Paper ID #215282018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and ComputingDiversity Conference: Crystal City, Virginia Apr 29Campus Climate for Engineering Graduate Students: Examining DifferencesBetween Domestic Minority, Domestic Majority, and International StudentsMr. Thomas M. Bluestein, Virginia Tech Mr. Bluestein is currently a PhD student in Higher Education at Virginia Tech where he is a graduate assistant in the College of Engineering’s Research and Graduate Studies team. He holds a Juris Doctorate from the University of New Hampshire School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts degree with distinction from James
Paper ID #241182018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and ComputingDiversity Conference: Crystal City, Virginia Apr 29The Women in Engineering Graduate Student Steering Committee at theUniversity of DelawareDr. Heather Doty, University of Delaware Heather Doty is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Delaware (UD). Dr. Doty teaches undergraduate courses in thermodynamics, statics, dynamics, and statistics and technical communication, and conducts research on gender in the academic STEM workforce. She is co-PI on UD’s NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation grant, which aims to
University Dr. Nadia Kellam is Associate Professor in the Polytechnic Engineering Program at Arizona State Uni- versity. Prior to this position, she was an Associate Professor at the University of Georgia, where she was co-director of the interdisciplinary engineering education research Collaborative Lounge for Un- derstanding Society and Technology through Educational Research (CLUSTER). In her research, she is interested in understanding how engineering students develop their professional identity, the role of emo- tion in student learning, and synergistic learning. A recent research project uncovers the narratives of exemplary engineering faculty who have successfully transitioned to student-centered teaching
], BroadeningParticipation in Engineering [8], the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) MinorityUniversity Research and Education Program [9], and others. The NRT solicitation advancesinterdisciplinary research in data sciences and encourages projects that address underrepresentation inSTEM. The NCSU-NCCU collaborative project utilizes NRT funding to expand on existing researchcollaborations and leverages resources to develop a formal inter-institutional pilot program thatcontributes to diversifying the STEM community. 1The NCCU-NCSU Bridge-to-Ph.D. Program is inspired by the well-established, Fisk-Vanderbilt Masters-to-Ph.D. program, which aims
Berkeley and graduate degrees in Counseling Psychology from the University of California at Santa Barbara.Dr. Jennifer M Bekki, Arizona State University Jennifer M. Bekki is an Associate Professor and Graduate Program Chair for the Engineering Education Systems and Design program within The Polytechnic School within the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engi- neering at Arizona State University. Her research interests include topics related to engineering student persistence, STEM graduate students (particularly women), online learning, educational data mining, and the modeling and analysis of manufacturing systems. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Bioengineering and graduate degrees in Industrial Engineering, all from Arizona
Paper ID #24814An Institutional Transformation Model to Increase Minority STEM DoctoralStudent SuccessDr. Marcia Gumpertz, North Carolina State University Marcia Gumpertz is professor of statistics at North Carolina State University. She serves as PI of N.C. State’s NSF AGEP project, AGEP North Carolina Alliance: An Institutional Transformation Model to Increase Minority STEM Doctoral Student and Faculty Success. This is a collaborative project with North Carolina A&T State University and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.Dr. Rebecca Brent, Education Designs, Inc Rebecca Brent is President of Education