AC 2012-4591: TCNJ ADVANCE PROGRAM (TAP): ASSESSMENT ANDFACULTY DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES FOR FOSTERING CAREERADVANCEMENT WITHIN A PUI ENVIRONMENTDr. Karen Chang Yan, College of New Jersey Karen C. Yan is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the College of New Jersey. Her teaching and research interests include biomaterials with tissue engineering applications, composite materials, and materials science.Dr. Lisa Grega, College of New JerseyDr. Suriza VanderSandt, College of New Jersey Suriza Van der Sandt conducts research in the broad area of pre-service mathematics teacher education. Her research interests include geometry teaching and learning, focusing on spatial orientation and spatial
they want to pursue an engineering degree (Blaisdell14;13, 2002; 1998).Although women now have easier access to most engineering schools, there is a lingeringreluctance for women to choose education in technology related fields. Recruiting women intoengineering is a crucial issue if we want to increase the numbers of women in technical fields.However, the story does not end with recruitment. Nationwide retention rates show that out ofthe very few women who enroll in engineering programs in college, 22.7% dropout aftercompleting only threshold courses in engineering; and 35.4% withdraw after taking engineeringcourses beyond threshold, but before getting a degree. Only 41.9% of women who enroll inengineering programs complete their bachelor’s
development. Page 11.1333.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 The Undergraduate Research Experience as It Relates to Research-Efficacy Beliefs and the Imposter PhenomenonAbstract Studies associating gender with self-efficacy beliefs and studies on the ImposterPhenomenon (IP) are great in number. This study seeks to further investigate the relationshipbetween gender, self-efficacy, and IP by examining the research self-efficacy beliefs andimposter feelings of students in an eleven-week undergraduate summer research program. Theresults are from a voluntary survey offered in the ninth week of the
students. However, some course specific features of the technical courses of theBachelor’s program might appeal more to male students. An effort could be made to come upwith more society-related technological examples to motivate the female students.8,9Furthermore female students should benefit from having more female faculty and student role Page 25.1278.9models.6Reference1 Heylen, Christel; Smet, Marc; Buelens, Herman; Vander Sloten, Jos; Problem Solving and Engineering Design, introducing bachelor students to engineering practice at K.U.Leuven. European Journal of Engineering Education, 2007, 32 (4), pages 375
are taken into account in our inferential analyses through the selection of the non-STEM focused exam school as the referent by which to compare the other four schools.Survey measures: control variables School Site. Although each high school was selected because of its particular emphasis onSTEM or STEM-related programming, the sites vary by neighborhood characteristics, studentcomposition, and educational ranking (as described above and in Table 1). A series of dummyvariables was created to test for differences by site. The non-STEM exam school is the referencein our logistic regression models. Student Demographic Characteristics. The under representation of Black and Latinocollege engineering students relative to Asian and
- oping novel materials and patterns for advanced light trapping in solar cells. Lyndsey has worked on a variety of space solar cell-related programs including thin film and organic cell development and dura- bility studies. She is currently the Principle Investigator on a research effort to develop perovskite solar cells for space. Outside of the lab, Lyndsey is dedicated to increasing opportunities for underrepresented individuals in STEM fields. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Paper ID #32857Dr. Sharon A. Jones P.E., University of Washington
were implemented to support women faculty inengineering. In addition, this study provided recommendations based on the research findings that addressbest practices related to family-friendly policies, combating “flexibility stigma,” leadership development,and novel strategies related improving the effectiveness of informal and formal mentoring. Introduction This paper discusses the ways in which lives of tenured female faculty in engineering areinfluenced both negatively and positively by the policies and programs various universities haveimplemented to retain and promote women. While all three institutions in this study offer“family-friendly” policies, interviewees described important differences in how policies arecommunicated and
in the Services (DACOWITS). She has consulted, spoken and written extensively on diversity subjects both nationally and internationally, and is considered an expert in her field. Page 25.1484.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Women of Western – The Voices of Women – ADVANCE Catalyst at a Comprehensive InstitutionAbstractOverall, the ADVANCE Catalyst program at Western Washington University provides theresources and time necessary for us to probe deeply into our internal practices, measureoutcomes for faculty, and
) is a three-year NSF-funded ADVANCEPAID project aiming to increase faculty diversity and improve the climate for women andminority faculty at a large decentralized research extensive land grant institution with tenacademic colleges and particular focus on engineering, agriculture and life sciences, andveterinary medicine. This paper describes how the D3 project was developed, the DevelopingDiverse Departments project components, and gives our impressions about what has worked welland what the payoffs have been. It also describes parts of the project that will be retained aspermanent programs at the university after the grant funding is exhausted.Guiding PrinciplesAn experienced administrator wisely suggested that the first step in forming the
her college, Bailey teaches energy-related courses and serves as a mentor and advisor to undergraduate and graduate mechanical engineering students who are involved in her research. Bailey teaches courses related to thermodynamics, engineering and public policy, and design. She is actively involved in curricular development and assessment activities, ranging from individual courses to college and institute-wide programs. Bailey and her graduate students conduct research in thermodynamic analyses of complex, energy-intensive systems such as coal-fired power plants and commercial refrigeration plants.Prof. Stefi Alison Baum, Rochester Institute of Technology Carlson Center for Imaging ScienceProf. Sharon Patricia
AC 2012-4065: ACCESS AND DEFINITION: EXPLORING HOW STEMFACULTY, DEPARTMENT HEADS, AND UNIVERSITY POLICY ADMIN-ISTRATORS NAVIGATE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A PARENTAL LEAVEPOLICYMr. Corey Schimpf, Purdue University, West Lafayette Corey Schimpf is a Ph.D. student in engineering education with interests in leveraging virtual environ- ments for learning and using sociological thinking for human centered design.Ms. Marisol Mercado Santiago, Purdue University, West LafayetteDr. Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University Alice L. Pawley is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education and an affiliate faculty member in the Women’s Studies Program and the Division of Environmental and Ecological Engineer- ing at Purdue
, friends,and individuals from local communities and outreach programs. Nearly half the participantsdescribed parents and family members as mentors or engaging in mentor-like behavior. Parentswere most often identified as being supportive of career or education-related actions. Thissupport was borne out in two ways. First, some participants appreciated the manner in whichparents encouraged them to be independent and make career and educational decisions withoutovertly trying to steer them toward possible educational or career options. For example, Tarrinvalued his parents’ supportiveness toward his decision to pursue aerospace engineering in spiteof their lack of knowledge about the discipline. He appreciated the fact that his parents wereavailable
studiesrevealing sexism in engineering textbooks 8, 2 and in the culture in engineering programs.9 Page 26.1434.2Sexism and sexual harassment are serious issues that need to be addressed, as they are not onlyunprofessional, but can contribute to high attrition of female engineering students andprofessionals. In fact, the Committee on Women in Science and Engineering specifically citessexual harassment as one of the barriers to women in engineering10. However, despite evidenceof an often sexist culture in engineering school9, 11, 12, students are eager to deny or minimizetheir encounters with sexism or sexual harassment. A report by WECE found that
Paper ID #11658Graduate Women ”Lean In”: Building Community and Broadening Under-standingJulie RojewskiDr. Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University Katy Luchini-Colbry is the Director for Graduate Initiatives at the College of Engineering at Michigan State University, where she completed degrees in political theory and computer science. A recipient of a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, she earned Ph.D. and M.S.E. in computer science and engineering from the University of Michigan. She has published more than two dozen peer-reviewed works related to her interests in educational technology and enhancing undergraduate
collapse that reverberated in form of massivelayoffs in the technology sector in Finland in 2002. After a few years, the global financialcrisis worsened the tainted reputation of the higher engineering education associated withrelatively limited job security. In order to face these problems looming ahead we are in a needof the most eligible candidates from both sexes in our degree programs. The long term viewof our university statistics reveals that the proportion of accepted female applicants had aslight positive curve from 1990 (17,5 %) to 2001 (25 %), whereas the 2002 collapse caused atemporary downturn in the figures.2 However, since 2005 the number of accepted femaleapplicants has not increased and has been established at 24,5 %. The role of
Engineering, Smith College, and UMass – Amherst). Their research analyzedpersistence in engineering and related STEM majors as well as career interests. The studytested the hypothesis that the primary causes of underrepresentation of women in STEMincluded women having a lower self-assessment in STEM skills compared to males, aswell as family planning and work – life balance issues. Cech et al. also established a newcategory of a self-assessed “Professional Role Confidence,” which they defined asmeasuring the personal comfort level that a qualified female feels with fitting intoengineering as a career. Men reported a significantly higher comfort level compared towomen with respect to Professional Role Confidence.The prospect that gender influences
their interest andlikelihood to pursue engineering pathways. One example is a STEM day for Girl Scouts that hasbeen organized at Wentworth Institute of Technology for several years. Girl Scouts STEM day isa program to help 4th or 5th grade students explore STEM activities and learn about some of theengineering fields. The event organization is led by the Society of Women Engineers (SWE).The core part of the day has small groups of Girl Scouts rotate between workshops. Theseworkshops were conducted by faculty from different departments. In each workshop, one facultyand several college student volunteers, led by the SWE student chapter, introduced and guidedthe activity. Members of Girl Scouts participated in STEM-related hands-on workshops
AC 2011-912: A TRIAD FACULTY MENTORING PROGRAMJan Rinehart, Rice University Jan Rinehart is Executive Director of the National Science Foundation funded ADVANCE Program at Rice University. The goals of the ADVANCE program are to increase the number of women faculty in science, engineering, and mathematics at all levels of leadership, and change the institutional climate. She has over twenty years in higher education with most of her work focused on diversity in STEM fields. Prior to assuming the ADVANCE position, she served as the Deputy Director of the Space Engineering Institute for two years and the Director of Engineering Student Programs at Texas A&M University. She initiated the Women in Engineering
2006-1764: CONNECTIONS PHYSICS REVIEW (CPR) PROGRAMRachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University Rachelle Reisberg is Director of Women in Engineering at Northeastern University and Associate Director of the Connections program. She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering from Rice University. She has held management positions at IBM and Allmerica Financial. She was President of a start-up software company before joining Northeastern.Amanda Funai, University of Michigan Amanda Funai received her bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2005 from Northeastern University. Amanda was a student-teacher for the Connections Physics Review
(mechatronics, mechanical engineering, civilengineering, and electrical engineering), and mathematics.10 Women faculty make up only22% of the faculty, and women in leadership positions are minimal.In order to address the problems of few women faculty and even fewer women leaders, thePresident wanted to develop a program that would foster and educate our female faculty aboutleadership opportunities and the strategies necessary to prepare for leadership roles on ourcampus.Need for the ProgramAs educators ourselves, we felt that the best way to educate SPSU‟s female faculty aboutaspects of leadership and the various ways to lead on campus was to develop and deliver asemester-long program that addresses tools and resources necessary to become a leader
resources, listen, and in particular relate to their protégés, and that this was of value inencouraging persistence.13There are a number of different efforts to promote retention of engineering faculty, initiatedthrough a variety of different organizations. Some of these organizations are Institute ofElectrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and Women in Engineering Programs & AdvocatesNetwork (WEPAN), both of which hold webinars for new faculty members. IEEE has hostedfive virtual events of varying in length from a few hours to multi-day conferences for earlycareer faculty.14 Topics of these events have ranged from broad topics like launching asuccessful academic career to specific topics like standards education and student assessment.WEPAN
with active learning pedagogies on student learning, and effective strategies for increasing gender diversity in STEM disciplines.Prof. Margaret B. Bailey P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology (COE) Professor Margaret Bailey, Ph.D., P.E. is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering within the Kate Gleason College of Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology. Dr. Bailey teaches courses and conducts re- search related to Thermodynamics, engineering and public policy, engineering education, and gender in engineering and science. She is the co-author on an engineering textbook, Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics, which is used worldwide in over 250 institutions. Dr. Bailey is the Principal Investi- gator (PI
Paper ID #15207Making Changes: Application of an NSF-ADVANCE PAID Grant at a Pre-dominantly Undergraduate Institution (PUI)Dr. Theresa M. Vitolo, Gannon University Theresa M. Vitolo is an Associate Professor in the Computer and Information Science Department, Gan- non University (Erie, PA). Teaching in systems-related fields since 1986, she joined the Computer and Information Science Department at Gannon University in 1999. In addition to teaching, she has worked as a systems analyst / programmer on a variety of systems development projects. Her academic background includes a B.S.E. in industrial engineering and a Ph.D. in
Institute of Technology (COE) Professor Margaret Bailey, Ph.D., P.E. is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering within the Kate Gleason College of Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology. Dr. Bailey teaches courses and conducts re- search related to Thermodynamics, engineering and public policy, engineering education, and gender in engineering and science. She is the co-author on an engineering textbook, Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics, which is used worldwide in over 250 institutions. Dr. Bailey is the Principal Investi- gator (PI) for the RIT NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation grant. The goal of this large-scale ($3.4M), multi-year university-level organizational transformation effort is to
of chilly climate, hostile culture was predominantly expressed by women.However, extreme work pressure, mysterious career pathways, and isolation were reported byboth men and women; diving catch situations (where risk averse individuals are penalized in thepromotion and advancement structure) emerged only once, and seven new classifications ofnegative workplace conditions emerged related to type of work (boring, inconsistent,underutilized); nature of the work environment (job insecurity, oppressive physical environment,poor management); and work/life conflicts.IntroductionWhile many professional fields compete for talent, the battle for brain power is often particularlysevere in high-tech, among science, engineering, and technology
Krause is professor in the Materials Science Program in the Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State University. He teaches in the areas of introductory materials engineering, polymers and composites, and capstone design. His research interests include evaluating conceptual knowledge, mis- conceptions and technologies to promote conceptual change. He has co-developed a Materials Concept Inventory and a Chemistry Concept Inventory for assessing conceptual knowledge and change for intro- ductory materials science and chemistry classes. He is currently conducting research on NSF projects in two areas. One is studying how strategies of engagement and feedback with support from internet tools and resources affect
published in Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, International Journal of Public Administration, and Energy Policy.Dr. Rachel R. Stoiko, West Virginia University Dr. Rachel Stoiko is a postdoctoral fellow at West Virginia University. She is interested in the intersections of gender, work, and family. Specifically, she works on projects related to career decision-making and development, institutional diversity and inclusivity, and student success in STEM. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 1 Dialogues toward Gender Equity: Engaging Engineering
Kansas State University BS Kansas State University Current position: Associate Professor, College of Education, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Understanding Female STEM Faculty Experiences of Subtle Gender Bias from Microaggressions PerspectiveABSTRACTResearch has repeatedly discussed the lack of women in many Science, Technology,Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields. It has been suggested that the “chilly climate” -feeling unwelcomed or discriminated- pushes women away from STEM fields. This leads tomany women leave STEM fields at multiple stages, thus creating the “leaking pipeline”phenomenon. The experiences of
a part of this campus for many years. Scholarships are provided to the interested andqualified female high school students living in rural areas to participate in a week long program.These programs provide real life experience about college living and technical careers.Engineering and science badge programs have been developed with local Girl Scoutorganizations. Aerospace initiatives were developed earlier with funding from the WisconsinSpace Grant Consortium. Continuation and expansion will assist Girl Scout leaders provideSTEM opportunities for Girl Scout troops. Work with Girl Scout councils will continue as anengineering and other STEM related badge programs are developed for middle school girls.XXX female engineering students designed
high school teachers, and via feedbacks from the highschool students. The experience gained during this process will certainly help us to be moreprepared and creative in organizing similar workshops in the future. We believe these experiencewould also benefit other educators and researchers with the common goal of increasing thenumber of female professionals in the STEM fields.Reference1. Science, Technology, Engineering and Math: Education for Global Leadership, https://www.ed.gov/stem, accessed on 2/12/2017.2. Sahin, A., Ayar, M. C., & Adiguzel, T. (2014). STEM Related After-School Program Activities and Associated Outcomes on Student Learning. Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 14(1), 309-322.3. Cicek, V. (2012