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Technical Session 6 - Paper 4: Retention Strategies for Educators from Women STEM Graduates of the 1970’s & 1980’s

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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

Authors

Kathleen Buse, Advancing Women in the Workforce; Debra Musch, Rising Careers, LLC; Allison Goodman, ArtCenter College of Design

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University and her MFA from ArtCenter. She is also an accreditor for NASAD, The National Association of Schools of Art and Design. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 RETENTION STRATEGIES FOR EDUCATORS FROMWOMEN STEM GRADUATES OF THE 1970’S & 1980’S CoNECD Conference February 20 to 23, 2022 Kathleen Buse, Ph.D. Debra Musch Allison Goodman Abstract • Research study on the career experiences of women • All obtained STEM degrees between 1979 and 1983 • Explores expectations, achievements, challenges, and reflections on career journey • Recommendations are provided to

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2022 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Annual Conference

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Felicity Bilow, Clarkson University; Jan DeWaters P.E., Clarkson University

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definitions,retrieved from the EPRA tool [35], are as follows: social justice relates to the distribution of theadvantages and disadvantages in society, including the way in which they are allocated; socialresponsibility is an obligation that an individual (or company) has to act with concern andsensitivity, aware of the impacts of their action on others, particularly the disadvantaged.3. Results and DiscussionRelationships among student responses were explored across three major categories, whichfocused on how the course students were enrolled in affected their (1) sense of belonging inengineering (i.e., feeling included and/or connected to the community of engineering); (2) viewsof the relationship between social justice and engineering; and (3

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Supporting Transfer Pathways

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2022 ASEE Zone IV Conference

Authors

Radha Aravamudhan, San Jose State University; Maria Chierichetti, San Jose State University

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Paper ID #35817Analysis of barriers to graduation for transfer students in AerospaceEngineeringDr. Radha Aravamudhan, San Jose State University Radha Aravamudhan’s research interests include Culturally Responsive Pedagogy, Community cultural wealth and their application to curriculum specifically with respect to undergraduate engineering educa- tion as well as creative Arts-Based Research and Documentary film making. She supports faculty research in the area of undergraduate STEAM teaching and learning with a focus on increasing retention and grad- uation rates of under-represented student populations in engineering.Dr

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2022 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Annual Conference

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Esther Jose, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Matilde Luz Sanchez-Pena, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

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answered “Yes” to the third question was comparable among the twodepartments in our sample. When splitting the responses by rank, 75% of PhD students said“Yes”, as opposed to 67% of Faculty members. Among graduate students who responded “Yes”,it appeared that they heard this sentiment most often from friends (11 of 15) and colleagues (10of 15). About half said advisers or mentors were behind these comments (7 of 15). Only 5 of 15said family members were behind them. One person wrote that professors/ the chair told themthis, and one person wrote that random people say it when their career comes up. From thissurvey, we can then conclude that most women are indeed told that they receive advantages orpreferential treatment in the Engineering world

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Technical Session 5 - Paper 3: Enhancing Participation of Underrepresented Student Populations and Women in Engineering and Computer Science – An Experience Report

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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

Authors

Shihong Huang, Florida Atlantic University; Nancy Romance, Florida Atlantic University; Tamsyn Nicole Carey, Florida Atlantic University-College of Engineering and Computer Science

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. Romance is Professor of Science Education in the College of Education at Florida Atlantic Univer- sity (FAU) and a graduate faculty member in both the College of Engineering and Computer Science and the College of Science at FAU.Her research interests address meaningful learning in complex STEM do- mains, applying a learning sciences lens in addressing issues ranging from building elementary teachers knowledge and skill in teaching science to coordinating learning communities addressing mathematics curriculum as a persistent barrier impacting student success and retention in undergraduate STEM pro- grams. She is currently OI on a NSF DR K-12, Co-PI on a USDOE Title III Hispanic Serving Institution, internal evaluator

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Technical Session 4 - Paper 4: Developing a Strategy to Include Financially Disadvantaged Undergraduate Students into Graduate Engineering Programs

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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

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Sanjivan Manoharan, Grand Valley State University; Shabbir Choudhuri, Grand Valley State University; Brian Krug, Grand Valley State University; Paul D. Plotkowski, Grand Valley State University

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those at thecollege level. For the three principles: outreach and recruitment, support services, and inclusiveenvironment, the authors investigated the existing barriers and ways to address them. In theprocess, this group of researchers articulated some critical issues that prevent diverse andeconomically disadvantaged undergraduate students from seeking a graduate degree inengineering. Realizing this, a Grand Valley State University (GVSU) team comprised ofadministrators and faculty members sought to build a comprehensive program that incorporatesall of the aforementioned structures and others. This paper describes the development strategy ofsuch a program that culminated with an NSF award.Development of Program StructureIt is understood that

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Technical Session 1 - Paper 1: An Exploratory Investigation of the Experiences of Navigating Campus Resources of Black Immigrant Women in Engineering

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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

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Debalina Maitra, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Brooke Charae Coley, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Katreena Thomas, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Meseret F. Hailu, Arizona State University

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faculty relationships. Students also mentionedthat interaction with staff and faculty members who identify as one of them is missing in their collegeexperience.For example Barbara [in person, Civil Engineering, expected graduation 2023] explained her example ofusing campus support. I used it a lot last year. I had M H as my advisor, but he left this semester. It's just, it sucked because he was such a good advisor. He was really helpful. He helped me with my classes and he helped me with scholarships. He would just check in on me daily basically. That was really nice. Tutoring, I really hate asking for help, so I didn't necessarily use tutoring...DART (safety escort)..."This semester when I was there, I

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Technical Session 2 - Paper 2: Lessons Learned from Conducting a Diversity-Focused Faculty Cluster Hire at a Predominantly White Institution

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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

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Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado Boulder; Dana Francesca Stamo, University of Colorado Boulder; Clayton Lewis, University of Colorado Boulder

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the adequacy of the case [21]. We were full participants in everyaspect of this faculty search and held distinct roles and perspectives (Sandekian as an ex-officiomember of the college committee acting as the advisor for process equity and logistics manager,Stamo as a lead member of the student team, and Lewis as the college-wide committee chair).These varying roles allowed us to access all key decision points and conversations that would nothave typically been open to an outside investigator. We have also provided thick, rich detailsregarding the process that occurred and what process changes we implemented from ourcollege’s prior faculty hiring process.Figure 1: Search Phases and ProcessFindingsFigure 1 was developed to help the reader

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Technical Session 10 - Paper 3: Bridging the STEM Gender Gap through Women-focused Outreach

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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

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Isabel A Boyd, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Anne Skutnik, Tickle College of Engineering Academic and Student Affairs, University of Tennessee Knoxville ; Jalonda Nakay Thompson, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Marcel Brouwers, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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 about each of the fields of engineering, as well as connect with students and staff members in those departments.Throughout her high school’s 3 course STEM program, she was able to get hands‐on experience with CAD and using power tools, as well as experience developing a concept project to propose to the community.Another influential factor in her decision to pursue STEM comes from her father’s work as an electrical engineer. These influences led her to conduct this study to ensure more women have access to outreach programs and chose to pursue STEM careers. 4 Research Question and Objectives Research question: What influences more women

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2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference

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Le Shorn Benjamin, University of Houston; Jerrod A Henderson, University of Houston; Erik M Hines, Florida A&M University - Florida State University

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. She has amassed over a decade of experience inthe field of education and has been bestowed the honor of “Outstanding Research”, “Diversity Efforts”and “Faculty Endowed Recognition” awards. Her career spans international borders and has includedroles in educational research, program administration, higher education accreditation and K-12teaching. Dr Benjamin's research agenda explores minoritized student experiences, doctoraleducation, and, presently, engineering education.Jerrod A Henderson, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Cullen College of Engineering at theUniversity of Houston (UH) and the Director of the Program for Mastery in Engineering Studies. Heresearches engineering student success and engineering identity development among

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ASEE Middle Atlantic 2022 Fall Conference

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Alexa Joelle Prince, Penn State Berks; Sadan Kulturel-Konak, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; Abdullah Konak, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; David Robert Schneider, Cornell University Systems Engineering; Khanjan Mehta, Lehigh University

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: 57% male and 43% female. Most interviewees were faculty with variousengineering, education, and entrepreneurship backgrounds.Interviews were conducted remotely via video conferencing by two research team members, whowere trained with uniform interview objectives and skills. Interviews were conductedindependently at scheduled times and varied from 20-40 minutes in length. The completerecordings of the interviewee responses to these questions were transcribed into text andunderwent an initial coding of analysis. Questions touched on several areas, including personalmentor experience, motivation and practices as a mentor, structure of innovative programs,impacts and challenges of student innovation programs and competitions, and suggestions

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Technical Session 7 - Paper 3: Forming and Fulfilling Expectations: Perspectives of Underrepresented Computer Science Doctoral Students

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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

Authors

Vidushi Ojha, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Raul Enrique Platero, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Beleicia B Bullock, Stanford University

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minorities along the engineering pathway in the united states,” Cambridge Handbook of Engineering Education Research, pp. 311–334, 2014.[14] M. T. Nettles, “Success in doctoral programs: Experiences of minority and white students,” American Journal of Education, vol. 98, no. 4, pp. 494–522, 1990.[15] J. M. Cohoon, M. Nable, and P. Boucher, “Conflicted identities and sexism in computing graduate programs,” in 2011 Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), pp. S1H–1, IEEE, 2011.[16] L. J. Charleston, “A qualitative investigation of african americans’ decision to pursue computing science degrees: Implications for cultivating career choice and aspiration,” Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, vol. 5, no. 4, p. 222, 2012.[17

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Technical Session T1A

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2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Jessica Martin, Baylor University; Jana Roste, Baylor University; Austin T. Smith, Baylor University; Shane Michael Meyer, Baylor University; Emma G Cartisano, Baylor University; Emily Sandvall, Baylor University; Andrea Pouso Morales, Baylor University

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. Broadly categorized, students’understandings of success related to career preparation and opportunities—an expected theme forthose in technical degree programs, happiness or enjoyment in life, and living a life of purpose—what some might call “the good life.” Edwin’s response to our questions related to successreveals such understandings of success are not necessarily exclusive: “To me, [success] meansbeing able to fulfill your own personal purpose, while at the same time, enjoying it and making agood living out of it, I would say. That’d be success.”Though student participation in specific majors clearly shapes notions of success, students’insistence that the profitability of a future career is not the only—and sometimes not even theprimary

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Technical Session 8 - Paper 2: PhD’ing While Black: Unpacking the Emotions of Navigating Engineering as a Black Student and the Implications for Mental Health

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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

Authors

Michael Lorenzo Greene, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Brooke Charae Coley, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Katreena Thomas, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Julia Machele Brisbane, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Debalina Maitra, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Jeremi S London, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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, cognitiveproblem-solving, decision-making and memory processes [9]. Social emotions, or emotionsrelated or directed towards other persons, have been found to directly impact how studentsengage with academic tasks [10]. This is exacerbated in traditional teacher-student situations aswell as peer-to-peer situations, which can ultimately cause these students to steer away fromacademic-centered interactions [10]. This type of disengagement could be paramount in thesocial and academic integration issues often found within Black engineering students. Emotionscan play an integral part in the experiences that Black graduate students will have navigatingengineering environments, especially amongst the racialized barriers that are faced.Racialized experiences for

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Technical Session 3 - Paper 1: For Us, By Us: Recommendations for Institutional Efforts to Enhance the Black Student Experience in Engineering

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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

Authors

Katreena Thomas, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Michael Lorenzo Greene, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Brooke Charae Coley, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Debalina Maitra, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Julia Machele Brisbane, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jeremi S London, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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students, would have negative repercussions for the individual’sperformance as well as the duration in which the students will be able to whether thatenvironment. This theory will help us to examine the level of compatibility as described byBlack graduate students and the academic environments they are successfully navigating. As the goal is to explore how institutions might better create spaces where Black studentsfeel their values and beliefs are espoused, person environment fit theory is used here tounderscore the need to utilize real experiences of those who have previously navigated thesehostile spaces to inform how these spaces can be climate controlled moving forward. In extantliterature, there has been documentation of coping

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Technical Session 9 - Paper 1: The New Normal: Student Perspectives on Supportive University Policies during COVID and Beyond

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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

Authors

Maimuna Begum Kali, Florida International University; Stephen Secules, Florida International University

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that the personal support from the successcoach was “simple, but it was powerful” [FGP41 Ad, Male].Other than the advisor, students talked about faculty being a close point of contact for manystudents. This matter is especially true for students who started during the pandemic; forthem, the faculty was the only representative from the university. However, FGPs mentionedfaculty only relate to students narrowly on their courses. FGP31 Ig, a transfer student whostarted school during spring 2020, shared an experience when she heard her uncle died duringa class. At that moment, she did not feel the faculty were approachable enough for her toshare the news; she also did not find any resources about how to deal with the unpleasantsituation. During

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Technical Session 13 - Paper 4: Promoting First-Semester Persistence of Engineering Majors with Design Experiences in General Chemistry Laboratory

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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

Authors

Corey Payne, University of Florida; Kent J. Crippen, University of Florida

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further study.Keywords: Undergraduate, Gender, Race/Ethnicity, EngineeringIntroductionIn an effort to address this issue of persistence for undergraduate students majoring inengineering and taking general chemistry, typically one of the pre-requisite courses taken duringthe first two-years on campus, we have developed a career-forward laboratory curriculum that isdesigned to support persistence. A career-forward curriculum targets the long-term goal ofpersistence—the personal capacity of students to continue towards an academic goal—byframing experiences with the content, context and specific skills of working in the target careerfield. Created as an extension of an earlier reform of the recitation component of chemistrycourses [1], this

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Technical Session 5 - Paper 5: The Impact of Prior Programming Experience on Computational Thinking in First-Year Engineering Experience.

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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

Authors

Noemi V Mendoza Diaz, Texas A&M University; Deborah A. Trytten, University of Oklahoma; Russ Meier, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Janie M Moore, Texas A&M University

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;T State University where she received a B.S. in Bio Environmental Engineering in 2006. She then began pursuing her graduate education at Purdue University in the Agricultural and Bi- ological Engineering Department, completing her Ph.D. in 2015. Her primary research areas include 1) social competence in engineering education and 2) innovate instructional strategies for Biological and Agricultural Engineering students. She is also a Member of the Engineering Education Faculty, Insti- tute for Engineering Education and Innovation, Food Science Graduate Faculty, and Multidisciplinary Engineering Graduate Faculty groups at Texas A&M University. American c

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Technical Session 5 - Paper 1: #BlackLivesMatter: A content analysis of top engineering institutions’ responses to social-political activism

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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

Authors

Taylor Lightner, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Jeremi S London, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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societal impact of engineering infrastructure.Dr. Jeremi S London, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dr. Jeremi London is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Education Department at Virginia Poly- technic Institute and State University. London is a mixed methods researcher with interests in research impact, cyberlearning, and instructional change in STEM Education. Prior to being a faculty member, London worked at the National Science Foundation, GE Healthcare, and Anheuser-Busch. She earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in Industrial Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University. American c Society for Engineering

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Equity and Ethics in Engineering-I

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2022 ASEE Zone IV Conference

Authors

Agnes Germaine d'Entremont P.Eng., University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Jennifer Pelletier, University of British Columbia

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asbeing for people who are “clever, bright, reserved, socially clumsy” or unlike ordinary people[1], and incompatible with non-masculine identities [1]. Undergraduate students without muchexposure to alternatives to these stereotypes may not envision themselves as being able to orwanting to do research. At the same time, research experiences may be the most accessibleduring an undergraduate degree at a research institution. Explicitly exposing students to research,especially students who feel they do not fit the cultural stereotype, may be a step to ultimatelyincrease diversity among graduate students and faculty members in engineering. In addition,many positions in industry require research thinking – exposing students to research maystrengthen

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Technical Session 12 - Paper 1: Creating Pathways for Success and Engagement for Women in Engineering

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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

Authors

Jalonda Nakay Thompson, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Anne Skutnik, Tickle College of Engineering; Jamie Baalis Coble, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Anahita Khojandi, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Angelica M Palomino, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Veerle Keppens, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Ozlem Kilic, University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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• Initiated by a Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering faculty member as part of her Higher Education Research Services (HERS) Institute experience • Supported through funding from the Chancellor's Commission for Women, Tickle College of Engineering, College of Arts and Sciences, and private donations • Hosts social and development programming • Build community among women in STEM fields • Prepare students for success through their graduate studies and into their careers • WiSTAR3 mentoring program works with STEM professionals from UTK, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Y-12 National Security Complex, and area companies to provide professional and career development

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Technical Session 4 - Paper 1: Valuable Professional Learning and Development Activities for Black STEM Postdoctoral Scholars

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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

Authors

Sylvia L. Mendez, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs; Valerie Martin Conley, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs; Canek Moises Luna Phillips, Rice University; Tammy Michelle McCoy, Georgia Institute of Technology; Comas Lamar Haynes, Georgia Tech Research Institute; Kathryn Joan Watson, University of Colorado Colorado Springs; Sarah Elizabeth Cooksey, University of Colorado Colorado Springs; Kathryn Elizabeth Starkey, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

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began working as Co-PI on another NSF-funded study to reduce barriers in the hiring of underrepresented racial minority faculty in data science and data engineering fields.Dr. Tammy Michelle McCoy, Georgia Institute of Technology Tammy M. McCoy is the TA Development and Future Faculty Specialist for the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) at the Georgia Institute of Technology. In this capacity, she works closely with graduate students and postdoctoral scholars interested in pursuing careers in college teaching through teaching assistant (TA) training and support, academic career development programs, and training and certification in college teaching. Specifically, she teaches courses and facilitates workshops to

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Technical Session T1B

Collection

2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Amanda Marie Singer, Michigan Technological University; Katrina L Carlson, Michigan Technological University; Akua B. Oppong-Anane, Montana Technological University; Michelle E Jarvie-Eggart P.E., Michigan Technological University; Sarah Tan, Michigan Technological University

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individualpositionalities are included within this section to provide audiences with a lens to view the results.Amanda Singer was a graduate teaching assistant within Michigan Technological University’sFirst-year engineering program at the time of this study’s development and data collection. Dr.Michelle Jarvie Eggart is an assistant professor within the Department of EngineeringFundamentals at Michigan Tech and taught the sections of the First-Year Engineering (FYE)courses in which students were surveyed for this work. Dr. Akua Oppong-Anane is an assistantprofessor and academic advisor within the FYE program at Montana Technological University.Like Dr. Jarvie Eggart, Dr. Oppong-Anane was the course faculty member for the section ofstudents surveyed at Montana

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Technical Session 10 - Paper 2: Lived Experiences and Literature Reviews: Leveraging Experiential Knowledge in STEM Education Doctoral Studies

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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

Authors

Sharetta M. Bufford M.Ed., Clemson University; Stephanie A Damas, Clemson University; Matthew Voigt, Clemson University; Eliza Gallagher, Clemson University

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a PhD in mathematics, I participated in one of the first Preparing the Professoriate programs in the nation. The goal of the program was to prepare graduate students more deliberately to “hit the ground running” as new faculty members. For me, it worked. I started a tenure-track position at an undergraduate-only institution with a solid awareness of the cultural values, norms, and expectations for mathematics faculty members at that time. Additional formal mentoring in mathematics education allowed me to quickly learn and model the norms and values of education faculty members as well. I was promoted to associate professor and tenured with ease, racking up awards and recognitions along the way. My experience with explicit, formal

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ASEE-NE 2022

Authors

Jim Olson, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Emily Liu, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Malcolm Kenneth Porterfield, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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he earned an Associate of Science Degree in Engineering Science in 2015. While at Hudson Valley, he was on the President’s List twice, a member of Phi Theta Kappa, and was on the HVCC Baseball Team. Malcolm transferred to RPI after completing his degree at HVCC. At RPI, Malcolm earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 2017 in Mechanical Engineering before beginning his graduate studies during which he earned a Master of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2019. Throughout his time at RPI, Malcolm has been involved with the Track & Field program, first as a student athlete and later as an assistant coach. He was a champion of the hammer throw at the 2018 Liberty League Outdoor Championship. In