Conference Session

First-Generation Track - Technical Session IV

Collection

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

Authors

Dina Verdín, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno; Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Geoff Potvin, Florida International University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, First Generation

that a sense of belongingin school is connected to students’ coping skills (i.e., skills acquired that helps one manage difficultendeavors) [36], motivation [33], [37], [38], and school-related participation [39]. Belongingness is most significant in environments such as engineering classrooms orprograms in which first-generation college students experience different and unfamiliar situationsor where they are more “likely to feel marginalized, unsupported or unwelcomed” [34, p. 63]. Ina study with 42 participating countries, low socioeconomic students (i.e., in the lowest nationalquartile for each respective country), single-parent family and foreign-born students were mostlikely to feel a lack of belongingness in their respective

Conference Session

First-Generation Track - Technical Session IV

Collection

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

Authors

Jennifer Blue, Miami University; Brielle Johnson, Miami University; Amy Summerville, Miami University; Brian P. Kirkmeyer, Miami University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, First Generation

: http://www.users.miamioh.edu/bluejm/.Brielle Johnson, Miami University Brielle Johnson is a graduate student in the Social Psychology program of the Department of Psychology at Miami University. She earned her B.S. from Grand Valley State University with a double major in Psychology and Sociology. Her research interests include issues related to social class, as well as areas of existential psychology and counterfactual thinking.Dr. Amy Summerville, Miami University Dr. Summerville is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Miami University. She earned her Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Summerville is a social psychologist whose research examines how