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Calwomentech Project: Recruiting And Retaining Women In Technology Programs

Conference Session: Effective Methods for Recruiting Women to Engineering
Collection: 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Donna Milgram, Institute for Women in Trades, Technology and Science (IWITTS); Daniella Severs, Institute for Women in Trades, Technology and Science (IWITTS)
Tagged Divisions: Women in Engineering

AC 2010-2242: CALWOMENTECH PROJECT: RECRUITING AND RETAININGWOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMSDonna Milgram, Institute for Women in Trades, Technology and Science (IWITTS)Daniella Severs, Institute for Women in Trades, Technology and Science (IWITTS) Page 15.255.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 CalWomenTech Project: Recruiting and Retaining Women in Technology ProgramsAbstractThe Institute for Women in Trades, Technology Science’s (IWITTS) CalWomenTech Project isbeing highlighted by NSF following an expert panel review at the three year mark in December2008 for demonstrating significant achievement and program

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Extending Research Into Practice: Results From The Project To Assess Climate In Engineering (Pace)

Conference Session: Retaining Women Engineering Students
Collection: 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Susan Metz, Stevens Institute of Technology; Suzanne Brainard, University of Washington; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington
Tagged Divisions: Women in Engineering

AC 2010-723: EXTENDING RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE: RESULTS FROM THEPROJECT TO ASSESS CLIMATE IN ENGINEERING (PACE)Susan Metz, Stevens Institute of Technology Susan Staffin Metz is Senior Advisor for the Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education at Stevens. As a founder and president (1997 – 2002) of WEPAN, Women in Engineering Proactive Network, Susan has worked with over 200 colleges and universities to increase access and engagement of women in engineering and science through research, policy and program development. She is currently the principal investigator for ENGAGE, Engaging Students in Engineering, (www.EngageEngineering.org) a five year project funded by the National

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Gender And Race/Ethnicity In Engineering: Preliminary Findings From The Project To Assess Climate In Engineering

Conference Session: Retaining Women Engineering Students
Collection: 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Stephanie Jaros, University of Washington; Suzanne Brainard, University of Washington; Susan Metz, Stevens Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions: Women in Engineering

AC 2010-782: GENDER AND RACE/ETHNICITY IN ENGINEERING:PRELIMINARY FINDINGS FROM THE PROJECT TO ASSESS CLIMATE INENGINEERINGElizabeth Litzler, University of Washington Elizabeth Litzler is the Director for Research at the University of Washington (UW) Center for Workforce Development (CWD). Her research interests include the educational climate for undergraduate and graduate students, gender stratification in education and the workforce, and gender and families. She is skilled in both qualitative and quantitative research. Liz is the research manager for the Sloan-funded Project to Assess Climate in Engineering (PACE), the lead of the external evaluation for the National Center for Women and

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Careerwise: An Interdisciplinary Experience For Graduate Students

Conference Session: Women in Engineering Poster Session
Collection: 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Erika Murguia, Arizona State University; Erin Kube, Arizona State University; Jennifer Bekki, Arizona State University Polytechnic; Bianca Bernstein, Arizona State University
Tagged Divisions: Women in Engineering

AC 2010-2235: CAREERWISE: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY EXPERIENCE FORGRADUATE STUDENTSErika Murguia, Arizona State University Erika Murguia Blumenkranz is a Ph.D. candidate in Industrial Engineering, School of Computing, Informatics and Decision Systems Engineering at Arizona State University. She earned her Master’s degree in Quality and Productivity Systems and her BS degree in Industrial Engineering from Tecnologico de Monterrey in Mexico. Her personal research interests are focused on the dynamics of workforce protocols in manufacturing environments and supply chain management. Erika has worked as a research assistant on the CareerWISE project since October 2008 and her role has been recruiting

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Ndsu Advance Forward: Enhancing Recruitment, Retention, And Advancement Of Women Faculty In Engineering At North Dakota State University

Conference Session: ADVANCE Grants and Institutional Transformation
Collection: 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Canan Bilen-Green, North Dakota State University; Elizabeth Birmingham, North Dakota State University; Ann Burnett, North Dakota State University; Roger Green, North Dakota State University
Tagged Divisions: Women in Engineering

15.910.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 NDSU Advance FORWARD: Challenges and Recommendations to Enhancing Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement of FacultyAbstractThe NDSU Advance FORWARD project, funded by the National Science FoundationADVANCE Institutional Transformation program in 2008, seeks to develop and implement acomprehensive research-driven strategy to increase participation of women in all science andengineering faculty and academic administrative positions. Advance FORWARD (Focus onResources for Women’s Advancement, Recruitment/Retention, and Development) builds on theearlier work of North Dakota State University’s self-initiated FORWARD committee, a group offaculty and administrators who came

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Outreach Teaching, Communication, And Interpersonal Skills Encourage Women And May Facilitate Their Recruitment And Retention In The Engineering Curriculum

Conference Session: Effective Methods for Recruiting Women to Engineering
Collection: 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Sara Atwood, University of California, Berkeley; Eli Patten, University of California at Berkeley; Lisa Pruitt, University of California, Berkeley
Tagged Divisions: Women in Engineering

students with an evengender split. The course emphasized outreach, communication, and interpersonal skills with agroup project supported throughout the semester by a required skills lab. The project included anoutreach teaching activity for 5th grade students at a local children’s science museum, a writtenreport, and an oral presentation. The supporting skills lab taught technical writing and editing,oral presentation skills, and interpersonal skills linked to Felder’s learning styles.1 Student teamswere assigned so that all majors, learning styles, and genders were represented in each team. Theactivities were assessed using four surveys throughout the semester.Women undergraduates in the course ranked learning styles, teamwork, writing and

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Dissemination, Online Community And Usage Of Wepan Knowledge Center

Conference Session: Women In Engineering Poster Session / WEPAN Knowledge Center / Women in Engineering Poster Session
Collection: 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: C. Diane Matt, WEPAN Inc.; Jenna Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University; Jane Langeman, Langeman Consulting; Lori DuBois, DuBois Information
Tagged Divisions: Women in Engineering

AC 2010-2412: DISSEMINATION, ONLINE COMMUNITY AND USAGE OFWEPAN KNOWLEDGE CENTERC. Diane Matt, WEPAN Inc.Jenna Carpenter, Louisiana Tech UniversityJane Langeman, Langeman ConsultingLori DuBois, DuBois Information Page 15.425.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 WEPAN’s Digital Women in Engineering Knowledge CenterAbstractThe WEPAN Knowledge Center (WKC) offers several avenues for researchers and practitionersto improve dissemination activities as well as research and practice. The WKC ProfessionalCommunity can be used for private communities of research teams as well as project groups andparticipant groups. This paper will present an overview of these

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Career Success For Female Stem Faculty At Public Two Year Institutions

Conference Session: Focus on Faculty
Collection: 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: David Koonce, Ohio University; Valerie Conley, Ohio University; Cindy Anderson, Ohio University
Tagged Divisions: 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

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Comparing The Relative Contribution Of Individual And Environmental Factors To The Intent To Remain In An Engineering Major, By Gender

Conference Session: Retaining Women Engineering Students
Collection: 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Elizabeth Creamer, Virginia Tech; Peggy Meszaros, Virginia Tech; Catherine Amelink, Virginia Tech
Tagged Divisions: 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

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Advance Peer Mentoring Summits For Underrepresented Minority Women Engineering Faculty

Conference Session: ADVANCE Grants and Institutional Transformation
Collection: 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Christine Grant, North Carolina State University; Jessica Decuir-Gunby, North Carolina State University; Barbara Smith, North Carolina State University
Tagged Divisions: Women in Engineering

; Instruction at NC State University. Her research and theoretical interests include race and racial identity in education, African American academic achievement, emotions in education, and critical race theory. Dr. DeCuir-Gunby has served as a statistical consultant on numerous projects including the GenScope Assessment Project, a project designed to assess the use of technology on high school students' learning of genetics. She teaches courses in Educational Psychology, Adolescent Development, and Mixed Methods Research. She is a co-PI on an NSF ADVANCE Leadership grant.Barbara Smith, North Carolina State University Barbara Smith is the Executive Assistant Director of the PURPOSE Institute

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Advance Purdue: Strategies To Make The Difference For New Faculty Success

Conference Session: ADVANCE Grants and Institutional Transformation
Collection: 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Suzanne Zurn-Birkhimer, Purdue University; Barbara Clark, Purdue University; Susan Geier, Purdue University; Christie Sahley, Purdue University
Tagged Divisions: Women in Engineering

. Page 15.130.5A new faculty attendee summed up the experience of many: “I certainly benefited from theopportunity to meet new people from other departments / schools…these sorts of events canprovide a catalyst for unexpected / serendipitous opportunities.”ConclusionIn its first year of existence, the PCFS offered many exciting programs to enhance the success ofthe Purdue faculty. Program design, formative assessment and evaluation are central to achievethe objectives of this complex project. The information collected from all the PCFS initiativesworks synergistically to inform the development, implementation and redesign of the activitiesoffered to enhance opportunities for faculty members at Purdue University. Each program hasbeen designed to

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The Effect Of Gender On Support And Self Efficacy In Undergraduate Engineering Programs

Conference Session: Retaining Women Engineering Students
Collection: 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University; Margaret Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology; Carol Burger, Virginia Tech; Jerry Hamann, University of Wyoming; Joe Raelin, Northeastern University; David Whitman, University of Wyoming
Tagged Divisions: Women in Engineering

Whitman, University of Wyoming David Whitman is a Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at the University of Wyoming. He has been involved, as both a faculty member and a former Associate Dean, in many activities that are associated with recruitment and retention of engineering Page 15.1223.1 undergraduates. Some of these projects include the formation of Power Groups (a blocked schedule for incoming freshmen to promote the development of study groups), two floors in the residence halls that are specifically for engineering majors (including 25% women), and working

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Designing Model Based Solutions To Leaky Female Engineering Pipeline: A Qualitative Study Of Female Engineer Narratives

Conference Session: Effective Methods for Recruiting Women to Engineering
Collection: 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Manjusha Saraswathiamma, North Dakota State University; Kathy Enger, North Dakota State University; Canan Bilen-Green, North Dakota State University; Achinthya Bazebaruah, North Dakota State University; Bruce Schumacher, North Dakota State University
Tagged Divisions: Women in Engineering

enterundergraduate engineering programs graduate in engineering and enter the engineeringworkforce. Once in the profession, females find it difficult to gain and hold administrativepositions 3, 6. The resulting shortage of females in engineering has been compared to a leakypipeline3, 6.America must fix this leaky pipeline. According to engineering job projections, the countryfaces a severe shortage of engineers33. Two options exist to meet the nation’s future need forengineers. These are to increase the number of students enrolled in engineering schools and toretain current engineers. According to National Science Foundation (NSF) data from 2007, male Page

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Development Of A Women In Engineering Program: From Research To Implementation

Conference Session: Retaining Women Engineering Students
Collection: 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Judith Cordes, Michigan State University; Thomas Wolff, Michigan State University
Tagged Divisions: Women in Engineering

ongoing project, and in this economy, achallenging one at best.First Three YearsAt this point, all the primary pieces were in place. In the fall of 2007, the Women in Engineering Page 15.412.6Program at Michigan State officially began operating. It was decided that the primary focus ofthe program would be recruitment of new women engineering students and the retention in thefirst and second years. Multiple initiatives had been developed for both recruitment andretention; however, we knew that not all of them would start immediately, and we would need todecide which could be done based on finances and time constraints with just one person workingon

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"It Kind Of Chose Me": Agency And Influence In Women's Decision To Major In Engineering

Conference Session: Effective Methods for Recruiting Women to Engineering
Collection: 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Eleanor M. Jaffee, Smith College; Donna Riley, Smith College
Tagged Divisions: Women in Engineering

AC 2010-441: "IT KIND OF CHOSE ME": AGENCY AND INFLUENCE INWOMEN'S DECISION TO MAJOR IN ENGINEERINGEleanor M. Jaffee, Smith College Eleanor M. Jaffee is a Research Associate with the Liberative Pedagogies Project at Smith College, and a doctoral candidate in Social Welfare at the University at Albany.Donna Riley, Smith College Donna Riley is Associate Professor of Engineering at Smith College. Page 15.2.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 “It kind of chose me”: Agency and Influence in Women’s Decisions to Major in EngineeringIntroductionMuch of the research regarding

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Transforming The Academic Workplace: An Evaluation Of The Advance Program In Colleges Of Engineering (2001 2008)

Conference Session: ADVANCE Grants and Institutional Transformation
Collection: 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Anna M. Zajicek, University of Arkansas; Shauna A. Morimoto, University of Arkansas; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas; Valerie H. Hunt, University of Arkansas
Tagged Divisions: Women in Engineering

AC 2010-282: TRANSFORMING THE ACADEMIC WORKPLACE: ANEVALUATION OF THE ADVANCE PROGRAM IN COLLEGES OFENGINEERING (2001 - 2008)Anna M. Zajicek, University of Arkansas Anna M. Zajicek is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Arkansas. Her scholarship has been devoted to the intersectional nature of social inequalities, discourse, and social change. Her current publications focus on the intersectional nature of social inequalities and the integration of an intersectional perspective across different social science disciplines. Recently, she has been involved in interdisciplinary research projects examining successful strategies to institutionalize programs and policies aimed at the advancement

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Survival Tips From The Trenches

Conference Session: Survival Tips from the Trenches
Collection: 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Susan Lantz, Trine University; Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University; Donna Reese, Mississippi State University; Beena Sukumaran, Rowan University
Tagged Divisions: Women in Engineering

*really* away from work. Chances are it will give you a fresh perspective on the work and improve your personal life as well.11. Find the people and projects that you are passionate about. If you enjoy the work and the people you work with, everything else will be much easier.Beena’s Top Ten Tips for Academic Survival1. Do not be shy to ask to be nominated for awards or to self promote yourself: Women in general tend to be more hesitant than men at promoting themselves. You are the best advocate for yourself and your career and you should not underestimate your Page 15.1151.3 achievements.2. Love what you do