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Understanding the Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Engineering Faculty and Actively Engaging Them in the ASEE Deans Diversity Initiative

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
Tagged Topics
Diversity, LGBTQ+
general, her relationship was not a topic of discussion with her colleagues because shetypically did not discuss non-work-related topics at work. Even when commiserating with otherfaculty members, the discussions typically focused on the lack of time each of them had to meetthe standard expectations of a faculty position. So, even though she worked to integrate heridentities as a wife and mother into her professional environment, her colleagues did not engagewith her in discussing those roles. As far as her colleagues were concerned, she was simplyanother engineering faculty member who specialized in a particular, technical topic and waswilling to take on more administrative roles than other colleagues. Even though she did notintentionally
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Queer Lights: Combining Technology, LGBTQA, and Diversity Topics in an Accessible and Inclusive Learning Environment

Conference Session
LGBTQ+ Track - Technical Session IV
Collection
2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference
Authors
David J. McLaughlin, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Genny Beemyn, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Tagged Topics
Diversity, LGBTQ+
)topics while the students in the class literally cast light—building LGBTQA-themed electronic light displays. An engineeringprofessor will teach the students how to create and program the displays, and the director of the Stonewall Center will lead thestudents in discussions about LGBTQA issues in the news and in their own lives. Some of the topics to be covered include theintersections of racial and LGBTQA identities, the campus climate for LGBTQA students, and the legal and political rights ofLGBTQA people today”. The intent is to offer students from all campus majors an interesting, accessible combination of topicsand an inclusive learning environment.1. IntroductionSTEM fields, and engineering in particular, struggle to achieve diversity [1
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