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A Systematic Literature Review of the Research on Gendered Socialization in Graduate Engineering Education

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Location

Minneapolis, MN

Publication Date

August 23, 2022

Start Date

June 26, 2022

End Date

June 29, 2022

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 1

Page Count

9

DOI

10.18260/1-2--41176

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https://peer.asee.org/41176

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224

Paper Authors

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Kacey Beddoes San Jose State University

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Kacey Beddoes, Project Director, San Jose State University College of Engineering Dean’s Office and Research Foundation. Kacey serves as Managing Editor of Engineering Studies, Deputy Editor of the Australasian Journal of Engineering Education, and is Past Chair of the SEFI Working Group on Gender and Diversity. She holds a Ph.D. in Science and Technology Studies from Virginia Tech, along with graduate certificates in Engineering Education and Women’s Studies. Her current research focuses on gender, interdisciplinarity, and mental wellness in engineering and engineering education. Further information about her work can be found at www.sociologyofengineering.org.

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Sarah Grajdura University of California, Davis

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Sarah is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California Davis. Her research interests combine sustainable transportation, natural disasters, transportation equity, and engineering education. She holds a Ph.D. in civil environmental engineering from University of California Davis.

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Abstract

Across various contexts, socialization processes and practices have been shown to play key roles in education and career outcomes, satisfaction, and trajectories. Numerous ways in which gender intersects with and structures socialization processes, practices, and experiences have also been identified. Graduate and post-graduate education in particular likely have their own socialization patterns which influence graduate student experience and outcomes. We are interested in the intersection of gender and socialization in graduate education. In this paper, we examine the research landscape of gendered socialization in a graduate engineering education context and identify potential areas for research growth. We also review the different ways in which socialization is theorized and approached in this field. This paper is organized in three parts. The first part broadly maps the landscape of gendered socialization in engineering education. In the second part of the paper, we systematically review the subset of articles on graduate and post-doctoral engineering education, focusing on their findings and approaches. Lastly, we offer recommendations to advance this field.

Beddoes, K., & Grajdura, S. (2022, August), A Systematic Literature Review of the Research on Gendered Socialization in Graduate Engineering Education Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--41176

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