Conference Session

Undergraduate Track - Technical Session III

Collection

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

Authors

Corinna Marie Fleischmann P.E., U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Richelle Leone Johnson

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Undergraduate Education

of their engineering path forward. Femalestudents continue to feel they do not have the skills and intelligence required to make it asan engineer. From conversations overheard outside my office to direct conversations withmy students, women continue to question their intelligence and belonging in anengineering environment. The phenomenon of the “Confidence Gap” is pervasive –women are less self-assured than men and Kay and Shipman [2] show that confidencematters as much as competence for success. Many of our students also experience the“imposter syndrome” or “imposter experience” presented as their low expectation ofsuccess, an inability to internalize their own accomplishments and a persistent fear ofbeing exposed as a fraud [3].Presently

Conference Session

Undergraduate Track - Technical Session II

Collection

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

Authors

Elisabeth (Lisa) Stoddard, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Geoff Pfeifer, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Undergraduate Education

making such biases visible to all students. It also creates the conditionsto go beyond mere equal divisions of work to equitable divisions of work, such that students whohave been excluded from certain types of roles on teams (e.g. technical or leadership) are able togain experience in those roles. As such, new assets in these areas are developed, which can thenbe employed and further developed in future work. This offers the possibility of a real materialovercoming of the effects of bias and stereotyping, and can begin to challenge and short-circuittheir reproduction. 14ReferencesBaron, A. S., Schmader, T., Cvencek, D., & Meltzoff, A. 2014

Conference Session

Undergraduate Track - Technical Session VII

Collection

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

Authors

Nancy Mariano, Seattle University; Agnieszka Miguel, Seattle University; Mara Rempe, Seattle University; J. McLean Sloughter, Seattle University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Undergraduate Education

processing. She is a member of the IEEE, ASEE, SWE, and Tau Beta Pi. Cur- rently, Dr. Miguel is the Chair of the ASEE Professional Interest Council I (PIC I), and a Vice President of PICs which gives her a seat on the ASEE Board of Directors. Dr. Miguel has held several other officer positions across the ASEE including: Division Chair and Program Chair of the ECE and New Engineer- ing Educators Divisions, and ASEE Campus Representative. Dr. Miguel is also a member-at-large of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Heads Association (ECEDHA) Board of Directors. She has been a member of the ECEDHA Annual Conference Program Committee since 2013.Dr. Mara Rempe, Seattle UniversityDr. J. McLean Sloughter, Seattle

Conference Session

Undergraduate Track - Technical Session VI

Collection

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

Authors

Najmah Thomas, University of South Carolina, Beaufort; Ronald Erdei, University of South Carolina, Beaufort

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Undergraduate Education

our understanding of research relevant to pain," Br J Pain, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 36-40, Feb 2015.[21] B. Snilstveit, S. Oliver, and M. Vojtkova, "Narrative approaches to systematic review and synthesis of evidence for international development policy and practice," Journal of Development Effectiveness, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 409-429, 2012.[22] J. Aronson, C. B. Fried, and C. Good, "Reducing the Effects of Stereotype Threat on African American College Students by Shaping Theories of Intelligence," Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 113-125, 2002.[23] S. Buday, J. Stake, and Z. Peterson, "Gender and the Choice of a Science Career: The Impact of Social Support and Possible Selves

Conference Session

Undergraduate Track - Technical Session II

Collection

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

Authors

Donald Winiecki Ph.D., Boise State University; Noah Salzman, Boise State University; Timothy Andersen, Boise State University; Amit Jain, Boise State University; Dianxiang Xu, Boise State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Undergraduate Education

– [10], [11], [40], [41] followed by an exercise in which all attendees were asked tocomplete the `Gender-Science` version of the Implicit Assumptions Test (IAT). The follow-up discussion was diverted by one faculty memberwho impugned the credibility of the IAT itself3 effectively changing the intended topic of the session to(a) a general movement against social science and (b) the common view that computer science is itself`purely technical` and not affected by issues now associated with bias, lack of inclusion, diversity andsocial justice. Had this same discussion been attempted today, it would be appropriate to point outrecent events including Susan Fowler's experiences at Uber [24], [25], and the situation at Google, ascharacterized in

Conference Session

Undergraduate Education Track - Technical Session I

Collection

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

Authors

Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University; Medha Dalal, Arizona State University; Ieshya Anderson, Arizona State University; Thien Ngoc Y Ta, Arizona State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Undergraduate Education

engineeringdepartment of Cao Thang technical college (CTTC). Similar to HCMUTE, CTTC had a hugegender gap in engineering majors, and did not have any dedicated focus on diversity of femalestudents before 2011. Since then CTTC has been making steps to increase female enrollment andto retain engineering students as part of the HEEAP (Higher Education in Engineering AllianceProgram) program [17]. CTTC has made further improvement to facilities, faculties, andcurricula, holding fun and useful contests for CTTC students, and presenting admission orprofessional orientation sessions for high school students. In addition, the Intel Corporation, amajor sponsor of HEEAP, has been offering scholarships for technical female students since2012. These programs have helped