Conference Session

Graduate Education Track - Technical Session V

Collection

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

Authors

Heather Doty, University of Delaware; L. Pamela Cook, University of Delaware

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Graduate Education

-Development Activities These activities are designed to build professional skills.Many are led by UD faculty or staff. For example, UD COE faculty have hosted WIE brown-baglunches on topics including communicating in the STEM workplace, handling rejected papers orproposals, implicit bias, and impostor syndrome. We have collaborated with our university’sOffice of Career Services to provide workshops on preparing professional resumes andinterviewing for jobs. We have partnered a number of times with UD’s Office of InternationalStudents and Scholars (OISS) to provide a workshop for international students on the visaprocess after they graduate1. Finally, while most WIE activities are focused on grad students, wehave assembled panels for undergraduates on

Conference Session

Track : Graduate - Technical Session 7

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Marcia Gumpertz, North Carolina State University; Rebecca Brent, Education Designs, Inc; C. Dean Campbell, North Carolina A&T State University ; Maureen Grasso, North Carolina State University; Yvette Maria Huet, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Keith A. Schimmel P.E., North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Graduate Education

Maureen Grasso former Dean of the Graduate School at North Carolina State University and the Univer- sity of Georgia has over 16 years as a dean in graduate education. She worked with faculty and students to improve and enhance mentoring. Grasso was an active participant in the Council of Graduate School’s ”PhD completion project”, The Commission on ”Pathways Through Graduate School and into Careers” and the Advancement Advisory Committee. She was a founding member of the CGS Advisory Com- mittee on Advocacy and Public Policy. Grasso served as President and Past President of CSGS and in 2009, She received the CSGS Award for Outstanding Contribution to Graduate Education in the South- ern Region. She served on the

Conference Session

Track : Graduate - Technical Session 10

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Ashleigh Wright, North Carolina State University; Rebecca Brent, Education Designs, Inc; Elizabeth C. Dickey, North Carolina State University; Kimberly S. Weems, North Carolina Central University; Brian J. Reich, North Carolina State University; Caesar R. Jackson, North Carolina Central University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Graduate Education

presenting opportunities students may takeadvantage of to advance their academic and professional careers. The number of students that haveattended the seminar series activities are listed in Table 1.Table 1: Cumulative number of participants in Bridge-related programs Activity SEAS NCSU Student Faulty Professional Meeting at Research Research Development NCCU Presentations Seminars Seminars Bridge Funded Trainees 3 2 3 3 Bridge Non-Funded Trainees 0 2 6

Conference Session

Track: Graduate - Technical Session 12

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Kerrie G. Wilkins-Yel, Indiana University ; Bianca L. Bernstein, Arizona State University; Jennifer M. Bekki, Arizona State University; Amanda James Reed

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Graduate Education

. Dr. Bernstein is Principal Investigator of the CareerWISE research program, supported by the National Science Foundation since 2006. Her over 250 publications and presentations and over $4 M in external support have focused on the application of psychological science to the career advancement of women and underrepresented minorities and the development of effective learning environments for graduate education.She is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and American Association for the Advancement of Science and has won a number of awards for her work on equity, inclusiveness and mentoring of students and faculty. Dr. Bern- stein holds a bachelor’s in psychology from the University of California at

Conference Session

Track: Graduate - Technical Session 9

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Eunsil Lee, Arizona State University; Jennifer M. Bekki, Arizona State University; Adam R. Carberry, Arizona State University; Nadia N. Kellam, Arizona State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Graduate Education

strategies. She co-designed the environmental engineering synthesis and design studios and the design spine for the mechanical engineering program at UGA. She is engaged in mentoring early career faculty at her univer- sity and within the PEER National Collaborative. In 2013 she was selected to be a National Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Engineering Education Faculty Member. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Understanding international engineering doctoral students’ sense of belonging through their interpersonal interactions in the academic communityIntroduction and Background This study explores the ‘sense of belonging’ from the