Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 5

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alison Leigh Banka, University of Georgia; Agnes Germaine d'Entremont, P.E., University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Katherine A. Lyon

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

states have outlawed race-based AAsince the mid-1990s: California, Arizona, Florida, Idaho, Michigan, Nebraska, New Hampshire,Oklahoma, and Washington. At the time of writing, the US Supreme Court had heard oralarguments in two separate court cases brought against Harvard University and the University ofNorth Carolina; the court’s decision will likely be decided in June 2023 and will have far-reaching consequences on the state of AA within the US [4].The nine state-level affirmative action bans occurred through a variety of methods in twobranches of the government: executive and legislative. The AA ban in the state of Florida is theonly ban to be enacted via the executive branch; this ban was implemented via an executiveorder by the governor in

Conference Session

Programmatic Design and Resiliency Among Women Engineers

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jing Zhang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Hou Xie; Rosie Ruoci Shen, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Valeri Werpetinski, University of Illinois Urbana - Champaign; Lawrence Angrave, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Yuting W. Chen, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

-disciplinary collaboration enabled us togain deeper insights into participants’ gendered experiences by integrating perspectives fromdifferent contexts, such as the workplace, academia, and personal life. Our shared commitmentto fostering a more inclusive work environment was driven by both personal and professionalmotivations.Two women graduate researchers in education and psychology were primarily responsible forthe study design, data collection, data analysis, and writing advised by engineering educationfaculty. Their internship experiences outside engineering helped them empathize withparticipants, while their academic backgrounds provided theoretical and methodologicalexperience to interpret gender equity issues. In addition, two members of the

Conference Session

Persistence, Outcomes and Barriers for Women in Engineering

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lily Skau, Austin Peay State University; Emmabeth Parrish Vaughn, Austin Peay State University; Bobette Bouton; Steven Blake Warth, Austin Peay State University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

education a more socially just and safe space for all and uses writing, speaking, and research to address each of these important aspects of her academic career.Steven Blake Warth, Austin Peay State University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Retrospective Insights in Choosing a Career in Engineering Abstract Women have historically been underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields [1]. The gender gap in participation in engineering remains especially large, and the cause of this gap is the question of many researchers [2],[3],[4]. Research teams have found that perceptions of the