woman (she/her) Engineering Yes Dr. O Black woman (she/her) Engineering Yes Dr. Wu Black woman (she/her) Natural Science YesData AnalysisThe data was analyzed using a general inductive analytic plan, meaning we analyzed theinterviews in line with the conceptual framework and study’s objectives [63], [64]. The first stepof the data analysis involved reading through the transcripts so the lead researcher couldfamiliarize themselves with the data. Next, the lead researcher identified significant statements ineach of the interviews pertaining to codes reflective of the Collins’ [11] domains of powerframework. The interpersonal domain code was created to describe when a participantmentioned
teamwork and the desire toapply their engineering knowledge to have a positive social impact aligns with recent calls forgreater attention to the social dimensions and impact of engineering work [6], [9].Engineering training often underemphasizes social, contextual aspects of engineering [1], yetstudents in the study demonstrated that these social aspects of engineering were important totheir plans for being engineers. Moveover, the literature suggests that an underemphasis on morecomprehensive skills, like social considerations, may alienate students from continuing to pursueengineering [4], [11]. In particular, women and minority students who are normally moreengaged in social aspects and communal goals of engineering would be put into a
furtheruse their perspectives for more informed intervention design.In this work in progress paper, the findings that are presented are a part of an ongoing NSFfunded project to understand how to get more Black male engineers to pursue advanced degreesin engineering and go into the engineering professoriate. Of the research questions that are a partof the ongoing work: 1) What factors influenced Black males to pursue graduate degrees inengineering? 2) What assets/strengths do Black males possess who persist or plan to continue inengineering beyond undergraduate studies? Only research question 1 will be explored in thispaper. This manuscript provides a brief review of the literature and overview of the study’smethodology. Findings are then presented
taking the Linear Algebra course or the Introduction to Proofs course present some risk whether they will obtain their bachelor’s degrees and do so in a timely manner. • The S-STEM Program Director collaborates very closely with the UTA Undergraduate Mathematics Advisor to assess each undergraduate mathematics major’s academic progress, mathematical preparation, academic resilience, expected date for obtaining the undergraduate degree, effort spent by the student on academic studies, etc. The UTA Undergraduate Mathematics Advisor knows each of the mathematics majors very well as she is directly involved in the student’s degree plan and she interacts with each student at least several times during
highly valued the hands-on experience and both recognizedand appreciated the time and effort that was put into the creation and distribution of the kits. It should be noted that the development, assembly, distribution, and debugging of the kitswould not have been possible without a significant level of support. In addition to the cost ofthe kits themselves, several undergraduate tutors were hired to help with the kit development andassembly, and both undergraduate and graduate tutors were hired to help with the course itself. Thedevelopment process also required a significant amount of time and planning prior to the start ofthe course. Based on instructor observation and student feedback, a few kit updates are currentlybeing made for the next
understanding with one another. When thisshared understanding is lacking, change is much harder to come by (Lyon et al., 2014).Troublingly, however, it has become evident that universities are not always aware of theirstudents’ expectations and are therefore unable to factor their voices into institutional change.Allen and Nichols (2017) highlight that while student input is frequently involved in the processof evaluating and revising teaching efforts, it is seldom included when planning and operatingother forms of student support. While Kuh et al. (1995) lay out expectations universities mighthave of their students, it remains unclear how adept the institutions’ administrators and facultyare at gauging students’ wants and needs. The work of Shank
are many homeless people who do not wish to get on their feet. This ruins government housing because they take advantage of a way to get themselves on their feet. There are people who use this for good, to help progress themselves, but I do not think this is generally the case.As the statement indicates, there was the perception that people who experience homelessnesstake advantage of the government and only a few plan on progressing. Similarly to the previousstudent response, some students also mentioned that “some people are homeless by choice,”where the discourse of “choice” was used to explain or justify continued inequalities in oursociety. In some instances, students combined meritocracy and deficit perspectives
to the graduate system and milestones at theuniversity, I also felt like the act of working on a PhD was rebellious in some way too –rebellious against how I had experienced engineering education in the classroom, in thecommunities that I was part of and not, in how I often felt the need to pretend to be “one of theboys,” to be privy to plans, conversations, projects. Héctor is energized by the processHéctor: [It’s energizing] To produce, to change, to question, explore, be pushed to question andthink, and question others to think and be pushed back. Not violently though. Not like beinginterrogated. But through a gentle socialization of sitting in the tension alongside others who arealso experiencing the soul. It is both disconcerting
the other integrated modules as a whole were collected, but not considered for thispaper. Because this module was developed while the class was being taught, certain logisticalissues could be avoided on subsequent iterations. For example, the placement of this module inthe course schedule could be more strategic. The low in-class attendance could be a result ofstudents attending conferences, the class occurring directly after an exam, and students beingaware that their instructor’s planned absence. Lastly, integration of feedback about theaccessibility case studies was elicited from professionals with expertise with the disabilitycommunity but not enough time was given to incorporate that feedback before the class wastaught. Future iterations
be more open-minded towards females asking for those positions. Theymay not have “enough experience” because they are not offered enough opportunities to gain“enough experience”. Female faculty need to be encouraged to improve their leadership skills byattending training, workshops, conferences, etc.Conclusions and Future WorkAutoethnographic narratives of three female faculty in engineering who have experienced genderbias have enabled this topic to be explored. The findings from this research are consistent with thelarge body of literature on gender bias in academia. The recommendations indicate the need forfurther research, support, and awareness for female faculty who face these biases.The authors plan to continue their work on gender
Mechanics Project across the three constituent courses was doneover a period of three years, as illustrated in Fig. 3. By accident of history, we implementedDynamics first. In one semester, we put in place all four of the major changes of (1) moving tothe flipped recitation using UGTAs and one lecture per module, (2) creating course materials—notes and examples—that allowed (3) the implementation of mastery-based grading, and (4) theintroduction of computing projects as a major component of the course. A year later we hoistedup Statics, and a year after that Deformable Solids.While not part of an intentional plan, there was some advantage to working through Dynamicsbefore Statics. For example, many of the notational decisions were made to support
) • Reservations attended: 3,589 (actual use of the platform) • Hours attended: 12,146.53Fig. 12. Use of the private cloud at the University of South Carolina between October 1, 2018 to September28, 2019. The platform was used to support academic classes, workshops, and research at the University ofSouth Carolina.The impact of this project is beyond cyberinfrastructure. While resources were placed forcyberinfrastructure courses, training workshops, and research, the Department of IntegratedInformation Technology (IIT) at the University of South Carolina is planning to extend the use ofthe platform to other areas, such as databases, programming, web systems, and others.Comparison between the private cloud and public clouds. Table 6 compares
’ projects. We were not sure about the impact of the settings in students’performance, however, there were no projects that were underperformed. We had a contingencyplan in place in case some teams were not delivering the appropriate quality, this plan includedextra monitoring from the faculty members and the PhD students that were teaching assistants inthe course but this was not required as every team performed accordingly. Furthermore, with thissetting the students were able to develop a project that was not only real, but more complex thatthe projects used in the past.The guidance from the engineering education researchers and instructors helped the teammembers to use several strategies to overcome the challenges. One of the strategies
wouldpatiently wait for them to finish – eager to get past the story they wished to present to the worldand into the complicated histories that have been buried along the way. It got me thinking aboutmy own narrative of how I came to be an engineer, and how tortured I felt to deliver a quick,understandable explanation for why I belonged in engineering. I remember trimming parts of thestory that did not go well in my conversations with others, eliminating the parts that didn’t fitwell, were confusing, or left doubts about my qualifications. I was curious to what extent I mightrecognize these efforts in the narratives of other women.I was also surprised when my opening question did not work as planned, when participants didnot seem to understand it as an
because of the logs? I try to answer the question instead of waiting for the answer even I speak in a low voice. And I will ask other classmates questions I don't understand after class and watch some relevant videos sometimes. After I need to finish the log, I will use the options on the log to plan what I will do in class or after class. For journaling reasons, I tried something I hadn't done before. Because of the participation log, I began to take notes in class and communicate with my classmates about the question that I have. I become more engaged especially out-of-class because I should pay more efforts and time to the course to earn the points for participation log. I have tried to answer the questions asked by teachers in class and as I
more than their fair share of time and words in most deliberations.Some research has explored the relationships between gender composition and teamperformance. Woolley, Chabris, Pentland, Hashmi, & Malone (2010) investigated the linkbetween collective intelligence factor of a group and their corresponding performance on variousteamwork tasks (e.g., brainstorming, planning events). They showed how collective intelligencewas more a function of social sensitivity of the members than the sum of individual intelligenceof each member. Notably, these factors were positively correlated with female participation andnegatively correlated with the number of speaking turns took during execution of tasks. Thesefindings emphasize that power dynamics and
rewarding for me.Spurred by her initial success as a chapter president, Shasha decided to take on moreresponsibility within the organization, ascending to the regional level. With that, came the samesense of duty to support the NSBE membership though on a much larger scale. My last year of college, I decided to run for a NSBE regional board position, so I became the [Regional Board member], which was so much fun. It was absolutely so much fun. I got to run or help with the running of 50 chapters in our region, and I got to attend like all the conferences. We were running all the conferences, so planning which events we have and really thinking critically about what will make students get the most out of this
situate constructs ofinternational engineering doctoral students’ sense of belonging. The working definitions of theconstructs and future research plan will be provided.LimitationsAlthough this work provides a basic understanding of the belongingness constructs, the reviewedliterature in the current work is limited to the selected seminal papers for the purpose ofconceptualizing and situating our previous work [1]. To gain a clear and in-depth understandingof the conceptual structure of a sense of belonging, far more literature should be reviewed with asystematic process with specific search, inclusion, and exclusion criteria. Literature Review Sense of belonging in higher education: Inconsistencies in definitions and constructs Sense of
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nothing seemed to be fruitful. Nothing was producing [results]. And that's when I started thinking, "Is computer science really for me or is it just a rough patch that 8 I'm going through right now?" And I was wondering, okay, let's say I change my major from computer science. What do I change it to? I've never thought about doing anything else, never thought about a plan B. What if I don't like this major? What am I going to do? That's what I'm thinking, "What am I going to do?" That was also adding to my anxiety because I didn't know-- I was anxious. I was depressed. I was sad all the time because I didn't know what was going on in my life. I didn't know
different engineering majors, career advice, internships, and other professional planning and support. The seminar also helps students develop resumes and cover letters, and learn other aspects of professionalism such as dining etiquette and professional attire. ● Most STARS students also take a class from the College of Education on wellness and resilience for college that is targeted towards first-year and transfer students. In this class, students are exposed to research-informed practices to help students enhance their wellbeing on campus by building skills such as mindfulness and emotion regulation. (3) Intrusive advisingAnother key component of the STARS program is intrusive or proactive advising, which is
the general level of teaching effectiveness across the college.2020 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Annual Conference Proceedings 179Introduction and motivationAs a teaching center, MTEI’s goal is to assist all faculty in improving their courses and teachingskills. For faculty at the beginning of their teaching careers, we provide information, support andfeedback for a strong start in teaching so they build confidence and identity as goodteachers. For highly skilled teachers, MTEI offers assistance with planning and assessment ofnew approaches, or technology, or learning activities they created. Both of these groups offaculty are highly motivated and seek out and welcome assistance. For teachers
” perspective of our persisting students.18 In addition, we see growth mindsetrepresented in the way that the students appear to be ready and willing to adapt and improve, as afixed mindset, on the other hand, would be in direct contradiction to these efforts.195. Future workIn an effort to address our driving research questions, the next steps of our ongoing work in thisstudy will be focused on completing the final coding of all 23 transcripts. As a component of ourprocess in developing conclusions via a grounded theory approach, we will report on the relativeprevalence of any coding strings from our master codebook. In addition, we also plan to searchfor patterns that may point to potential causal links between occurrences. As a hypotheticalexample
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- to engineering identity provide them with a more nuancedyear seminar, and were emblazoned on a twelve-foot-tall understanding than those in the sample taken by Meyer andbanner in the center of the engineering building. colleagues [6]. Students were also asked “Do you plan to work, conductVIII. Cross-Cutting Theme: Diversity in Engineering research, continue study, or teach engineering for at leastThe Campbell University School of Engineering emphasizes three years after graduation?” and 24 (69%) responded yes,the need for engineers from diverse backgrounds for
of these, including the student team responsible for lighting andsound at campus events. As one LGBTQ student told us, “Not everyone needs a safespace” (WPI, 2015).Our specific research plan emerged from our sense that the LGBTQ community at WPI isrelatively large for an engineering school. We hypothesized that there may be aconnection to the unique curriculum here, although we have never isolated the effects ofour off-campus projects, our six-course humanities requirement, or our strong artsprogram on LGBTQ students. Rather, we have conducted surveys and interviews to hearfrom students about their experiences as queer engineering undergraduates. Beyondsupport for LGBTQ engineering students, our project points the way toward enabling16 More
administrative offices such as Women in Engineering and Multicultural Engineeringprograms, who may at times benefit from forming coalitions without losing the identity andgoals of individual groups and students. At our home institution, the students of a thrivingNational Society of Black Engineers chapter have met with a newly forming chapter of theSociety of Hispanic Professional Engineers to advise on logistical procedures and strategies forfinancial support and to co-plan activities. Rather than seeing an identity difference as a barrieror subsuming the groups in a coalition which erased identities of the sub-groups, this strategicpolitical partnership represents a possible productive outcome of considering politicalintersectionality. The theory may
document to analyze,articulate, measure, and discuss (in)equity in their team dynamics.Mapping Assets Builds Student ConfidenceFirst, identifying one’s own assets can build student confidence, particularly for students who areor have been stereotyped as less capable (Maton and Hrabowski III, 2004). A Native Americanand first generation college student explains: ….the asset map shows me what I’m capable of….I plan on editing my asset map again because I’m going to need it to remind myself what I’m good at. Until I work on enough projects, assets never stop, I feel that my asset map should pages long by the time I’m 40. I will continue to utilize my asset map to help me in the future
. Laura Palucki Blake, Harvey Mudd College Laura Palucki Blake is the Director of Institutional Research and Effectiveness at Harvey Mudd Col- lege, where her primary role is to coordinate data collection, interpretation and dissemination to support teaching and learning, planning and decision-making across the college.Sarah SilcoxMr. Joseph John Sinopoli, Harvey Mudd CollegeProf. Gordon G. Krauss, Harvey Mudd College Gordon G. Krauss is the Fletcher Jones Professor of Engineering Design in the Department of Engineering at Harvey Mudd College. His design research interests include improving the way designers interact with each other in the design process and how design process tools are applied. Prior to joining Harvey
planned. Others have noted that team effectiveness theory from industrial andorganizational psychology may be helpful in dealing with student teams [4]. The instructor iscurrently collaborating with the School of Psychology at Florida Tech to evaluate team dynamicsand trust in aerospace capstone teams [10]; additional collaboration may yield insights on how tofurther improve the combination of time cards and instructor evaluations and to better preparestudent team leaders to deal with the challenges of holding their teams accountable. Another areaof forward work is to seek out other capstone instructors with large classes and an existing peerfeedback system who may be willing to experiment with the approach described here and toprovide an