graduate degrees in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech (PhD) and Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia (UVa). ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 From website to work environment: Exploring minority undergraduate engineering students’ conceptualizations of engineering careers at national laboratoriesAbstract Within engineering education, there have been rising calls for more research on thetransitional period students face leading up to graduation (e.g., post-graduation planning) andmoving into the next phase of their career. This study seeks to complement existing research byexploring the experience of students as they seek to make sense of engineering career
teaches at the intersection of engineering education, faculty development, and complex systems design. Alexandra completed her graduate degrees in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech (PhD) and Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia (UVa).Dr. Meagan R. Kendall, University of Texas at El Paso An Associate Professor at The University of Texas at El Paso, Dr. Meagan R. Kendall is a founding member of the Department of Engineering Education and Leadership. With a background in both engi- neering education and design thinking, her research focuses on how Latinx students develop identities as engineers and navigate moments of identity interference, student and faculty engineering leadership development
professors, peers, or the institution. As such, our research questions areas follows: • What are the consistent and contrasting stories of two LGBTQ+ engineering students’ experiences at an HSI? • How do two LGBTQ+ engineering students attending an HSI feel they could be better supported?4. Conceptual FrameworkFor this study, we utilize draw on the Model of Multiple Dimensions of Identity (MMDI)framework [15] to understand how our participants perceive the salience of different dimensionsof their identities as they discuss their experiences of marginalization in engineering. The MMDIillustrates that one’s personal identity is composed of multiple layers of intersecting socialidentities (race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexual
. Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University Marisa K. Orr is an Assistant Professor in Engineering and Science Education with a joint appointment in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Clemson University. Her research interests include student persistence and pathways in engineering, gender equity, diversity, and academic policy. Dr. Orr is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award for her research on ”Empowering Students to be Adaptive Decision-Makers.”Dr. Rebecca Brent, Education Designs, Inc Rebecca Brent is President of Education Designs, Inc., a consulting firm located in Chapel Hill, N.C. She is a certified program evaluator and a faculty development consultant. Brent received her B.A. from Millsaps College in
desired success; and developing mutual trustto jointly cross the mentorship cultural bridge in a transformational mentorship process.Holistically, the paper explores how mentorship empowers participants for further success and growth onboth professional and personal levels, inside and outside of higher education. An extensive discussion ofresearch evidence on the barriers minority students face in graduate school, challenges majority facultyface in cross-racial and gender mentorships, and suggestions on how to address the identified barriers,make this exploration applicable for any faculty or graduate students who desire to maximize theopportunities from relational mentorship. Topic Index: Cultural bridge, relational mentorship, menteeship
Participants watched a 7.5-minute QUAL video, which highlighted several examples of HC involving a marginalized Latino student and faculty member. Participants then defined HC in their own words and provided personal examples of engineering HC. (4) Emotions Participants selected an emotion QUAN & QUAL they felt corresponded to six HC statements and whether their emotion was
served in various roles in student affairs administration and as a faculty member in several Gender Studies and Communication Studies departments. She holds a Ph.D. in Com- munication Studies from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, an M.A. in Psychology from South- ern Illinois University-Carbondale, an M.A. in Higher Education Administration from the University of Louisville, and a B.A. in Psychology and English from Illinois College. Jamie has published chapters in edited book collections and in a number of scholarly journals, including: AFFILIA: Journal of Women and Social Work; Kaleidoscope: A Journal of Qualitative Communication Research; Journal of Research in Personality; Experimental and Clinical
from the survey instrument (more than 200 respondents). ● 90% talked with family before changing majors. ● 73% of respondents were satisfied or very satisfied with their decision to change majors. ● 68% had taken an Introduction to Engineering course and indicated it was helpful in deciding to change their major. ● 67% chose their major before they chose the institution. ● 56% changed their major because it no longer aligned with their interest and another major suited them better. ● 25% changed their major within two (2) semesters, with 30% changing their major after one semester. Very few students changed their major after 3 semesters. ● 16% had one bad experience with a faculty member, where 19
alongside faculty mentors. Claudine has also co-facilitated multiple Conversations about Race and Ethnicity (C.A.R.E.) Circles and C.A.R.E. Speaks through the Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) to undergraduate students across the SU colleges and departments including RAs in an effort to impact demonstrative change in diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility on campus. Claudine is a licensed Social Worker (LMSW). She graduated from Hunter College of the City University of New York (CUNY) with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and a minor in Communications, and later went on to pursue a Master’s degree in Social Work from Fordham University. Claudine began her social work career in the field of child