it

Conference Session

Institutional Transformations

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenna P. Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University; D. Patrick O'Neal, Louisiana Tech University

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Women in Engineering

reviews of social science research,lunchtime seminars focused on gender issues, a faculty mentoring program, an allies programfor male faculty, and a worklife policy effort. Some aspects of the program have beenexpanded to address issues of women undergraduate and graduate students through seminarsfor graduate students, training for freshman faculty, and workshops for undergraduatestudents. Program assessment to-date suggests that women faculty have made some gains inwork self-efficacy and job satisfaction. Their perceptions of the quality of interactions withcolleagues have also shown improvement. Survey data suggests that more than half of thewomen faculty report increased professional self-confidence as a result of the program.Women faculty

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Strategies Beyond the Classroom to Tackle Gender Issues

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nora Madjar, University of Connecticut; Bryan Douglas Huey, University of Connecticut; Leslie M. Shor, University of Connecticut

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

. TheChronbach alpha reliability of the items was .75 and we averaged them to create an IntrinsicMotivation/Excitement index.Self-efficacy/confidence in STEM activities: To measure the importance of self-confidence weasked students to 1) Assess their STEM abilities; 2) how they are doing in STEM-relatedcourses; 3) Where they position themselves among other students in the courses related to theirmajor. For all items students were asked to use a 7-point Likert scale. The reliability of the threeitems was .70 and we averaged them to form a self-efficacy/confidence in STEM activitiesindex.Career goal – social impact: One of the factors identified as an important determinant of careerchoice is having the potential for social impact. We asked participants to

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Mary Kay Camarillo P.E., University of the Pacific; Eileen Kogl Camfield, University of California at Merced

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

industry working on water and wastewater treatment infrastructure projects.Dr. Eileen Kogl Camfield, University of California at Merced Since 1997, Eileen has been a college instructor, curriculum designer, and faculty pedagogy coordinator. She spent five years as Director of a University Writing Program, which included leading faculty learn- ing communities for Writing in the Disciplines. She subsequently served as the Executive Director of Student Academic Success Services. Eileen’s deep commitment to advancing equity, diversity and inclu- sion connects with her research interests pertaining to student success, writing self-efficacy development, resilience theory, and authentic assessment. At UC Merced, she has a dual