Conference Session

LGBTQ+ Track - Technical Session IV

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Kristin Boudreau, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; David DiBiasio, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Paula Quinn, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Zoe Reidinger

Tagged Topics

Diversity, LGBTQ+

students and colleagues to develop role-playing games teaching engineering within its complex humanistic context. NOTE: this paper has co-authors.Dr. David DiBiasio, Worcester Polytechnic Institute David DiBiasio is Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and Department Head of ChE at WPI. He received his ChE degrees from Purdue University, worked for the DuPont Co, and has been at WPI since 1980. His current interests are in educational research: the process of student learning, international engineering education, and educational assessment. Collaboration with two colleagues resulted in being awarded the 2001 William Corcoran Award from Chemical Engineering Education. He served as 2004 chair of the ASEE ChE

Conference Session

LGBTQ+ Track - Technical Session III

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Topics

Diversity, LGBTQ+

Education, 2018 Understanding the Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Engineering Faculty and Actively Engaging Them in the ASEE Deans Diversity Initiative AbstractIncreasing diversity among faculty, students, and working professionals within engineering hasbeen a longstanding goal of engineering professional societies, universities, and governmentorganizations. However, progress has been slow and uneven across groups with diverse identitiesand across disciplinary specialty areas within engineering. In response, more than 175engineering deans have now signed the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)Engineering Deans Council (EDC) Diversity

Conference Session

LGBTQ+ Track - Technical Session IV

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

David J. McLaughlin, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Genny Beemyn, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Tagged Topics

Diversity, LGBTQ+

Engineering Research Center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA) from 2003 - 2013. I also have served as part-time Engineering Fellow at Raytheon Company, Integrated Defense Systems Division, 2008 - 2015. I’ve been the recipient of the Outstanding Accomplishments in Research and Creative Activity Award, Alumni Association Distingiushed Faculty Award, Distinguished Lecturer Award, Chancellor’s Medal, and DIstinguished Teaching Awards at UMass Amherst between 2005 and 2016. I served as Ambassador for Teaching for Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity at UMass Amherst 2016/17.Dr. Genny Beemyn, UMass Amherst Stonewall Center c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Queer

Conference Session

LGBTQ+ Track - Technical Session III

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Kyle F. Trenshaw, University of Rochester

Tagged Topics

Diversity, LGBTQ+

science, technology, engineer- ing, and mathematics (STEM) education; supporting diversity in STEM fields with an emphasis on les- bian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ+) students; and using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) to improve students’ communication skills during group work. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Half as likely: The underrepresentation of LGBTQ+ students in engineeringLGBTQ+ students face similar barriers to those that hinder women and students of color from persistingand thriving in engineering disciplines, such as gender-related microaggressions and an overall chillyclimate. However, LGBTQ+ students are not thought of as