Conference Session

Computing Track - Technical Session II

Collection

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

Authors

Amber Manning-Ouellette, Iowa State University; Lora Leigh G. Chrystal, Iowa State University; Allie Parrott, Iowa State University

Tagged Topics

Computing, Diversity

, IL: University of Chicago Press.Tonso, K. (1996). Student learning and gender. Journal of Engineering Education, 85(2), 143-\ 150.Tsui, L. (2010). Overcoming barriers: Engineering program environments that support women. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 16(2), 137-160.Vogelgesang, L. J., Ikeda, E. K., Gilmartin, S. K., & Keup, J. R. (2002) Service-Learning and the first-year experience: Outcomes related to learning and persistence. In E. Zlotkowski (Ed.), Service-Learning and the First-Year Experience: Preparing Students for Personal Success and Civic Responsibility (Monograph No. 34) (pp. 39-50). Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina, National Resource Center for The

Conference Session

Computing Track - Technical Session I

Collection

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

Authors

Atalie Garcia; Monique S. Ross, Florida International University; Zahra Hazari, Florida International University; Mark A Weiss, Florida International University; Tiana Solis, Florida International University; Mohsen Taheri, Florida International University

Tagged Topics

Computing, Diversity

pedagogical practices that garner interest and retain women and minorities in computer-related engineer- ing fields.Prof. Zahra Hazari, Florida International University Zahra Hazari is an Associate Professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning and the STEM Trans- formation Institute as well as an affiliate faculty member in the physics department. Dr. Hazari’s research focuses on reforming physics learning environments in an effort to improve critical educational outcomes for underrepresented groups in physics, especially women.Prof. Mark Allen Weiss, Florida International University Mark Allen Weiss is an Eminent Scholar Chaired Professor, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education in the College of Engineering and

Conference Session

Computing Track - Technical Session II

Collection

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

Authors

Gretchen Achenbach, University of Virginia; Lecia Jane Barker, University of Colorado; Leisa D. Thompson, University of Virginia

Tagged Topics

Computing, Diversity

into unwelcome environments. She presents on how to get girls and women into computing education from high school through graduate education and how to retain in the field.Dr. Leisa Thompson, University of Virginia Dr. Leisa Thompson is a Research Scientist in Science, Technology, and Society at the University of Virginia. She also works for the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) as the Director of Research and Consulting for the NCWIT Extension Services for Undergraduate Programs. Dr. Thompson conducts research on systemic reform that focus on recruitment, retention, and advancement of women in undergraduate computing and engineering programs. Dr. Thompson has an undergraduate degree in