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

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Paper ID #35582Retention Strategies for Educators from Women STEM Graduates of the1970’s & 1980’sDr. Kathleen Buse, Advancing Women in the Workforce Kathleen Buse is a business leader whose work focuses on helping organizations be more successful through the development of engaged and inclusive work cultures. As President and Founder of Advancing Women in the Workforce, she helps employers recruit, retain, and advance women. Kathleen’s experience includes 25 years in industry, beginning as an engineer and advancing to executive leadership. She spent ten years in academia where she became an award-winning researcher and

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Technical Session 11 - Paper 1: Using Utility Value Interventions to Explore Student Connections to Engineering Mechanics Topics

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Isabella Grace Sorensen, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Dominick Trageser, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Benjamin David Lutz, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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. His current work explores a range of engineering education design contexts, including the role of power in brainstorming activities, epistemological and conceptual develop- ment of undergraduate learning assistants, as well as the experiences of recent engineering graduates as they navigate new organizational cultures. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Using Utility Value Interventions to Explore Student Connections to Engineering Mechanics Topics AbstractEngineering mechanics courses (e.g., statics and dynamics) are critical foundations within anengineering

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

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Paper ID #35605Promoting First-Semester Persistence of Engineering Majors with DesignExperiences in General Chemistry LaboratoryMr. Corey Payne, University of FloridaDr. Kent J. Crippen, University of Florida Kent Crippen is a Professor of STEM education in the School of Teaching and Learning at the University of Florida and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. His research in- volves the design, development, and evaluation of STEM cyberlearning environments as well as scientist- teacher forms of professional development. Operating from a design-based research perspective, this work focuses

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Technical Session 1 - Paper 5: Navigating the academy in the absence of graduate disability accommodation policies

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D. C. Beardmore, University of Colorado Boulder

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acknowledge such limitations in my publications.I also provide my current and historical positionality statements on my website to acknowledgethe fluid and evolving nature of my identity and understanding of my positionality.I received no funding for this research and have no conflicts of interest to report.References[1] A. Lillywhite and G. Wolbring, “Undergraduate Disabled Students as KnowledgeProducers including Researchers: A Missed Topic in Academic Literature,” Educ. Sci., vol. 9,no. 4, pp. 259, 2019, doi: 10.3390/educsci9040259.[2] National Educational Association of Disabled Students (NEADS), “Comparison ofSpecific Populations of Graduate Students with Disabilities Using 2016 CGPSS Data.” 2019.Accessed: Aug. 11, 2021. [Online

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

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identity. ReferencesAustin, A. E., & McDaniels, M. (2006). Preparing the professoriate of the future: Graduate student socialization for faculty roles. In HIGHER EDUCATION: (pp. 397-456). Springer, Dordrecht.Austin, A. E. (2002). Preparing the next generation of faculty. The Journal of Higher Education, 73(1), 94-122.Austin, A. E., & Sorcinelli, M. D. (2013). The future of faculty development: Where are we going? New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2013(133), 85-97.Bell, D. A. (1980). Brown v. Board of Education and the interest-convergence dilemma. Harvard Law Review, 93, 518–533.Bell, D. A. (1995). Who’s afraid of critical race theory? University of Illinois Law Review, 1995(4), 893

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Technical Session 3 - Paper 3: International engineering students’ resistance to isolating university experiences: An opportunity for greater inclusion in engineering education

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Memoria Matters, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Patrice Marie Buzzanell, University of South Florida; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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resistance in students’ persistence behaviors, although it wasresistance against racism in general and not the system of the school. This instance was whenStudent 4 had taken it upon themselves to educate other students against racial stereotypes. Theyexplained that when they were stereotyped, they assumed it was due to domestic students’ignorance of other cultures and chose to educate rather than ignore it: “This kind of stuff happens all the time to be honest. […] For example, if someone I didn't know came up, and for whatever reason had a math problem to do, will just look at me and be like, ‘Yeah. You're probably good at math right? Because you look Indian.’ […] I just kind of take it lightheartedly. I know a lot of

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Technical Session 6 - Paper 3: Practitioners' Reflections on Developing and Implementing Virtual Educational Programming During COVID-19

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Paula Davis Lampley Esq., University of Cincinnati; Whitney Gaskins, University of Cincinnati; Krizia L. Cabrera-Toro

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recruiting the next generation of engineers. Paula is passionate about empowering girls to consider engineering where they can use their talent to develop technology and create solutions to everyday prob- lems. As a former practicing lawyer, she enjoys speaking with engineering students about the intersection of law and technology.Dr. Whitney Gaskins, University of Cincinnati Dr. Gaskins is the Assistant Dean of Inclusive Excellence and Community Engagement in the University of Cincinnati College of Engineering and Applied Science, the only African-American female currently teaching in the faculty of the College of Engineering. Whitney earned her Bachelor of Science in Biomed- ical Engineering, her Masters of Business

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Technical Session 6 - Paper 2: Sharing Exemplary Admissions Practices that Promote Diversity in Engineering Panel Discussion

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Elizabeth Cady, National Academy of Engineering; Beth M Holloway, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Theresa A. Maldonado P.E., University of California System; Beth A Myers, University of Colorado Boulder; Andrew B. Williams, The Citadel School of Engineering

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education. In 2019, the NAE issued acall for nominations of policies or programs that are targeted to students from underrepresentedpopulations among incoming first-year full-time students, incoming transfer students (from communitycolleges or other institutions), and/or veterans or other students over the age of 25 who are enteringengineering. The project defines underrepresented populations broadly, including men of color, allwomen, individuals with disabilities, and individuals from other underrepresented or marginalizedpopulations (e.g., first-generation students, LGBTQI individuals, students from low socioeconomic statusbackgrounds, students for whom English is a second language, veterans). A committee of experts named8 of the nominated

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Technical Session 13 - Paper 3:Uncomfortable Conversations with Faculty and Students in Zoom: Experiences with diversity and inclusion spurred by police brutality and racial injustice in the U.S.

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Lance Leon Allen White, Texas A&M University; Tracy Anne Hammond, Texas A&M University; Samantha Ray, Texas A&M University; Donna Jaison, Texas A&M University; Christine A Stanley, Texas A&M University

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Paper ID #35628Uncomfortable Conversations with Faculty and Students in Zoom:Experiences with diversity and inclusion spurred by police brutality andracial injustice in the U.S.Mr. Lance Leon Allen White, Texas A&M University Lance White is a Ph.D. student at Texas A&M University in Interdisciplinary Engineering with a thrust in Engineering Education. He is working as a graduate research assistant at the Institute of Engineering Education and Innovation at the Texas Engineering Experiment Station at Texas A&M University under director Dr. Tracy Hammond. Dr. Karan Watson and Dr. Pavel Tsvetkov are his co-chairs. He

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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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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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were not engineering specific, they were conveyed as beingcritical to students that may be first generation college students and/or lacking awareness of timemanagement skills and others that can be impactful for first time students. The graduate students suggested numerous recommendations that have the potential toenhance the experiences of Black students in graduate engineering programs across the country.They shared what they viewed as the most influential recommendations that universities canemploy to enhance the experiences of Black students in engineering as well as improve theirtransition from undergraduate to graduate education. Descriptions of the recommendationsranged from developing counterspaces for Black graduate students to

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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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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 8 - Paper 5: Cultivating Inclusivity: A Systematic Literature Review on Developing Empathy for Students in STEM Fields

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Stephanie Jill Lunn, Georgia Institute of Technology; Cristi L. Bell-Huff, Georgia Institute of Technology; Joseph M LeDoux, Georgia Institute of Technology

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, and to help them approachinteractions, tasks, and product design while considering the perspectives and needs of others,educators should think about how to embed empathy into the curriculum. Employing appropriatelearning activities can be beneficial for developing empathy in students. Prior research on K-12students has shown that infusing empathy into STEM lessons can advance interest in pursuing acareer in STEM, and it can also foster a sense of belonging [4, 5].While such practices may be efficacious in higher education as well, more understanding isneeded. It is important to foster empathy in undergraduate/graduate students and faculty to worktowards more inclusive mindsets and environments. Previously Hess and Fila [6] demonstratedthat

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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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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 1 - Paper 4: The Sweet Sounds of Coding: promoting digital inclusion via remote instruction of introductory Python in a musical context

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Sommer Anjum, University of Pittsburgh; Maria K Jantz, University of Pittsburgh; Kirk Holbrook; James M Churilla, Pittsburgh Public Schools Pittsburgh Miller PreK-5

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Paper ID #35546The Sweet Sounds of Coding: promoting digital inclusion via remoteinstruction of introductory Python in a musical contextSommer Anjum, University of Pittsburgh Graduate student at the University of Pittsburgh committed to fostering attitudes of equity and inclusion by championing STEM outreach in the local communityMaria K Jantz, University of PittsburghKirk HolbrookMr. James M Churilla, Pittsburgh Public Schools Pittsburgh Miller PreK-5 American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022The Sweet Sounds of Coding Promoting digital inclusion via remote

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Technical Session 2 - Paper 5: Need for Change: How Interview Preparation and the Hiring Process in Computing Can Be Made More Equitable

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Stephanie Jill Lunn, Georgia Institute of Technology ; Ellen Zerbe, Pennsylvania State University; Monique S Ross, Florida International University

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that I had learned about maybe half a year, Interview or behavioral skills in order to a year ago. The topics that they were asking me,Techniques navigate through interviews. they didn’t give me anything to prepare. And it had been a while since I first learned it. And I don’t generally use those things in my projects today. The issues that limited Ramon: I don’t have a lot of free time because Time preparation ability, such as I have a family. I was also working full-timeDemands of commitments to family, while going to [school name], and while

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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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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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campus Katreena Thomas is a graduate student at Arizona State University in the Engineering Education Systems and Design Doctoral program. She is a member of the Shifting Perceptions, Attitudes, and Cultures in Engineering (SPACE) Lab group and her research interests include broadening participation in engineer- ing, engineering leadership, and experiential learning experiences in engineering. She received her B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and her M.S. in Human Systems Engineering from Arizona State University.Julia Machele Brisbane, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Julia Brisbane is a Ph.D. student in the Engineering Education Department at Virginia Tech and an

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

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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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doctoral students need to meet during their graduate studies and how the dissemination of these expectations affect students from underrepresented groups.Beleicia B Bullock, Stanford University Beleicia Bullock is a first-year Computer Science Ph.D. student at Stanford University. Her research interests focus on leveraging human-computer interaction to develop equitable systems that support com- munities in online and offline settings. To this end, Beleicia explores both novel systems-building and interventions that can help train students to tackle these issues in the future. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Forming and Fulfilling

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Technical Session 12 - Paper 2: DEI Student Ambassadors Program

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J. McLean Sloughter, Seattle University; Brooke I Wynalda; Agnieszka Miguel, Seattle University

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University of Michigan (UM) [21] were originally used for the professional development of facultyand graduate student instructors and focused on issues of diversity. Specifically, the sketches were of twotypes: 1) those that address ways in which instructors can serve underrepresented students and create aninclusive classroom environment, and 2) sketches that aim to improve the climate for women and otherunderrepresented faculty in their departments. Other interactive theater programs include the Cornell Interactive Theatre Ensemble (CITE) that pro-duces theater sketches focused on topics of diversity and inclusion (such as unconscious bias in facultysearches) for faculty and staff [22] and Theater for Change UW hosted by the University of Washing

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Technical Session 3 - Paper 5: Fostering a Supportive Mentoring Space During a Global Pandemic

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Matthew Voigt, Clemson University; Eliza Gallagher, Clemson University; Rachel Lanning, Clemson University ; Tony Nguyen, Clemson University; Sharetta M. Bufford M.Ed., Clemson University; Tyler James Sullivan, Clemson University; Tim Ransom, Clemson University; Wysheka Austin, Clemson University

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centers is- sues of equity, diversity, and inclusion in STEM through the lens of identity development with a particular focus on graduate students.Mrs. Rachel Lanning, Clemson University Rachel Lanning is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University. Her disciplinary background is in mathematics with a mathematics Master’s degree from Georgia Southern University. Her research interests include well-being and departmental culture as it pertains to graduate students.Tony Nguyen, Clemson University Tony Nguyen is a part-time doctoral student in the Engineering and Science Education Department and full-time lecturer in the School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences

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Technical Session 8 - Paper 1: Combining Forces: Putting Equity to Work

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Fatima Alleyne, University of California, Berkeley; Ricky Vides, University of California, Berkeley; Grace D O'Connell, University of California, Berkeley

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in on a regular basis, we were able to start to mapthe “pipeline” that we hear so much about in the STEM education literature. Weseparated out K-12 to better match the schooling separation for children, includingmiddle and high school. This map does not go as far back as elementary schoolbecause there were no known activities within the department at the time.At UC Berkeley and in ME, approximately ⅓ of students transfer into the universityduring their junior year. The vast majority of these students transfer from CaliforniaCommunity Colleges. From there we also looked at programs that were aimed atsupporting undergraduate students pursuing their Bachelors of Science degree andfinally graduate students, which we have lumped together here for

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Technical Session 13 - Paper 2: Program: A focused, 5-year effort to increase the number of African American, Hispanic/Latino(a), Native American (AHLN) 7th-grade students who are academically prepared to take algebra

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Virginia Lynn Booth-Womack, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Saundra Johnson Austin, University of South Florida; Renee Serrell Gibert, Purdue University; Carol S Stwalley P.E., Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Lesley M Berhan, The University of Toledo; Tamara Markey, Purdue University, Minority Engineering Program; Cynthia Murphy-Ortega, Chevron Corporation

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towards goal attainment.Dr. Saundra Johnson Austin, University of South Florida Dr. Saundra Johnson Austin is the lead project coordinator at the University of South Florida for Florida Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (FL-AGEP) Transformation Alliance: Improving Pathways in the Professoriate for Minority Women in STEM. She is the project coordinator at the Univer- sity of South Florida for Project Racism In School Exclusionary Suspensions (RISES), a mixed methods study that addresses the long-standing phenomenon of out-of-school suspensions for African American middle and high school adolescents. Dr. Johnson Austin also teaches math and pre-algebra to 7th grade girls and boys at Academy Prep

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

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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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. 27BA0 The role of prior STEM experiences K-12 STEM education still played a role with our students, but was mentioned by fewer students. BA1 "The most influential factor leading me to pursue engineering is my high school STEM program. I had great experiences and opportunities to learn. I wanted to continue on the same path after graduation." 2852% of our participants reported that STEM experiences in K-12 influenced theirdecision to become an engineer, whereas the remaining 48% found it moderatelyimportant to not important at all. We also saw this in our open-ended questionresponses

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

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populations (e.g., Black, Latinx, first-generation students,community college transfer students) [5]. Some of these students enter the university withexisting mental health concerns; others develop mental health challenges during college. Awide range of backgrounds and factors can influence a students’ mental health and wellbeing:living and financial conditions [6], academic preparation [7], student-faculty interactions [8],food insecurity, and family responsibilities [3], and peer relationships [9]. These stressorshave wider impacts on student success [3]: a decrease in a student’s wellbeing can negativelyimpact their educational experiences, leading to academic dissatisfaction, resulting indecreased academic performance or attrition [10]. A

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Technical Session 13 - Paper 1: Transformational Resistance and Identity Development: A Case Study of an Asexual Woman Engineer

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Vivian Xian-Wei Chou, University of Texas at Austin; Jerry Austin Yang, Stanford University; Brandon Bakka, University of Texas at Austin; Maura J. Borrego, University of Texas at Austin; Patricia Clayton, Wake Forest University

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University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Borrego is Senior Associaate Editor for Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering. She previously served as Deputy Editor for Journal of Engineering Education, a Program Director at the National Science Foundation, on the board of the American Society for Engineering Education, and as an associate dean and director of in- terdisciplinary graduate programs. Her research awards include U.S. Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), a National Science Foundation CAREER award, and two outstand- ing publication awards from the American Educational Research Association for her journal articles. All of Dr. Borrego’s degrees are in Materials Science

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

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Chemical & Biological Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder in 2019 and has continued on into the Biological Engineering PhD Program. Her research ex- plores novel therapeutics for hard-to-treat infectious diseases such as bacteria which no longer respond to antibiotic treatment. Having completed her undergraduate degree at CU Boulder, she’s been involved with several student organizations and interacted with administration to amplify student voices and actualize DEI efforts. One of Dana’s biggest efforts is the student organization STEM Routes (the CU Boulder chapter of SACNAS). STEM Routes is a group of first-generation, underrepresented, and low-income graduate students who support, mentor, and coach

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Technical Session 7 - Paper 4: Adapting to an unexpected hybrid campus: e-mentored femaleengineering students’ intrinsic motivation, sense of belonging, and perception of campus climate

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Mayari Illarij Serrano Anazco, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Suzanne Zurn-Birkhimer, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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innovation.Dr. Suzanne Zurn-Birkhimer, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE) Dr. Suzanne Zurn-Birkhimer is Associate Director of the Women in Engineering Program and Associate Professor (by courtesy) in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at Purdue Uni- versity. Dr. Zurn-Birkhimer conducts research and leads retention activities including administration of the undergraduate and graduate mentoring programs and the teaching of the Women in Engineering sem- inar courses. For the past decade, Dr. Zurn-Birkhimer’s research has focused on broadening participation of women and underrepresented group in STEM fields. Recently, she has been investigating the intersec- tion of education and career path with