Conference Session

Track 7: Technical Session 2: Lessons Learned from Development of an Elective Undergraduate Course on DEI in STEM

Collection

2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Leigh S McCue, George Mason University; Christopher Alexander Carr, George Mason University; Kevin William Kuck, George Mason University; Dhiambi Otete; Violet Veronika Reges

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

ocean engineering. McCue taught that coursein 2008 and 2010. She emulated that design with a 1-credit course offering in Spring of 2020 atMason, the semester which included a mid-term pivot to online instruction due to the COVID-19pandemic. Using lessons learned from those instructional experiences, McCue and Carr launcheda 3-credit hour course in Spring of 2022, offered a second time in Spring of 2023, at Mason focusedbroadly on diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM.In its present design the course outcomes are that: • Students will demonstrate the knowledge needed to be advocates for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the engineering workforce • Students will demonstrate the skills needed to be change agents in the

Conference Session

Track 2: Technical Session 6: Minoritized Student Audio Narratives to Influence Faculty's Empathic Understanding: Learning from Sophie and Enola

Collection

2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Stephen Secules, Florida International University; Maimuna Begum Kali, Florida International University; Cassandra J McCall, Utah State University; Gabriel Van Dyke, Utah State University

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

any ladders.Analytical Commentary on Insights for FacultySophie begins her narrative by highlighting both race and gender as most salient, but articulates gender asmore salient to her experience in engineering. Much of Sophie’s experience could be understood ashighlighting gendered microaggressions or other gendered cultural norms, such as mansplaining orstereotyping women as incapable. These might be seen as small, isolated incidents (i.e., the definition ofmicroaggression) but they are memorable, build up over time to have a collective impact, and affect herparticipation on her team and in the course. She has her own names for these phenomena, for example,“explaining things I never asked for” is a succinct description of mansplaining. After