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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 7 - Multi-URM Perspectives

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Hilda Cecilia Contreras Aguirre, New Mexico State University; Luis Rodolfo Garcia Carrillo, New Mexico State University

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Paper ID #43202Latina Students Increased their Self-Confidence through a Research Engineering-FocusedProgram at a Hispanic-Serving InstitutionDr. Hilda Cecilia Contreras Aguirre, New Mexico State University Hilda Cecilia Contreras Aguirre, EdD is a STEM education researcher at New Mexico State University. She focuses her research on qualitative/mixed methods studies addressing minority and underrepresented student college performance and persistence through high-impact practices, particularly in STEM disciplines. Her main lines of inquiry examine best practices in mentoring and promotion of undergraduate research in STEM

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 2

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Shawna Dory, Pennsylvania State University; Luis Roberto Delgado Jr., Pennsylvania State University; Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University; Esther Gomez, Pennsylvania State University; Stephanie Butler Velegol, Pennsylvania State University

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Paper ID #38451Examining Gender Inclusivity through Sense of Belonging in a SummerResearch Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program at a LargeResearch UniversityShawna Dory, Pennsylvania State University Shawna Dory is a PhD candidate in the Education Policy Studies Department at Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. She has a bachelor of arts degree in Sociology from Geneva College, and earned a master’s of education degree in Counselor Education, Student Affairs from Clemson University. Along with her role as a PhD candidate, she is also a research assistant in the Leonhard Center for Enhancement of Engineer- ing

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 3

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Amber L Doiron, University of Vermont; Katherine O'Shea; Nicole M Miller, Vermont Afterschool, Inc.; Tracy L Truzansky

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professionals. She has a BA in Elementary Education from Johnson State College and believes that all youth should have access to high-quality and engaging afterschool programs. In 2014, Nicole was chosen as a Next Generation Leader by the National AfterSchool Association.Tracy L Truzansky ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Linking Engineering to Life: Expanding Gender Diversity in STEM Through an Afterschool ProgramBackgroundThe vitality and diversity of the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) workforceis a significant concern in the US, according to the 2022 US National Science and EngineeringIndicators, in part due to the “missing millions” of workers from

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 3 - Belongingness and Community

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Krystal Corbett Cruse, Louisiana Tech University; Kacie Mennie, Louisiana Tech University; Ashton Garner Ward, Louisiana Tech University; Mary E Caldorera-Moore, Louisiana Tech University

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components such as LEDs, resistors, jumper wires, DC motors,and a breadboard.Throughout the course, students learn and apply concepts of electricity as they construct circuitsand measure components on their breadboards. Soldering procedures, including safety measuresand maintenance practices, are taught to students through hands-on activities, such as solderingextensions on a photoresistor. Beyond the Arduino activities, students build a small centrifugalpump, utilizing millingmachines, hand drills, vices,and other tools found at thefabrication stations, Figure 2.This project involves theapplication of concepts likeconservation of energy, datacollection and analysis, andelectricity. To further enrichtheir experience, studentsdesign an impeller for

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 2

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Najme Kishani Farahani, University of Toronto, Canada; Aimy Bazylak, University of Toronto, Canada; Jason Bazylak, University of Toronto, Canada

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Paper ID #36767Pathways to Engineering Graduate Studies for Women: Challenges andOpportunities Revealed through Mining Students’ Application, Admission,and Enrollment DataDr. Najme Kishani Farahani, University of Toronto, Canada Najme Kishani Farahani (najme.kishanifarahani@utoronto.ca) is a research associate at the University of Toronto to advance gender analysis and women’s equity in engineering. Najme did her PhD at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto. Her research interests involves the role of education in enhancing young people’s hope, motivation, and capability to

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 1 - Women in Computing

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Mary V Villani, Farmingdale State College, SUNY, New York; Ilknur Aydin, Farmingdale State College, SUNY, New York; Lisa Cullington, Sacred Heart University

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, experience a persistent gender imbalance in computingprograms enrollment. Despite recent initiatives to increase the number of women in computingdegree programs, this disparity continues at Farmingdale State College. It has been demonstratedthat increasing students’ sense of belonging (SoB) and academic self-concept (ASC) have positiveimpacts on academic outcomes, particularly for students underrepresented in STEM education.This study investigated how attending a women focused computing conference can impact studentattendees’ SoB and ASC in short- and long-term. Students’ perception of their experiences andmeasures of SoB and ASC are obtained through a series of surveys. This study found that attendinga women focused computing conference positively

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 7 - Multi-URM Perspectives

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Laura J. Bottomley, North Carolina State University

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underrepresentation. What is needed is more connection between and among thesiloes that exist and between research and practice, whether it is in the form of individuals whohave the capacity to span the areas, or through more connection in professional venues. In thecase of Women and Minority Engineering Programs, these disconnects can represent a barrier toeffective program implementation. They also certainly make it difficult for those new to diversitywork to become aware of the “state of the art.”In the ecosystem spanned by the many areas of activity are practitioners who work to implementprogramming that will have the effect of increasing diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging inthe engineering and computer science student population and beyond

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 5 - Careers and Professional Identity

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Kristin L Schaefer P.E., University of Houston; Jerrod A Henderson, University of Houston

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. 11, no. 2, p. 6:1-6:4, Jul. 2011, doi: http://doi.org/10.1145/1993069.1993070.[35] R. Ladner and T. VanDeGrift, “Special Issue on Broadening Participation in Computing Education (Part 2),” ACM Trans. Comput. Educ., vol. 11, no. 3, p. 13:1-13:4, Oct. 2011, doi: http://doi.org/10.1145/2037276.2037277.[36] A. Repenning et al., “Scalable Game Design: A Strategy to Bring Systemic Computer Science Education to Schools through Game Design and Simulation Creation,” ACM Trans. Comput. Educ., vol. 15, no. 2, p. 11:1-11:31, Apr. 2015, doi: http://doi.org/10.1145/2700517.[37] N. Pinkard, S. Erete, C. K. Martin, and M. McKinney de Royston, “Digital Youth Divas: Exploring Narrative-Driven Curriculum to Spark Middle School

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 5

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Sarah Rodriguez, Virginia Tech; Maria L. Espino, Iowa State University ; J. Cody Nielsen; Marin Jayne Fisher, Virginia Tech

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.). Retrieved January 28, 2023, fromhttps://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/comeuntochrist/believePawley, A. L. (2019). Learning from small numbers: Studying ruling relations that gender and race thestructure of US engineering education. Journal of Engineering Education, 108(1), 13-31.Riggers-Piehl, T. A., & Lehman, K. J. (2016). Modeling the Relationship between Campus SpiritualClimate and the Sense of Belonging for Christian, Muslim, and Jewish Students. Religion & Education,43(3), 247–270. https://doi.org/10.1080/15507394.2016.1175843Rockenbach, A. N (2020). Character Education for the Public Good: The Evolution of CharacterCapacities in and Beyond College. Journal of College and Character, 21(1), 6-13.https://doi.org/10.1080/2194587X

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 8

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Mary V. Villani, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale; Ilknur Aydin, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale; Lisa Cullington, National University

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college,public institution in NY State. Participants participated in a pre- and post-conference survey todetermine the perceived impacts. Participants were also surveyed one month and eight monthsafter conference attendance to determine longer-term impacts. The study findings demonstratethat women computing majors felt an improved sense of belonging and academic self-conceptafter attending the conference. Students felt more optimistic about their ability to connect withpeers, faculty, and industry partners and their ability to persist through the computing degree.Implications for institutions and research are also discussed.1. Introduction and BackgroundFarmingdale State College (FSC) is a four-year commuter college with approximately

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 4 - Hands-on Learning

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Claudia Paz Gwynn, Universidad Andres Bello, Chile; Maria Elena Truyol, Universidad Andres Bello, Chile; Carolina Elizabeth Jerez, Universidad de Chile

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encountered in the academic environment, as mentioned in [5], [7].Beyond the expected responsibilities of higher education institutions, there are deep-seatedreasons why incorporating a gender perspective is necessary. It is well-known that variousfactors are relevant to academic progression and the success of students. In particular, identityand a sense of belonging are widely studied constructs with self-efficacy, especially in STEMdisciplines, which often experience high dropout rates [8], [9], [10].Studies suggest that STEM identity and self-efficacy play a crucial role in shaping career andacademic trajectories in STEM. Strong identification with STEM and high self-efficacy caninfluence career choice and persistence in STEM fields, as

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 5

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Peter Jamieson, Miami University

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population of professional engineers, those ofus who are championing these efforts are designing interventions that, we believe, relate to thestory, without truly understanding the power of the story. This is to be expected since mostengineering educators are trained as engineers who solve problems by harnessing quantitative andscientific ideas to iteratively build better systems. Unfortunately, the human side of these systemsis “softer” in terms of quantitative measures and is “complex” beyond the capabilities of ourdesign approaches such that our interventions, though well-meaning, do not capture theimportance of understanding the story and its benefit to our causes.In this work, we make a philosophical argument that engineering and computing

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 2 - Personal Situations

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Kimberly Cook-Chennault, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Idalis Villanueva Alarcón, University of Florida

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, no. 1, pp. 9-24, 2020, doi: 10.1177/1350506818802454.[7] L. Wolf-Wendel and K. Ward, "Academic Mothers: Exploring Disciplinary Perspectives," Innovative higher education, vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 19-35, 2015, doi: 10.1007/s10755-014- 9293-4.[8] R. A. Krukowski, R. Jagsi, and M. I. Cardel, "Academic productivity differences by gender and child age in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine faculty during the COVID-19 pandemic," Journal of Women's Health, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 341-347, 2021.[9] R. W. Fulweiler, S. W. Davies, J. F. Biddle, A. J. Burgin, E. H. G. Cooperdock, T. C. Hanley, C. D. Kenkel, A. M. Marcarelli, C. M. Matassa, T. L. Mayo, L. Z. Santiago- Vàzquez, N

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 3

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Monica Stephens, Spelman College; Tiffany Renee Oliver, Spelman College; Pamela M Leggett-Robinson, PLR Consulting

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. A. Whittaker and B. L. Montgomery, “Cultivating Institutional Transformation and Sustainable STEM Diversity in Higher Education through Integrative Faculty Development,” Innov. High. Educ., vol. 39, no. 4, pp. 263–275, Aug. 2014, doi: 10.1007/s10755-013-9277-9.[3] S. Wadia-Fascetti and P. G. Leventman, “E-Mentoring: A Longitudinal Approach to Mentoring Relationships for Women Pursuing Technical Careers,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 89, no. 3, pp. 295–300, Jul. 2000, doi: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2000.tb00528.x.[4] M. J. Chang, M. K. Eagan, M. H. Lin, and S. Hurtado, “Considering the Impact of Racial Stigmas and Science Identity: Persistence Among Biomedical and Behavioral Science Aspirants.,” J. High. Educ., vol. 82, no. 5, pp

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 5

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Alison Leigh Banka, University of Georgia; Agnes Germaine d'Entremont, P.E., University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Katherine A. Lyon

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states have outlawed race-based AAsince the mid-1990s: California, Arizona, Florida, Idaho, Michigan, Nebraska, New Hampshire,Oklahoma, and Washington. At the time of writing, the US Supreme Court had heard oralarguments in two separate court cases brought against Harvard University and the University ofNorth Carolina; the court’s decision will likely be decided in June 2023 and will have far-reaching consequences on the state of AA within the US [4].The nine state-level affirmative action bans occurred through a variety of methods in twobranches of the government: executive and legislative. The AA ban in the state of Florida is theonly ban to be enacted via the executive branch; this ban was implemented via an executiveorder by the governor in

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 3

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Hannah Boyce, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Madeline JoAnna Szoo, Northeastern University; Paul A. DiMilla, Northeastern University; Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University

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positive correlation between students’ final gradesin this foundational STEM course and their fourth-semester GPA [3]. Understanding the factorsthat affect academic outcomes in a gateway general chemistry course holds greater significancewith the publication of a recent study that reports that students from underrepresentedpopulations underperform in general chemistry relative to their well-represented peers whenadjusted for academic preparation [4].The evolving understanding regarding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on K-12 students[5] and college students [6] has motivated us to investigate current attitudes and academicoutcomes for first-year engineering students more holistically and take a broader scope for ouranalysis. In this paper, we

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 8: Leadership and Persistence

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Kavitha Chandra, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Susan Thomson Tripathy, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Sumudu Lewis, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; nadia sahila, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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the 2020-2023 cohorts volunteered to participate in a focus group after bringingattention to a key challenge related to mental health and well-being that many engineeringstudents were experiencing. They offered potential solutions through stronger communitybuilding and support from peer groups, proposing a model of sharing each other’s experiences inhow they are overcoming mental health issues. This has initiated a student-led action plan toaddress the mental health challenges that our students are experiencing. The increase in stressand mental health of undergraduate engineering students has been a growing concern as reportedin recent studies [5-7].In this work we highlight the importance of integrating into the design of summer

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 5 - Careers and Professional Identity

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Rebeca Petean, Society of Women Engineers; Roberta Rincon, Society of Women Engineers; Rachel Porcelli, Society of Women Engineers

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Components of Success for Women in AcademicScience and Engineering: Report of a Workshop (p. 166). National Academies Press. [32] Griffin, K. A. (2019). Institutional barriers, strategies, and benefits to increasing therepresentation of women and men of color in the professoriate: looking beyond the pipeline. Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research: Volume 35, 1-73. [33] Sparks, D. M., Przymus, S. D., Silveus, A., De La Fuente, Y., & Cartmill, C. (2023). Navigating the intersectionality of race/ethnicity, culture, and gender identity as an aspiringLatina STEM student. Journal of Latinos and Education, 22(4), 1355-1371. [34] Morley, L. (2018). Gender in the neo-liberal research economy: An enervating andexclusionary entanglement? Gender

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 5

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Kaitlyn Anne Thomas, University of Nevada, Reno; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno; Kelly J. Cross, University of Nevada, Reno

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Making Diversity the Expected Condition for Engineering Education and Making Whiteness and Maleness Visible,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 106, no. 4, pp. 531–533, 2017, doi: 10.1002/jee.20181.[18] A. Haverkamp, A. V. A. Butler, N. S. Pelzl, M. K. Bothwell, D. Montfort, and Q. L. Driskill, “Exploring transgender and gender nonconforming engineering undergraduate experiences through autoethnography,” CoNECD 2019 - Collab. Netw. Eng. Comput. Divers., 2019.[19] A. Haverkamp, M. Bothwell, D. Montfort, and Q.-L. Driskill, “Calling for a Paradigm Shift in the Study of Gender in Engineering Education,” Stud. Eng. Educ., vol. 1, no. 2, p. 55, 2021, doi: 10.21061/see.34.[20] S. Secules et al., “Positionality practices and dimensions of

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 6

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salarysufficiency and level of authority [24]. Soto [25] argued that the promotion and tenure processcould be complicated for WOC in STEM since they frequently experience biases and unfairtreatment. Soto [25] further argued that to excel professionally, WOC in STEM must negotiatethese difficulties to overcome systemic barriers through networking, actively looking formentorship, and developing a solid research agenda [25]. Further, studies like Lisnic et al. [26]and Medina [27] generally agree that supporting and mentoring WOC faculty improved theirchances of getting a promotion or tenure. However, WOC faculty reported poor levels of jobsatisfaction due to a lack of support from their senior colleagues, specifically men colleagues[26], [27].Other studies

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 7 - Multi-URM Perspectives

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Janne Mishanne Hall, Morgan State University; Temberlenn Donald Ashton Hall, Northwestern Oklahoma State University

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technical literacy. Most engineering outreachactivities have focused on introducing elementary and middle school students to engineering buthave low outcomes on affirming student’s interest and preparing them to pursue an engineeringdegree. There is a need for adequate preparation of students at the K-12 level through activitiesand programs that prepare them to pursue engineering degrees. This will require more in-depthknowledge about K-12 education and blending engineering content into age-appropriateactivities to reinforce or supplement curricular material.Effective and inclusive mentoringFrom the survey results it was interpreted the students valued various mentoring opportunitiesavailable on campus. From the results it was also determined the

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Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Fellow Perspectives on Advancing Women and Gender Equity in Engineering - for the Next 130 Years

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Baishakhi Bose, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Haleh Barmaki Brotherton, Clemson University; Theo Hopper, University of Michigan; Pamela Martínez Oquendo, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Lily M. Wang P.E., University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Margaret E.B. Webb, Virginia Tech; Hannah Wilkinson, Utah State University

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offered the sameresources and encouragement as their male peers to join certain fields of engineering where womxnare underrepresented. Keeping this goal in mind, I have been volunteering for K-12 educationbased initiatives, at each of the institutions I have been a part of. I have been involved in planningand volunteering for initiatives such as Introduce a Girl to Engineering [18] and ScienceAccelerating Girls’ Engagement in STEM [19] which are directed towards high school girls.Finally, I also would like to see a future where all marginalized communities (including womxn)are seen, celebrated and valued in the engineering workplace. This is possible through the work ofnot just womxn who have experienced past struggles, but also male allies, who

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Poster Session

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Ahjah Marie Johnson, University of Cincinnati; Samieh Askarian Khanamani, University of Cincinnati; Mark Okoth Onyango, University of Cincinnati; Whitney Gaskins, University of Cincinnati

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Technology and Kiambu Institute of Science and Technology, as well as Head of Subject, Physics at Kenyatta High School. The combination of my teaching and data analysis skills earned me a position at a child and women rights community-based organization, Champions of Peace-Kisumu (CoP-K), as a capacity building coordinator, a precursor to my new action-research interest. With work experience spanning engineering industry and teaching in technical and vocational education and training institutions, my research centers on underrepresented (URM) groups with a focus on efforts to advance solutions on broadening participation in engineering spaces, both in college and the workplace.Dr. Whitney Gaskins, University of Cincinnati

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 2

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Spencer Szczesny, Pennsylvania State University; Alyssa Salazar; Ann Cameron Casasanta

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complete and reflect upon the results of two implicit association testsperformed on their own through Project Implicit [25]. An additional third assignment requiredthe students to catalogue and reflect on instances of bias or discrimination that they observedthroughout the remaining half of the semester. At the end of the semester, SES led a finalsummary and in-class discussion of the content and reflections related to our educational module.Additionally, the importance of moving beyond individual bias and addressing systemic biaswithin institutional policies was communicated [20], [26] followed by an in-class brainstormingactivity asking students to identify academic policies at PSU that they believe maybe contributeto lack of diversity, equity

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 7

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Alexis Nicole Barney, Iowa State University; Benjamin Ahn, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Matthew Nelson, Iowa State University

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discriminationcan occur through gender biases, different forms of sexism, and microaggressions, which arecommon behaviors that promote hostile, derogatory, or negative conceptions about women [3].In a literature review, Malicky found that women experience a chilly climate in engineering dueto two primary factors: “discrimination and the competitive/weed-out culture” [4]. Our studyfocuses on discrimination by looking at different forms of sexism, gender biases, andmicroaggressions that contribute to the hostile environment described by women in engineeringprograms. Forms of sexism contributing to this chilly climate include overt and covert sexism [5].Overt sexism is experienced less frequently by female students than covert sexism in engineeringeducation

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 1 - Women in Computing

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Ilknur Aydin, Farmingdale State College, SUNY, New York; Mary V Villani, Farmingdale State College, SUNY, New York; Lisa Cullington, Sacred Heart University

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Farmingdale State College (FSC) in the Computer Systems Department. She holds a doctoral degree from Pace University, the Ivan G. Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems. Her dissertation topic was Keystroke Biometric Identification on Long-Text Input. Publications in this area include peer-reviewed journal articles, and a co-authored book chapter, in Behavioral Biometrics for Human Identification: Intelligent Applications. Dr. Villani has been actively seeking funding internally and externally to address gender disparity and broaden participation in the Computing Programs at FSC. The money raised through campus grants and other funding sources was used to provide Women Student Orientation programs

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 1 - Women in Computing

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Tiana Solis, Florida International University; Stephen Secules, Florida International University

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International University Stephen is an Assistant Professor Engineering and Computing Education at Florida International University. He has a prior academic and professional background in engineering, having worked professionally as an acoustical engineer. He has taught a number of courses on design, sociotechnical contexts, education, and learning. He conducts research on equity and culture in engineering education and supports undergraduate and graduate student researchers through the Equity Research Group. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Student engagement with undergraduate teaching assistants (UTAs) in an introductory computer programming courseAbstractDespite

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 3

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Elle Ann Kreiner, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Jamie R Gurganus, University of Maryland Baltimore County

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. Support went beyond just standardmentor models, but expanded into non-traditional spaces. Examples of such spaces include afinancial office that fought for an estranged student to get housing, and the reassurance of analumna who had experienced the same situation. These preliminary findings demonstrate a smallexample of what is considered support and mentorship by our students and alumnae, where itwas found, and by whom. Support through a scholarship program is one of the more common stated forms amongstwomen in the field of engineering at UMBC. There are multiple scholarship opportunitiesavailable for students, either as freshman or transfer students at UMBC. Only the two mainscholarships that were covered in the research interviews are

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 8

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Rita Manco Powell, University of Pennsylvania; Henry Towsner, University of Pennsylvania; Brett Frankel, University of Pennsylvania

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equations.For freshmen interested in math and CS but unsure that the disciplines were a fit for them, PESPoffered an exciting workshop experience in which they could delve into logical problems whichunderlie CS and math theory in a small group setting. The percentage of women undergraduatesin the CS major at the university in 2013 was 26%, Black 5% and Hispanic 5%. Our hypothesiswas that a non-threatening workshop environment would increase students’ comfort level withthe academic material, provide an opportunity to get to know peers through an intellectualactivity, build students’ confidence that they could succeed in mastering concepts throughproblem solving, and give us an opportunity to provide mentoring. Our team conducted atwo-part study to

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 8

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-traditional students with limited time to spend on/off campus activities due to employmentneeds, while in previous schools, the student population, especially those who reside on campus,are better positioned to participate in the extracurricular and enrichment programs. Hence, thisresearch contributes a critical perspective to the literature: how a limited set of WiC supportprograms that can be implemented with small local to nonexistent funding but with dedicatedfaculty members can improve the experience of women students in computing degree programseven in and through a global pandemic.The short-term purpose of this research work is to improve the experience of the womencomputing undergraduates as they complete their degrees while the broader goal