industrial engineering and held the Pietz professorship for entrepreneurship and economic development. She is now a research professor of integrated engineering at Minnesota State University, Mankato, and the managing partner of Kaizen Academic.Ms. Stephanie Quiles-Ramos, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Stephanie is a NSF Graduate Research Fellow attending Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Uni- versity. She has a BS in Industrial Organizational Psychology, a BA in Sociology, and a Certification in Women and Gender Studies. She is a Virginia Tech Pratt Fellow and a Virginia Tech Graduate Mc- Nair Scholar. Her research interest are in Engineering Culture, Institutional Behavior, Women & Racial
available, we have found that establishing peer mentoring circles amongthose in systemically minoritized groups greatly bolsters their belonging and advancement inengineering and STEM fields at large.This workshop is primarily designed for researchers but can also be meaningful foreducators/program administrators and other engineering related practitioners in thinking throughhow research can be used for advancing social justice in the work they do. 2Our Social Justice Values and Terms…What are they? –10 minutes(5 minutes) We believe in the importance of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion as central to ourresearch. [As indicated in Handout]Diversity