technology with ExxonMobil, in- cluding traveling to many worksites around the world and a 30-month expat assignment in India. Ad- ditionally, she is an active member on the Board of Directors for Limitless Ambition Inc., a non-profit organization focused on empowering women to achieve their career potential. Her passion has always been helping to guide others in their careers and is committed and motivated to do so through Rising Careers, LLC.Ms. Allison Goodman, ArtCenter College of Design Allison Goodman is a professor at the ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, California where she teaches classes in both communication and information design. Professor Goodman received her BFA in Design from Carnegie-Mellon
stakeholders: 1. Needfinding:Day-in-the-life of an alien story, photos of possible needs 2. Problem Scoping: the team’s focus,goals, constraints and criteria 3. Concept generation 4. Concept reduction and selection 5.Concept detailing and prototype. In the other course, students considered these exchange studentsand suggested ideas for and created prototypes for adaptive devices to meet the aliens uniqueneeds while on campus. Using traditional engineering principles while engaging students’creativity allowed them to build their own empathy while solving problems from users unlikethemselves.Another course that proved beneficial to helping students develop competencies pertaining toemotional intelligence, with a large focus on empathy, was a class
), organizations with missions to support Black engineering, technologists, andentrepreneurs are also detailed. These organizations range from ones supporting Black girls andboys in middle and high school (Black Girls Code and Black Boys Code) to opportunities foradults in postsecondary education (The National GEM Consortium, iAAMCS), research(CIMER), and tech entrepreneurship (Black Female Founders, Black Founders, The DreamCorps TECH). Each organization’s mission focuses on inspiring, encouraging, and supportingminoritized groups in computing, computer science, and technology.Programs for Higher Education Programs are short-term activities conducted with the intention of achieving long-terminitiatives. Often, programs exist in the form of camps