Conference Session

Faculty Track - Technical Session I

Collection

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

Authors

Sara A. Atwood, Elizabethtown College; Robin McCann, Shippensburg University; Alice Armstrong, Shippensburg University; Bilita S. Mattes, Harrisburg University of Science and Technology

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Diversity, Faculty

Paper ID #213292018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and ComputingDiversity Conference: Crystal City, Virginia Apr 29Social Enterprise Model for a Multi-Institutional Mentoring Network for Womenin STEMDr. Sara A. Atwood, Elizabethtown College Dr. Sara A. Atwood is an Associate Professor and Chair of Engineering at Elizabethtown College in Penn- sylvania. She holds a BA and MS from Dartmouth College, and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley. Dr. Atwood’s research interests are in creativity, engineering design, first-generation and low-income students, internship

Conference Session

Faculty Track - Technical Session V

Collection

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

Authors

Teresa J. Cutright, University of Akron; Rebecca Kuntz Willits, University of Akron; Linda T. Coats, Mississippi State University; Lakiesha N. Williams, Mississippi State University; Debora F. Rodrigues, University of Houston

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Faculty

the ability to conduct research are needed. The majority of tenure-trackfaculty jobs include duties related to teaching, research, mentoring and service. A 2001 surveyby Golde and Dore noted that noted 82% of the graduate student respondents identifiedenjoyment of teaching as being what attracted them to academia as a career [16]. However, 52%of the respondents indicated that they did not learn about teaching during their graduate studies.These results along with other factors have led to pleas for national educational councils [17],[18] to improve undergraduate STEM teaching. The implication is that by improving training inteaching, the number, diversity, and quality of STEM graduates would increase.Goals and approachThe specific goals of

Conference Session

Faculty Track - Technical Session IV

Collection

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

Authors

Autumn Marie Reed, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Nilanjan Banerjee, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Elsa D. Garcin, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Wayne G. Lutters, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Susan McDonough, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Christopher Murphy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Kevin Erling Omland, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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Faculty

institutional context of UMBC STRIDE’screation, describes our four-part recruitment-focused conversation series, and reflects on ourprogress and lessons learned. Through this review of STRIDE’s peer education activities andapproaches, we hope to support the efforts of other institutions to design and implement theirown recruitment practices to foster faculty diversity and inclusion.Framing the Institutional ContextUMBC is a mid-sized institution that the Carnegie Foundation classifies as Doctoral University -Higher Research Activity. In 2017, the U.S. Department of Education designated UMBC as aMinority Serving Institution (MSI). We are renowned as a model for inclusive excellence inhigher education as a result of our success in preparing students from

Conference Session

Faculty Track - Technical Session I

Collection

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

Authors

Michelle Kay Bothwell, Oregon State University; Padma Akkaraju, Oregon State University; Joseph McGuire, Oregon State University; Thuy T. Tran, Oregon State University; Andrea Zigler, Oregon State University

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Diversity, Faculty

women in tenure-track appointments have ever been promoted to associateand/or full professor. Among them, about 10 have received promotion to full professor. Untilrecently, practices used to evaluate faculty research and teaching accomplishments had notaligned well with either the OSU promotion and tenure (P&T) Guidelines or the COE strategicplan. Such misalignment made it difficult to ensure a fair and proper evaluation and also limitedany potential for guiding faculty energy in ways that best serve our mission-specific activities.For example, academia has institutionalized a number of barriers to collaboration, and these areespecially apparent to untenured faculty. Establishing independence as a researcher is oftenprioritized over

Conference Session

Faculty Track - Technical Session V

Collection

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

Authors

Christine S. Grant, North Carolina State University; Barbara E. Smith, North Carolina State University; Julie Simmons Ivy, North Carolina State University; Jessica T. DeCuir-Gunby, North Carolina State University; Coleen Carrigan, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Saejin Kwak Tanguay, University of Washington

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Faculty

would be coordinatedwith individuals departments to occur during the time of the visit; (2) Meetings with faculty toexplore potential research collaborations, development of center-level initiatives and “exchange”of research personnel in the form of students and post doctoral associates; (3) Collaborativenetworking between the visiting scholars that will incorporate elements of the summits to createlong term community, and; (4) On-site coaching and mentoring for URM and women students(undergraduate and graduate) on the host campus. Table 3 shows the elements in a basicschedule that colleges could start with for the regional summits. 1) Scholarly

Conference Session

Faculty Track - Technical Session II

Collection

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

Authors

Nicole N. Aljoe, Northeastern University; Stacy Blake-Beard, Simmons College; Michele C. Deramo, Virginia Tech; Barbara J. Guthrie, Northeastern University; Kathleen Kenney, Northeastern University; Carol B. Muller, Stanford University; Jan Rinehart, Northeastern University; Rania Sanford, Stanford University; Shawna Vican, University of Delaware

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Faculty

of women of color in the academy which would incorporatelived experiences and insight from this population of women, they sought to seedinterdisciplinary research and support networks among attendees, and to inform administrators ofevidence-based best practices to address the underrepresentation of women faculty of color inacademia.UD ADVANCE and the conference committee disseminated a call for conference submissions insummer 2015 and spent much of the fall semester drafting the conference program. Given thegoals of the conference, the conference schedule was designed to include multiple types ofsessions and varied topics including: 1) keynote addresses on subjects such as best practices infaculty mentoring; 2) moderated panel discussions on