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Technical Session 8 - Paper 5: Cultivating Inclusivity: A Systematic Literature Review on Developing Empathy for Students in STEM Fields

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Stephanie Jill Lunn, Georgia Institute of Technology; Cristi L. Bell-Huff, Georgia Institute of Technology; Joseph M LeDoux, Georgia Institute of Technology

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, and to help them approachinteractions, tasks, and product design while considering the perspectives and needs of others,educators should think about how to embed empathy into the curriculum. Employing appropriatelearning activities can be beneficial for developing empathy in students. Prior research on K-12students has shown that infusing empathy into STEM lessons can advance interest in pursuing acareer in STEM, and it can also foster a sense of belonging [4, 5].While such practices may be efficacious in higher education as well, more understanding isneeded. It is important to foster empathy in undergraduate/graduate students and faculty to worktowards more inclusive mindsets and environments. Previously Hess and Fila [6] demonstratedthat

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Technical Session 12 - Paper 1: Creating Pathways for Success and Engagement for Women in Engineering

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Jalonda Nakay Thompson, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Anne Skutnik, Tickle College of Engineering; Jamie Baalis Coble, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Anahita Khojandi, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Angelica M Palomino, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Veerle Keppens, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Ozlem Kilic, University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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Dean of Academic and Student Affairs in the Tickle College o Engineering at University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She has over 15 years of academic experience in various leadership positions. Prior to joining academia, she was an Electronics Engineer at U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi MD where she managed Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Programs for the develop- ment of hybrid numerical electromagnetic tools. Dr. Kilic has over five years of industry experience at COMSAT Laboratories as a Senior Engineer and Program Manager with specialization in satellite com- munications, link modeling and analysis, and modeling, design and test of phased arrays and reflector antennas for satellite communications

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Session 5 - Track 2: Community College Computing Programs' Unique Contexts for Promoting Gender Equity

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Erin Carll, University of Washington; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Gretchen Achenbach, University of Virginia; Nancy Binowski, County College of Morris; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Jamie Lee Huber Ward, WEPAN, Inc.; Sherri L Sanders; Melissa C Stange, Laurel Ridge Community College; Zhen Wu

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at AT&T Bell Laboratories. Professor Binowski has dedicated her career to expanding the reach of computing to women and other under-served groups and to engaging her students in industry practices and experiences which can make the world a better place.Dr. Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants Catherine E. Brawner is President of Research Triangle Educational Consultants. She received her Ph.D.in Educational Research and Policy Analysis from NC State University in 1996. She also has an MBA from Indiana University (Bloomington) and a bachelor’s degree from Duke University. Dr. Brawner served as an Extension Services Consultant for NCWIT from the program’s inception in 2008 until

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Track 5: Technical Session 2: Adoption of an Advocates and Allies Program to a Predominantly STEM Campus

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Adrienne Robyn Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Sonia Goltz, Michigan Tech; andrew storer, Michigan Technological University; Patricia Sotirin, Michigan Technological University

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education for student growth and societal advances. While directing the Micro Medical Device Engineering Research Labo- ratory (M.D. – ERL), she has managed, as PI or co-PI, ˜$13 million, yielding 93 research graduates*, a patent, and >100 publications [*12 PhDs (64% women, 18%UR)]. Her favorite quote is by Ray Mc- Dermott, ”Culture is not a past cause to a current self. Culture is the current challenge to possible future selves.”Sonia Goltz, Michigan Tech Sonia Goltz earned her PhD in industrial/organizational psychology at Purdue University and is the Mickus Endowed Faculty Fellow of Business Impact in the College of Business at Michigan Tech, where she has served as Co-PI on two NSF ADVANCE grants.andrew storer

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Technical Session 13 - Paper 3:Uncomfortable Conversations with Faculty and Students in Zoom: Experiences with diversity and inclusion spurred by police brutality and racial injustice in the U.S.

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Lance Leon Allen White, Texas A&M University; Tracy Anne Hammond, Texas A&M University; Samantha Ray, Texas A&M University; Donna Jaison, Texas A&M University; Christine A Stanley, Texas A&M University

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instructional practices, academic thinking,and even personal beliefs as a result of their participation in book clubs [21]. Literature has re-ported several ways in which book clubs impact the lives of participants that includes book clubsserving as productive spaces for professional development [22], helping in professional identitydevelopment [23], challenge existing beliefs and biases [24], providing space for reflecting on cur-rent practices [25], etc. The environment created for book club participants play a huge role inoverall success as well [26]. We have tried our best to cultivate a safe space where book clubattendees could freely share their thoughts during discussions.MethodsI. Weekly Book DiscussionAn hour-long virtual meeting was held

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Track 4: Technical Session 6: Building Bridges to Success: A Thriving Program

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Labrisha Nicole Mabry, Mississippi State University ; Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University; Lorena Andrea Benavides Riano, Mississippi State University

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Mississippi State University, where she serves as a graduate assistant in the Office ofDiversity Programs and Student Development at the Bagley College of Engineering. Currently,Lorena is interested in learning more about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and how toincrease the participation of underrepresented students in engineering.Co-Author: Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Jean Mohammadi-Aragh is the Director of DiversityPrograms and Student Development for the Bagley College of Engineering and AssociateProfessor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Mississippi StateUniversity. Through her interdependent roles in research, teaching, and service, Jean isactively breaking down academic and social barriers to foster an environment where

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Track 2: Technical Session 8: Establishing and Sustaining Inclusive Learning Communities for Supporting Faculty Creating More Inclusive Engineering Classrooms

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Jessica Moriah Vaden, University of Pittsburgh; April Dukes, University of Pittsburgh; Amy Hermundstad Nave, Colorado School of Mines; Melissa M. Bilec, University of Pittsburgh; Amy L Brooks, University of Pittsburgh

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improving theirteaching in graduate education, current instructors may need more informationand resources on how to be the best teachers they can be 8What can help?Learning Communities (LCs) 9 9LCs provide a long-term collaborative structurefor faculty to improve their teaching skills • The five components of research-based faculty LCs are: 1. Shared beliefs, values and vision 2. Shared and supportive leadership 3. Supportive structural and relational conditions 4. Collective intentional learning and its application 5. Shared personal practice

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Track 2: Technical Session 3: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly: a Practitioner's Look "Under the Hood" of Implemented Program Recommendations Four Years After a Needs Assessmentor supporting LGBTQIA+ engineering students

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Kathrine Ehrlich-Scheffer, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE)

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leastone small group meet-up in September. I’ve drawn heavily from background researchon this cohort as well as things coming out of the student focus groups to design aprogram that is “Capital “F” Flexible,” incentivizes participation with topics, food &prizes, and equips the mentors with tools and best practices for engaging their peers. 14WE@RIT & sister program ECCO have had numerous collaborations beginning in Fall‘21. Each collaboration has been highly rated by both WE & ECCO communitymembers.WE@RIT has had a few collaborations with other student clubs which typically havenot been as successful as our collaborations with sister program

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Session 8 - Track 3: Framing Cultural Bridges For Relational Mentorship

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SYLVANUS N. WOSU, University of Pittsburgh

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enter the relationship with unique identities and self-cultures that mustbe transformed, and boundaries crossed in the mentorship process. Such a mentorship culturalbridge is designed to relationally connect mentor and mentee to each other in functional andimpactful ways, with goals to discover more about each other’s culture, build relational trust andempathy, practice relationship building, improve cross-cultural communication skills, andprovide a pathway to improved understanding and valuing of differences. Moreover, thiscultural bridge should make graduate education mentorship a mutually beneficial effort andinspire mentees to be successful in a competitive culture of high expectations, such aspreparation for and success in a Ph.D. program

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Ver Llegar - Stand and Watch Them Come- Then Dance with the Bulls.

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Karan Watson, The Abura Group; Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University; Christine A Stanley

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and associate provost for diversity emerita in the School of Education and Hu- man Development at Texas A&M University. She served the university in administrative roles including vice president for diversity, executive associate dean, associate dean of faculties, and assistant depart- ment head. Her publications include Faculty of Color: Teaching in Predominantly White Colleges and Universities, and her scholarship has appeared in American Educational Research Journal and Educa- tional Researcher. She is the recipient of departmental, college, university and national awards for faculty and graduate student mentoring, faculty development, and diversity and inclusion including the named, Christine A. Stanley

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Track 1: Technical Session 5: From De Facto To De Jure and Beyond. It's More Than Just Weather. What The "Chilly" Climate Really Feels Like for Black Doctoral Students in STEM

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Dreama Heaven Rhodes, Arizona State University; Motahareh Darvishpour Ahandani, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus; Brooke Charae Coley, Arizona State University; Kerrie G Wilkins-Yel; Jennifer M Bekki, Arizona State University; Dailynne Major; Nicholas A Smith; Debalina Maitra, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus; Juan David Gutierrez, University of Massachusetts Boston

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Paper ID #40799From De Facto To De Jure and Beyond. It’s More Than Just Weather. WhatThe ”Chilly” Climate Really Feels Like for Black Doctoral Students inSTEMDreama Heaven Rhodes, Arizona State UniversityMotahareh Darvishpour Ahandani, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus I am Motahareh Darvishpour Ahandani, and I am currently pursuing my Ph.D. in Engineering Education System and Design at Arizona State University. I serve as a Research Assistant and bring with me six years of industry experience as a woman engineer. My research interests revolve around the mental health of international engineering graduate

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Technical Session 2 - Paper 5: Need for Change: How Interview Preparation and the Hiring Process in Computing Can Be Made More Equitable

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Stephanie Jill Lunn, Georgia Institute of Technology ; Ellen Zerbe, Pennsylvania State University; Monique S Ross, Florida International University

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backgrounds than those of the actual job applicants [30]. This isespecially problematic when considering preferences in approaches and cultural differences thatmay further contribute to how each population best performs. For example, many design featuresof software are considered exclusionary for females, based on gender differences in motivationsto use the software or in willingness to accept risks [31]. There are also differences in technicalinterview performance (time to solve and correctness) when the setting is public versus private[23]. Post-hoc analysis in this study illustrated that women’s performance improved substantiallywhen problem-solving in a private setting.In this research, we sought to examine students’ perceptions of technical

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Session 1 - Track 2: Exploration of Servingness across Virginia's Top Ranking HSI, HBCU, and PWI

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Simone Nicholson, Florida International University; Morgan Haley McKie, Florida International University; Stephanie A Damas, Clemson University

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is to connect students, specifically Black Americans, to hands-on engineering educationthat will lead to securing occupations in the civil service complex (Hampton University Schoolof Engineering, n.d.). Hampton University’s College of Engineering and Technology makes its purpose forserving the Black community ubiquitous via public records from research initiatives to outreach.The engineering college emphasizes the importance of creating a learning experience wherestudents are given research to practice pedagogies around environment, technology, andtransportation. For example, students and faculty members have access to multiple major grantsfocused on impactful topics such as energy efficiency, pollution control from

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Track 2: Technical Session 5: Understanding Decision Processes Related to Pathways of Community College Engineering Students

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Rene Alberto Hernandez, Virginia Tech; David B Knight, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Amy Richardson, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Sarah Rodriguez, Virginia Tech; Bevlee A. Watford, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Paper ID #40675Understanding Decision Processes Related to Pathways of CommunityCollege Engineering StudentsMr. Rene Alberto Hernandez, Virginia Tech Ren´e Hernandez, is a Salvadorean-American first-generation graduate student at Virginia Tech’s School of Education. He is pursuing his PhD in Higher Education with a cognate in Engineering Education. He has more than 10 years of K-12 and higher education experience which he leverages towards his pursuits of helping others find success in education. He has an evolving research agenda focused on pathways, policy, and how it shapes education and undergraduate engineering

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Technical Session 10 - Paper 2: Lived Experiences and Literature Reviews: Leveraging Experiential Knowledge in STEM Education Doctoral Studies

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Sharetta M. Bufford M.Ed., Clemson University; Stephanie A Damas, Clemson University; Matthew Voigt, Clemson University; Eliza Gallagher, Clemson University

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additional cognitive focus and energy on top of the design and implementation of the research study. I felt more pressure to theorize and conduct a high caliber literature review since it would be one of the first in the area and I did not want to “let my community down” or open it up for attacks. I can recall criticism of the work feeling deeply personal, so much so that it seemed people were attacking my identity as they asked questions about the research. I share this experience to help illuminate the challenges that marginalized students have when conducting research that may serve their communities. How can we make this process easier for them? How do we rethink the gatekeeping practices of literature reviews and academia overall to broaden

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Track 1: Technical Session 8: Cutting the Curb for Students with Disabilities Transitioning to Higher Education

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Seth Vuletich, Colorado School of Mines; Brianna B Buljung, Colorado School of Mines; Jamie Marie Regan, Colorado School of Mines

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Paper ID #40736Cutting the Curb for Students with Disabilities Transitioning to HigherEducationSeth Vuletich, Colorado School of Mines Seth Vuletich is the Scholarly Communications Librarian the Colorado School of Mines. Seth provides specialized support to graduate students through all stages of the research lifecycle. Prior to entering the field of librarianship, Seth was a professional woodworker and earned a bachelor’s degree in geology from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Seth earned his Master’s in Library and Information Science from the University of Denver in 2021.Brianna B Buljung, Colorado School of Mines

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Track 8: Technical Session 1: Logic Models: How this tool can help you make the case for your DEI programs

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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Erin Carll, University of Washington; Emily Knaphus-Soran, University of Washington

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; Measures impact and outcomes (good intentions are not enough) > Identifies areas for improvement (formative evaluation) > Helps you tell your story to stakeholders > Helps you make a logic model for your project  There are lots of different ways to work with an evaluator.Evaluators are not really meant to grade you or to fill out a checklist. An evaluator’s role isto holistically measure your impact, identify areas of improvement, and gather data to helpyou tell your story. 18 Examples of Various Logic Models The best ones are somewhere between very simple to very complex There is

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Track 7: Technical Session 8: Fostering Inclusive Learning Environments while Navigating DEI Backlash

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valerie a guerrero williamson, Stevens Institute of Technology

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social justice education from Iowa State University; and a Ph.D. from the University of Utah where she studied Educational Leadership and Policy and also earned a graduate certificate in gender studies from the School of Social Transformation. Whether related to research, practice, or teaching, Dr. valerie guerrero williamson has prioritized strate- gic, research-informed efforts to actualize equity for students, staff, and faculty. Broadly, her research focuses on higher education at the organizational level, including change models and their implementa- tion, campus climates and cultures, cultivating critical praxis, and faculty development and socialization. Dr. v has also developed and led hundreds of educational

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Technical Session 10 - Paper 3: Bridging the STEM Gender Gap through Women-focused Outreach

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Isabel A Boyd, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Anne Skutnik, Tickle College of Engineering Academic and Student Affairs, University of Tennessee Knoxville ; Jalonda Nakay Thompson, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Marcel Brouwers, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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family. She said there was only one thing that she didn't like and that was when the week was over.” 7Our UTK‐TCE outreach programs for women in engineering start in middle school. Asummer camp run two NSF‐funded research centers (NIMBioS, CURENT) from 2012‐2019 exposed girls in grades 6‐8 to engineering, math, and biology in a week‐long summerday camp. The girls participated in a variety of engineering, biology, and math hands‐onprojects and activities like the engineering design process as they worked in teamsthroughout the camp to build and then test their designs. Student teams collaborated,worked together to form a beginning design, took notes after testing to

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Technical Session 9 - Paper 2: Course Interventions to Promote Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Engineering Curricula

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Richard Blackmon, Elon University; Sirena C. Hargrove-Leak, Elon University

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the faculty prioritized ensuring that our students have “anability to…create a collaborative and inclusive environment” upon graduation. Our approach tointroducing DEI pedagogy was to focus on a first-year course, Grand Challenges in Engineering(GCE), and a second-year course, Engineering Mechanics: Statics (Statics). GCE is the firstfoundational design course in the program, where ABET Student Outcomes (SOs) 2-6 areintroduced. This was a natural fit for introducing DEI concepts, since they tie well with SOs 3(effective communication) and 5 (function effectively on a team). While Statics is a less obviouschoice to integrate DEI instruction, it was an opportunity to explore innovative ways toemphasize the importance of DEI in engineering in a

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Track 8: Technical Session 9: On the Importance of Spatiality and Intersectionality: Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Undergraduate Engineering Experiences Through Critical Collaborative Ethnographic Site Visits

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Finn Johnson M.A., Oregon State University; Michelle Kay Bothwell, Oregon State University

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for TGNC students [7]. A primary objective ofthe site visits was to learn more about students’ experiences through collaboration.BackgroundAs described in earlier work [8], the design of research with the TGNC community should centermethodological approaches that do not reinforce harm. To address this need, our study included aresearch justice design and based analysis on feminist, trans, and queer methodologies tointerrogate ideologies that shape engineering norms and practices. This important context isdetailed more fully below.Research justiceThe design of our study was influenced by feminist, trans, and queer research methodologies thatare centered on deconstructing power imbalances between the researcher and participant as aform of

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Technical Session 6 - Paper 3: Practitioners' Reflections on Developing and Implementing Virtual Educational Programming During COVID-19

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Paula Davis Lampley Esq., University of Cincinnati; Whitney Gaskins, University of Cincinnati; Krizia L. Cabrera-Toro

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narratives shared by the four practitioners may provide insight on best practices to delivereffective, inclusive, and equitable educational content when virtual implementation is used as themethod of delivery in STEM programming for the historically excluded.LimitationsThe practices and methods discussed in this paper are subject to some limitations. The virtualprograms hosted by the practitioners were specifically designed for women students, faculty, andstaff, as well as racially and ethnically diverse middle school, high school and entering first yearcollege students. The paper reflects the experiences of four practitioners employed at the samehistorically White, tier 1 research institution in the Midwest during a single program year.Moreover

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Track 2: Technical Session 6: Minoritized Student Audio Narratives to Influence Faculty's Empathic Understanding: Learning from Sophie and Enola

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Stephen Secules, Florida International University; Maimuna Begum Kali, Florida International University; Cassandra J McCall, Utah State University; Gabriel Van Dyke, Utah State University

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narratives.Conclusion: This project highlights lessons learned for faculty in the areas of student support,accommodations, inclusive practice, and student perceptions of classroom practice. We present thisproject as methodological innovation for qualitative research, and as future work, we intend to keepinvestigating impact on faculty via faculty focus groups, surveys, and workshops. We also highlight thisresearch as a metaphor for the empathic understanding that each faculty member can gain by listening tostudents, individually and collectively, and distilling lessons for their practice.The Need for Innovation in Broadening Participation Research “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” 1

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Technical Session 9 - Paper 1: The New Normal: Student Perspectives on Supportive University Policies during COVID and Beyond

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Maimuna Begum Kali, Florida International University; Stephen Secules, Florida International University

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is that students are the experts regarding their ownexperiences and needs, and student perspective regarding university support is underutilizedin both the research and practice discourse. In addition to the focus groups, the first authorspoke with two administrators and browsed the university’s website for information on theuniversity’s existing resources and supports for student wellbeing.The focus group protocol primarily consisted of open-ended questions, such as: 1) What are some of the challenges you faced over the past year and a half? a) How much has COVID impacted you personally? b) How much has COVID impacted you academically? c) How much has COVID impacted you financially? 2) How did [current

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Track 4: Technical Session 7: Siloed Efforts and Collaboration Among STEM Equity Initiatives: An Organizational Network Analysis

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Daniel Mackin Freeman, University of Washington; Emily Knaphus-Soran, University of Washington; Pauline Charlotte Dott, University of Washington

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highereducation [4]. STEM fields have been highly stratified disciplines historically and this persistsdespite concerted efforts to diversify them [5]. STEM occupations are both in-demand andhigher-paying [6], and thus represent a notable opportunity to address broader social inequitiesby facilitating greater economic mobility for socially disadvantaged groups. While colleges anduniversities have expressed increasing commitment to EDI in STEM in recent years [7], mostefforts are designed as individual-level STEM intervention programs (SIPs) aimed at “helpingstudents historically underrepresented in STEM to prepare for and graduate from STEMfields”[8, p. 2]. Examples of SIPs include: summer bridge, mentoring, research experiences,tutoring, career

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Track 3: Technical Session 4: Scripts of Whiteness in engineering: An analysis of the literature

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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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R. Jamaal Downey; Joel Alejandro Mejia, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Diana A. Chen, University of San Diego; Gordon D Hoople, University of San Diego; Susan M Lord, University of San Diego

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sociocultural contexts, the impact of critical consciousness in engineering practice, and the development and imple- mentation of culturally responsive pedagogies in engineering education.Dr. Diana A. Chen, University of San Diego Diana A. Chen, PhD is an Associate Professor and one of the founding faculty members of Integrated En- gineering at the University of San Diego. She earned her BS in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College, and MS and PhD in Civil Engineering from Clemson University. In collaboration with colleagues, Dr. Chen is designing a new engineering curriculum to educate changemakers who understand that engineer- ing is an inherently socio-technical activity. Her passion is studying and encouraging culture

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Track 3: Technical Session 7: Promotion of Student Well-being via Successful Navigation through Conflict Resolution Pathways

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Boni Frances Yraguen, Vanderbilt University; Bettina K Arkhurst; Stuart Montgomery, Georgia Institute of Technology; Derek Ashton Nichols, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jennifer Molnar, Georgia Institute of Technology

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. Powers, "Doctoral student attrition in theSTEM fields: An exploratory event history analysis," Journal of College StudentRetention: Research, Theory & Practice, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 247-266, 2009.Well-being Citation:4. T. M. Evans, L. Bira, J. B. Gastelum, L. T. Weiss, and N. L. Vanderford,"Evidence for a mental health crisis in graduate education," Naturebiotechnology, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 282-284, 2018.Dept. Issues and Advising Citation:C. M. Golde, "The role of the department and discipline in doctoral studentattrition: Lessons from four departments," The Journal of Higher Education,vol. 76, no. 6, pp. 669-700, 2005.[9] R. Sowell, J. Allum, and H. Okahana, "Doctoral initiative on minority attritionand completion," Washington, DC: Council of

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Technical Session 8 - Paper 1: Combining Forces: Putting Equity to Work

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Fatima Alleyne, University of California, Berkeley; Ricky Vides, University of California, Berkeley; Grace D O'Connell, University of California, Berkeley

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to:CLICK1. Develop and direct bold large-scale initiatives that engage College of Engineering(CoE) (~300) faculty, (~240) staff, and (~6,000) students, and build literacy around,diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts CLICK2. Establish new programs based on promising practices that complement existingprograms CLICK3. Develop, design, implement, and evaluate professional, career, and skillsdevelopment trainings, workshops, and other activities that increase interactionsamong students, staff, and faculty to improve climate – one example is thedevelopment of an equity minded syllabi for faculty CLICK4. Support faculty in the integration of DEI principles in their teaching, research, andservice

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Track 7: Technical Session 2: Lessons Learned from Development of an Elective Undergraduate Course on DEI in STEM

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Leigh S McCue, George Mason University; Christopher Alexander Carr, George Mason University; Kevin William Kuck, George Mason University; Dhiambi Otete; Violet Veronika Reges

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, diversity, equity, inclusion, andpedagogy. Included in our findings are first person insights on the impact of this form of class onlearning and professional development, course evaluation data, and lessons learned in hopes ofinforming other practitioners in the design of similar course offerings.1.0 BackgroundThere is a rich literature base for those seeking to develop inclusive STEM curricula, with acomprehensive survey of STEM programming designed to enhance inclusion provided in a recentreview paper by Palid et al [1]. For educators, there are numerous resources to help improveinstructional design, ranging from best practices developed by the National Science andTechnology Council [2] to courses and workshops hosted by organizations like the

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Session 9 - Track 1: Weaving Students into Engineering, not Weeding Them Out

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Jenna P. Carpenter, Campbell University

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improvement in the number &Not Weeding diversity of engineering graduates in thethem Out of US through use of recruiting, admissions, retention best practices.Engineering • Synthesize research & best practices to identify core initiatives that supportInitiative success • Identify programs that work for specific student audiences • Communicate evidence-based practices and partner with institutions to implement these. Action Plan• Four brainstorming sessions with national experts in Spring 2022 to identify successful programs and initiatives, as well as areas for improvement• Conversations with the