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K-12 Programs for Recruiting Women

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Karen White, Purdue University; Mara Wasburn, Purdue University

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2006-242: A PROTOCOL FOR EVALUATING WEB-BASED RESOURCES TOINTEREST GIRLS IN STEM CAREERSKaren White, Purdue University Karen F. White is a graduate student in the Department of Organizational Leadership in the College of Technology, Purdue UniversityMara Wasburn, Purdue University Mara H. Wasburn is Assistant Professor of Organizational Leadership in the College of Technology, Purdue University. Page 11.104.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A Protocol for Evaluating Web-Based Resources to Interest Girls in STEM Careers There is a quiet crisis

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Climate Issues for Women Students

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Elizabeth Creamer, Virginia Tech; Soyoung Lee, Virginia Tech; Peggy Meszaros

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2006-611: FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH WOMEN'S INTEREST INCOMPUTING FIELDSElizabeth Creamer, Virginia Tech Elizabeth Creamer is an associate professor of educational research in the Department of Educational Research and Policy Studies at Viginia Tech. She is the co-PI of the Women and Information Technology project funded by NSF, PI of a grant to assess the climate of engineering departments, and Director of Research and Assessment for the Virginia Tech Advance Project. Creamer's disciplinary background is in the field of higher education and her research insterests involve gender equity and faculty careers and work-family issues.Soyoung Lee, Virginia Tech Soyoung Lee is a graduate

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Ann Beheler, Collin County Community College

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2006-488: GIRLS ARE IT--A WORKSHOP FOR RECRUITING GIRLS INTOINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYAnn Beheler, Collin County Community College Ann Beheler is Dean/Executive Director of the Engineering and Emerging Technology Division of Collin County Community College and is a Ph.D. student at Walden University. She is responsible for continuing education and credit engineering and technology programs on all campuses as well as Distance Education and the Teaching and Learning Center for the district. Additionally, she manages a $2.46 million National Science Foundation grant for a Regional Center in Convergence Technology that focuses on furthering careers in the emerging career area of convergence

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Women & New Faculty Development

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Eve Riskin, University of Washington; Kate Quinn, University of Washington; Joyce Yen, University of Washington

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department. They become the role model forthe role models.”5To help department chairs gain the skills and information needed to address department culture,which would then support the effective implementation of policies such as family-friendlypolicies, the University of Washington’s National Science Foundation-funded ADVANCECenter for Institutional Change (CIC) received a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation topilot an annual two-day national leadership workshop for department chairs, deans, andemerging leaders. A particular emphasis of the workshop was work-life issues for faculty. Theworkshop was designed to address the disconnect that exists in American institutions of highereducation between the adoption of flexible career options as a

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Using Teams, Seminars & Research Opportunities for Retention

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Christine Hailey, Utah State University

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2006-1071: PILOT STUDY OF A “WOMEN IN ENGINEERING SEMINAR” THATIS RESPONSIVE TO REGIONAL ATTITUDESChristine Hailey, Utah State University Page 11.994.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Pilot Study of a “Women in Engineering Seminar” That Is Responsive to Regional AttitudesAbstractThe paper describes a pilot study of a one-hour seminar designed for incoming female freshmenstudents. The seminar includes many features of existing women in engineering seminarsincluding external guest speakers, introductions to the female faculty members, and presentationsby Career Services. Regionally conservative attitudes about family and

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Women Faculty Issues and NSF's ADVANCE program

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Cheryl Schrader, Boise State University; Janet Callahan; Amy Moll, Boise State University

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viewpoints inherentwith increased diversity. The development of a diverse faculty will provide mentors and rolemodels to attract and support an increasingly diverse student body that otherwise might notpursue a technical career. To create an academic culture that promotes diversity and equitywithin the faculty and administration and that provides a supportive environment and appropriatementors and role models for an increasingly diverse student body has become Boise StateUniversity’s priority. This paper includes data on our university’s representation of womenfaculty in science and engineering, including measurable progress in recent years that places usabove the national norm. Additionally, we provide focus group results on climate for

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International and Sustainability Perspectives and Women in Engineering

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Mike Murphy; Cecilia Chan, Dublin Institute of Technology

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Page 11.1456.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006Women, Engineering and Research – providing choice and balance? Women researchers in engineering remain a minority in both Higher Education and dAbstract“Research cannot reach its full potential when half the population is excluded from itsactivities”1. Women researchers in engineering remain a minority in both HigherEducation and industry in Ireland. Recent statistics of women graduating in science andengineering indicated an increase (a slow increase) but the numbers moving through tocompletion of PhD and careers in academia or industry remain quite low. Statistics onwomen in professorial and senior positions within the engineering sector also remainslow.The educated workforce

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Pat Pyke, Boise State University; Leandra Aburusa-Lete, Boise State University; Christa Budinoff, Visioneering LLC; Janet Callahan; Michael Luque, Boise School District; Cheryl Schrader, Boise State University; Michelle Taylor, Micron Technology, Inc.

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, media and marketing images may affect girls’ career choices in ways that steer girls indirections other than engineering. When planning the first-ever overnight engineering camp forhigh school girls hosted at Boise State University, the planning team decided to embracemarketing methods to create realistic images about engineering that are relevant to the lives ofgirls. The planning team represented a partnership among Micron Technology, the southwestIdaho Society of Women Engineers section, Boise public school staff, and Boise State Universityfaculty, staff and graduate students. The team defined four messages that formed the foundationfor curriculum development and communications with prospective participants: 1) Engineershelp the world; 2

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Women Faculty Issues and NSF's ADVANCE program

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Jana Renner Martinez, University of Texas-El Paso; Evelyn Posey, University of Texas-El Paso

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colleagues; lack of support from peers and administration;3,6,7,11 and dual careersituations where the spouse did not find work.7 Family issues also derail women, as they try totime additions to the family and tenure. In Sue Rosser’s study of academic women’s struggles,over 60 percent of women interviewed reported that balancing their career and family was aconcern.11The National Science Foundation funds the ADVANCE Institutional Transformation for FacultyDiversity program with the goal of increasing the representation of women in academic scienceand engineering careers. At the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), the ADVANCE missionis twofold: 1) to value a talented, diverse faculty and recognize that a collegial, productiveenvironment can be

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International and Sustainability Perspectives and Women in Engineering

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Alicia Abadie, Louisiana State University; Ann Christy, Ohio State University; Marybeth Lima, Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge

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. The1998 survey represents the pioneer generation of female faculty in BAE. It is our belief thatfollowing this group of faculty longitudinally will provide useful insights into the experiencesand career paths of women in all ranks of engineering as they “turn the corner” fromunderrepresented to critical mass.MethodsWe started with the original 47 item survey, which was developed with assistance from an expertpanel and LSU’s Measurement and Evaluation Resources Center (see Cauble et al., 2000, fordetails regarding survey administration and validation). We consolidated this instrument to 35items (see Appendix for a copy of the survey) and had this instrument approved by LSU’sInstitutional Review Board. The web sites of all BAE and similarly named

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Firouzeh Keshmiri, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Ann Bloor, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Mary Jo Wellenstein, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Education, 2006 Wisconsin and Hawaii WIT Partnership to Encourage Women and Girls in Rural Areas to Pursue STEM FieldsAbstractXXX in Milwaukee, Wis., is spearheading a new partnership with Hawaii’s XXXX toencourage women and girls living in rural areas to enter into science, technology, engineeringand math (STEM) fields. The partnership’s mission is to: • Ensure that women and girls, especially in rural areas, have more opportunities to be engaged in STEM careers. • Develop program models that can be adopted in the future by local organizations and institutionsThe Wisconsin and Hawaii Women in Technology projects are funded in part by the CooperativeState Research, Education, and Extension Service of the

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Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University; Susan Powers, Clarkson University; Mary Graham, Clarkson University

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Engineering Education, 2006 Partners in Engineering: Outreach efforts provide holistic engineering education for middle school girlsAbstractThe Partners in Engineering (PIE) program brings together 8th grade girls and female engineeringstudents from Clarkson University to experience mentoring, leadership, and real-life engineeringproblem solving. The program aims to empower young women to make informed and educatedchoices for advanced coursework and careers in engineering and technology-related fields. Ateam of female engineering student mentors teaches a three-week long engineering problemsolving unit to 8th grade technology classes, in which students apply an engineering

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Climate Issues for Women Students

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Rose Mary Cordova-Wentling, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign; Cristina Camacho, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

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2006-548: WOMEN ENGINEERS: FACTORS AND OBSTACLES RELATED TOTHE PURSUIT OF A DEGREE IN ENGINEERINGRose Mary Cordova-Wentling, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign Rose Mary Cordova-Wentling is a Professor of Human Behavior in Engineering in the Department of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering at the University of Illinois. Her research interests relate to the career development of women in management, information technology, and engineering. Her reseach also focuses on diversity and human behavior in engineering.Cristina Camacho, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign Cristina Camacho is a Graduate Student and Research Associate in the Department of Industrial and

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Women Faculty Issues and NSF's ADVANCE program

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Barb Silver, University of Rhode Island; G. Boudreaux-Bartels, University of Rhode Island; Helen Mederer, University of Rhode Island; Lynn Pasquerella, University of Rhode Island; Joan Peckham, University of Rhode Island; Mercedes River-Hudec, University of Rhode Island; Karen Wishner, University of Rhode Island

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. Boudreaux-Bartels has been very active with outreach activities that encourage young women or under represented ethnic minority students to consider careers in science, math or engineering. She has served as the faculty advisor for the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) for 20 years, and as interim faculty advisor for the URI National Society of Black Engineers and the URI Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers. She co-directed an annual URI summer Bridge program that introduces first year, female engineering students to careers in engineering. She participates in the annual URI SMILE (Science and Math in an Integrated Learning Environment) Engineering Design Challenge Weekend

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Preventing Marginalization of Underrepresented Students on Teams

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Paige Smith, University of Maryland-College Park; Linda Schmidt, University of Maryland-College Park; Patricia F. Mead; Stephanie Adams

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ofoptoelectronic products, and she was actively involved in engineering education reform. In 1997,Dr. Mead received the NSF Faculty Early CAREER Award in recognition of her combinedresearch and educational activities. Dr. Mead is the first African American woman to receive thePh.D. from the college of engineering at the University of Maryland, and she has been a FacultyFellow of the Hewlett Packard Company and a Doctoral Fellow of the Eastman Kodak Company(Rochester, NY), She has published numerous archival journal and conference papers on Page 11.700.3photonics and engineering education research.Stephanie G. Adams, Ph.D., Assistant Dean for Research and

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Women Faculty Issues and NSF's ADVANCE program

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Lisa Aultman-Hall, University of Connecticut; Britt Holmen, University of Connecticut

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Associations can contribute to increasing the number of women in engineering leadership roles.Advice to Individual Women EngineersThese accomplished women panelists from all types of organizations providedpersonal advice to individual women engineers that was valued by all. Thisguidance is also helpful for those who want to encourage or mentor individualwomen engineers. Women were encouraged to take risks and accept challenges.These challenges were identified as taking the form of technical challenges in newprojects as well as learning about other disciplines such as public policy orfinance. Knowledge of these other disciplines is needed for successfulengineering leadership. Young women were encouraged to develop a career planas soon as possible

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Women & New Faculty Development

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Julie Jessop, University of Iowa

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ticking, and you’re getting antsy. You’ve delayed starting a family because youwanted to get settled into your academic position; however, that doesn’t seem such a good ideanow that you’re approaching your mid-30’s. What factors should you consider in making thedecision to start your family? Once you’ve decided to take the plunge into family life, what arestrategies you can use to strike a balance between your family and career? Here, personalexperiences of several female engineering faculty members from the University of Iowa will beshared, along with tips from other resources. Topics include: (1) Negotiating with your supervisor [how will baby’s arrival affect your contributions to the department/college?]; (2

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1st Year Retention Programs for Women Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Whitney Edmister, Virginia Tech; Amanda Martin, Virginia Tech; Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech

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. Watford received the ASEE 2003 Minorities in Engineering award due to her efforts to increase the recruitment, retention, and graduation rates of under-represented students in engineering. She is currently working for the National Science Foundation as a rotator in the Division of Undergraduate Education.Whitney Edmister, Virginia Tech WHITNEY A. EDMISTER is the Assistant Director of the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Sate University. She received her M.S. in Counselor Education, Student Affairs Administration from Radford University, and M.S. in Career and Technical Education and B.S. in Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise both from

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Climate Issues for Women Students

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

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of climate, including whether gender was abarrier to a successful career in science, and whether women have to prove themselves more thanmen. Although the men and women in Ferreira’s study also had similar perceptions of the cultureof science, most of the data in general pointed to the perception of science as a masculinized andinflexible career.Department climate in terms of STEM graduate education is characterized by departmentaldifferences in the orientation and support provided to students, faculty expectations of andrelationships with graduate students, and the quality of student peer relationships2,6,16-18.Graduate education is decentralized and occurs under the auspices of academic disciplines anddepartments. Graduate students are

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International and Sustainability Perspectives and Women in Engineering

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Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado-Boulder

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engineering bachelor’s degrees awarded to women from 1999through 2004; values varied in different references2,3,4,5From 1990 to 1993, Seymour6 conducted interviews and focus groups with 335 current andformer science, mathematics and engineering (SME) majors or intended majors on sevencampuses in order to discover the relative importance of factors contributing to the loss ofundergraduates from these majors; 51.9% of all the study participants were women. Seymournotes: “In the process of developing and clarifying their career goals, however, women expressedmore altruism than men and were more likely to switch to career paths that reflectedhumanitarian goals or offered more satisfying work.”6 Based on this research finding, it was ofinterest to look

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Emma Seiler, Mississippi State University

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engineering discipline. Several students’comments indicated they gained a better understanding of engineering and what it takes tobecome an engineer. One student, an eleventh grader during the 2001 WISE Women programstated, “The camp gave me a window to see what exactly each field of engineering did and howeach field affects the daily lives of everyone around the world!” This student is now a senior inAerospace Engineering at Mississippi State University.Introduction Page 11.1337.2To promote careers in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology among the youth oftoday, the Bagley College of Engineering at Mississippi State University has an

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1st Year Retention Programs for Women Students

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Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University; Amanda Funai, University of Michigan; Allison Interrante, Northeastern University; Sara Wadia-Fascetti, Northeastern University; Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University

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Engineering tostrengthen the pathways for women and girls to pursue careers in engineering and science. Theprogram targets the transition points from middle school to high school, high school to college,and college to career. Connections program components at the college level are extensive andinclude scholarships, social programs, a freshman residence LLC (Learning Living Community),outreach programs, academic support, e-mentoring, and career preparation. The ConnectionsPhysics Review program was established as one of the early initiatives and has evolved over afive year period to become one of the key academic components. Physics was chosen becauseof its place in the engineering curriculum (required first year course) and because the problemsolving

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Using Teams, Seminars & Research Opportunities for Retention

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Carolyn Vallas, University of Virginia; Anaïs Miodek, University of Virginia; Larry Richards, University of Virginia

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degrees awarded in the U.S. at the undergraduate, mastersand doctoral level has declined from 1966 to 2001.2 In order to meet this increasing demand forengineers and other technologically trained professionals, the U.S. needs to boost interest inthese fields, and increase the pipeline to ultimately graduate more students at all levels in scienceand engineering.Research has shown that in the U.S., science, math and engineering fields are not highly desiredas academic or career options, in part because there is a serious disconnect between the subjectmaterial and its real-life applications.3 A research experience, especially at the undergraduatelevel, helps highlight the connection between technical engineering research and engineering’sbenefits to

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International and Sustainability Perspectives and Women in Engineering

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Nina Dahlmann, Technische Universitat Berlin, Inst. f. Mathematik; Sabina Jeschke, Technische Universitat Berlin, Inst. f. Mathematik; Christian Thomsen, Technische Universitat Berlin; Marc Wilke, Technische Universitat Berlin

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) who are not completely sure about what area of natural sciences is most appealing tothem, often causing them to “default” to courses like Biology and Chemistry. Furthermore, thesestudents tend to pursue a career in teaching, not as a researcher, later on.The structure of these studies with its multidisciplinary contents derived from Mathematics,Physics, Biology, Chemistry and Computer Sciences, are furthermore especially directedtowards the preferences of women. One potential problem of these courses may arise from thestrong experimental component of the studies. Due to their socialization, women oftenunderestimate their abilities7 and do not possess the same degree of experience inexperimentation as men. As mentioned above, experiment and

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Women Faculty Issues and NSF's ADVANCE program

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Catherine Pieronek, University of Notre Dame

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free ofgender-based discrimination.29 Moreover, an educational institution that provides career andplacement services has an obligation to ensure that employers who use campus facilities torecruit students for employment also abide by relevant nondiscrimination laws in theirrecruitment and employment practices.19 Usually, a statement assuring that the employer doesnot discriminate, signed by an appropriate employer representative, will suffice for thesepurposes. However, when confronted with evidence that an employer has not lived up to itsnondiscrimination obligations, an educational institution may have to take corrective actions thatcould include banning the employer from recruiting on campus or terminating a co-oparrangement with that

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1st Year Retention Programs for Women Students

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Susan Donohue, University of Virginia; Carolyn Vallas, University of Virginia

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morphological analysis12 using the components and features found inour survey which we thought would appropriately support the seminar’s pedagogic goal is onemethod for reviewing the range of possible implementations. A truncated sample of the resultingmorphological box is given in Table 1, below. This analysis also helped us to meet the mandatethat the seminar provide a learning experience that did not replicate services offered by otherUniversity programs, such as the SEAS Center for Engineering Career Development and UVa’sWomen’s Center. Providing a unique educational opportunity, we believe, will facilitateacceptance of and participation in the seminar.Table 1. Truncated Sample of the Morphological Box Used in the Seminar’s Design Process

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Dawn Farver, University of Arkansas; Carol Gattis, University of Arkansas

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careers. Journal of College Science Teaching 33: 24-26. 6. Huang, P.M. and S.G. Brainard. 2001. Identifying determinants of academic self-confidence among science, math, engineering and technology students. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering 7: 315-337. 7. Meinholt, C. and S.L. Murray.1999. Why aren’t there more women engineers? Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering 5: 239-263. 8. Nauta, M.M., D.L. Epperson and K.L. Waggoner. 1999. Perceived causes of success and failure: Are women’s attributions related to persistence in engineering majors? Journal of Research in Science Teaching 36(6): 663-676

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Joseph Urban, Arizona State University; Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Faye Navabi, Arizona State University; Debra Banks, Consultant

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1993-2004. She was named the SHPE Educator of the Year 2005 and selected for the National Engineering Award in 2003, the highest honor given by the American Association of Engineering Societies. In 2002 the Society of Women Engineers named her the Distinguished Engineering Educator. She has received many other awards for her support of students. An ASEE Fellow, she is a frequent speaker on the career opportunities in engineering, especially for women and minority students.Faye Navabi, Arizona State University FAYE NAVABI is a lecturer in the Department of Computer Science in the Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State University. She teaches CSE 110, Introduction to JAVA.Debra Banks, Consultant