Ambassadors alongside three other undergraduate STEM students. In addition to working as a DEI Ambassador, they served on several boards for social change and integrated their perspectives on abolitionism, anti-racism, trans-inclusivity and accessibility into their work as a Ban- nan Scholar, Resident Assistant in the Kolvenbach Living Community, Ignatian Leader and Intellectual Traditions Honors Program Graduate. Brooke is a passionate advocate for both scientific literacy and deconstructing institutionalized racism and transphobia on college campuses and beyond.Dr. Agnieszka Miguel, Seattle University Agnieszka Miguel received her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 2001 from the University of Washing- ton, and MSEE and
Paper ID #40723”Ver llegar ” Stand and watch them come- then dance with the bulls!Dr. Karan Watson, The Abura Group Karan L. Watson, Ph.D., P.E., is currently a semi-retired Regents Senior Professor of Electrical and Com- puter Engineering, and the Emeritus Provost and Executive Vice President having joined the faculty at Texas A&M University in 1983 as an Assistant Professor. She is a partner in the Abura Group.Dr. Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University Dr. Kristi J. Shryock is the Frank and Jean Raymond Foundation Inc. Endowed Associate Professor in Multidisciplinary Engineering and Affiliated Faculty in
Paper ID #40679The Pink Paradox: Tensions in How STEM Toys are Marketed Toward GirlsDr. Theresa Green, Purdue University Dr. Theresa Green is a postdoctoral researcher at Purdue University with a Ph.D. in Engineering Edu- cation. Her research interests include K-12 STEM integration, curriculum development, and improving diversity and inclusion in engineering.Mr. Artre Reginald Turner, Purdue University at West Lafayette Artre Turner is a dedicated graduate student deeply invested in advancing the field of engineering edu- cation. With a methodical and inquisitive approach to his studies, he’s pioneering research that
Paper ID #40689Safe Space Warm Embrace: Building Blocks to Support Black & BrownSTEMScholarsDr. DeAnna Katey, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Bio for Outside Virginia Tech Dr. DeAnna Katey current serves as the Director of Undergraduate Student Programs for the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED) within the College of En- gineering at Virginia Tech. In her role, she is charged with increasing the diversity of the undergraduate student population and creating spaces for student’s academic, professional, and personal development. This includes a wide range of programs
alistening ear to anyone experiencing them.Perhaps the most important aspect of Sophie’s narrative is the insight it provides into the phenomenonthat some gendered microaggressions will happen but remain hidden to faculty. Sophie highlights reasonswhy for her and other students experiencing similar microaggressions, they may choose to stay silent:definitively gendered and problematic, they may fear retaliation from or worsening relations with fellowteammates. She also notes that gendered microaggressions are “a society thing, not like a school thing.” Ifwe consider how engineering professors might typically relate to gendered microaggressions – to assumethey are not happening (out of sight out of mind), to worry whether they themselves are
college of engineering. Theobjectives of research in the college do not mirror the strategic goals of the university as a wholenor the college of engineering. It is true that most R1 PWIs value their research as means forfinancial gain and professional distinction. If research is highly revered at the graduate andinstitutional level, the strategic goals should also be implemented into the efforts made. Thisincludes engineering departments as well as centers and institutes that support departmentalresearch. Bearing this disconnect in mind, we classify Virginia Tech’s identity as communitymember-enhancing. We acknowledge that the university has developed an organizationalidentity that caters to and reflects the members of the local and state
science at a Jewish Day School. I use my position and privilege to address inequities in STEM education and strive to stay mindful of my biases and assumptions based on my experiences and opinions.- Good morning, my name is Sandra Roach . I am a Black, able-bodied, cisgender woman of Caribbean decent. I am a research associate in the electrical and computer engineering department at Duke University. I am a first-generation immigrant, one of seven children raised in a two-parent household, and the first to graduate college in my family. I have worked in education for over twenty years and entrepreneurship for fifteen years running my tutoring company that focuses on building foundations in STEM. My current
Paper ID #35616The New Normal: Student Perspectives on Supportive University Policiesduring COVID and BeyondMaimuna Begum Kali, Florida International University Maimuna Begum Kali is a Ph.D. student in the Engineering and Computing Education program at Florida International University (FIU), in the School of Universal Computing, Construction, and Engineering Ed- ucation (SUCCEED). She completed her B.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in Bangladesh. She began her Ph.D. study in Com- puter Science but changed her program to Engineering and Computing
effectiveness within four categories, learning achievement, self-efficacy, satisfaction, and climate. Compared to traditional TVLE where the participants are allstudents; our participants range from pre-college to college students, faculty, and staff. AlthoughTVLE was created with students’ learning in mind, the framework applies to all educationalvirtual environments where learning is an integral outcome part of programming.ParticipantsThe research reflects the experiences of four practitioners at the University of Cincinnati Collegeof Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS), a historically white tier-1 research institution. Thepractitioners voluntarily agreed to participate in this research study and to have their recordedexperiences included as part
demographic methods and a concentration in social statisticDr. Emily Knaphus-Soran, University of Washington Emily Knaphus-Soran is a Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Evaluation and Research for STEM Equity (CERSE) at the University of Washington. She works on the evaluation of several projects aimed at improving diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM fields. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Logic Models: How this tool can help you make the case for your DEI programs CoNECD 2024 Dr. Liz Litzler (she/they) Dr. Erin Carll (she/her) Dr. Emily Knaphus-Soran (she/her)Hello, we are happy to be sharing with you about how logic models may be helpful for you.We are
Paper ID #40712Promotion of Student Well-being via Successful Navigation throughConflict Resolution PathwaysDr. Boni Frances Yraguen, Vanderbilt University Boni Yraguen is a recent PhD graduate from Georgia Tech. Her dissertation work is in the field of combustion/thermo./fluids. She studies a novel diesel injection strategy: Ducted Fuel Injection (DFI), which is used to drastically decrease soot emissions during diesel combustion. In addition to her thesis work, Boni is passionate about engineering education. She has led and participated in various educational studies on the impact of student reflections, authentic
workshops focused on issues related to power, privilege, social justice, and social identities such as race, ability, class, gender, and sexual orientation. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Fostering Inclusive Learning Environments while Navigating DEI Backlash Date 1 Overview Current Landscape: Recent SCOTUS ruling & State Legislation National, state, institutional, and individual Key Areas Targeted and Examples levels Strategies You Can Control for broadening how we accomplish goals for inclusion
Paper ID #40731The Role of an Artificial Intelligence Certificate in the ComputingIdentity Formation of Hispanic-Serving Community College Students whoWorkDr. Sarah L Rodriguez, Virginia Tech Sarah L. Rodriguez is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education and an affiliate faculty member with the Higher Education Program at Virginia Tech. Her engineering education research agenda centers upon engineering and computing identity development of historically marginalized populations at higher education institutions. Currently, Dr. Rodriguez is involved with several large-scale interdisciplinary research projects focused on
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
Paper ID #40801Adoption of an Advocates and Allies Program to a Predominantly STEMCampusDr. Adrienne Robyn Minerick, Michigan Technological University Adrienne Minerick is a Professor of Chemical Engineering and Director of ADVANCE at Michigan Tech- nological University. She earned her B.S. from Michigan Tech and her M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame. Her administrative experience has included Associate Dean for Research and Innovation in the College of Engineering, Assistant to the Provost for Faculty Development, Dean of the School of Technology, founding Dean of the College of Computing, and Interim
found the forum in my engineering space to discuss them. Bearing this experience in mind, I hadn’t realized that I had trained myself to exclude the identities that made me unique when I was doing “real work” and not in an interview. Entering the Engineering and Science Education space as a graduate student, I’ve been exposed to an area of study that gives way to my cultural identity and values the effects and implications they have on my identity as an engineer. However uncomfortable this transition is, it has opened me in ways I had not known was possible. I find myself constantly making connections between my experiences and theoretical frameworks found in STEM education that I wish I could highlight in my writing. In the last two years I
, which supports students pursuing undergraduate degrees in science, technology, engineering, and math- ematics (STEM). Before coming to SU, Tamara was at the University of Maryland, College Park where she was Assistant Director of the Center for Minorities in Science and Engineering. As Assistant Direc- tor of CMSE, Tamara was responsible for establishing retention programs for underrepresented minority STEM students including directing the NSF LSAMP and Bridge to the Doctorate Graduate Fellowship Programs. In 2012, Tamara and the rest of the members of CMSE were honored by the National Society of Black Engineers and ExxonMobil with the Impact Award for their successful efforts in the retention and graduation of
having a personal connection with her advisor,“sometime last year, I was really sick and had to be in the hospital for some time and my advisor 6and his wife were there for me in that period.” Feeling supported throughout these difficultexperiences can lessen the toll that these difficulties have on advisees’ mental health. Many Black and Latinx doctoral women wrote about the invaluable impact this aspect ofpsychosocial support had on them. For example, Luz, a Latinx woman in Engineering, noted, “Iam very grateful for all the support he has given me. It gives me peace of mind that I can usuallycount on him to help me get through rough patches
, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) faculties. We present adescriptive case study that recounts a recent cluster faculty hire at the University of ColoradoBoulder. The study is designed to share processes used at our institution that were, in part, basedon work previously shared by other institutions embarking on similar efforts to improve theinclusivity of their faculty search processes. We discuss the complex and controversial issuesthat arose while searching for tenure-track faculty and explain how we navigated thosechallenges to meet our institution’s goals. We also discuss the institutional, college, anddepartment-level support systems that were deemed crucial for recruiting faculty, with theirlong-term success and retention in mind
Washington. Her research interests focus on multilingual and multicultural elementary students and their teachers in relation to language and equity. Pauline is currently working in collaboration with PNW LSAMP as a research assistant on a project to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM education. The research focuses on strength and asset- based methods that aim at empowering students and work towards systemic change. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Work in Progress: Siloed Efforts and Collaboration Among STEM Equity Initiatives: An Organizational Network Analysis1Introduction In the decades-long pursuit of fostering inclusive and equitable learning
Brianna is the Teaching and Learning librarian at the Colorado School of Mines. She collaborates with faculty to design and implement information literacy throughout the curriculum. Prior to her work at the School of Mines, she was the Engineering and Computer Science Librarian at the US Naval Academy and a contract Reference Librarian assigned to the National Defense University. She earned her MLIS at the University of Denver in 2011.Ms. Jamie Marie Regan, Colorado School of Mines Jamie Regan is an undergraduate student in Electrical Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines. Her academic journey is intertwined with a personal and passionate dedication to advancing accessibility within STEM fields. Inspired by her
Paper ID #36418Expanding Conversations about Accessibility to Include FacultyCali Anicha PhD, North Dakota State UniversityDr. Cecilia Aragon, University of WashingtonDr. Canan Bilen-Green, North Dakota State University Canan Bilen-Green is Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Equity at North Dakota State University. She is also Dale Hogoboom Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and PI of the ADVANCE Program at North Dakota State University. She holds Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Statistics from the University of Wyoming and a M.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from Bilkent University.Dr. Brianna Blaser
Paper ID #35572Navigating the academy in the absence of graduate disabilityaccommodation policiesD. C. Beardmore, University of Colorado Boulder Mx. Beardmore is currently a PhD student at the University of Colorado, Boulder. They study inclusive engineering education and construction engineering risk management. Their full bio and current and historical positionality statements can be found on their website at dcbeardmore.com American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Navigating the academy in the absence of graduate disability
Paper ID #35549Need for Change: How Interview Preparation and the Hiring Process inComputing Can Be Made More EquitableDr. Stephanie Jill Lunn, Georgia Institute of Technology Stephanie Lunn is presently a postdoctoral fellow in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University. She recently completed her Ph.D. from the Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Sciences at Florida International Uni- versity (FIU). Her research interests span the fields of Computing and Engineering Education, Human Computer Interaction, Data Science, and Machine
Paper ID #36473FRAMING CULTURAL BRIDGES FOR RELATIONAL MENTORSHIPDr. SYLVANUS N. WOSU, University of Pittsburgh Sylvanus Wosu is the Associate Dean for Diversity Affairs and Associate Professor of mechanical engi- neering and materials science at the University of Pittsburgh. Wosu’s research interests are in the areas of impact physics and engineering of new composit American c Society for Engineering Education, 2023 The Roles of Relational Mentorship in Building and Supporting Cultural Bridges
doctoral students need to meet during their graduate studies and how the dissemination of these expectations affect students from underrepresented groups.Beleicia B Bullock, Stanford University Beleicia Bullock is a first-year Computer Science Ph.D. student at Stanford University. Her research interests focus on leveraging human-computer interaction to develop equitable systems that support com- munities in online and offline settings. To this end, Beleicia explores both novel systems-building and interventions that can help train students to tackle these issues in the future. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Forming and Fulfilling
Three Rivers Community College.Dr. Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington Elizabeth Litzler, Ph.D., is the director of the University of Washington Center for Evaluation and Re- search for STEM Equity (UW CERSE) and an affiliate assistant professor of sociology. She has been at UW working on STEM Equity issues for more than 19 years. Dr. Litzler is a member of ASEE, 2020-2021 chair of the ASEE Commission on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and a former board member of the Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN). Her research interests include the educational cli- mate for students, faculty, and staff in science and engineering, assets based approaches to STEM equity, and gender and race