supporting student engagement. Her research interests include broadening participation in STEM, equity and diversity, engineering ethics, online engineering pedagogy, program assessment so- lutions, transportation planning, transportation impact on quality of life issues, and bicycle access. She is a proud Morgan Alum (2011), having earned a Doctorate in Civil Engineering, with a focus on trans- portation. Dr. Petronella James earned her Doctor of Engineering (Transportation) and Masters of City & Regional Planning. She completed a B.S. Management Studies, at the University of the West Indies (Mona), Jamaica.Angela Edes KitaliAdrienne Scarcella ©American Society for Engineering Education
that the most appropriate would be an ADVANCE Adaptation Grant focused onchanging the culture on campus to retain female faculty, adapting strategies that had beensuccessful at other institutions. These included the Advocates and Allies Program (A&A)developed as part of the North Dakota State University (NDSU) ADVANCE InstitutionalTransformation grant2, cross-disciplinary mentoring including Mutual Mentoring3 and facilitatedpeer mentoring circles4, and policy review. The proposal was originally planned for submissionin January 2020; a decision was made to hold off until January 2021.Shortly thereafter, COVID-19 hit.Part 2: Faculty Development (FD)Elsewhere on campus in 2018, FD was housed in the admissions office with a FD coordinatorand
college/unit within UD,allowing us to bring together small groups of chairs for facilitated discussion and the sharing ofexperiences. We also address the role of deans in securing institutional commitment for theproject, as well as initial evaluation results and plans for long-term evaluation. Finally, wehighlight follow-up efforts to develop and disseminate new resources on fostering inclusivedepartment climates, including a written guide that builds off strategies that emerged duringworkshop discussion, encouraging department chairs to learn from the experiences of colleaguesacross the university.I. IntroductionIn recent years, many institutions of higher education have implemented strategies to recruit andretain faculty from underrepresented
allow students to give backto the community, such as local volunteering or STEM initiatives for younger students. Stressrelief events were defined as those intending to increase the mental well-being of students, suchas yoga or painting. And finally, general information events were defined as anything outside ofthe defined categories such as financial planning or other specialty topics.We also asked open-ended questions about what students would hope to gain from participatingin a GradWIE group, what types of resources or graduate school information they wish theyknew when they started their degree, and if there was anything else they wanted to share. Thecomplete survey can be found in the Appendix.ParticipantsThis survey was sent to a pre
bachelordegree program within the four year timeframe and a lower likelihood of taking more than fouryears to complete the degree, female minority STEM students had the highest percentage of dropor stop attending rates. These findings offer some initial insight into the challenges faced by female minoritystudents in STEM fields in terms of degree completion and retention. This analysis marks thebeginning of a journey to understand their experiences, and plans are in progress for the nextphase of this study, which is scheduled for the fall 2023 semester. The next phase will focus onidentifying the barriers that these students face and will include activities aimed at improvingtheir confidence, preparedness and sense of belonging. Section 6.0
director, or they may have been the product of such a program. In neither case,however, is it possible for new directors to understand and learn every aspect of planning andstrategy. Even if the previous director desires to impart all that they know, it is possible that thereis knowledge or meta-knowledge that they, themselves, are unaware they possess.Another challenge is the lack of widespread understanding of the state of the art in diversity,equity, inclusion, and belonging from a practitioner standpoint. The community exists in a stateof functional dichotomy between those designated as researchers and practitioners. In addition,there are many members of the academic community who are not aware of either the currentstate of practice OR
disciplinespresents complex dynamics that require further exploration. Understanding the nuancedexperiences of grief among women in academia, especially those in STEM, is crucial fordeveloping tailored support systems and a more inclusive and supportive academic environment.Coping StrategiesCoping is defined as the cognitive and behavioral ways that an individual responds tochallenging circumstances [68]. Everyone copes differently with grief due to differences andvaried life experiences, and there are evidently many ways that individuals can respond to grief,as reflected in the BRIEF COPE questionnaire, a 28-item survey that contains 14 sub-scales tocapture various coping strategies[69]. These are: active coping, planning, positive reframing,acceptance
development of women, considering their skills andknowledge. [8] The most important thing is the collaborative construction where men andwomen jointly carry out equity initiatives, which ultimately enrich institutions, organizations,and families. Finally, being part of networks inspires the development of plans and projects inthe same institutions or organizations that the members are part of. [9]In this context of gender gap in STEM areas and in a time of complexity due to the pandemicthat generates a setback in the reality of women in society, an initiative of three organizationswith presence in Latin America is born: the Latin American Open Chair Matilda and Womenin engineering, and the organizations behind it are: • The Latin American and
students of Refer others to this programmultiple ages, different levels Be involved againof engagement, less rigorous Valuable experience for merequirements on attentiveness Positive impact on youththan during classroom learning, Led an equity discussionand lack of state or nationalstandards [2], [3], [7]. The plan Inclusiveness/equity/belongingis to continue to iterate surveys Guidebook valuable resourceand assess learning more Taught Engineering Mindsetthoroughly as the program Value of Engineering Designgrows. Process
Ph.D. in Educational Policy and Planning from UT Austin.Rachel Porcelli, Society of Women Engineers ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 A Multifaceted Examination of ALWE's Influence on Personal Growth and Leadership in Engineering Academia Introduction Research shows that we need more than a multifaceted approach to achieve gender equity inengineering – we need tailored and personalized responses to tackle specific challenges faced inmale-driven and dominated fields. Numerous research studies suggest that effectiveinterventions highlight the importance of programs that go beyond improving individual skilldevelopment to tackle systemic and institutional barriers [1].Such
) Do students have a positive academic self-concept upon return?(3) Do any impacts persist one month and or eight months after conference attendance?In addition to pre- and post-conference surveys, a look at end of semester survey responses onemonth after conference attendance (end of Spring 2022 semester survey) and eight months afterconference attendance (end of Fall 2022 semester survey) are evaluated to measure longer termimpact of the conference attendance.The remainder of the paper is organized as follows. Section 2 includes a review of related work;section 3 includes details about the spring 2022 conference attendance logistics, decision-making, and planning process. Section 4 presents the research methodology; section 5 presentsthe pre
- sities in matters of entrepreneurship, business plans and marketing. She currently works as a teacher and academic secretary at the Faculty of Engineering of the Andr´es Bello University. The areas of research interest are the impact, relationship and integration of the gender perspective within communications and marketing in the various areas of development, digital marketing and content marketing.Miss Yunia Valentina Recaman, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, ChileProf. Maria Elena Truyol, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile Mar´ıa Elena Truyol, Ph.D., is full professor and researcher of the Universidad Andr´es Bello (UNAB). She graduated as physics teacher (for middle and high school), physics (M.Sc.) and Ph.D. in
, Figure 2 shows twostudents volunteering to stand up and explain their programming codes to their classmates,indicating the classroom environment's positive comfort. Figure 2 Students volunteered to get up and explain their codes on the board.3.1. Quantitative MethodIn the quantitative phase of this research, data was collected to assess the UTA program's overallimpact on student performance. The data included student demographics and grades, withacademic plans obtained from the registrar's office following the project's Institutional ReviewBoard (IRB) regulations. These student records helped in understanding the background andcharacteristics of the students. The study tracked the enrollment patterns of students, specificallyif they were
the details about each WiC initiative are as follows.1) Maintaining the Supporting Women in Computing (SWiC) student club: SWiC was first launched in 2014. From 2014-2020, the club was inconsistently active as an option to students at FSC. It was officially re-instantiated in the fall 2020 semester during the COVID19 global pandemic. Finding student leaders with the time and commitment to participate in leadership training, complete administrative club paperwork each semester, and plan, organize, and host club activities at FSC has been a challenge [19]. As stated earlier, FSC serves primarily commuter students with considerable outside of school commitments (e.g. part- or full-time employment and familial responsibilities
—Blacks received a low percentage of degrees across the board. With Figure 3 genderdisparities are further analyzed. Figure 3 displays data from the electrical engineering (EE)departments at Morgan State University (MSU), Texas Southern University (TSU), JacksonState University (JSU), and North Carolina A&T (NC A&T) that reveals the gender gap in theelectrical engineering discipline. The demographic data depicted in this graph was retrievedfrom the Offices of Institutional Research at NC A & T, MSU, and JSU and the from the Officeof Institutional Assessment, Planning and Effectiveness at TSU. The graph conveys thisdisparity through the enrollment numbers for each gender. NC A&T has a sizable number of EEstudents, 166; however, the
option forstudents in need. This camp is run as a partnership between the department of ManufacturingSystems Engineering and the department of Visual Arts. The partnership was formed based on ashared interest in combining engineering and technological skill building with the creativeproblem solving associated with visual art, to foster a match of experimentation with criticalthinking and STEM based lessons for students. For example, one project included creating alight-based sculpture where students learned the fundamentals of basic electronics to apply solarpower to LED-lit projects. The facilitators do all the planning of the projects and provide all of training and instructionfor each of the projects. The Center for Technology Outreach
the 2020-2023 cohorts volunteered to participate in a focus group after bringingattention to a key challenge related to mental health and well-being that many engineeringstudents were experiencing. They offered potential solutions through stronger communitybuilding and support from peer groups, proposing a model of sharing each other’s experiences inhow they are overcoming mental health issues. This has initiated a student-led action plan toaddress the mental health challenges that our students are experiencing. The increase in stressand mental health of undergraduate engineering students has been a growing concern as reportedin recent studies [5-7].In this work we highlight the importance of integrating into the design of summer
community. Eachsemester we selected a PESP alum, who had graduated from the university, to talk to the studentsabout her job and career plans at the Reunion party. The Reunion party occasionally featuredguests from industry.In addition to the pay for the peer leaders and PhD stipends, the only other costs involved inrunning ESP were the light suppers provided to the two workshops (approximately $200 perweek) and the cost of the end of semester reunion dinner.Admissions practices at the University of PennsylvaniaAt the University of Pennsylvania, students can begin freshman year with a declared major orthey can be undecided, which is called curriculum deferred in Penn Engineering and undeclaredin the College of Arts and Sciences. The vast majority
the traditional faculty advising role. These staffmembers provide guidance on study plans, pre-requisites, and other logistical degreerequirements to help facilitate graduation, but often do not develop deep human relationshipswith students the way a faculty-advisor relationship can develop [18]. A recent study by Gauleand Piacentini [19] found that female Ph.D. students in chemistry paired with female advisorswere both more productive and more likely to become faculty themselves. This seems to be aninteresting strategy to combat the under-representation of women in science and engineering andbreak the cycle of attrition of female students. The researcher has plans to pilot the genderpairing of advisors for the Fall 2023 cohort of
pharmacy technician based on her looks alone. Theinteraction would have been different if the pharmacist was a different race, and even a differentgender. I would have most likely asked if they were the pharmacist and not the pharmacytechnician if the pharmacist had a different identity. After my comment, I immediatelyapologized for my assumption and explained that I didn’t know any of my coworkers yet andwasn’t sure who to talk to.”“In my engineering entrepreneurship class, we were tasked with creating a product or service andcreating a business plan that we would be pitching to actual leaders in businesses. This projectincluded financials, marketing, and prototyping. I found myself leaning towards the prototypingphase of this project as it had
female mentors, and female engineeringprofessors. Given each survey question resulted in strong positive statistical significance, theresearchers are encouraged to continue and expand this effort.It should be noted that the researchers recognize the sample size is small, and thus, it is notpossible to draw definitive conclusions based on these results. Further analysis is planned tomeasure the impact of this activity on academic performance and retention. Additionally, self-efficacy surveys were given in the engineering course and during the INSPIRE workshop. Thisdata will provide more depth to the analysis of the impact of the workshop experience.References[1] National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES). 2023. Diversity and
women-centric conference and events: Two field trips were planned and carried out by the authors during the spring semester to this day. Both the trips were to the same regional ACM-W Celebration conference (https://women.acm.org/category/celebrations) due to its close-proximity and affordability. Spring 2021 trip was a virtual with 8 women undergraduates attended. Spring 2022 conference and trip was in-person with participation of 34 computing students where 70% were women.Thus far, the three initiatives have been funded through a few small campus fundingopportunities such as discretionary funding from departmental budgets overseen by thedepartment chair, the school-wide budget overseen by the dean, and college
through management and evaluation. Dr. Leggett-Robinson has more than 15 years of higher education experience which includes STEM academic and student success/support programming, strategic plan- ning, data analytics, and program evaluation. As a PI, she has garnered funds in excess of $3 million dollars from both NIH and NSF for broadening participation in STEM Undergraduate Education and as an Evaluator has worked on large projects with NSF (Big Data, BioGraph), Google CS-ER, and DOD STEM Student Success. Her distinguished record of STEM programmatic success (at HBCUs and PWIs) is well documented in publications and presentations. Dr. Leggett-Robinson’s latest publications, ”De- mystifying Promotion & Tenure: A
Davenport Bridget Davenport is a SMART Scholar for Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) at the Port Huen- eme Division. She graduated from Ventura College with an Associates in Science with Engineering Honors. She transferred to California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo in pursuit of an Electrical/Mechanical Engineering degree. She plans to attend UCLA to earn a Master’s Degree after returning back to work at the NSWC PHD. She is interested in working with the Vertical Launching System and Canister Maintenance and ORDALTSJason Faith BickfordLeslie AbellSara Dooley ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Section Conference
ofWashington, during which time she worked as a teaching assistant for the digital circuitintroductory series and took on internships in the aerospace industry. After graduation, Aliciaworked as a Systems Engineer for Philips Oral Health Care and startup Jeeva Wireless. Shepresently has no plans to return to engineering as a career.Eve Riskin, Ph.D., is Dean of Undergraduate Education at Stevens Institute of Technology.Before this role, she was a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University ofWashington Seattle, where she also served as the Faculty Director of the ADVANCE Center forInstitutional Change. Her scholarly research focuses on promoting diversity and inclusion inSTEM students and faculty. Dr. Riskin is a Fellow in IEEE
-Canada survey on engineering career paths and EDIIn partnership with Engineers Canada, Troost ILead conducted a survey with engineeringgraduates across Canada in late 2022. As part of our recruitment strategy, we invited allprovincial and territorial regulators of professional engineers to an informational session aboutour planned survey on engineering career paths. In particular, we reached out to each regulator’srepresentative on the ‘30 x 30’ campaign, which has a goal to increase the percentage of womenamong all newly licensed engineers to 30 per cent by the year 2030 [27]. As a result, eight of theregulatory bodies and one provincial engineering advocacy organization agreed to support ourparticipant recruitment efforts (e.g., Linking to our
entrepreneurship, business plans and marketing. She currently works as a teacher and academic secretary at the Faculty of Engineering of the Andr´es Bello University. The areas of research interest are the impact, relationship and integration of the gender perspective within communications and marketing in the various areas of development, digital marketing and content marketing.Prof. Maria Elena Truyol, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile Mar´ıa Elena Truyol, Ph.D., is full professor and researcher of the Universidad Andr´es Bello (UNAB). She graduated as physics teacher (for middle and high school), physics (M.Sc.) and Ph.D. in Physics at Universidad Nacional de C´ordoba, Argentina. In 2013 she obtained a three-year
, career interests,personal values, societal or interpersonal pressure, past experiences, and a host of others. Furtherresearch will employ qualitative methods to investigate how students perceive the relative valueof technical and professional skills in their professional development, and whether there aredifferences between genders in the perception of opportunities to build technical skills in theseprograms. The study plans to employ focus groups with mixed programs but unmixed genders insmall groups. Researchers will provide a working definition of professional and technical skillsto provide a common framework for discussion. The focus groups will include a series ofguiding questions to lead discussions aimed toward understanding the dynamics
engineering) is the work of Guerin and hercolleagues [20]. Borrego and her team also examined motivational factors to consider master’sand Ph.D. degrees separately. For instance, they found that “for every one-unit increase instudents’ self-efficacy, they were over eight times more likely to plan to enroll in a master’sprogram and 13 times more likely to plan to enroll in a Ph.D. program relative to not attendinggraduate school” [8, p. 154].Therefore, the body of literature on women in graduate degrees in engineering remains extremelylimited, especially disaggregated on each graduate degree (MSc, MEng, or Ph.D.) or engineeringsubfields. In order to address systematic challenges that threaten EDI, specifically in engineeringgraduate programs, it is