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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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ObispoDr. Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Brian Self obtained his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Engineering Mechanics from Virginia Tech, and his Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the University of Utah. He worked in the Air Force Research Laboratories before teaching at the U.S. Air Force Academy for seven years. Brian has taught in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo since 2006. During the 2011-2012 academic year he participated in a professor exchange, teaching at the Munich University of Applied Sciences. His engineering education interests include collaborating on the Dynamics Concept Inventory, developing model-eliciting activities in mechanical

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Technical Session 9 - Paper 3: The Minimization of Microaggressions in Engineering Education

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Stephanie Masta, Purdue University; Darryl Dickerson, Florida International University; Alice L Pawley, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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Paper ID #35610The Minimization of Microaggressions in Engineering EducationStephanie Masta, Purdue University Associate Professor, Purdue UniversityDarryl Dickerson, Florida International University Dr. Darryl A. Dickerson is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Florida International University (FIU). Dr. Dickerson’s research focuses on transforming multiscale mechanobi- ological insights into biomanufacturing processes enabling the creation of personalized, fully functional engineered tissues. His research group, the Inclusive Complex Tissue Regeneration Lab (InCTRL), does this through

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Technical Session 1 - Paper 2: Challenging the Hegemonic Culture of Engineering: Curricular and Co-Curricular Methodologies

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Bailey Bond-Trittipo, Florida International University; Joseph Valle, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor; Stephen Secules, Florida International University; Andrew Green, Florida International University

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turn, this dynamic perpetuates inequity in engineering education and society as a whole.Joseph Valle, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Joseph ’Joey’ Valle is a Ph.D candidate in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Michi- gan - Ann Arbor. His thesis includes both technical and engineering education research components. His engineering education research focuses on understanding and seeking ways to undo oppression based harm in engineering. He holds a B.S.E in materials science and engineering from MIT and a M.S.E in materials science and engineering from the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, with a focus on electro- chemical energy storage systems.Dr. Stephen Secules, Florida International

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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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coping mechanisms [15]. Students fromURGs may also encounter a lack of supportive mentors [13], which may increase their likelihoodof attrition. In a qualitative study of African American undergraduate and graduate computingstudents, Charleston (2012) highlighted the importance of mentors such as advisors in navigat-ing challenges, noting that many participants “described how they considered withdrawing fromcomputing science programs if not for the intervention of a mentor” [16]. Taken together, prior work not only suggests that computing doctoral students are less likely tocomplete their programs, but also that students from URGs face different and additional challengescompared to their majority2 peers, which may further decrease their

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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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Paper ID #35649Transformational Resistance and Identity Development: A Case Study of anAsexual Woman EngineerVivian Xian-Wei Chou, University of Texas at Austin Vivian Chou is a first year Master student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. They are conducting research on how successful communities are established within LGBTQ+ student or- ganizations. Vivian is an advocate for marginalized students and seeks to be a voice for their LGBTQIA+ peers.Jerry Austin Yang, Stanford University Jerry A. Yang is a doctoral student and graduate research assistant at Stanford University pursuing a PhD

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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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Jersey, and New York. At the time of theinterviews, the women lived across the United States, from Maine to Florida, Michigan toTexas, and New York to Washington.The women included 20 who had received an undergraduate STEM degree and two otherswho received their first undergraduate degree in theater design and later worked ininformation technology. The undergraduate STEM degrees included: Chemical Engineering (8) Electrical Engineering (3) Math and Computer Science (2) Industrial Design (2) Mechanical Engineering (1) Metallurgy and Material Science (1) Psychology (1) Chemistry (1) Physics (1)In addition, details on each woman’s life were documented including advanced degrees,marriages, and

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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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introductory programming classes to an audience of computing andengineering students and therefore is well attuned to the challenges of first-year college studentslearning this material, although also at risk of projecting challenges her students face ontoparticipants.Dr. Meier grew up on a farm on a Native American reservation. He descends from WesternEuropean immigrants and nearby towns were mostly white European descendants. Native Siouxand Ponca Americans attended school, played sports, and socialized within the communities. Hegrew up appreciating Native American culture but saw inequities limiting education and careerpotential, and intersectionality resulting in cultural bias and discrimination. As a cisgender whitemale high school student, he

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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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student mental health, Hyun, Quinn, Madon, and Lustig demonstratedthat many graduate students express negative emotional responses to stress that impact theirwellbeing and academic performance [3]. Emotions describe a person’s internal state asexpressed by physical or sensory feelings and are reactions to meaningful encounters that occurin an individual’s life [4]. In a study of over 200 graduate students, Gloria and Steinhardt foundthat there was a correlation between positive emotions and heightened levels of resilience, bothdirectly and indirectly through development of healthy and effective coping mechanisms [5].However, a combination of stereotype threat, and racialized stress associated with Blackgraduate students navigating engineering

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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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Manufacturing Engineering at The University of Toledo. Her research interests are in the areas of com- posites and fibrous materials and engineering education. She received her B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from the University of the West Indies in St. Augustine, Trinidad, her M.S. in Civil Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She joined the faculty at the University of Toledo in 2004. As the Associate Dean of Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement she leads the development and execution of initiatives and programs to facilitate the recruitment, retention, and success of women, students from underrepresented groups

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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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priorities to advance diversity, equity and inclusion in the College. Fatima earned her Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in materials science and engineering from UC Berkeley and a B.A. in chemistry from City Uni- versity of New York, Hunter College.Mr. Ricky Vides, University of California, Berkeley Ricky Vides is the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion advisor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also the staff director for the Combining Forces: Putting Equity to Work project. Ricky Vides is an alumnus of the University of California. He also received advanced degrees in Higher Education Student Development and Marriage and Family Therapy from Saint Mary’s College of

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Technical Session 10 - Paper 1: Improving engineering-student retention via the UC Davis LEADR program

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Ralph C. Aldredge III, University of California, Davis

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role, he served in various academic-senate leadership roles at the department, college, campus and system-wide levels. While serving as chair of the academic-senate committee on admissions and enrollment, he played an integral role in designing the UC Davis holistic-review freshman admissions policy implemented in 2011. He has served also as chair of the UC Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools (BOARS, 2014-2016), which develops and recommends system-wide freshman and transfer admissions policies for approval by the UC Board of Regents. As a professor in the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering, Dr. Aldredge also performs research and advises graduate students in the areas of combustion

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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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subjectadequately based on a pilot search, expanding to include additional terms might have identifieddifferent material. As described, although we wanted to focus on empathy this topic oftenoverlaps with research on other topics, such as emotional intelligence or ethics. As such, futureresearch may want to explore these topics further.8 ConclusionsUltimately, this SLR provided insight not only into how other scholars have described empathy,but also into how educators have studied and taught the concept in STEM courses and applied itto their lessons. The results were defined in terms of the publications identified and the learningactivities activities, programs, workshops, and opportunities established. Overall, we observedthat STEM publications concerning

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

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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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fellow in the Particulate Media Research Laboratory. Her research interests focus on the characterization and behavior of fine-grained soils, their response to changing chemical environments (i.e. changes in pH and ionic concentration), and traditional and non-traditional soil modification techniques (e.g. polymer-modified soils) for improving engineering properties. Dr. Palomino teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in materials character- ization and testing, soil mechanics, geosynthetics, and soil properties.Dr. Veerle Keppens, University of Tennessee at Knoxville American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022

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Technical Session 12 - Paper 4: Supporting lecturers by building community, promoting agency, and increasing leadership opportunities

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Pauline Khan, University of Michigan; Elizabeth J Bailey, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching in Engineering, University of Michigan; Heidi M Sherick, University of Michigan

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this role, she served as Director of the Program in Technical Communication since 2012. She has taught classes in technical communications to undergraduate and graduate students at the College of Engineering since 1997. She has also co-authored the book A Practical Guide to Technical Reports and Presentations for Scientists, Engineers and Students. Prior to her teaching career, Dr. Khan worked as an engineering and project manager to design man- ufacturing systems in the information technology field, to manufacture and test engine blocks for the automotive industry, and to research coatings for high-speed and high-temperature machining applica- tions. Dr. Khan has a Bachelors of Science degree in Mechanical

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Technical Session 5 - Paper 2: Opportunities from Disruption - How lifelong learning helped create more connected classrooms

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Krishna Pakala, Boise State University; Sreyoshi Bhaduri, Society of Women Engineers

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Paper ID #35579Opportunities from Disruption - How lifelong learning helped create moreconnected classroomsDr. Krishna Pakala, Boise State University Krishna Pakala, Ph.D, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Biomedical En- gineering at Boise State University (Boise, Idaho) where he has been since 2012. He is the Faculty in Residence for the Engineering and Innovation Living Learning Community. He is the Director for the Industrial Assessment Center at Boise State University. He served as the inaugural Faculty Associate for Mobile Learning and as the Faculty Associate for Accessibility and Universal

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

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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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support future faculty development; assists in the implementation of the orientation program for new TAs and the support of departments offering TA training courses; contributes to the Tech to Teaching certificate program for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars; provides individual consultation and teaching evaluation to graduate students and postdoctoral scholars seeking to enhance expertise in the classroom; and assists with the campus-wide awards program that recognizes excellence in teaching within the TA community at Georgia Tech. Tammy earned her Ph.D. and completed a postdoc in materials science and engineering at Georgia Tech. She also earned a M.S. in materials engineering from Auburn University and a

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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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Learning. Previously, Stephanie received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Neuroscience from the University of Miami, in addition to B.S. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science from FIU.Ellen Zerbe, Pennsylvania State University Ellen Zerbe is a graduate student pursuing a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Pennsylvania State University. She earned her B.S.M.E. at Grove City College. She is currently researching under Dr. Catherine Berdanier in the Engineering Cognition Research Laboratory.Dr. Monique S Ross, Florida International University Monique Ross, Assistant Professor in the School of Computing and Information Sciences and STEM Transformation Institute at Florida International Her research interests include broadening

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NOTE NEW TIMESLOT: Technical Session 7 - Paper 1: Auto-ethnographic Reflections : Lessons from Leading a STEM Initiative for Girls in School While We Ourselves Were in School

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Kayli Heather Battel, Tufts University; Kritin Mandala, Saguaro High School; Sreyoshi Bhaduri, Society of Women Engineers; Natalie Anna Foster, Sisters in STEM - Saguaro High School; Lilianny Virguez, University of Florida; Lissa Erickson, Battel Engineering; Krishna Pakala, Boise State University

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women in engineering and technology. Dr. Bhaduri has an interdisciplinary expertise with a Ph.D. in Engineering Education and Masters degrees in Statistics and Mechanical Engineering, from Virginia Tech. Her research interests include: future of work, women in technology, assessing the impact and effectiveness of inclusion and diversity initiatives as well as employing innovative, ethical and inclusive mixed-methods research approaches to uncovering insights about the 21st century workforce.Natalie Anna Foster, Sisters in STEM - Saguaro High School Natalie Foster is a current high school senior at Saguaro in Scottsdale, Arizona. She is the president of the school’s FRC robotics club and has been a member of the team

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Technical Session 3 - Paper 2: Inequities in “Stuckness”: Exploring mobility patterns to higher ranked institutions from undergraduate to graduate school based on students’ race/ethnicity and first generation in college status

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David B Knight, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Dustin Michael Grote, Weber State University; Abdulrahman M Alsharif, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Maura J. Borrego, University of Texas at Austin; Anita Patrick, Spelman College; Maya Denton, University of Texas at Austin; Gabriella Coloyan Fleming, University of Texas at Austin; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Homero Murzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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playing sports with his wife, kids, and dog.Abdulrahman M Alsharif, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Abdulrahman M. Alsharif is a research assistant for the Engineering Education department and a Ph.D. student at Virginia Tech. He has received the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research scholarship to pursue his Master’s degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering at YSU. He is interested in teaching and learning, cognitive thinking, policy, guidelines, and assessments. He hopes to work as a social scientist in higher education.Dr. Maura Borrego, University of Texas at Austin Maura Borrego is Director of the Center for Engineering Education and Professor of Mechanical En

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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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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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for the corporation. He also worked as a consultant in office automation for five years at Microlink Computer Services, Bangladesh. Dr. Choudhuri also taught undergraduate courses in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Bangladesh Institute of Technology for five years.Dr. Brian Krug, Grand Valley State University I have spent 24 years as an electrical engineer in both the telecom industry aerospace industry. Before joining the School of Engineering here at GVSU, I worked for Teradyne and Tellabs in Chicago and at Eaton Aerospace, GE aviation and Parker Aerospace in west Michigan. My research interests include sensors, embedded systems, control and power theory. My most recent work involved developing a new

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Technical Session 12 - Paper 2: DEI Student Ambassadors Program

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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

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

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participating in a summer bridge program [5]. Similarly, in [6], the authors describe a studentambassador program that supported recruitment of new students and peer-mentoring of current students. Our DEI Student Ambassadors program was inspired by the BiasBusters @ Carnegie Mellon Univer-sity [7] and Bias Busters in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at Universityof California Berkeley [8]. Both programs mention the Google Bias Busting @ Work program as theirmodel [9]. Currently, the Bias Busting @ Work program offers tools for those who want to host theirown bias busting workshop. The extensive materials include slides that can be customized, a facilitators’guide, a list of questions to start conversations about unconscious

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Technical Session 9 - Paper 2: Course Interventions to Promote Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Engineering Curricula

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Richard Blackmon, Elon University; Sirena C. Hargrove-Leak, Elon University

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the faculty prioritized ensuring that our students have “anability to…create a collaborative and inclusive environment” upon graduation. Our approach tointroducing DEI pedagogy was to focus on a first-year course, Grand Challenges in Engineering(GCE), and a second-year course, Engineering Mechanics: Statics (Statics). GCE is the firstfoundational design course in the program, where ABET Student Outcomes (SOs) 2-6 areintroduced. This was a natural fit for introducing DEI concepts, since they tie well with SOs 3(effective communication) and 5 (function effectively on a team). While Statics is a less obviouschoice to integrate DEI instruction, it was an opportunity to explore innovative ways toemphasize the importance of DEI in engineering in a

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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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resilience with the resources and risk withthe challenges and enhanced the original figure given by Dodge et al. [36] with the spiral toillustrate the ever-changing process (Figure 1). Drawing from Sanford’s [38] Challenge andsupport theory (CST), the term challenge refers to occurrences or situations in whichindividuals are unable to adapt due to a lack of resources or support. Chaves [39] notes thatthe capacity to overcome challenges depends on the level of support students receive fromtheir peers, instructors, and institution in an educational context. Furthermore, by support, thetheory refers to the available or created mechanisms to aid individuals in dealing withdifficult situations [40]. If the challenges outweigh the resources, the see-saw

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Technical Session 1 - Paper 3: Online and Global Education in Engineering: Building a Strategic Case for Placed-based Learning

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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

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Natasha B. Watts, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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of the Internet to transmitlearning materials across borders [2].Understanding how innovation like online learning can be applied in classrooms is deeplyrooted in a cultural narrative. What do we mean by that? For-profit institutions headlineonline learning programs with large enrollments. However, online learning is over 40-yearsold and started in much more community-centered spaces like community colleges. If welook at online learning enrollments provided by IPEDS and the Post-Secondary NationalPolicy Institute in 2018 and 2019, 37% of online learners were the first in their family toattend college, and 70% of online learners identify as women. Understanding these currentand past structures will help us understand the paradox that now