Paper ID #28452You Belong Here: A Collaborative Recruitment Initiative for FutureEngineersMr. Enrique Dominguez, University of Texas at Austin Mr. Enrique Dominguez is the Director of the Equal Opportunity in Engineering Program at the Cockrell School of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. He has been Director for over 7 years and is currently the Membership Chair for the National Association for Multicultural Engineering Program Advocates (NAMEPA). Enrique graduated from the Cockrell School of Engineering with a Civil Engi- neering degree and pursued industry experience for seven years where he held
Paper ID #28454Sustaining Faculty Collaboration: An Exploratory Process-Based Study ofResearch Collaboration Across UniversitiesMr. Yousef Jalali, Virginia Tech Yousef Jalali is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He re- ceived a B.S. and M.S. in Chemical Engineering and M.Eng. in Energy Systems Engineering. His research interests include interaction between critical thinking, imagination, and ethical reasoning, interpersonal and interinstitutional collaboration, diversity, equity, and inclusion, systems thinking, and chemical en- gineering learning systems. Yousef taught
Cockrell School of Engineering with a Civil Engineering degree and pursued industry experience for seven years where he held positions such as Project Engineer, Lead University Recruiter, Logistics Engineer, Cost Engineer and Project Manager. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021Overview:The Adventures in Collaborative Grassroots Undergraduate STEM Inclusion Workpresentation tells the story of a grassroots collaboration to advance equity and inclusion throughout engineering and natural sciences. The presentation will provide a history of the You Belong Here Campaign, the messy collaborative effort across two colleges that includes The Bias Busters cross‐college
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Paper ID #28231The Centrality of Black Identity for Black Students in EngineeringDr. Catherine Mobley, Clemson University Catherine Mobley, Ph.D., is a Professor of Sociology at Clemson University. She has over 30 years experience in project and program evaluation and has worked for a variety of consulting firms, non-profit agencies, and government organizations, including the Rand Corporation, the American Association of Retired Persons, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. Since 2004, she been a member of the NSF-funded MIDFIELD research project on engineering education
/10.1002/jee.20295Riley, D., Foster, E.K. and Karlin, J. (2020), Show up and disrupt. Journal of Engineering Education, 109: 7-10. doi:10.1002/jee.20305Secules, S., McCall, C., Mejia, J., Beebe, C., Masters, A., Sanchez-Peña, M. & Svyantek, M. (2021).Positionality Practices and Dimensions of Impact on Equity Research: A Collaborative Inquiry and Call tothe Community. Journal of Engineering Education (in press).Vanasupa, L. (2020). From 2020 vision: Engineering education that honors the whole. Journal ofEngineering Education, 109(3). doi:10.1002/jee.20327.
Paper ID #32150Training Engineering Students to Use Stories for Student Empowerment andCommunity-Building: The Re-Engineering Engineering Education Programatthe USC School of EngineeringDr. Brandi P. Jones, University of Southern California Dr. Brandi P. Jones is the Vice Dean for Diversity and Strategic Initiatives and Associate Professor of Engineering Education Practice at Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California. She works collaboratively with colleagues on strategies to increase the diversity and enhance the experiences of students, faculty, and staff, ensure an inclusive culture, and promote
interests include the educational cli- mate for students, faculty, and staff in science and engineering, assets based approaches to STEM equity, and gender and race stratification in education and the workforce.Dr. Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dr. Julia M. Williams is Professor of English at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Her research areas include technical communication, assessment, accreditation, and the development of change management strategies for faculty and staff. Her articles have appeared in the Journal of Engineering Education, In- ternational Journal of Engineering Education, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, and Technical Communication Quarterly, among
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. Romero also serves as the Principal In- vestigator for the Pre-Engineering Education Collaborative, which is a partnership with the College of Menominee Nation; and Co-Principal Investigator of Wisconsin Alliance for Minority Participation. Dr. Romero is an applied organizational sociologist with expertise in quantitative and qualitative meth- ods. Her academic expertise focuses on guiding organizational policies and practices to help all students succeed. She has extensive experience in research design, design and implementation of support activities and programs, program evaluation, and with manipulating large data sets. Romero earned her bachelor’s degree in social science from San Diego State University and
American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition,Paper ID# 6639.. 10As mentioned, giving the subject community a role in the research process is a way toaddress any implicit bias or misunderstandings a researcher may have about acommunity that is not their own. Community collaborative research methods are acompelling way to create feminist research which reduces inequity in the researchprocess.Involving the research subjects as part of the research team has been demonstratedto be effective in gender research in higher education by Z Nicolazzo in their researchwith undergraduate trans-identified students [10]. Their research closely
American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021M-Power Tools:using power tools to enhance STEMself-efficacy and identity in middle With thanks to:school-aged girls. Dr. Vincent Nguyen Ms. Rebecca Kenemuth Ms. Sama Sabihi Senior Lecturer Assistant Director, Outreach and Recruitment Program Coordinator Department of Mechanical Engineering Women in Engineering Program Women in Engineering Program M-Power ToolsSummer Program Summer 2019 Research Indicates: Research ● Middle school is a critical time for identifying
career interventions. The Career development quarterly, 62(4), 340-357.Bystydzienski, J. M., Eisenhart, M., & Bruning, M. (2015). High school is not too late: Developing girls’ interest and engagement in engineering careers. The Career Development Quarterly, 63(1), 88–95. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2161-0045.2015.00097.xClark, K., & Sheridan, K. (2010). Game design through mentoring and collaboration. Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 19(2), 125–145. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eric&AN=EJ913671&site=ehost-liveCouncil of State Governments.(2010). Women and minorities in STEM education. Capitol facts & figures. Retrieved
privileged beliefs and the impact on our top threeprogram goals to (1) illustrate the diversity of engineering, (2) engage students in human-centered activities that promote collaboration, and (3) nurture each students’ potential to becomean engineer.Researchers’ PositionalitySince critical reflection requires elements of self-reflection to interrogate ones’ belief system, itis important for us to provide positionality statements as the foundation of our analyticalperspectives.KaylaAs a Graduate Assistant in Engineering Education, I focus my research on improving the cultureof engineering to support the engagement of diverse learners. As a straight, cisgender, multiracialfemale, I recognize that although my racial and gender identities position me
, no. 1, pp. 91-113, 2018.[6] W. B. Johnson, On Being a Mentor: A Guide for Higher Education Faculty (2nd ed.), New York: Routledge, 2016.[7] A. Kezar and P. Eckel, "Examining the institutional transformation process: The importance of sensemaking, interrelated strategies, and balance," Research in Higher Education, vol. 43, no. 3, pp. 295-328, 2002.[8] M. Gumpertz, R. Brent, C. D. Campbell, M. Grasso, Y. M. Huet, and K.A. Schimmel, “An institutional transformation model to increase minority STEM doctoral student success,” in Proceedings of 2019 CoNECD – The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity, Crystal City, Virginia, 2019.[9] M. Helm, H. Campa and K. Moretto, "Professional Socialization for
Paper ID #32213Powerful Pre-College and Pre-Professional Supports: CWIT’s Book-EndApproach to Inclusive Excellence in Undergraduate Tech EducationDr. Danyelle Tauryce Ireland, University of Maryland Baltimore County Danyelle Ireland is the associate director of the Center for Women in Technology (CWIT) and research assistant professor in the Engineering and Computing Education Program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). Dr. Ireland’s research centers on the intersectional nature of social, academic, and occupational identities among underrepresented students in computing and engineering majors, and
Paper ID #32217Designing a new holistic engineering programDr. Julia D Thompson, University of San Francisco Julia Thompson is an Assistant Professor at University of San Francisco. She has a passion for integrating the soul’s work into the engineering design process and technology. She is driven to help students, and people in general, look at technology as a pathway toward healing of earth and unjust social structure. Julia did her undergrad in chemical engineering at UC Berkeley and her PhD in engineering education at Purdue. Her research interests focus on how engineering design practices impact the relationships that
conversations, the community of engineeringeducation collaborators decided to develop a week of action as a goal towards which to organize.This provided a structure and intention for which to build content specific to engineeringeducation, as well as start to develop an infrastructure for continuing conversations andcollective support. We have been collectively generating content that can be shared and used viathe website www.engineersshowup.org.Background and structure of roundtable sessionThis session will start with a brief framing description by core organizers of the overarchingRelational Organizing/Action Research (ROAR) project, in which we are interested in achievingtwo goals as outcomes of research with and about engineering educators: (1
;M University. She also worked as a Research Scientist and Program Manager at Hiller Measurements for couple of years. Prior to that, she worked as a postdoc- toral researcher for US-Qatar Joint Collaborative Project between Temple University, USA, University of Idaho, USA and Qatar University. Also, she was a visiting scholar for Wichita State University. She American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Paper ID #28188 received her Ph.D. (with distinction) in Computer Science and Engineering Department while she was a Tata Consultancy Services Research
conceptual framework of culturally responsive pedagogy and andragogy for teaching diverse populations of students in virtual learning environments. Dr. Rigden earned her Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership with a concentration in Teacher Education in Multicultural Societies from the University of Southern California. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021AbstractThis presentation illustrates the creation of the WEM3UR (Women in EngineeringMulti-Mode Mentoring and Undergraduate Research) Program to increase therecruitment, retention and graduation of female engineering students through amentoring network that includes undergraduate research engagement
mindfulness, resilience, and grit. This coursework includes: ● A first-year STARS seminar facilitated by STARS advising staff, which offers a space for students to reflect on their learning and educational experiences; brainstorm strategies for self-improvement; and develop “master schedules” to improve students’ time management and study skills. The seminar also provides an overview of non-STARS university resources for students such as counseling services and writing and tutoring centers. Students participating in the seminar also receive professional development opportunities through collaboration with the College of Engineering community and career centers. Engineering faculty and professionals discuss the
Carolina A&T State University Hyung Nam Kim, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at North Carolina A&T State University. He is the director of the Health-Human-Computer Interaction (Health HCI) Lab. His research interests include human factors, human-computer interaction, healthcare and safety. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Examining Black Diaspora Participation in Engineering using Narrative Inquiry Ekundayo Shittu* *Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering, The George Washington
Paper ID #32170Marginalization and the In/authentic Workplace Experiences of EngineersGretchen A. Dietz, University of Florida Gretchen A. Dietz is a PhD candidate within Environmental Engineering Sciences at the University of Florida. Her research interests are cultures of inclusion in engineering and engineering identity develop- ment, specifically for underrepresented engineers.Dr. Elliot P. Douglas, University of Florida Elliot P. Douglas is Professor of Environmental Engineering Sciences and Engineering Education, and Distinguished Teaching Scholar at the University of Florida. His research interests are in
Paper ID #28395Social-cognitive leadership theory of SHPE’s premier leadershipconference for undergraduates and professionals in the STEM workforceMs. Sophia Lauren Plata, University of Southern California ´ Florida International UniversityIndhira Mar´ıa Hasbun, Indhira Mar´ıa Hasb´un is a Ph.D. candidate and Graduate Research Assistant in the School of Universal Computing, Construction, and Engineering Education (SUCCEED) at Florida International University (FIU). Her research analyzes the interplay between institutional structures, culture, and agents at Hispanic- Serving Institutions (HSIs) with a
, have the potential to create an open and inclusive community where exploration,creativity and collaboration are emphasized. While there is much potential with thesemakerspaces, we are concerned that these makerspaces may unfairly benefit students fromprivileged backgrounds, such as those who are white, male, cisgender, heterosexual, and fromhigher socioeconomic statuses.Makerspaces support a multidisciplinary learning experience that seeks to create organic learningexperiences for the participants. Within engineering education and society, the culturessurrounding makerspaces can enhance the relationship between informal and formal learning;improve teaching methods, evaluation, and assessment; and develop diversity, accessibility, andinclusion
Engineering Education and is a Fellow of the Society.Dr. Jennifer Kouo Jennifer L. Kouo, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Special Education at Towson University in Maryland. Dr. Kouo received her PhD in Special Education with an emphasis in severe disabilities and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) from the University of Maryland at College Park. She is passionate about both instructional and assistive technology, as well as Universal Design for Learning (UDL), and utilizing inclusive practices to support all students. Dr. Kouo is currently engaged in multiple research projects that involve multidisciplinary collaborations in the field of engineering, medicine, and education, as well as research on teacher
the Vir- ginia Tech Engineering Communications Center (VTECC). Her research focuses on communication in engineering design, interdisciplinary communication and collaboration, design education, and gender in engineering. She was awarded a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to study expert teaching in capstone design courses, and is co-PI on numerous NSF grants exploring communication, design, and identity in engineering. Drawing on theories of situated learning and identity development, her work includes studies on the teaching and learning of communication, effective teaching practices in design education, the effects of differing design pedagogies on retention and motivation, the dynamics of
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program for racially underrepresented youth.Dr. Jennifer Kouo Jennifer L. Kouo, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Special Education at Towson University in Maryland. Dr. Kouo received her PhD in Special Education with an emphasis in severe disabilities and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) from the University of Maryland at College Park. She is passionate about both instructional and assistive technology, as well as Universal Design for Learning (UDL), and utilizing inclusive practices to support all students. Dr. Kouo is currently engaged in multiple research projects that involve multidisciplinary collaborations in the field of engineering, medicine, and education, as well as research on teacher preparation
. NSF 96‐139, 1996.[5] C. Meyers, “Restructuring engineering education: A focus on change,” National Science Foundation (NSF), Report of an NSF workshop on Engineering Education NSF 95‐65, April 1995.[6] “Comparison of proposal submitted in 2015 to proposal submitted in 2016,” ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC), Tech. Rep., 2016.[7] K. E. Rambo‐Hernandez, A. Roy, M. L. Morris, R. A. M. Hensel, J. C. Schwartz, R. A. Atadero, and C. Paguyo, “Using interactive theater to promote inclusive behaviors in teams for first‐year engineering students: A sustainable approach,” in 2018 CoNECD ‐ The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference. Crystal City, Virginia: ASEE Conferences, April 2018, https