Conference Session

LGBTQ+ Track - Technical Session III

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

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Kyle F. Trenshaw, University of Rochester

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Diversity, LGBTQ+

Paper ID #241892018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and ComputingDiversity Conference: Crystal City, Virginia Apr 29Half as likely: The underrepresentation of LGBTQ+ students in engineeringDr. Kyle F Trenshaw, University of Rochester Kyle Trenshaw is currently the Educational Development Specialist at the University of Rochester’s Cen- ter for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. He received his B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Missouri in 2009, and his M.S. (2011) and Ph.D. (2014) in chemical engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His research interests include

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

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Diversity, LGBTQ+

contributions to the company’s products in the mid-1960s as a male engineer. However, upon physically transitioning to female, Dr. Conway wasfired from her job and basically erased from the company’s and the nation’s history books.Decades later, after concealing her previous identity for decades and completing a successfulcareer as a computer programmer, researcher, and educator, she finally shared her long-hiddensecret [3]. Two years after that cover article was published, the editors of ASEE’s PrismMagazine chose to publish an email from a society member and reader titled, “Is All DiversityGood?” [4]. The letter presented the author’s position that, the “dear people…caught up in thehomosexual/lesbian/bisexual/transgender lifestyle…need true help and

Conference Session

LGBTQ+ Track - Technical Session IV

Collection

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

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

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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 IV

Collection

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

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

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Diversity, LGBTQ+

could they teach usand other engineering educators about inclusivity in engineering education?We report here on preliminary findings of an NSF-supported research study to understandthe conditions that help LGBTQ engineering students feel comfortable in theireducational institutions.12 While several thousand LGBTQ engineering students graduateeach year from U.S. engineering schools,13 the emotional toll of being an LGBTQengineer (either open or closeted) is so great that it threatens to drive LGBTQ engineersout of the field.14 Their departure from engineering for reasons that have nothing to dowith qualification only makes the field more homogenous and therefore less creative,innovative, and risk-taking, at the same time diminishing a population