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Technical Session 12 - Paper 3: Increasing Minority Student Applications to STEM Graduate Programs: Lessons Learned and Outlook for a New Program

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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

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Kingsley Nwosu Jr, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Tremayne O'Brian Waller, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Mandy J Wright, Fields Wright Consulting; Mike Ekoniak, Youngstown State University - Rayen School of Engineering

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Paper ID #35592Increasing Minority Student Applications to STEM Graduate Programs:Lessons Learned and Outlook for a New ProgramMr. Kingsley Nwosu Jr, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Kingsley Nwosu is a Computer Science Master’s of Engineering student at the Virginia Polytechnic Insti- tute and State University’s (Virginia Tech) College of Engineering. He received his Bachelors of Science degree in Computer Science from Saint Leo University. Nwosu attends Virginia Tech as a full GEM fel- low, and serves as a graduate student for the Virginia Tech College of Engineering. He has also served as a

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

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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

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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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Engineering and a Masters of Science in Technical Communication, both from the University of Michigan. Her Doctorate in Education was earned from Southern New Hampshire University.Dr. Elizabeth J Bailey, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching in Engineering, University of Michigan Dr. Elizabeth Bailey is an Instructional Consultant at the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching in Engineering at the University of Michigan. She leads programs to prepare graduate students for success in faculty roles and to support new faculty at the College of Engineering. Dr. Bailey earned a Ph.D. in Chemistry at Columbia University. Her work on preparing future faculty and supporting teaching faculty has been published in To

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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)

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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 13 - Paper 5: Creating and Sustaining Inclusive Learning Communities in Engineering

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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

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Melissa M. Bilec, University of Pittsburgh; Jessica Moriah Vaden, University of Pittsburgh; April Dukes, University of Pittsburgh; Amy Hermundstad Nave, Colorado School of Mines

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Paper ID #35548Creating and Sustaining Inclusive Learning Communities in EngineeringDr. Melissa M. Bilec, University of Pittsburgh Dr. Melissa Bilec is the William Kepler Whiteford Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Co-director of the Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation. Her research focuses on the sustainable built environment. She is committed to exploring how the built environment can be an integral part of climate change solutions. She views the world and her research using a systems-level approach, and she is an expert in life cycle assessment. Using this view, she integrates critical built

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

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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

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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 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)

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

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curriculum involves student teams completing Design Challenges (henceforthChallenges), which translate general chemistry concepts such as specific heat capacity,solubility, and reaction kinetics into contextualized and situated problems and methods that areunique to the practice of professional engineers. In addition to contextualizing science andengineering as real world applications, our approach forecasts the professional practice ofvarious types of engineering careers.This career-forward approach allows first- and second-year students to experience the work of aprofessional engineer in a developmentally appropriate form as a means of learning the domainof chemistry. The new curriculum is designed to maintain student motivation and persistence

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

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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

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D. C. Beardmore, University of Colorado Boulder

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Paper ID #35572Navigating the academy in the absence of graduate disabilityaccommodation policiesD. C. Beardmore, University of Colorado Boulder Mx. Beardmore is currently a PhD student at the University of Colorado, Boulder. They study inclusive engineering education and construction engineering risk management. Their full bio and current and historical positionality statements can be found on their website at dcbeardmore.com American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Navigating the academy in the absence of graduate disability

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

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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

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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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and feminist education frameworks established by Paulo Freire [12]and bell hooks [33], Donna Riley introduced the concept of liberative pedagogy to engineeringeducation through her thermodynamics course at Smith College [14]. Liberative pedagogy takesa student-centered approach that empowers students to question authority and challengeoppression, which is critical to “prepare effective [engineering] professionalswho have an added critical awareness of the systems in which they work, as well as theability and desire to act to change those systems” [14, p. 143]. To reform her traditionalthermodynamics course, Riley related students’ lived experiences to the curriculum, madestudents authorities in the classroom by giving them teaching roles

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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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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

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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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consideration to alternativeperspectives.Human-Centered design was described as vital for ethics and considering the value of designs inrelation to engineering [26, 65]. Contextualizing problems was important for thinking about thebroader impact of designs on others and for finding more inclusive solutions [65, 66]. Oneparticularly creative approach to developing such skills, and thinking about the needs of others,was curricula established around “alien-centered design” [67]. Students were tasked withthinking about “a new, inter-galactic student exchange program planned with students from theplanet Xenos” in two courses. As part of the process, students in one of the courses applied moretraditional design methodogolgies to learn more about their

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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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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

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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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livesmore broadly. Second, students came to “see” the application of mechanics concepts and appliedthis new lens both in diverse ways outside their formal engineering curriculum (i.e., “Seeing”Mechanics). Finally, UVIs gave students space to explore the Sociotechnical Dimensions ofengineering in ways that emphasize broader social impact and public safety. An overview of thethemes, definitions, and supporting codes are provided below in Table 1. We elaborate on thesethemes and codes in the following sections and support them with student UVI responses thatillustrate the ways they emerged from our data.Table 1: Emergent themes, operational definitions, and supporting codes. Themes Operational Definition

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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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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 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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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

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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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instruction of introductory Python in a musical contextSOMMER ANJUM, MARIA JANTZ, JAMES CHURILLA, KIRK HOLBROOK, STEVEN ABRAMOWITCH UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, PITTSBURGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS 4TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF CONECD COLLABORATIVE NETWORK FOR ENGINEERING AND COMPUTING DIVERSITY | FEBRUARY 2022 Program objective Given the lack of K12 STEM exposure opportunities in under-served Pittsburgh communities amid difficulty engaging students amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, we sought to implement curriculum for a virtual coding course based on music to expose students to coding while keeping content relatable.THE SWEET SOUNDS OF CODING

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Technical Session 4 - Paper 5: Broadening Participation through Information: A Synthesis of Resources for Research and Practice in Computing and Computer Science

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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

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Anu Tuladhar, Medtronic; Carin Queener, University of Michigan; Joi-lynn Mondisa, University of Michigan; Kinnis Gosha, Morehouse College

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. Forensics Security, vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 1789-1801, 2012. [Online]. Available: https://doi.org.10.1109/tifs.2012.2214212. [Accessed April 16, 2020].[5] C. O'Neil, Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy. New York: Crown, 2016.[6] Encyclopædia Britannica. "Computer science," n.d. [Online]. Available: https://www.britannica.com/science/computer-science. [Accessed January 13, 2021].[7] National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) and National Science Foundation (NSF). "Women, minorities, and persons with disabilities in science and engineering," 2019. [Online]. Available: https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsf19304/data/. [Accessed March 15, 2021].[8

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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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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

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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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lead teacher and mathematics curriculum coordinator for the Tri County Technical College’s Upward Bound program. Renee also is an experienced virtual educator and has taught undergraduate statistics courses online. Renee holds a B.S. Industrial Engineering and M.A.T in Middle Grades Mathematics Education from Clemson University. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction at Purdue.Dr. Carol S Stwalley P.E., Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE) Dr. Carol S. Stwalley, PE joined the Minority Engineering Program team in the fall of 2007 as Recruitment and Retention Analyst. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Agriculture and Biological Engineering (ABE), MSABE, and PhD ABE from Purdue

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

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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

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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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this project was taken from engineering design thinkingcoupled with human centered design. In engineering design thinking we want to firstdefine the problem and brainstorm as many possible solutions before converging ona single solution (or two). In human centered design, we put the user in the center ofour design and design for them. In this case the users or stakeholders can beconsidered as the high school students as well as the instructors. We need to designa kit that works within the space and constraints of the HS instructor and isinteresting enough to engage a high school student.Both of these design approaches have grown in popularity and importance withinMechanical Engineering curriculum at the undergraduate level at Berkeley. This is

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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)

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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 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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reporting beingmore socially isolated. For students in marginalized or under-represented populations who might alreadyhave a lower sense of STEM identity, this lack of STEM community could exacerbate that. The development of an anti-racist curriculum was explicitly approached following a racist Zoom-bombing at a Black Student Union meeting and how students, staff and faculty can ally together tobegin to deconstruct white supremacy culture. There is a new initiative at Seattle University to supportfaculty in developing anti-racist teaching practices, and the discussion of these concerns at the Town Hallshighlighted the importance of faculty in the College of Science and Engineering making use of this newUniversity-level program. It is important

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Technical Session 8 - Paper 4: Implicit and Explicit Balanced Identity Scores Vary as a Function of Gender and STEM Major

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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

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Rachelle Pedersen, Texas A&M University; Nyima Sanneh, Motivation and Learning Lab; Paul R Hernandez, Texas A&M University

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Paper ID #35540Implicit and Explicit Balanced Identity Scores Vary as a Function ofGender and STEM MajorRachelle Pedersen, Texas A&M University Rachelle Pedersen is a first-year Ph.D. student pursuing a degree in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Engineering Education at Texas A&M University. She holds a Master’s of Science in Curriculum & Instruction from Texas A&M and a Bachelor’s of Science in Engineering Science (Tech- nology Education) from Colorado State University. She previously taught for 5 years in Connecticut at a high school teaching technology education. Rachelle’s research interests