, team-based pedagogies and cooperative learning assessments, especially due to bias [15], [16], [17], [18].practices have been incorporated on college campuses as a Research has shown that the experiences of women andstrategy to improve the classroom engagement of students of color in these classrooms differ from those of theirunderrepresented students. Indeed, research shows that peers in terms of assessment [3]. Additionally, it is alreadylearning in teams positively affects objective outcomes (such understood that biased behaviors are commonly present inas exam scores) for minority students [7], [8]. In many group higher education classrooms [2
structural change, so as to post a real challenge to systems of White supremacistcapitalist patriarchy. She also notes that the attacks have created opportunities for scholars tocome together and organize in new and broader way.Our field’s debates about how best to approach the enhancement of diversity, inclusion, andsocial justice in engineering education are healthy, vibrant, engaging, and must continue. For thisto happen, we need to be able to test new ideas in our publication venues and at conferences likeCONECD without fearing for our personal or professional security. It is not simply about theprinciple of academic freedom, which protects faculty expertise and scholarly authority. We needto make clear that research on diversity in engineering
-community-colleges.html?emc=eta1.Building Engineering and Science Talent (BEST) (2004). A bridge for all: Higher education design principles to broaden participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. San Diego, CA. Available at http://www.bestworkforce.org/PDFdocs/BEST_BridgeforAll_HighEdDesignPrincipals .pdf.Carter, F. D., Mandell, M., & Maton, K. I. (2009). The influence of on-campus, academic year undergraduate research on STEM Ph.D. outcomes: Evidence from the Meyerhoff Scholarship Program. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 31, 441-462.Chambliss, D. F. & Takacs, C. G. (2014). How college works. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.Cohan, C.L., Yin, A.C., Freeman, A., Gomez-Calderon
, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Kayla is a doctoral student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research interest includes the influence of informal engineering learning experiences on diverse students’ attitudes, beliefs, and perceptions of engineering, and the relationship between students’ interests and the practices and cultures of engineering. Her current work at the FACE lab is on teaching strategies for K-12 STEM educators integrating engineering design and the development of engineering skills of K-12 learners.Dr. Morgan M Hynes, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Dr. Morgan Hynes is an Assistant Professor in the School of
graduation to70% within our Chemical and Environmental Engineering Department.We have achieved this dramatic increase in retention by iterating through several years of interventiondevelopment and deployment. Crucially, our interventions combine elements designed to affect studentsacross a range of affective learning categories—an approach not yet found in the literature. However,while we have anecdotal information from students regarding their responses to many of theinterventions, we have not yet scientifically studied which interventions are important to which studentpopulations. This paper will thus describe successful practices that we have implemented, highlightingthose that are thought to have the largest effect on women based on a
Paper ID #213292018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and ComputingDiversity Conference: Crystal City, Virginia Apr 29Social Enterprise Model for a Multi-Institutional Mentoring Network for Womenin STEMDr. Sara A. Atwood, Elizabethtown College Dr. Sara A. Atwood is an Associate Professor and Chair of Engineering at Elizabethtown College in Penn- sylvania. She holds a BA and MS from Dartmouth College, and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley. Dr. Atwood’s research interests are in creativity, engineering design, first-generation and low-income students, internship
Swarthmore College in 1980. She went on to earn an MS in Operations Research from Stanford University in 1981 and a Ph.D. in Operations Research from Cornell University in 1984. After 30 years at Georgia Tech in a variety of roles, Donna became the Executive Director of the new Institute for STEM and Diversity Initiatives at Boise State University in January 2015. Donna’s current interests center around education issues in general, and in particular on increasing access and success of those traditionally under-represented and/or under-served in STEM higher education.Ms. Ann Delaney, Boise State University Ann Delaney graduated in 2016 with her Masters in Materials Science & Engineering with an interdisci- plinary
the following themes: Black women have multiple identities that impact their experience in engineering. Some of Black women’s identities are accepted in academic and professional spaces; others are not. Recognizing the intersectionality of STEM, gender, and race identity. Preliminary strategies for cultivating environments where Black women’s multiple identities are equally accepted, including cultural capital.Next, the presenters will facilitate small group discussions of best practices to improve outcomesin the academic and professional lives of Black women in STEM and other marginalizedcommunities. There will be a special emphasis on developing an authentic understanding of
the ability to conduct research are needed. The majority of tenure-trackfaculty jobs include duties related to teaching, research, mentoring and service. A 2001 surveyby Golde and Dore noted that noted 82% of the graduate student respondents identifiedenjoyment of teaching as being what attracted them to academia as a career [16]. However, 52%of the respondents indicated that they did not learn about teaching during their graduate studies.These results along with other factors have led to pleas for national educational councils [17],[18] to improve undergraduate STEM teaching. The implication is that by improving training inteaching, the number, diversity, and quality of STEM graduates would increase.Goals and approachThe specific goals of
2017 AAAS Science & Diplomacy Leadership Workshop.Dr. Linda R ShawDr. Marla A Franco, University of Arizona Marla A. Franco, Ph.D., serves as the Director of Assessment and Research for the Division of Student Affairs, Enrollment Management, Academic Initiatives, and Student Success at the University of Arizona, where she leads the design and implementation of research, assessment, and evaluation plans across 45 units and departments to support a data rich environment for improved student learning and strategic de- cision making. Dr. Franco has close to 20 years of experience in higher education, which has brought her countless opportunities to assess, research, and inform educational practice, particularly in
and underrepresentedcommunities. miniGEMS was a free two-week summer STEAM (Science, Technology,Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) and Programming camp for middle school girls in grades 6to 8 held at the University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) in San Antonio, Texas. miniGEMS washosted by the Autonomous Vehicle Systems (AVS) Research and Education Laboratory. This is the third year that miniGEMS is being held at UIW. Four two-week miniGEMScamps were hosted at UIW for a total of eight weeks starting June 5 till August 4 this summer.The primary goal of the camp was to introduce more female students to the field of Engineeringthrough robotic projects, computer programming, graphic design, and guest speakers. ProjectBased Learning
, andInclusivity in STEM Education at Cal Poly,” PLC sought to: 1. identify explanations for patterns of underrepresentation that exist within the research and best practices literature; 2. assess how Cal Poly’s student recruitment (admission and yield), retention, and graduation demographics compare to those at other institutions and the nation (with a focus on discipline-by-discipline comparisons); 3. employ the research and best practices literature as a lens to a) initiate analysis of Cal Poly at the course, major, department, college, and university levels and b) identify research questions and areas of uncertainty; 4. build and strengthen new and existing faculty
interviews, in addition to counseling sessions to helpstudents discern their vocational aspirations. In terms of unconscious bias training and learningto work with other students with empathy, there is a proposal to do that within the context ofCore curriculum classes for all first-year students in the university. This issue is not peculiar toengineering, but needs to be addressed campus-wide.That said, we are creating a task force to look at the first-year experience of engineering. Thetask force is charged with researching best practices elsewhere and making recommendationsregarding what may work at SCU. 6. Make alterations to syllabiCurrent syllabus statements include several mandatory sections, including on reportingdiscrimination and
widely documented to have a positive impact on retention and studentexperience [2]–[5].Although the importance of such programs is clearly recognized, an understanding of how andwhy such programs have an impact is less well-developed. In a review of programmatic studentsupport initiatives, Lee and Matusovich [6] presented a comprehensive analysis of diversitysupport practices, and then called for more interplay between research and practice on diversitysupport. Narrowly framed, a relationship between an empirical base and implementationstrategies might be summarized as determining “evidence-based best practices.” However, Leeand Matusovich noted that “while the practice of providing students with co-curricular supporthas been evaluated, theory
color in engineering [13]. The research has beenconducted by the National Society of Black Engineers in collaboration with ExxonMobil. Therecommended strategies include engagement of the institutional leadership, summer bridge programs,collaborative learning and living environments, facilitated study groups, early alert systems,scholarships, positive self-efficacy development, positive identity development, and facultydevelopment programs. The paper provides research-based explanation of why each of these strategiesworks as well as best practices and challenges for their implementation.In [14], the authors perform a study of retention of students in STEM fields. They found that 48% ofstudents at bachelor’s degree level and 69% at the
examining issues of social justice and educational equity. Currently, she is on a research team examining the impacts of an out-of-school STEM summer program for racially underrepresented youth.Dr. Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech Dr. Walter Lee is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Education and the assistant director for research in the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED), both at Virginia Tech.Dr. David B Knight, Virginia Tech David Knight is Assistant Professor and Assistant Department Head for Graduate Programs in the De- partment of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He is also Director of International Engagement in Engineering Education and affiliate faculty with
Paper ID #242182018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and ComputingDiversity Conference: Crystal City, Virginia Apr 29Understanding How Engineering Identity and Belongingness Predict Grit forFirst-Generation College StudentsDina Verd´ın, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Dina Verd´ın is a Ph.D. Candidate in Engineering Education and M.S. student in Industrial Engineering at Purdue University. She completed her B.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering at San Jos´e State University. Dina is a 2016 recipient of the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship. Her
institutional context of UMBC STRIDE’screation, describes our four-part recruitment-focused conversation series, and reflects on ourprogress and lessons learned. Through this review of STRIDE’s peer education activities andapproaches, we hope to support the efforts of other institutions to design and implement theirown recruitment practices to foster faculty diversity and inclusion.Framing the Institutional ContextUMBC is a mid-sized institution that the Carnegie Foundation classifies as Doctoral University -Higher Research Activity. In 2017, the U.S. Department of Education designated UMBC as aMinority Serving Institution (MSI). We are renowned as a model for inclusive excellence inhigher education as a result of our success in preparing students from
women in tenure-track appointments have ever been promoted to associateand/or full professor. Among them, about 10 have received promotion to full professor. Untilrecently, practices used to evaluate faculty research and teaching accomplishments had notaligned well with either the OSU promotion and tenure (P&T) Guidelines or the COE strategicplan. Such misalignment made it difficult to ensure a fair and proper evaluation and also limitedany potential for guiding faculty energy in ways that best serve our mission-specific activities.For example, academia has institutionalized a number of barriers to collaboration, and these areespecially apparent to untenured faculty. Establishing independence as a researcher is oftenprioritized over
Paper ID #219982018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and ComputingDiversity Conference: Crystal City, Virginia Apr 29A Historical and Policy Perspective on Broadening Participation in STEM:Insights from National Reports (1974-2016)Teirra K Holloman Holloman, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education Teirra Holloman is a doctoral student in engineering education at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, where she serves as a graduate research assistant. Teirra received her BS in Industrial En- gineering from Clemson University. Her research interests revolve around broadening participation
Paper ID #231132018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and ComputingDiversity Conference: Crystal City, Virginia Apr 29How Making and Maker Spaces have Contributed to Diversity & Inclusionin Engineering: A [non-traditional] Literature ReviewAdam Stark Masters, Virginia Tech Adam S. Masters is a doctoral student and Graduate Research Assistant at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. They received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Delaware and are currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. Adam’s research interests include access, equity and social
transgenderstudents, the best practices at other institutions, the attitudes and desires of the WPIcommunity, and what design changes might be most successful in that context. The workthey had done was not only a valuable learning experience for them, but it introduced acampus-wide conversation about transgender students and it concluded with specificrecommendations tailored for WPI’s particular institutional context. The report hasprompted WPI’s administration to take a new approach to bathrooms: the campus nowincludes either single-stall or multi-stall gender-neutral bathrooms in 17 buildings and theuniversity has made a commitment for gender-inclusive bathrooms in all new buildings.All gender-inclusive bathrooms are indicated on WPI’s interactive campus
Freshman Engineering Program, in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University (WVU). She graduated Summa cum Laude with a BSME in 2006, earned a MSME in 2008, and completed her doctorate in mechanical engineering in 2011, all from WVU. At WVU, she has previously served as the Undergraduate and Outreach Advisor for the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department and the Assistant Director of the Center for Building Energy Efficiency. She has previously taught courses such as Thermodynamics, Thermal Fluids Laboratory, and Guided Missiles Systems, as well as serving as a Senior Design Project Advisor for Mechanical Engineering Students. Her research interests
would be coordinatedwith individuals departments to occur during the time of the visit; (2) Meetings with faculty toexplore potential research collaborations, development of center-level initiatives and “exchange”of research personnel in the form of students and post doctoral associates; (3) Collaborativenetworking between the visiting scholars that will incorporate elements of the summits to createlong term community, and; (4) On-site coaching and mentoring for URM and women students(undergraduate and graduate) on the host campus. Table 3 shows the elements in a basicschedule that colleges could start with for the regional summits. 1) Scholarly
director of Penn State Women in Engineering Program. Cheryl directs all aspects of WEP and innovatively steers pre-college outreach, undergraduate retention for 1,700+ women, and professional development for graduate students and alumnae. She has engaged in research investigating the effect of mentoring and retention initiatives on persistence of women in engineering. A seasoned educator, Cheryl teaches multiple courses includ- ing two gender-balanced, mechanical engineering design classes. She serves as advisor to the nationally award-winning SWE student chapter, and has been an active WEPAN member since 2002. Most recently, Cheryl’s contributions have been recognized as recipient of Penn State Achieving Woman Award
Geotechnics. Prior to joining the doctoral program, Medha was teaching Computer Science and Information Science classes at an engineering institute in Bangalore, India. Her research interests include interdisciplinary design collaborations, hybrid/blended learning for engineering education and pedagogy of technology integration.Ieshya Anderson, Arizona State University Ieshya Anderson is Naak´etł’´ah´ı (Tohono O’odham), born for Tł’´aa´ shch´ı’´ı. Her cheii is Naak´etł’´ah´ı and her n´al´ı is T´od´ıch’´ıi’nii. Ieshya graduated from Arizona State University, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering, emphasis in electrical systems. She is pursuing her PhD in Engineering Education Systems
of women of color in the academy which would incorporatelived experiences and insight from this population of women, they sought to seedinterdisciplinary research and support networks among attendees, and to inform administrators ofevidence-based best practices to address the underrepresentation of women faculty of color inacademia.UD ADVANCE and the conference committee disseminated a call for conference submissions insummer 2015 and spent much of the fall semester drafting the conference program. Given thegoals of the conference, the conference schedule was designed to include multiple types ofsessions and varied topics including: 1) keynote addresses on subjects such as best practices infaculty mentoring; 2) moderated panel discussions on
(though it isopen to all) that introduces students to mentors and campus resources, there is a residentialcampus with a living-learning community program, there is a “University 101” class that allstudents take that acclimates them to university life and study, and there is a robust tutoringcenter which is free of charge. One possible explanation for the lack of differences betweengroups in the current research may be the efficacy of these programs in alleviating gaps foundin previous research. However, since this research was not designed to test the efficacy of anyor all of these programs, such an explanation is clearly speculative. In any case, the effects ofthese programs might be short term. Once students get further into their college
. (2002). Short screening scales to monitor population prevalences and trends in non-specific psychological distress. Psychological medicine, 959-976.Khaylis, A., Polusny, M. A., Erbes, C. R., Gewirtz, A., & Rath, M. (2011). Posttraumatic stress, family adjustment, and treatment preferences among National Guard soldiers deployed to OEF/OIF. Military Medicine, 176(2), 126-131.Kitzrow, M. A. (2003). The mental health needs of today's college students: Challenges and recommendations. Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 167-181.Ladeji-Osias, J. O., & Wells, A. M. (2014). Best Practices in Classroom Management for Today’s University Environment. 121st ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Paper ID #216602018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and ComputingDiversity Conference: Crystal City, Virginia Apr 29”What the problem really was. . . ”: A preliminary exploration of youth prob-lem definition in everyday contexts.Jacqueline Handley, University of Michigan Jacqueline Handley is a graduate student at the University of Michigan, in Science Education. Her back- ground is in Material Science and Engineering, with an emphasis on Biomaterials Design. She is inter- ested in, broadly, how best bridge engineering practice and education. More specifically, she is interested in engineering access and