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Track 5: Technical Session 3: Enhancing Diversity and Inclusion for First-Generation Students: A First Year Seminar Course Approach

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2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Alandra Kahl, Pennsylvania State University, Greater Allegheny

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' distinct needs (Pascarella et al., 2004). Engineering education, in particular, should consider these challenges because the field demands not only academic rigor but also the development of a strong professional identity and self-efficacy—areas where first-generation students may experience additional hurdles (Strayhorn, 2012).Research shows that first-generation students are less likely to persist in STEM fields, includingengineering, compared to their continuing-generation peers (Chen, 2013). This disparity is oftenattributed to lower levels of social and academic integration, fewer support systems, and a lackof role models in STEM (Terenzini et al., 1996). These factors highlight the need for targetedsupport programming

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2025 ASEE PSW Conference

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Sunai Kim, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Giuseppe Lomiento, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Jeyoung Woo, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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Diversity

. 00CH37135) (Vol. 1, pp. F1F-21F1F). IEEE Computer Society.18. Stanford, J. S., Rocheleau, S. E., Smith, K. P., & Mohan, J. (2017). Early undergraduate research experiences lead to similar learning gains for STEM and Non-STEM undergraduates. Studies in Higher Education, 42(1), 115-129.19. Carpi, A., Ronan, D. M., Falconer, H. M., & Lents, N. H. (2017). Cultivating minority scientists: Undergraduate research increases self‐efficacy and career ambitions for underrepresented students in STEM. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 54(2), 169-194.20. Dong, W., Eddy, R. M., Mendelsohn, D. M., Koletar, C., Matelski, M., & Barraza, E. (2021). “Effects of Research-Related Activities on Graduation at a Hispanic Serving

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Track 7: Technical Session 4: Diversity in STEM: Strategies of Professional Engineering Organizations in Recruiting and Retaining Women from Minority-Serving Institutions

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2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Rebeca Petean, Society of Women Engineers; Roberta Rincon, Society of Women Engineers

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andunderstood by someone who has walked a similar path.” This shared reflection of supportsuggests that intentional modes of mentoring does not only create a sense of belonging, butrecreates a space—a community that extends beyond SWE events. Moreover, within suchspaces, students are able to build their confidence and self-efficacy—enabling them to thrive inSTEM traditionally male-dominated fields—both on and off campus.By contrast, several barriers appear to influence the effectiveness of retention and recruitment ofMSI students. In particular, the distribution of resources via grant funds and challenges inmaintaining engagement beyond the initial recruitment phase (see Table 5 for StakeholderChallenges and Lessons Learned). At the same time, a few

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Track 3: Technical Session 4: Engaging Two-Year Students in STEM: A Professional STEM Society's Efforts to Support Community College Students

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2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Roberta Rincon, Society of Women Engineers; Beth C McGinnis-Cavanaugh, Springfield Technical Community College; Sohn Paul Cook, Society of Women Engineers

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boosting confidence.These findings led SWE to consider ways in which they could better support women startingtheir engineering and computer science studies at a community college, to encourage them tostay in these majors, transfer, and complete their degrees in these fields. SWE’s plans centeredon the outcomes from their research; specifically, the role that the society should play inincreasing community college women’s knowledge about engineering as a career, buildingconfidence and self-efficacy, and ensuring that they felt a sense of inclusion in engineering,despite often being one of few women in their STEM classes [16].First, SWE added supporting students attending two-year colleges as a strategic priority in2021. To this end, an affinity

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2025 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

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Randy Hurd; Sulabh Khadka; Dustin Grote

in college. Ashley et al., (2017) explored the goals of 14 differentSTEM Summer Bridge programs across the United States and divided those in three parts: 1)academic success goals—providing students with foundational knowledge in a STEM domain, 4improving student content knowledge in a discipline, maximizing student GPA, increasingresearch participation, increasing student retention, and increasing student graduation rate fromthe college; 2) psychosocial goals—increase interest in the major, improve student sense ofbelonging, increase student sense of preparedness, increase student self-efficacy, and networkwith students and faculty; and 3

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Track 6: Technical Session 2: Empowering Hispanic Engineers' Success Towards Graduate Education with Hybrid Mentorship

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2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Federico Cifuentes-Urtubey, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Paola Alexandra Baldaguez Medina, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez; Julie E Lorenzo, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Natasha Mamaril, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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. McDermott, "Assessing the Effectiveness of the GradTrack Virtual Mentoring Program," in Proceedings of the 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, June 2023. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--42681[2] K. Atkins, B.M. Dougan, M.S. Dromgold-Sermen, H. Potter, V. Sathy, and A.T. Panter, "“Looking at Myself in the Future”: how mentoring shapes scientific identity for STEM students from underrepresented groups," International Journal of STEM Education, vol. 7, no. 1, p. 42, August 2020. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-020-00242-3[3] A. Carpi, D.M. Ronan, H.M. Falconer, and N.H. Lents, “Cultivating minority scientists: Undergraduate research increases self-efficacy and career ambitions for underrepresented students

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CANCELLED: Track 5: Technical Session 6: Think-Aloud Insights: Exploring QuantCrit Challenges and Diverse Survey Responses Among Undergraduate Engineering Students

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2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Sheila Kathryn Castro, University of Florida; Bruce Frederick Carroll, University of Florida; Janice Mejía, Northwestern University; Kent J. Crippen, University of Florida

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appointment in Engineering Education. His research interests include engineering identity, self-efficacy, and matriculation of Latine/x/a/o students to graduate school. He works with survey methods and overlaps with machine learning using quantitative methods and sequential mixed methods approaches.Dr. Janice Mej´ıa, Northwestern University Dr. Mejia is an Associate Professor of Instruction in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences. She also teaches in the Design Thinking and Communication (DTC), Masters in Engineering Management (MEM), and College Prep programs. Her research interests focus on mixed methods research in engineering education, curriculum assessment and development, and engineering

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Professional Papers

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2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

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Shenghua Wu, University of South Alabama; Min-Wook Kang, University of South Alabama; John Cleary, University of South Alabama; Lisa LaCross, University of South Alabama

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Diversity, Professional Papers

Education, vol. 146, no. 3, 2020.[11] S. Zha, S. Wu, and J. Estis, “Using team-based learning to promote engineering students’ performance and self-efficacy in a technical writing class,” IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, vol. 64, no. 4, pp. 456-467, 2021.[12] M. A. Hannah and A. Arreguin, “Cultivating conditions for access: a case for case-makin in graduate student preparation for interdisciplinary research,” Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, vol. 47, no. 2, pp. 172–193, 2017.[13] S. Wu, and L. Montalvo, “Repurposing waste plastics into cleaner asphalt pavement materials: a critical literature review,” Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 280, 2021.[14] S. Wu, A. Haji, and I. Adkins, “State of art

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Track 6: Technical Session 3: Breaking Barriers: Unveiling the Journeys and Triumphs of Faculty Women of Color in STEM Academia

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2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Kemesha Gabbidon, University of South Florida; Saundra Johnson Austin, University of South Florida

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development. In our sample, participants often reported on how crucial the influence and support of members of the community and family was in shaping their career interests and self-efficacy in achieving a career in STEM.2. Redefining success was an important aspect of the counter narrative about motivations for academic and professional pursuits. While participants did report recognition, personal fulfillment, and a desire for success as motives toward their academic and professional pursuits, they also reported the need to have an impact on emerging FWoC and other minority populations entering STEM fields, a need to create value specifically around having a social impact either within or outside their current institution. Often the

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CANCELLED: Track 6: Technical Session 2: Gender Differences in Global Identity Development: Implications for Intercultural Competence in Higher Education

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2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Aparajita Jaiswal, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Sakhi Aggrawal, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Vidya Reddy Madana, Purdue University

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comparison of the mean scores across genders for each construct. A more in-depth exploration of these differences is discussed in the subsequent paragraphs. Figure 1: Gender-wise Mean Scores Comparison4.1 Needs FulfillmentFemale students (M= 58.16, SD = 28.04) showed higher gains in Needs Fulfillment than malestudents (M= 41.42, SD = 28.22, t=-8.92, df=998, p=0.00), indicating a statistically significantdifference between the two groups. This result suggests that female students are better at seekingand achieving personal and professional satisfaction compared to male students. The higherNeeds Fulfillment scores among female students imply that they have higher self-efficacy andmight experience a greater sense of fulfillment

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

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Noha Alharbi; Peter Cavanaugh

entrepreneurs of 21st century: Literature review,” J. Manage. Sci., vol.media, websites, and blogs, while supporting sustainable 21, no. 1, p. 16, 2023.expansion and social justice efforts. These conclusions are [18] N. A. A. Abdelwahed, B. A. Soomro, N. Shah, and U. N. Saraih,based on the literature review but may evolve due to the rapid “Effect of institutional support and entrepreneurial knowledge on women’s entrepreneurial self-efficacy and venture performance in atransformation of Saudi Arabia, particularly in women’s developing country,” Int. J. Innov

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

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Nadia Albishi; Peter Cavanaugh

within impact of technology management of OPD courses whichclassrooms while also identifying its effectiveness within the influences the experiences of the high school teachers withinprograms of OPD [65]. The presence of Vision 2030 helps in Saudi Arabia while also further enhancing their digital literacymanaging the adoption of sustainable technology while further and leadership competencies. Based on the aim of this researchincreasing the leadership roles within educators. the following research questions have been identified. Asiri highlighted that the perceptions of educators in OPD RQ1: What is the current measurable impact of all thetake precedence over measurable

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Track 3: Technical Session 1: Bridging Educational Equity Gaps: A Systematic Review of AI-Driven Tools for Students Living with Disabilities in Engineering and STEM Education

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2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Kevin Zhongyang Shao, University of Washington; Denise Wilson, University of Washington; Eric Kyeong-Min Cho, University of Washington; Sophia Tang, University of Washington; Hanlin Ma, University of Washington; Sep Makhsous, University of Washington

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harnesses AI and NLP to design accessible educational tools for underrepresented college STEM students. He holds his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in ECE from The Ohio State University and UW, respectively.Dr. Denise Wilson, University of Washington Denise Wilson is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Washington, Seattle. Her research interests in engineering education focus on the role of self-efficacy, belonging, and other non-cognitive aspects on the student experience. Her research interests and publication record are split among workforce, engineering education, and sensors research. She is committed to supporting progress toward gender parity in engineering and enabling equitable