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

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Elsa Camargo, Virginia Tech; Ashley Wood, Virginia Tech; Margaret E. Layne, Virginia Tech

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Paper ID #13278The Impact of Work/Life Balance Policies on Faculty CareersElsa Camargo, Virginia Tech Elsa Camargo is a doctoral candidate in the Higher Education Program at Virginia Tech. She holds a M.A. in Hispanic Studies and a B.A. in English and Spanish from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her research interests include career advancement of underrepresented faculty, diversity and inclusion, and faculty work-life.Ms. Ashley Wood, Virginia TechMs. Margaret E Layne, Virginia Tech Peggy Layne, P.E., joined Virginia Tech in 2003 as director of AdvanceVT, a National Science Foundation sponsored program to

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Two Body Solutions: Strategies for the Dual-Career Job Search

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Shannon Ciston, University of California, Berkeley; Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University; Christopher M Weyant, Drexel University; Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Jacquelyn Kay Nagel, James Madison University; Amber L. Genau, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Kristina M. Wagstrom, University of Connecticut; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University

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Paper ID #11885Two Body Solutions: Strategies for the Dual-Career Job SearchDr. Shannon Ciston, University of California, Berkeley Shannon Ciston is a Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Education in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Ciston holds degrees in chemical engineering from Northwestern University (PhD) and Illinois Institute of Technology (BS). She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in technical communications and applied pedagogy, and conducts engineering education research.Dr. Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University Katy

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Women in Engineering Division: Faculty and Gender Issues

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Coleen Carrigan, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo; Eve A. Riskin, University of Washington; Kathleen O'Leary, University of Washington; Joyce Yen, University of Washington; Priti N. Mody-Pan, University of Washington; Matthew O'Donnell, University of Washington

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called “On-Ramps into Academia.”(http://www.engr.washington.edu/onramp/)The goal of On-Ramps into Academia was to increase the pool of women faculty available to alluniversities by providing professional development to PhD-level women in industry or researchlaboratories who wished to transition into faculty positions. Unlike the more traditional strategyof institutions recruiting female faculty from other universities to increase the number of femalefaculty in science and engineering departments, this strategy increases the number of femalefaculty nationally. On-Ramps is a new approach to faculty recruitment. PhDs in science andengineering can leverage their nonacademic skills and experiences into successful careers asfaculty members.Interviews

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Women in Engineering Division: Faculty and Gender Issues

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Ari Turrentine, VentureWell

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male counterparts.1–7 As research hasshown that inventions by women are frequently designed to address important social problems,addressing the gap in engagement in academic commercialization activities has growing societalrelevance.2,8 This gender gap can largely be explained by the significant obstacles that womenfaculty in engineering face as they advance their careers and as they engage in academiccommercialization.9–11 Barriers such as gender discrimination, attitudinal and behavioral factors,work-life balance issues, and exclusion from networks impact the ability of women faculty tocontinue in the field, engage in academic commercialization, and ultimately advance theircareers.3,7,8,12–17This paper aims to synthesize relevant literature

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Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

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Tanya Stanko P.E., Innopolis University

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Paper ID #11265Why girls with an interest in IT in high-school do not choose IT career – anextended studyDr. Tanya Stanko P.E., Innopolis University Tanya Stanko is a Vice-Provost for Education at Innopolis University. She specializes in launching new Universities from scratch, including setting up curricula and polices, recruiting faculty and students. She holds PhD in Computational Aeroacoustics from the University of Leeds and worked as researcher at Technical University of Munich. Her current research interests include investigation of the professional competencies, foreign learning environment, gender diversity in

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Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

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Elizabeth Horstman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Danielle Jamie Mai, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Yanfen Li, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; Rohit Bhargava, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Paper ID #13161A Program for Graduate Women in Engineering Pursuing Academic Careers(iFEAT: Illinois Female Engineers in Academia Training)Elizabeth M. Horstman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Elizabeth Horstman is a third year graduate student from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign pursuing a Ph.D. in chemical engineering. Her research focuses on developing microfluidic platforms for applications in pharmaceutical drug discovery. Aside from her research, Elizabeth is the director of the graduate division of the Society of Women Engineers (GradSWE) at Illinois. In this role, she hopes to

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Women in Engineering Division: Faculty and Gender Issues

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Laila Guessous, Oakland University; Kathleen Moore, Oakland University; Julie Walters, Oakland University; Bradley J. Roth, Oakland University; Leanne DeVreugd, Oakland University; Jo Reger, Oakland University

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Paper ID #11294Developing an effective mentoring program for early-career STEM faculty:Lessons learned from the first three years of an ADVANCE PAID programDr. Laila Guessous, Oakland University Laila Guessous, Ph.D. is an associate professor in the department of mechanical engineering at Oakland University (OU) in Rochester, MI. Her research and teaching interests lie in the areas of fluid mechanics and heat transfer, with an emphasis on computational methods. She is the program director for the NSF- funded AERIM REU program at OU, as well as a co-PI on the Oakland University WISE@OU NSF ADVANCE Partnerships for Adaptation

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Women in Engineering Division: Student Issues as Related to Culture

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Jennifer J. VanAntwerp, Calvin College; Denise Wilson, University of Washington

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Paper ID #13769Difference between Engineering Men and Women: How and Why They ChooseWhat They Do during Early CareerDr. Jennifer J VanAntwerp, Calvin College Jennifer J. VanAntwerp is a Professor of Engineering at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan. She earned an M.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with research in protein engineering. Her current research interests include retention, diversity, and career pathways among engineering students and professionals.Dr. Denise Wilson, University of Washington Denise Wilson is a professor of electrical engineering at

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Women in Engineering Division: Pre-college Student Experiences

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Rhonda Kay Gaede, University of Alabama, Huntsville

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to increased self-efficacy in STEM fields and increased interest in pursuing a career in science or technology.Additionally, girls participating nationally in Tech Trek camps report large increases in comfort,enjoyment and interest in pursuing a career in programming as a result of taking core classes inmobile app development using App Inventor from MIT.1.0 Introduction The American Association of University Women (AAUW) research report ”Why SoFew? Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)”[1] found thatwomen are vastly underrepresented in STEM majors and fields compared with their male peers.But “Why So Few?” also showed that those numbers can change when girls realize theirpotential in STEM at an early

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Women in Engineering Division: Student Issues as Related to Culture

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Prashant Rajan, Iowa State University; Charles T. Armstrong, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Elizabeth J. O'Connor , Ketchum Change; Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Rebecca L. Dohrman, Maryville University; Colleen Arendt, Fairfield University ; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Paper ID #13732Vulnerable heroes: Problematizing metaphors of male socialization in engi-neeringDr. Prashant Rajan, Iowa State UniversityCharles T Armstrong, Purdue UniversityElizabeth J. O’Connor , Ketchum ChangeProf. Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette Patrice M. Buzzanell is a Professor in the Brian Lamb School of Communication and the School of Engineering Education (courtesy) at Purdue University. Editor of three books and author of over 150 articles and chapters, her research centers on the intersections of career, gender communication, lead- ership, and resilience. Fellow and past president of the

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

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Quincy Brown, American Association for the Advancement of Science; Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Lourdes A. Medina, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez; Michelle Beadle Holder, University of Maryland, College Park; Yarazeth Medina, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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PROMISE community to enhance the preparation of graduate and postdoctoral fellows in STEM. Her research interests focus on bridging the disparity of availability of information that improves programs that enforce participation in STEM careers. Page 26.756.2 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Factoring Family Considerations into Female Faculty Choices for International Engagement in Engineering, IT, and Computer ScienceIntroductionAdvances in cyberinfrastructure and telecommunication have enhanced the ability of faculty andstudents to engage in transnational

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Women in Engineering Division: Student Issues as Related to Culture

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Ronald Brandt, Seton Hall University

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Paper ID #11157WHY DO UNDERGRADUATE WOMEN PERSIST AS STEM MAJORS?A STUDY AT TWO TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITIESDr. Ronald Brandt, Seton Hall University Ronald Brandt teaches physical science at the high school level, emphasizing Project Based Learning and inquiry based lab activities. Brandt seeks to inspire his students, especially young women, to develop a passion for STEM studies and consider a career in science and technology. Prior to entering the education profession, Ronald Brandt was an executive in the chemical industry serving as senior vice president at two multinational firms as well as President & CEO of an

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Women in Engineering Division: Retention of Undergraduate Students

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Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University

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students; twentypercent of this population is female. The majority of the students graduating from thisprogram choose Technical Sales as their career. The diverse curriculum of thisengineering major causes students to be well sought out by the industry. However, acareer in Technical Sales is not a traditional choice for women, thus leaving the femaleundergraduates apprehensive about their career goals. So, a group of students and the IDfaculty decided to found an organization that catered to the needs of the female IndustrialDistribution Engineer and resolve this concern. This new organization was namedSociety of Women in Industrial Distribution (SWID).SWID was established with the intention of stimulating and catapulting female

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

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Sharon Patricia Mason, Rochester Institute of Technology; Margaret B. Bailey P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Carol Marchetti, Rochester Institute of Technology (COS); Maureen S. Valentine P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Andrea Gebhart Rommel, Independent Scientific Consultant; Laurie A. Clayton, Rochester Institute of Technology

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STEM FacultyABSTRACTWomen faculty are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) disciplines.The ADVANCE Institutional Transformation project at a large private technical university (supported byNSF Award No. 1209115), referred to as AdvanceRIT, aims to increase the representation andadvancement of women STEM faculty (which includes social and behavioral sciences, SBS, faculty) byremoving barriers to resources that support career success and by creating new interventions andresources.This paper reports on the development of efforts to activate change for STEM faculty in the form of aninternal grant program, Connect Grants, as part of the AdvanceRIT project. The grants supportleadership and career development for all

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

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

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retention rates, with a focus on performance and sustainability.Theoretical Framework Page 26.495.3Social Cognitive Theory10 and the extension of this theory to career development11 andwork satisfaction12,13 provide the underlying theory that informs the project. At thefoundation of this theoretical framework is the belief that a person is both an interpreterof contextually-bound experiences and agent in changing those experiences. As such,one’s context or environment plays a central role in moderating one’s career choices andgoals, and ultimately, work satisfaction. Bakken, et. al;14 proposed that research careerdevelopment in the medical field be studied

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

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Margaret B. Bailey P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Carol Marchetti, Rochester Institute of Technology (COS); Sharon Patricia Mason, Rochester Institute of Technology; Maureen S. Valentine PE, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST)

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, administrative, and informal systems of power and resources to support and sustainprogress toward meeting the project goals; 4) enhance the working environment and supportcareer advancement for women faculty; and 5) establish a sustainable, inclusive, accessiblenetwork that supports career goals for all university faculty.In preparation for creating an appropriate transformational strategy, researchers conducted a self-study (NSF ADVANCE #0811076) from 2008-2011 to identify career advancement barriers forcurrent women faculty to establish how well the university addresses issues found to beimportant in women faculty’s recruitment, retention, and advancement. The results of a 2009faculty climate survey, conducted in conjunction with an objective data

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Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

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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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minorities inengineering disciplines. However, very little has focused on the issues faced byunderrepresented minorities who pursue a graduate degree or the need for effective mentoring ofpost-docs and faculty in engineering to attract and retain them to pursue academic careers.Women and ethnic minorities usually do not persist in academia because they frequently receivelower salaries, heavier teaching loads, less research support, and serve on more committees thantheir male counterparts. Although these disparities are more pronounced at the faculty level, thisleads to higher attrition rates at every level of career their development, starting at theundergraduate level.This paper will present our approach and preliminary results of a National

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Women in Engineering Division: Strategies Beyond the Classroom

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Alka R. Harriger, Purdue University; Gloria Childress Townsend, DePauw University; Dawn Laux, Purdue University

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Engineering Concepts to Harness Future Innovators and Technologists) project. Professor Harriger’s current interests include application development, outreach to K-12 to interest more students to pursue computing careers, applying IT skills to innovating fitness tools, and wearable computing.Dr. Gloria Childress Townsend, DePauw University Gloria Townsend, Professor of Computer Science, has taught at DePauw University for thirty-four years. She was the PI for both NSF-BPC project, the Grace Hopper Regional Consortium, and NSF-S-STEM project, Julian Scholars. Gloria is a member of ACM-W’s Women’s Council, where she founded the concept of small celebrations for women in computing and where she now serves as project leader

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Women in Engineering Division: Strategies Beyond the Classroom

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Evelyn R. Sowells, North Carolina A&T State University; Nina Exner, North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University; Sherry F. Abernathy, North Carolina A&T State University; Rajeev K. Agrawal, North Carolina A&T State University ; Brenda S. Faison Ph.D., North Carolina A&T State University

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and distributors.She also wrote the book, New Media Careers for Artists and Designers in 2003. In 2007, Dr. Faison waspresented the Exemplary Teaching and Service Award by North Carolina Central University’s College ofLiberal Studies. She has taught graphic design and new media at universities in Ohio, Georgia, Virginia,and North Carolina, and has seven years of academic management experience in higher education. Page 26.1744.2 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 The Recruit-Support-Connect Program: Women Advancing in Technology AbstractThe Recruit

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Women in Engineering Division: Student Issues as Related to Culture

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Julie Rojewski, Michigan State University; Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University

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as a frameworkfor promoting professional development and community building for graduate students.Building on the themes of the book, this program sought to promote reflection amongparticipants about the choices and actions that women can take to position themselves forsuccess—and encouraged exploration of students’ personal vision of success. Results of pre-and post-tests, along with observational data gathered by the facilitators, indicated that studentswere concerned largely by two topics: concerns about how to balance their career ambition andtheir goals for a fulfilling personal life (whatever that may be), and how to have positive andbeneficial relationship with mentors or advisors. Students also shared their challenges andfrustration

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Women in Engineering Division: Retention of Undergraduate Students

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Whitney Winders; Cariana Cornel; Caralea Cornel, Brigham Young University; Allie Larson; Sarah A. Cunha; Samuel Moses, Brigham Young University; Dale C. Rowe, Brigham Young University; Laura Wilkinson, Brigham Young University

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in employment,where approximately 25% of computing jobs are held by women 2. Within Brigham YoungUniversity’s Information Technology program, we have struggled to achieve 10% femaleenrollment. This is unfortunate, as it is the universal opinion of our own faculty, supported byboth internal and external research data that gender balance enables peak productivity. It is thusextremely unfortunate that elements of society are still struggling with mistaken genderstereotypes, and that this, coupled with occasional misogyny can dissuade young women frompursuing a career in computing. While this may not be the only cause, it is unacceptable.We have found (in line with other research) that strong faculty mentorship is an important factorin

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Women in Engineering Division: Retention of Undergraduate Students

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Kimberly Grau Talley P.E., Texas State University; Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University

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influencing their self-efficacy, the development of their career interest goalsand their academic course outcomes as related to studying science, technology, engineering andmathematics (STEM). This study is unique in that it was also designed to identify experiencesthat appear to contribute to women’s identity development and self-confidence and includes asubstantial representation of Latina women’s voices. Data was collected and analyzed to identifyif similar patterns exist between subjects and if so, which are the greater influencers in theirdecision to select a STEM major and to persist beyond the critical first two years ofundergraduate studies.The literature of socialization and identity development as related to women as STEM learners indiverse

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Women in Engineering Division: Faculty and Gender Issues

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Kacey D. Beddoes, Oregon State University; Corey T. Schimpf, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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described at feministengineering.org. She received a CAREER award in 2010 and a PECASE award in 2012 for her project researching the stories of undergraduate engineering women and men of color and white women. She received ASEE-ERM’s best paper award for her CAREER research, and the Denice Denton Emerging Leader award from the Anita Borg Institute, both in 2013. She helped found, fund, and grow the PEER Collaborative, a peer mentoring group of early career and re- cently tenured faculty and research staff primarily evaluated based on their engineering education research productivity. She can be contacted by email at apawley@purdue.edu

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Women in Engineering Division: Pre-college Student Experiences

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Emily Gwen Blosser, Louisiana State University

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a better fit.33-35 Universities now offer an array of activities, majors, andexperiences that are gender-typed, and therefore the possibility, and perhaps, now theexpectations are greater, that individuals will follow a gender normative path.34 Beliefsystems about gender combined with certain social contexts are important in shaping thepathways individuals take. Indeed, it is surprising to note, in many authoritarian and lesseconomically developed countries, women are actually more likely to enter a math andscience career than in the United States. It seems that the choices young people maketowards careers in the United States are in many ways the result of structural, cultural,and economic forces that celebrate gendered selves and allow

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Women in Engineering Division: Curricular Programs

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Brianna Blaser, University of Washington; Katherine M. Steele, University of Washington; Sheryl Elaine Burgstahler, University of Washigton

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Paper ID #12207Including Universal Design in Engineering Courses to Attract Diverse Stu-dentsDr. Brianna Blaser, University of Washington Brianna Blaser is a counselor/coordinator at the DO-IT Center at the University of Washington where she works with the AccessEngineering program. She earned a bachelors degree in math and psychology at Carnegie Mellon University and a PhD in women studies at the University of Washington. She has a background in broadening participation and career development in science and engineering fields. Before joining DO-IT, she was the project director for the AAAS (American Association for

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Women in Engineering Division: Retention of Undergraduate Students

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Elaine Zundl, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Laura Stiltz, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Helen M. Buettner, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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feedback about specific elements of the LLC program. Wehave found that our first two cohorts of female engineering students, currently in their secondand third years, express significantly higher levels of career expectations, self-efficacy, feelingsof inclusion and coping towards engineering than when they first entered. !IntroductionEngineering remains an academic area where women obtain a small fraction of bachelor degrees,and this trend does not seem to be changing in the near future. A recent report by the NationalStudent Clearinghouse found that although more students are pursuing S&E degrees, women’sshare of these majors has failed to increase over the last ten years.1 Researchers’ assumptions thatas women claimed more of the

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Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

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Shafagh Jafer, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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information to femalesexploring an education at Embry-Riddle. At least 25% of scholarships, graduate studentassistantships and graduate research assistantships will also be designated for female engineeringstudents. Moreover, increasing the number of female engineering faculty will be supported withplans to create hiring process guidelines for chairs and committees with a goal of hiring sixadditional female tenure-track faculty by 2016. The institute would also provide a central spacefor research opportunities, career/internship/co-op positions and professional conferences andcompetitions across the engineering departments. WEI will establish connections and exchangeopportunities with other professional and academic organizations, like the Institute

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Interactive Panel on Perspectives and Practical Skills for Men as Advocates for Gender Equity

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Lawrence J. Genalo, Iowa State University; Roger A. Green, North Dakota State University; Beth M Holloway, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Archie L Holmes Jr., University of Virginia; Brian P Kirkmeyer, Miami University; Klod Kokini, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Daniel Lopresti, Lehigh University; Adrienne Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Beena Sukumaran, Rowan University

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research interests include electrokinetics, predominantly di- electrophoretic characterizations of cells, and the development of biomedical microdevices. She earned a NSF CAREER award and was nominated for Michigan Professor of the Year in 2014. Research within her Medical micro-Device Engineering Research Laboratory (M.D. – ERL) also inspires the development of Desktop Experiment Modules (DEMos) for use in chemical engineering classrooms or as outreach activi- ties in area schools (see www.mderl.org). Adrienne is currently co-Chair of ASEE’s Diversity Committee and PIC I Chair; she has previously served on WIED, ChED, and NEE leadership teams and contributed to 37 ASEE conference proceedings articles.Prof. Beena

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Women in Engineering Division: Curricular Programs

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

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her videos that instruct young engineers on how to create their ownwearable electronic art. These women have found ways of combining art and engineering into Page 26.605.2very successful careers. This pursuit of influencing a male-dominated field with creativity andthe arts serves as an inspiration for women who are also looking to succeed in pursuing a uniqueengineering career. These role models make the field more accessible for female students whodid not realize that such career options existed, and create opportunities to retain more women inthe field after graduation.The ability of art to be combined with electrical engineering projects

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Women in Engineering Division: Pre-college Student Experiences

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Lynsey Mitchell Kissane, Ryerson University; Liping Fang, Ryerson University ; Ruth Jean Silver, Groundswell Projects

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Boomer Generation) feminine STEM role model, while well-intentioned, cansometimes convey an unattainable level of success that is threatening to young girls.8 The NAE’s“Changing the Conversation” report (2008) provided examples of organizations that had createdfictional young feminine STEM role models9 in which engineering students are posed as guitarplayers or superheroes in an effort to convey a more exciting or well-rounded engineeringidentity. Others have employed soccer players and fashion bloggers to vouch for how “cool”STEM can be.10 Unfortunately, efforts to update and broaden the engineering identity havefocused too much exclusively on the career aspects of the profession (ex. an engineer at work) oremployed ineffective adult