Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Ilmi Yoon, San Francisco State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Diversity Research

of identifying speakers, alumni, and faculty that provided career advice,any recurrent issues and themes among their students and inspired interesting research possibilities for theregardless of the course they were enrolled in. This strategy capstone class (CSC 698; fall 2016, spring 2017). We alsowas repeated twice over the course of the semester. After hosted a poster session of 698 projects, which was thenthese workshops, the mentors met to discuss and vote on

Conference Session

Diversity Research - Session I

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Donna M. Riley, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Diversity Research

Diversity ScholarshipAbstractRecently, white supremacists rebranded as the “alt-right” have waged a national media campaigntargeting critical education scholars, including STEM education diversity research and ourcommitments to equity, inclusion, and social justice. Many campuses have been besieged bywhite supremacist activity seeking to incite violence and attract media attention.In this climate, many of today’s students are encountering conversations around difference,power, and privilege amid a flurry of alt-right propaganda, exposed in a new way to overtlyracist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic, or ableist ideas through newmedia. This is a high-stakes, low-safety environment for all learners, presenting