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Experiencing Disability in Undergraduate Civil Engineering Education: An Initial Examination of the Intersection of Disability and Professional Identities

Conference Session
Disability Track - Technical Session IV
Collection
2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference
Authors
Cassandra J. Groen, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech; Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E., Virginia Tech; Ashley Shew, Virginia Tech
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Disability
Engineering, and an affiliate faculty of the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She holds a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in civil engi- neering and a graduate certificate in engineering education – all from Clemson University. She has over 14 years of experience working for energy companies and as a project management consultant. Her research contributes to the advancement of labor and personnel issues in engineering broadly and specifically in the construction industry through two research areas: untangling the complex relationship between activities people become involved in — operationalized as engagement — and the technical and professional out- comes gained — operationalized as competencies. The broader
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Beyond Ramps and Signs: Rethinking Support Structures for Engineering Students with Disabilities

Conference Session
Disability Track - Technical Session VI
Collection
2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference
Authors
Alexander Michael Alvarez, University of Arizona; Paula C. Johnson, University of Arizona; Stephanie Zawada M.S., University of Arizona; Linda R. Shaw; Marla A. Franco, University of Arizona; Vignesh Subbian, University of Arizona
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Disability
, science, and medicine - especially in educational spaces for these fields.Paula C Johnson, University of Arizona Paula C Johnson is an Associate Librarian at the University of Arizona. She is the liaison to the College of Engineering, working out of UA Libraries’ Research and Learning Department.Stephanie Zawada M.S., The University of Arizona A graduate student in Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Arizona, Stephanie Zawada is a research assistant to the Senior Vice President, Jon W. Dudas, former Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property, and co-investigator on a joint AZ-Israel collaboration in the lab of Marvin J. Slepian, MD, inventor of the SynCardia Artificial Heart. Bridging
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Why Inclusion Programs are Beneficial to Students with Disabilities and How Universities can Help: Perspectives of Students with Disabilities

Conference Session
Disability Track - Technical Session VI
Collection
2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference
Authors
Meenakshi Manas Das, Mississippi State University; Sarah B. Lee, Mississippi State University; Litany H. Lineberry, Mississippi State University; Chase Addison Barr
Tagged Topics
Disability
, fellowship program and recruitment receptions to helpand Mathematics fields.” support students in their professional careers. [9] To understand these barriers that students with A.C., a PhD student studying environmentaldisabilities face, it is important to understand their engineering, elaborated, “Disability inclusion programs inexperiences and take their feedback for improvement. The general increases awareness about your potential andauthors present those types of experiences here from four capabilities so that it definitely has a positive effect on thestudents and recent graduates with disabilities regarding the career, because then you become aware of
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