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Attitudes, Self-Confidence, and Self-Efficacy of Women Engineering Students

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Holly Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Ruth Streveler, Purdue University; Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara Olds, Colorado School of Mines

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Women in Engineering

AC 2009-1031: COMPETENCE IN ENGINEERING: A TALE OF TWO WOMENHolly Matusovich, Virginia Tech Holly Matusovich is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education. Dr. Matusovich recently joined Virginia Tech after completing her doctoral degree in Engineering Education at Purdue University. She also has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and an M.S. in Materials Science with a concentration in Metallurgy. Additionally Dr. Matusovich has four years of experience as a consulting engineer and seven years of industrial experience in a variety of technical roles related to metallurgy and quality systems for an aerospace supplier. Dr. Matusovich’s research interests include the role of

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Panel: Effecting Change in Higher Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Priscilla Nelson, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Theresa Hunt, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Cherrice Traver, Union College; Pamela Eibeck, Texas Tech; Zulma Toro-Ramos, Wichita State University; Cheryl Schrader, Boise State University; Mary Roth, Lafayette College; delcie durham, University of South Florida

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Women in Engineering

AC 2009-96: WOMEN ENGINEERS IN ADVANCED ACADEMIC POSITIONS(WEAAP)Priscilla Nelson, New Jersey Institute of TechnologyTheresa Hunt, New Jersey Institute of Technology TBDCherrice Traver, Union CollegePamela Eibeck, Texas TechZulma Toro-Ramos, Wichita State UniversityCheryl Schrader, Boise State UniversityMary Roth, Lafayette Collegedelcie durham, University of South Florida Page 14.1377.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Women Engineers in Advanced Academic Positions (WEAAP): Effecting Change in Higher EducationAbstractContemporary issues plaguing higher education and inhibiting the growth of engineeringcolleges are numerous and

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Attitudes, Self-Confidence, and Self-Efficacy of Women Engineering Students

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carmen Villa, Texas A&M University; Carolyn Clark, Texas A&M University; Jennifer Sandlin, Arizona State University

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Women in Engineering

; Tarule, J. M. (1997). Women’s ways of knowing. The development of self, voice, and mind. New York: Basic Books, Inc.34. Lipson, A., & Tobias, S. (1991). Why do some of our best college students leave science? Journal of College Student Teaching, 21(2), 92-95.35. Rosser, S. (1995). Teaching the majority: Breaking the gender barrier in science, mathematics, and engineering. New York: Teacher College Press, Columbia University.36. Sukumaran, B. Hartman, H., & Johnson, D. (2004). How to improve enrollment of women in engineering: Lessons learned from the developing world. Retrieved April 10, 2008 from http://asee.org/acPapers/2004- 280_Final.pdf

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Attitudes, Self-Confidence, and Self-Efficacy of Women Engineering Students

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Women in Engineering

help retain female students.Information from the Reflective EssaysIn addition to the quantitative data from the Likert-based surveys, the students in the CVEN andEVEN first-year courses write reflective essays at the end of the semester. They comment ontheir attitudes about engineering, how these attitudes may have changed, and if they intend tochange majors. The guidelines for the essays are very general, so the information that thestudents choose to include in their essays provides insight into about what is most relevant intheir own minds. Many of the EVEN students commented that they were surprised at how muchof EVEN is devoted to protection of human (public) health and safety rather than theenvironment. Many CVEN students commented that

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Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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J. Carter Tiernan, University of Texas, Arlington; Lynn Peterson, University of Texas, Arlington; Robyn Johnson, University of Texas, Arlington; Jamila Phillips, University of Texas, Arlington

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Women in Engineering

our female peer recruiters orif it is simply part of a larger national trend. We also assume the impact of peer recruiters isgreater on juniors and sophomores who are less likely to have made up their minds about collegeplans thus pushing the impact to Fall 2007 and 2008 even though peer recruiters started in 2006.We expect that with two more years of data we will be able to see how our recruiting efforts areimpacting enrollment by comparing it with national trend data for engineering enrollment.What benefits does the recruiter student her/himself receive? “It is always very rewarding when I see students on campus that had attended one of my past school visits and are now current freshmen.”This quote from a student ambassador

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Issues of Persistence in Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Women in Engineering

completing a degree inengineering. According to Margolis & Fisher (2002), many women in engineering find theirpeers’ heavy workload, the lack of time, and single-minded devotion to engineering andcomputer science frightening and at odds with their desire to maintain a variety of hobbies andinterests and live a balanced life. In the same way, other researchers have also noted that womenin engineering have been hindered by excessive educational requirements, and difficultybalancing school and personal life while completing a degree in engineering (Brainard & Carlin,2001; Goodman, 2002; Lent et al., 2002).Self-doubts and low self-confidence was also a factor that hindered the participants whilecompleting

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Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Creamer, Virginia Tech

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Women in Engineering

total numbers given the fact that bothwomen and members of other under-represented groups are often visible minorities in science,technology, engineering, and mathematic (STEM) fields. Social dynamics are shaped byproportional representation and when that proportion is highly skewed it can produce thephenomenon referred to as tokenism1. According to Kanter’s classic study, small relativenumbers heighten visibility and bring attention to discrepant characteristics or ways thatmembers of a population deviate from the norm. The effects of tokenism are most pronouncedwhen the proportion and number of women is so small that the opportunities to participate in acommunity of like-minded individuals are limited. Attention to secondary characteristics

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Focus on Faculty

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristen Constant, Iowa State University; Sharon Bird, Iowa State University

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Women in Engineering

AC 2009-644: RECOGNIZING, CHARACTERIZING, AND “UNSETTLING"UNINTENDED BIAS IN THE FACULTY SEARCH PROCESS IN ENGINEERINGKristen Constant, Iowa State University Kristen Constant is an Associate Professor in Materials Science and Engineering at Iowa State University.Sharon Bird, Iowa State University Sharon Bird is an Associate Professor in Sociology at Iowa State University Page 14.1012.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009Recognizing, Characterizing and ‘Unsettling’ Unintended Bias in the Faculty Search Process in Engineering – A Case Study

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Potpourri

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Catherine Pieronek, University of Notre Dame

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Women in Engineering

AC 2009-1568: FEDERAL TITLE IX REVIEWS: WHAT THEY REALLY MEANCatherine Pieronek, University of Notre Dame Catherine Pieronek, J.D., is Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. She serves the Society of Women Engineers as Title IX Lead and chair of the Society's Government Relations and Public Policy Committee for FY09. She holds a B.S. in aerospace engineering and her J.D. from the University of Notre Dame, and an M.S. in aerospace engineering from UCLA. Page 14.629.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009