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was a recipient of the Ap- prentice Faculty Grant from the Educational Research Methods ASEE Division in 2009. She also has been an Electrical Engineering Professor for two Mexican universities. Dr. Mendoza is interested in sTEm education, socioeconomically disadvantaged students, Latino studies in engineering and computer aided/instructional technology in sTEm.Dr. Deborah A. Trytten, University of Oklahoma Dr. Deborah A. Trytten is a Professor of Computer Science and Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Oklahoma. Her research foci are diversity, equity, and inclusion in engineering education and introductory software engineering education. She has a particular interest in how organizational