Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Donna C. Llewellyn, Boise State University; Vicki Stieha, Boise State University; Ann E. Delaney, Boise State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

a statistically significant positive long-term effect onparticipants’ perceptions of engineering. Overall, the study showed the benefits of usingnumerous role-models in the program (such as graduate students and faculty in STEM fields, andhigh school girls with STEM interests), reinforcing what many other programs have shown.Ivey and Palazolo12 conducted a study of an engineering outreach program that began in 2004,in Memphis. This program, a one-week session with an emphasis on girls from minority groupstraditionally underrepresented in STEM, was to increase the number of girls pursuing careers inSTEM fields. While only 10% of participants responded to the survey, results showed that 73%of the respondents changed their middle/high school