Conference Session

Race/Ethnicity Track - Technical Session I

Collection

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

Authors

Ruth E. Davis, Santa Clara University; Sarah Kate Wilson, Santa Clara University; Kimberley Gonzalez; Jennifer Yarp, Santa Clara University; Muna Zaki Sinada, Santa Clara University; Naeem Khari Turner-Bandele, Santa Clara University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Race/Ethnicity

and Inclusion. These sessions raise awareness of issues that underrepresented groups face, and provide faculty and staff with the resources needed to properly support minority students. 5. Revamp ENGR 1: Introduction to Engineering. Students believe this would be the perfect opportunity to introduce and emphasize ethics and empathy in engineering. Students also expressed a desire for career development in this class, outlining the major steps to graduation, and how to find a job afterward, addressing skills such as resume building, interviewing, and networking. 6. Make alterations to syllabi. In addition to the standard statements regarding academic integrity, disability accommodation

Conference Session

Race/Ethnicity Track - Technical Session VI

Collection

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

Authors

Susan E. Walden, University of Oklahoma; Deborah A. Trytten, University of Oklahoma; Randa L. Shehab, University of Oklahoma; Cindy E. Foor, University of Oklahoma

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Race/Ethnicity

discipline has been an accepted practice [29-31]. However, thatpractice excludes students regardless of performance level. Twenty years ago, Seymour andHewitt demonstrated that “switchers” and “non-switchers” had similar patterns on inadequatepreparation, work ethic, conceptual difficulty with course content, and GPA at the time ofswitching [32]. Ten years ago, the National Academy of Engineering report Changing theConversation identified the accepted representations of engineering by engineers as one of thereasons that diversifying the discipline has been a challenge [33]. Through explicit and implicitmessaging shared with students, such as engineering students study all the time or engineers lovemath and science, engineering faculty perpetuate