Paper ID #217002018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and ComputingDiversity Conference: Crystal City, Virginia Apr 29Professional Preparation of Underrepresented Minority PhD’s and Post-Docsfor a Career in Engineering AcademiaDr. Teresa J. Cutright, University of Akron Dr. Cutright is a Professor of Civil Engineering at The University of Akron. She has a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering with emphasis on environmental remediation techniques with over 20 years of experience conducting site assessments, soil characterizations and treatability studies for a variety of environmental contaminants
Paper ID #24742WIP: Proactive Dual Career and Relocation Assistance During the FacultyInterview ProcessDr. Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado, Boulder Robyn Sandekian, PhD, is the Manager of Diverse Faculty Recruiting for the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Colorado Boulder. In this role, Robyn works with hiring commit- tees throughout the College to ensure that faculty searches reach a broad pool of potential applicants and coordinates training offered by the National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT) to identify and reduce implicit bias throughout the search process
and recently biomedical systems. She is the first Associate Dean of Faculty Ad- vancement in NC State’s College of Engineering. Awards/service include 2015 AAAS Mentor Award, Fellow in American Institute of Chemical Engineers Board of Directors, NSF Presidential Award for Ex- cellence in Science, Math and Engineering Mentoring, Council for Chemical Research Diversity Award. She is the founding director of the Promoting Underrepresented Presence on Science and Engineering Faculties (PURPOSE) Institute”. A certified coach, Grant consults and empowers STEM individuals at all levels in the academy towards excellence in career and professional development. Her workshops on mentoring and academic career development for
- cluding the Journal of Career Development, the Academy of Management Executive, the Psychology of Women Quarterly, Journal of Management Development, the Journal of Business Ethics, Human Re- source Management Journal, and The Diversity Factor. Dr. Blake-Beard is co-editor of a volume focused on women’s careers (Handbook of Research on Promoting Women’s Careers) and a 2017 volume on mentoring (Mentoring Diverse Leaders: Changing People, Processes and Paradigms). She received a 2010-2011 Fulbright Award to support her project entitled ”Systems of Sustenance and Support: Explor- ing the Impact of Mentoring on the Career Experiences of Indian Women,” in partnership with the Center for Leadership, Innovation and Change at
. 4Main topics of the survey included hiring, tenure, career growth and satisfaction,grants and research, departmental environment, and work-life balance. Questionsaddressed department climate (networking, interactions with colleagues, andavailable resources), the tenure process, career guidance and expectations, andsupport for research (grants, mentoring, space and resources).WISE@OU also hosted focus groups for faculty to find out more about the issues inSTEM departments. Focus groups sessions were held for STEM female faculty from alltenure-track ranks as well as STEM department chairs (all male at the time) and STEMfaculty from under-represented populations (all male at the time). The focus groupsessions allowed faculty to more openly discuss
strategic partnerships. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018Social Enterprise Model for a Multi-Institutional Mentoring Network for Women in STEMSTEM-UP PA was launched through an NSF-ADVANCE (Increasing the Participation andAdvancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers) grant with the missionof supporting academic women in STEM from a consortium of teaching-focused institutions inthe central Pennsylvania region. Unlike many ADVANCE grants awarded to large researchinstitutions, STEM-UP PA brings together women from teaching-focused regional colleges anduniversities who face similar challenges but are isolated in their small STEM departments. Thispaper focuses on the establishment and
employment practices and corporate social behaviors. Across her research, Dr. Vican explores how organizational policies and practices, managerial behavior, and workplace culture shape individual career outcomes as well as broader patterns of labor market inequality. Her current research includes a qualitative study of corporate diversity management strategies and a series of mixed-methods projects on diversity in the academic workforce. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Using Data to Drive Institutional Change: University of Delaware ADVANCE Institute Research on Faculty Women of Color Shawna Vican, University of
enables her to combine a deep understanding of scientific principles with the ability to tell a compelling story to communicate the scientific and potential societal impact of individual research projects. Her targeted campaigns raise the perceived stature of the organization and lead to successful institutional fundraising. After graduating from Williams College with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and French, Thuy earned a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Hawaii. In her early career, she was a research scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and held management positions in several engineering firms, including CH2M HILL, Lockheed Martin, and Los Alamos Technical Associates. While pursuing her
Paper ID #241522018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and ComputingDiversity Conference: Crystal City, Virginia Apr 29PEER: Professional-development Experiences for Education ResearchersDr. Scott Franklin, Rochester Institute of Technology Scott Franklin is a Professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy and Director of the CASTLE Center for Advancing STEM Teaching, Learning & Evaluation at Rochester Institute of Technology. His educa- tion research includes projects on the development of identity and affiliation in physics majors throughout their undergraduate career, and, separately, how physicists
program and their or their grad student’s or postdoc’s time commitments, which they appreciate. They can select from a variety of grade levels so that they can work with an age group with whom they feel comfortable. Furthermore, some opportunities require no budget such as providing a special lecture to our summer engineering program students while others may require substantial funding such as a recent CAREER grant which started a new summer environmental program for elementary school students. 6The center has made a point of attending all new faculty orientations and introducing themselves as the center to contact if faculty want to do K‐12 STEM
- tions to physical rehabilitation, physiological monitoring, and home energy management systems. His research is funded by the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Office of Naval Research, Army Research Lab, Microsoft, and Technology Development Corporation. He has published more than 60 peer-reviewed conference and journal articles in top conferences including MobiSys, IPSN, Mobicom, Ubicomp, RTSS, Sensors, IEEE Transactions on Networking, IEEE Transactions on Multi- scale Computing, and IEEE Sensors. He is a National Science Foundation CAREER awardee and has re- ceived a Microsoft Research Software Engineering Innovations Award, UMBC Up and Coming Inventor, a UMBC Innovation
Latinx students, engineering educators have a unique opportunity toapply their engineering design expertise to innovate the educational experience of their students. InDesign Thinking, one key feature is the emphasis on user engagement and developing a deepunderstanding of a user’s needs, environment, and assets [7]. Educators, as educational designers, shouldfirst seek to understand the unique characteristics of the students in their programs. This process ofdeveloping a deeper understanding of one’s students can result in educational experiences that supportstudent learning by meeting students where they are [8] and connecting to themes, ideas, and topics thatare relevant to the student and their desired career trajectory [9].While the