Conference Session

Undergraduate Student Issues: Persistence

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cate Samuelson, University of Washington; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington

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Women in Engineering

Paper ID #6686Seeing the Big Picture: The Role that Undergraduate Work Experiences CanPlay in the Persistence of Female Engineering UndergraduatesMs. Cate Samuelson, University of Washington Cate Samuelson is a Doctoral Candidate in Education and Leadership Policy Studies at the University of Washington. She also works as a Research Assistant at the University of Washington (UW) Center for Workforce Development (CWD), where she conducts qualitative research and analysis on the Project to Assess Climate in Engineering (PACE) project. Her research interests include P-20 school-community relations and community capacity

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sreerenjini C. Nair, University of the Incarnate Word; Michael Frye, University of the Incarnate Word

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

school girls.The primary goal of the camp was to introduce more female students into STEM, especially, thefield of engineering through robotic projects and competitions, simple programming, guestspeakers, and STEM based field trips. There were 26 camp participants representing variousschool districts of San Antonio with a special emphasis of recruiting from underrepresentedcommunities. The camp was planned, coordinated, and directed by the authors who were also theprincipal investigators of the miniGEMS program. Additionally, five undergraduate researchassistants from the AVS Lab and three middle school teachers from the local school districtshelped with the prior planning and the entire management of the daily camp activities. The campwas

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cristina Poleacovschi, Iowa State University; Scott Grant Feinstein, Iowa State University; Stephanie Luster-Teasley, North Carolina A&T State University; Meghan Berger M.A., North Carolina A & T State University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

issues in counseling. Meghan earned her master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Xavier University of Louisiana. There, she gained experience working on an in- terdisciplinary research project within education, specifically exploring how stereotype vulnerability and sense of belonging impacts African American engineering students. In the clinical setting, she focuses on culturally relevant therapeutic interventions with various client populations. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 An Intersectional Perspective to Studying Microaggressions: An Overview of the Current Scholarship Dr. Cristina Poleacovschi, Assistant Professor

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gloria Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Lili Ma, New York City Colledge of Technology

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

Paper ID #20020Retaining Female Students in a Robotics ProgramDr. Gloria Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology Gloria Ma is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Technology. She has been teaching robotics with Lego Mindstorm to ME freshmen for several years. She is actively involved in community services of offering robotics workshops to middle- and high-school girls. Her research interests are dynamics and system modeling, geometry modeling, project based engineering design, and robotics in manufacturing.Dr. Lili Ma, New York City Colledge of Technology Professor Ma received her Ph.D. in

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

leadership roles, exploringpathways to STEM leadership, and developing a personal plan for professional growth. Thefourth year also culminates with the honors project or thesis, taken over two semesters. Studentsdevelop their own research plans, engineering design projects, or theses, and present their workat the end-of-year symposium. They develop an in-depth understanding of identifying andsolving STEM problems and effectively communicating their work to the general public. TheWISE curriculum and associated timeline are summarized in Table 1.Table 1WISE Curricular Sequence for Undergraduate STEM Majors FALL SPRING ANY SEMESTER FOCUS First Year Introduction to University

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jiahui Song, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Douglas Eric Dow, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Gloria Guohua Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Weihui Li, Biomedical Engineering, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Lili Ma, New York City College of Technology

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

. Gloria Guohua Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology Gloria Ma is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Technology. She has been teaching robotics with Lego Mindstorm to ME freshmen for several years. She is actively involved in community services of offering robotics workshops to middle- and high-school girls. Her research in- terests are dynamics and system modeling, geometry modeling, project based engineering design, and robotics in manufacturing.Dr. Weihui Li, Biomedical Engineering, Wentworth Institute of Technology Weihui Li received her B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Tsinghua University and her PhD from Tulane University. She was also a research fellow in Beth Israel Deaconess Medical

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shafagh Jafer, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

simulation, software engineering, and integrated modeling environments. Dr. Jafer has been previously involved in projects dealing with mod- eling and simulation of natural disasters as well as emergency response to natural fire. She is currently conducting research in disaster engineering, modeling and simulation in aviation, and large-scale NAS (National Airspace System) data analysis. Dr. Jafer has served as committee member and organizer of the Annual Spring Simulation conference, and she is now the co-chair of the Annual Simulation Symposium (ANSS). She will be serving as the Proceedings Chair of the Spring Simulation 2015 conference. Dr. Jafer values and promotes women in Science and Technology and is an active

Conference Session

Issues of Diversity

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carol Burger, Virginia Tech; Soyoung Lee, Virginia Tech; Anne Laughlin, Virginia Tech; Peggy Meszaros; Elizabeth Creamer, Virginia Tech

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Women in Engineering

projects.Soyoung Lee, Virginia Tech Soyoung Lee, Ph.D., Post-doctoral Fellow, Women in Information Technology project, Virginia Tech, USA. She has written and presented 13 papers and over 10 posters about Korean immigrants, women in information technology, decision making, community capacity, family life education, and parent-child relationships at national- and international- level conferences and symposia.Anne Laughlin, Virginia Tech Anne Laughlin, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Virginia Tech, USA. Past roles include: Assistant Director for Virginia Tech’s Career Services Office, and Applications Analyst for Virginia Tech’s Web Application Research and

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Litany H Lineberry, Mississippi State University; Sarah B. Lee, Mississippi State University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

as acareer path, it is imperative that we engage participants early in life [6]. By engagingparticipants in computer science at an early age, we can promote the development of self-efficacy in computing before adolescent opinions are formed that may discourage girls fromseeking curricular or co-curricular experiences in computing [7]. A study by the National GirlsCollaborative Project states that although women earn 57.3% of bachelor degrees in all fields in2013 and 50.3% of science and engineering bachelor degrees, only about 17.9% of womenreceive these degrees in computer science [8].To engage diverse populations in computing, we need to better understand how to supportparticipants in navigating conflicts between identities with computing

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Understanding and Improving Female Faculty Experiences in STEM

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Kasi Jackson, West Virginia University ; Joel Alejandro Mejia, Angelo State University; Maja Husar Holmes, West Virginia University; Rachel R. Stoiko, West Virginia University

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity, Engineering Deans Council

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Women in Engineering

published in Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, International Journal of Public Administration, and Energy Policy.Dr. Rachel R. Stoiko, West Virginia University Dr. Rachel Stoiko is a postdoctoral fellow at West Virginia University. She is interested in the intersections of gender, work, and family. Specifically, she works on projects related to career decision-making and development, institutional diversity and inclusivity, and student success in STEM. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 1 Dialogues toward Gender Equity: Engaging Engineering

Conference Session

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

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Virnoche, Humboldt State University; Elizabeth Eschenbach, Humboldt State University

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Women in Engineering

Engineering. She completed a postdoc at the Center for Advanced Decision Support in Water and Environmental Systems (CADSWES) at UC Boulder. Beth’s career goals include increasing the diversity of engineering students and improving education for all engineering students. Three of Beth’s current projects are: 1) an NSF planning project for the Collaborative Large-scale Engineering Analysis Network for Environmental Research, 2) an NSF Scientific Leadership Scholars project providing 4-year scholarships to 30 students in computer science, environmental recourses engineering and mathematics and 3) a water resources curriculum project using CADSWES software

Conference Session

Focus on Faculty

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Koonce, Ohio University; Valerie Conley, Ohio University; Cindy Anderson, Ohio University

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Women in Engineering

institutions.This study examines factors associated with community college female faculty members’academic career success and employment outcomes in STEM fields using secondary data fromthe 2004 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF).IntroductionWhat is academic success? This paper looks into a specific group in higher education, femalefaculty teaching STEM topics at two year schools. This work is part of a larger NSFADVANCE grant looking at the overall success of said faculty. In that project, national data willbe used to develop a success measure, and faculty will be interviewed to assess the quality of themeasure and to identify factors to success not captured by national surveys like NSOPF.A crucial part of that research is building a success

Conference Session

Recruitment & Retention of Women I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lois Calian Trautvetter, Northwestern University; Rose M. Marra, University of Missouri, Columbia; Lisa R. Lattuca, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Katie L. Piacentini, University of Missouri - Columbia; David B. Knight, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Women in Engineering

Professor at the University of Missouri in the School of Information Science and Learning Technologies. She is Director of Research of the NSF-funded Assessing Women and Men in Engineering (AWE) and Assessing Women in Student Environments (AWISE) projects, and a co-principal investigator for the National Girls Collaborative project. Dr. Marra teaches course on assessment, evaluation and the design and implementation of effective online learning experiences.Lisa R. Lattuca, Pennsylvania State University, University ParkKatie L. Piacentini, University of Missouri - ColumbiaMr. David B Knight, Pennsylvania State University, University Park David Knight is a PhD candidate in the Higher Education Program at Pennsylvania State

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kathleen Buse, Advancing Women in the Workforce; Lyndsey McMillon-Brown, NASA Glenn Research Center; L. Nicole Smith, NASA Glenn Research Center; Brian P. Kirkmeyer, Miami University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

opportunities for underrepresented individuals in STEM fields.L. Nicole Smith, NASA Glenn Research Center Nicole Smith is the Chief of the Exploration Systems Office at NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleve- land, Ohio. She most recently was the project manager for Artemis I Testing at NASA’s Plum Brook Station. She has been with NASA for 20 years. She has a BA in Mathematics and Statistics and a BS in Aeronautics from Miami University, and an MS in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Cincin- nati. She has worked engineering, mission operations, and program management for the International Space Station and Orion Programs at both NASA’s Johnson Space Center and Glenn Research Center, with a brief tenure on Capitol

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Rohlfing, Arizona State University; Erin Kube, Arizona State University; Brandon Yabko, Arizona State University; Erika Murguia, Arizona State University; Jennifer Bekki, Arizona State University Polytechnic; Bianca Bernstein, Arizona State University

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Women in Engineering

AC 2009-914: IMPROVING STEM DOCTORAL STUDENTS’ RELATIONSHIPSWITH THEIR ADVISORS: WEB-BASED TRAINING IN INTERPERSONALPROBLEM SOLVINGJessica Rohlfing, Arizona State University Jessica E. Rohlfing is a Ph.D. student in Counseling Psychology at Arizona State University. She currently works as the lead research assistant of evaluation on CareerWISE, an NSF-funded project aimed at strengthening women doctoral students' persistence in STEM fields. She earned her M.S. in General Psychology from DePaul University, and she has BS degrees in psychology and sociology from Iowa State University. Her broad research interests include interpersonal theory and the examination of the interpersonal

Conference Session

Retaining Women Engineering Students

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Creamer, Virginia Tech; Peggy Meszaros, Virginia Tech; Catherine Amelink, Virginia Tech

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Women in Engineering

. Differences in these results may be dueto different emphasis placed in the two studies on in- and out-of-class engagement.Goodman’s measures emphasized engagement in out-of-class activities, such as inactivities sponsored by a Women in Engineering Club, while most of the questionnaireitems in the engagement variable used here, involve in-class behaviors such as serving asa leader in a group project in an engineering class.The single most important message from this research is that attending to elements of theeducational experience, such as students’ perceptions about the competition for gradesand respect shown by peers, have more impact on women’s than men’s persistence, butthey play a significant role in both. Institutions that focus on altering

Conference Session

FPD V: Gender and Engineering Education: A Panel Discussion and Workshop

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yevgeniya V. Zastavker, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Debbie Chachra, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Caitrin Lynch, Olin College of Engineering; Alisha L. Sarang-Sieminski, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Lynn Andrea Stein, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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First-Year Programs, Women in Engineering

AC 2011-2916: GENDER SCHEMAS, PRIVILEGE, MICRO-MESSAGING,AND ENGINEERING EDUCATION: PRACTICAL LESSONS FROM THE-ORYYevgeniya V. Zastavker, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Yevgeniya V. Zastavker is an Associate Professor of Physics at Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering. Her research interests lie at the intersection of project-based learning and gender studies with specific emphasis on the curricula and pedagogies implemented in the first-year engineering programs.Debbie Chachra, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Debbie Chachra is an Associate Professor of Materials Science at Olin College, where she has been in- volved in the development and evolution of the engineering curriculum since she joined the

Conference Session

Recruitment & Retention of Women I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Priti N. Mody-Pan, University of Washington; Suzanne G. Brainard, University of Washington

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Women in Engineering

AC 2011-1290: INTERSECTIONS OF GENDER AND RACE IN ENGI-NEERING EDUCATIONElizabeth Litzler, University of Washington Elizabeth Litzler is the Director for Research at the UW Center for Workforce Development (CWD). Her research interests include the educational climate for undergraduate and graduate students and gender stratification in education and the workforce. As the Director for Research at CWD, Liz is the Research Manager for the Sloan-funded Project to Assess Climate in Engineering (PACE). She is external evalu- ator for NCWIT and NCWIT-Extension Services for Undergraduate Programs and the NSF ADVANCE program at UW. She is a member of the American Sociological Association, the American Society for

Conference Session

Reports from ADVANCE Institutions

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen P. Constant, Iowa State University

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Women in Engineering

underrepresented minorities at ISU. Not all of their currentactivities will continue after NSF funding for ISU ADVANCE has expired, but the intent is tomaintain those roles that are critical to sustaining the goals of ADVANCE. The project focusedon just three colleges (College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS), Engineering (ENG),and Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS)), and the Deans of these colleges have approved a plan forthree additional years of continued support (from 2011-14).Recently (2010), ISU was also awarded an NSF grant in the competition for Innovation throughInstitutional Integration (I3), which is administered through the program on Research on Genderin Science & Engineering. Funding will support a new initiative at ISU

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teresa J. Cutright, University of Akron; Lakiesha N. Williams, Mississippi State University; Linda T Coats; Debora F Rodrigues, University of Houston (CoE); Judit Eva Puskas; Frank "Fritz" J Claydon, University of Houston (CoE)

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

science pursuing an industrial position.20 Some of the activities provide newcomputer scientists with opportunities to interact with senior researchers and government agencyrepresentatives. The website also contains statistical information and publications. There aretwo primary differences between the CRA-W program and the project described in this paper:the CRA-W focuses on computer science and industrial research. The project described in thispaper was for engineering underrepresented minorities pursuing academic careers.The goal of this paper is to describe the approach and preliminary results of a National ScienceFoundation (NSF) sponsored workshop to broaden the participation of underrepresentedminorities who are engineers from senior

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Strategies Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder; Amanda S. Parker, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beth A. Myers, University of Colorado Boulder

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

slate of programs to address diversifying goals on multiple frontsgreatly vary. Decisions about which K-12 activities to offer range from whether to host small tolarge size events, the design of an activity with respect to the appeal for younger, high school,minority and/or women students and whether to host it on campus or at a local school. Creatingand executing retention initiatives to support students once on campus may involve determiningthe amount of scholarship support necessary, teaching strategies to help students build anacademic community and maintaining pathways to involve more diverse students in research.An institution’s diversity slate may include individual projects resulting from faculty grants thatcreate a one-time outreach or

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jocelyn LaChelle Jackson, University of Michigan; Jeremi S London, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Joi-lynn Mondisa, University of Michigan; Stephanie G. Adams, University of Texas at Dallas

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

workshop and research project focused on their unique challengesand strategies that enable them to survive and thrive in the academy. This paper summarizes the outcomesof the Intergenerational Mentoring Workshop held Summer 2019 and aims to equip the broaderengineering education community with insights for supporting this endangered demographic. Theworkshop was attended by 24 African American women engineering faculty who represented a widerange of roles in the academy. The day-long workshop consisted of multiple sessions in whichparticipants shared their insights, challenges, and promising solutions. This paper includes the results ofqualitative and quantitative data collected from a focus group with a subset of participants, observationsmade by

Conference Session

Climate Issues for Women Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Sheila Edwards Lange, University of Washington

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Women in Engineering

undergraduate and graduate students. The researchpresented here uses an observation about the context of education to frame the research project;and locates the project within the realm of previous research on educational climate. This projecttests the null hypothesis that the context of education does not matter for women’s experience ofclimate. Figure 1 indicates the conceptual framework utilized by this research. The mainvariables of interest are in a bold font.Figure 1. Conceptual Framework of Research Classroom Experiences Laboratory Experiences Relationship with Faculty Climate Retention Professional Development Work/Family BalanceThe contexts in which students are educated are different at the undergraduate and

Conference Session

ADVANCE and Related Faculty Issues

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen L. Kitto, Western Washington University; Sue Guenter-Schlesinger, Western Washington University

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Women in Engineering

, most importantly, find and focus on the barriers that impede theadvancement of women faculty within the College of Sciences and Technology (CST). Onecomponent of the project was the development of a climate survey, which was based uponprevious surveys at ADVANCE (research-intensive) universities, but was specifically adapted toaddress faculty issues unique to comprehensive universities. The development of our surveyinvolved our Faculty Leadership Team (FLT), our department chairs/directors, and several otherfaculty members. This paper focuses on the findings from the comprehensive institution climatesurvey that we developed, which consisted of approximately 100 questions in seven areas ofclimate indicators: employment demographics, job

Conference Session

WIED: Faculty and Gender Issues

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cristina Poleacovschi, University of Colorado, Boulder; Amy Javernick-Will, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Women in Engineering

Paper ID #9839The Use and Misuse of ”Gender” and ”Sex” Terminologies in Civil Engineer-ing LiteratureCristina Poleacovschi, University of Colorado-Boulder I am a PhD student at the University of Colorado-Boulder studying Construction Engineering in Man- agement. My two areas of research interest are in construction global projects and gender issues in engineering. Prior to coming to Boulder I have received my MS in Civil Engineering from University of Alabama in Huntsville.Dr. Amy Javernick-Will, University of Colorado, Boulder Dr. Amy Javernick-Will is an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder in the

Conference Session

Research on Diversification & Inclusion

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Brewer, University of Georgia; Nicola Sochacka, University of Georgia; Joachim Walther, University of Georgia

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, New Engineering Educators, Student, Women in Engineering

Michael’s retrospective reflections on and systematic analysis of threeencounters he had with various members of his college during his freshman year. It is importantto point out that at the times when these encounters took place, Michael had not yet begunworking on the research project described above [12]. In other words, the encounters took place innatural settings and were not influenced or prompted by the goals and purposes of this study.As described above, the purpose of embarking on this exploratory study was to examine howstories ‘told’ about engineering in the public discourse influence, or “shape and reflect” [12],communications at an institutional level. The focus of the empirical analysis was therefore notthe stories that individuals

Conference Session

Issues of Diversity

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fonda Swimmer, Northern Arizona University; Karen Jarratt-Ziemski, Ft. Lewis College

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Women in Engineering

left out. Program content also varied, with someprograms focusing on activities such as job shadowing of professionals while others concentratedmore on hands-on project based learning. Page 12.956.11The goals for NAU’s STEP UP Engineering Camp were to stimulate and nurture interest in S &E careers through hands-on activities, providing multiple points of interaction with femaleengineering professionals who would be strong role models for participants, and allowingparticipants to get a glimpse of college life. Additionally, as Northern Arizona University islocated in Flagstaff, Arizona, adjacent to a number of Native American communities and

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention Topics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rose Mary Cordova-Wentling, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign; Steven Thomas, Lockheed Martin Corporation

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Women in Engineering

the positive aspects included:Teamwork oriented; results driven culture; and high accountability.This study examined both the positive and negative roles that workplace environment and cultureplay in the career development of women in information technology. The literature has describedthe IT workplace culture as having certain characteristics that are unique to the industry andunique to White male culture. The IT culture has been described as largely white, maledominated, anti-social, individualistic, and competitive. Although many of these workplacecharacteristics were supported by this study, it was the collaborative and teamwork orientedaspect of their workplace environment and working together on projects and building closerelationships

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 10

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

M. Teresa Cardador, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Karin Jensen, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Kelly J Cross, University of Nevada, Reno; Grisel Lopez-Alvarez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

with engineering department faculty, staff, advisors, andfemale students. By understanding how and why elective tracks become gendered withinengineering majors, we hope to identify effective strategies for improving the preparation ofwomen to pursue technical roles and career paths in their chosen field of study, with the broadgoal of improving the workplace retention of female engineers.As this project is ongoing, we plan to present preliminary results based on wave one (1)interviews with 30 female engineering students in their sophomore year (the year when electivetrack selections are made).Project Background and Theoretical FrameworkExisting research shows that men and women in gender-typed occupations – such as engineering– often

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Retaining and Developing Women Faculty

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jamie J Newman, Louisiana Tech University; Mary E Caldorera-Moore, Louisiana Tech University

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity, Engineering Deans Council

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Engineering and Public Policy, Women in Engineering

education is the development of aseminar series that brings nationally and internationally recognized leaders in biomedicalresearch to them. From this notion, The New Frontiers in Biomedical Research SeminarSeries was created. Given that the NSF “ADVANCE projects support institutionaltransformation in STEM,” support for the seminars was granted from Louisiana Tech’sprogram and quickly garnered support from the University and community, increasing localexposure to biomedical research and increasing exposure of the University across thecountry.Specifically, the goals of the New Frontiers in Biomedical Research Seminar Series and thevision shared by those involved include: ● Introducing the Louisiana Tech University to visiting faculty through