Conference Session

Graduate Education Track - Technical Session V

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Thomas M. Bluestein, Virginia Tech; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech; Mayra S. Artiles , Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education

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Diversity, Graduate Education

Madison University.Dr. Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech Dr. Amelink is Director of Graduate Programs and Assessment in the College of Engineering, Virginia Tech. She is also an affiliate faculty member in the Departments of Engineering Education and Educa- tional Leadership and Policy Studies at Virginia Tech.Ms. Mayra S Artiles , Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education Mayra S. Artiles is a Ph.D. student in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She has a B.S. in Mechan- ical Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez and an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University with a focus on nanotechnology. Before her joining the Ph.D. program, she worked at Ford Motor Company as an

Conference Session

Track : Graduate - Technical Session 10

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Ashleigh Wright, North Carolina State University; Rebecca Brent, Education Designs, Inc; Elizabeth C. Dickey, North Carolina State University; Kimberly S. Weems, North Carolina Central University; Brian J. Reich, North Carolina State University; Caesar R. Jackson, North Carolina Central University

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Diversity, Graduate Education

Carolina State University Professor Elizabeth Dickey is a Professor and Associate Department Head in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at North Carolina State University. She also directs an NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center on Dielectric and Piezoelectric Materials, and she is the director of an NSF Research Traineeship program on Data-Enabled Science and Engineering of Atomic Structure.Dr. Kimberly S. Weems, North Carolina Central University Kimberly S. Weems is Associate Professor of Mathematics at North Carolina Central University (NCCU). Her research interests include generalized linear models and statistics education. Since joining NCCU in 2015, she has been instrumental in

Conference Session

Track: Graduate - Technical Session 9

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Eunsil Lee, Arizona State University; Jennifer M. Bekki, Arizona State University; Adam R. Carberry, Arizona State University; Nadia N. Kellam, Arizona State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Graduate Education

resulting in a call to view the concept of belonging as complex,multi-faceted, and impacted by extra-institutional factors [6]. Recent research on sense of belonging among graduate students has begun to consider demographicattributes and characteristics of the academic environment [7-10]. Gardner et al.’s [8] exploration ofdoctoral students’ sense of belonging across different disciplines indicates that engineering doctoralstudents reported a relatively lower sense of belonging within their academic department compared tostudents in other disciplines. Recent work by O’Meara et al. [11] echo this claim, reporting that fewerfacilitators of sense of belonging exist within STEM doctoral program environments than in non-STEMprograms. These

Conference Session

Graduate Education Track - Technical Session V

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Heather Doty, University of Delaware; L. Pamela Cook, University of Delaware

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Graduate Education

events. Faculty advisors and staff assistantsare available to help and advise, but the students are the ones who do most of the work.In addition to planning events for the UD engineering community, all department representativesare liaisons, or points of reference, for other women in their departments. Similar to anombudsperson, WIE members are available to provide their peers guidance or information, or alink to a supportive faculty member. WIE committee members have in the past made criticalconnections between a student and the dean’s office, resulting in interventions that improved thestudent’s situation.Officers The committee elects officers, including a chair, a co-chair, webmaster(s) andpublicist(s). The role of the chair is to plan and

Conference Session

Track : Graduate - Technical Session 7

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Marcia Gumpertz, North Carolina State University; Rebecca Brent, Education Designs, Inc; C. Dean Campbell, North Carolina A&T State University ; Maureen Grasso, North Carolina State University; Yvette Maria Huet, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Keith A. Schimmel P.E., North Carolina A&T State University

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Diversity, Graduate Education

, VA: National Science Foundation; 2015 https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/2016/nsf16300/[2] Sowell R, Allum J, Okahana H. Doctoral initiative on minority attrition and completion. Washington, D.C. 2015 http://cgsnet.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/DIMAC_2015_final_report_PR.pdf[3] Sowell, R. S., Zhang, T., Bell, N., & Redd, K. (2008b). Ph.D. completion and attrition: Analysis of baseline demographic data from the Ph.D. Completion Project. Washington, DC: Council of Graduate Schools.[4] A. Kezar and P. Eckel, “Examining the institutional transformation process: The importance of sensemaking, interrelated strategies, and balance,” Research in Higher Education, vol. 43, no.3, pp 295-328, June

Conference Session

Track: Graduate - Technical Session 12

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Kerrie G. Wilkins-Yel, Indiana University ; Bianca L. Bernstein, Arizona State University; Jennifer M. Bekki, Arizona State University; Amanda James Reed

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Graduate Education

describedbeing exalted for being the first in their family to pursue such advanced education. In this way Intersectional Perspectives 10they felt pressure to stay in their doctoral programs even when they questioned if it was right forthem. Erica’s familial experience highlighted this conflicting message: Since I'm the only one in my family who has gone to college and to graduate school, every time I come around, my family is like, "oh, you're gonna be a doctor!"… [So] every single time that I'm at work and I'm considering "is this really what I want to do," I have that in the back of my mind, wait, I'm going to let all these people down? And it feel[s