Conference Session

Undergraduate Track - Technical Session III

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

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

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Diversity, Undergraduate Education

Facilities Engineering Branch at the USCGA. During this tour, she served as both the Safety Officer and the Construction Officer. In this latter capacity, she was the Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative (COTR) as well as Civil Engineering Project Manager for the Academy’s $5.2 million dollar construction program. In 2003, she was selected for graduate school and attended the University of Texas, Austin where she earned a M.S.C.E with an emphasis on Construction Engineering and Project Management. In December 2004, she joined the USCGA faculty as an Instructor. During her time at the Academy, she has been the advisor for both the American Society of Civil Engineering and Society of American Military Engineers

Conference Session

Undergraduate Track - Technical Session III

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

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Elizabeth R. Kurban, University of Maryland, College Park; Paige E. Smith, University of Maryland, College Park

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Diversity, Undergraduate Education

programs, events, andactivities. As such, one of the main goals of our curriculum re-development was to align thecurriculum of the LLC seminars with the mission and vision of the WIE Program. This requiredus to redesign much of the “diversity and multiculturalism in engineering” content to focus more 3intentionally on meaningful, relevant, and innovative content in diversity and inclusion,particularly within Virtus. In addition, we sought to include content related to ethics inengineering and engineering responsibility, which is content that was previously absent in theLLC seminars. Furthermore, in an effort to cultivate a community of allyship and

Conference Session

Undergraduate Track - Technical Session V

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

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Monica Evette Allen, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Sandra Loree Dika, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Brett Tempest, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Miguel A. Pando, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Diversity, Undergraduate Education

Engineering on the topics of soil-structure interaction and engineering characterization of geomaterials, Dr. Pando has been actively involved in teaching and mentoring students at both UPRM and UNCC, including 14 undergraduate civil engineering students through the NSF Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Program. Examples of his recent and ongoing engineering education research projects include the development of a Bridge to the Doctoral Program to attract Latinos to geotechnical earthquake engineering (NSF-NEES), use of a multi-institutional classroom learning environment for remote geotechnical engineering education (NSF-TUES), as well as a mixed methods study of the role of student–faculty relationships in

Conference Session

Undergraduate Track - Technical Session III

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

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Beth A. Myers, University of Colorado, Boulder; Emily Knaphus-Soran, University of Washington; Donna C. Llewellyn, Boise State University; Ann Delaney, Boise State University; Sonya Cunningham, University of Washington; Pamela Cosman, University of California, San Diego; Tanya D. Ennis, University of Colorado, Boulder; Katherine Christine Tetrick, Washington State University; Eve A. Riskin, University of Washington; Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Kevin Pitts, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity, Undergraduate Education

redshirt programs. This Work in Progresspaper describes the history of the Redshirt in Engineering Consortium; the Redshirt model as aframework for addressing issues related to diversity, equity, and inclusion in engineering; and initiallessons learned from the implementation of the model across unique institutional contexts.Introduction1Students from low-income backgrounds are underrepresented in engineering and are morelikely to struggle in engineering programs (Eagan 2012, Ohland et al. 2012, Foor et a. 2007).While these students may be academically talented and perform well in high school, manygraduate from under-resourced schools that provide relatively weak academic preparation forcollege. Success in engineering majors depends greatly on a

Conference Session

Undergraduate Track - Technical Session II

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

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Asha Godbole, Oregon State University; Beverly Miller, University of Virginia; Michelle Kay Bothwell, Oregon State University; Devlin Montfort, Oregon State University; Susannah C. Davis, Oregon State University

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Diversity, Undergraduate Education

’ Perceptions of Belonging through the Lens of Social IdentityAbstractResearch shows that students who feel that they belong in an engineering department are morelikely to develop a strong engineering identity and become situated in the engineeringcommunity. Perceptions of an unwelcoming academic culture are particularly detrimental forstudents from populations that are currently underrepresented. Additional research investigatingstudents’ perceptions of engineering culture, engineering identity, and their own sense ofbelonging is needed. This study explored undergraduate engineering students’ perceptions oftheir sense of belonging in their engineering program, particularly as these related to their socialidentities. It

Conference Session

Undergraduate Track - Technical Session IV

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

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Andrew Danowitz, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Kacey Beddoes, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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Diversity, Undergraduate Education

,this is not a problem that can be completely written off. Instead, the results presented here point to theneed for further in-depth, multi-institution studies to determine the extent of mental health andwellness issues in engineering programs nation-wide, and how engineering programs can best servetheir students’ mental health and wellness needs. We are in the process of seeking funding to conductsuch a nation-wide study.ReferencesBlanco, C., Okuda, M., Wright, C., Hasin, D. S., Grant, B. F., Liu, S.-M., & Olfson, M. (2008). Mental Health of College Students and Their Non–College-Attending PeersResults From the National Epidemiologic Study on Alcohol and Related Conditions. Archives of General Psychology, 65(12), 1429

Conference Session

Undergraduate Track - Technical Session IV

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

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Woodrow Wilson Winchester III, Robert Morris University; Jameela Al-Jaroodi, Robert Morris University; Rika Wright Carlsen, Robert Morris University

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Diversity, Undergraduate Education

Paper ID #221082018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and ComputingDiversity Conference: Crystal City, Virginia Apr 29Afrofuturism: Catalyzing a Pathway to more Inclusive Engineering DesignDr. Woodrow Wilson Winchester III, Robert Morris University WOODROW W. WINCHESTER, III is an Associate Professor of Engineering Management and Coordi- nator of Graduate Engineering Programs at Robert Morris University, Moon Township, US-PA. He has over twelve (12) years of teaching and course development (online and on-ground) experiences within the disciplines of industrial & systems engineering (ISE) and engineering

Conference Session

Undergraduate Track - Technical Session VII

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

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

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Diversity, Undergraduate Education

-represented minority (URM) students at Seattle University. The goal ofthis data-driven study is to extract characteristics that differentiate students who do or do notsuccessfully complete degrees within engineering.We analyze data on undergraduate students who were enrolled in the four engineering majors in theCollege of Science and Engineering (CSE) for any part of their time at Seattle University. We presentresults identifying barriers to students’ successfully completing degrees in these programs, includingexamining the impacts of transfer versus first-time-in-college status, students’ prior mathematics andscience background, and pressures related to differing levels of unmet financial need.IntroductionDespite nationwide efforts to attract and

Conference Session

Undergraduate Track - Technical Session VII

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

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Carlotta A. Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Janice Fenn, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Diversity, Undergraduate Education

technicaleducation relates to their future career goals. In addition, students who receive and are successfulin these experiences are better able to overcome the marginalization and isolation that is inherentin current STEM programs, and are better positioned to mentor and support other URMs tosuccessfully complete their course of study. Roper [3] states that students that attend a HistoricallyBlack College (HBCU) are more likely to earn a STEM degree because of these pre-existingstructures of community and support. Gandara, et al. [4] also found that minority engineering programs and/or universities thatare more highly effective were typically smaller. However, because of their smaller size, theseprograms may not be able to create a critical mass of

Conference Session

Undergraduate Education Track - Technical Session I

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

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

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Diversity, Undergraduate Education

engineering education system is anchored in her experience as a first-generation Native American woman earning an engineering bachelor degree. Gloria’s parents,elders, and teachers all engrained in her the importance of higher education to better serve hercommunity. When she started her undergraduate career, she soon noticed three things. First, shewas one of only two or three Native American students in her engineering program. Second,Gloria was also one of the few women in the program. Third, Gloria struggled to relate her coreundergraduate courses to her goal of contributing to her community. Gloria felt out of place and isolated among her engineering peers who were primarilymale and non-Native American. The combination of isolation

Conference Session

Undergraduate Track - Technical Session VI

Collection

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

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Ashley R. Taylor, Virginia Tech; Karis Boyd-Sinkler, Virginia Tech; Susan Arnold-Christian, Virginia Tech; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; Bevlee A. Watford, Virginia Tech; Christian Matheis, Virginia Tech; Kim Lester, Virginia Tech

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Undergraduate Education

Paper ID #242582018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and ComputingDiversity Conference: Crystal City, Virginia Apr 29Embedding Cross-Cultural Communication Awareness and Skills Trainingin a Living Learning Community for First-Year Undergraduate EngineeringStudentsMs. Ashley R Taylor, Virginia Tech Ashley Taylor is a doctoral candidate in engineering education at Virginia Polytechnic and State Univer- sity, where she also serves as a program assistant for the Center for Enhancement of Engineering Diversity and an advisor for international senior design projects in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Ash

Conference Session

Undergraduate Track - Technical Session II

Collection

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

Authors

Karen E. Rambo-Hernandez, West Virginia University; Abhik Roy, West Virginia University; Melissa Lynn Morris, West Virginia University; Robin A. M. Hensel, West Virginia University; Jeremy Clinton Schwartz, West Virginia University; Rebecca A. Atadero, Colorado State University; Christina Paguyo, University of Denver

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Diversity, Undergraduate Education

studentswho provided consent, 89% were first year engineering students; 73.5% were male; and 2.4%were of Latino/a ethnicity, 5% indicated an Asian race, 0.8% indicated Native Hawaiian or otherPacific Islander race, 2.4% indicated a Black or African American race, 92.5% indicated a Whiterace. Students could select multiple races; thus the percentages do not sum to 100%.Students in the intervention sections participated in up to seven intervention activities (e.g., adiverse panel of practicing engineers, a welcome talk by the dean to establish egalitarian norms,and a response to a reading related to the Campus Reads program to elucidate implicit bias andits impact on engineering). The interactive theatre sketch was one of the last interventions of

Conference Session

Undergraduate Track - Technical Session II

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

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Adam Stark Masters, Virginia Tech

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Undergraduate Education

in careers centered on helping others, “doesmore harm than good” [24]. She goes on to say it can negatively impact howsupervisors/teachers assess women vs. men and that using stereotypes in promotional campaignscan influence a person’s self-efficacy. Adding new programming for the purpose of broadeningparticipation needs to be done with tact to avoid these unwanted results.Some women, like Debbie Chachra of Olin College of Engineering, don’t want to be called amaker. In a 2015 editorial written in The Atlantic, Chachra points out the sexism ingrained inmaking and maker’s values. She said, “walk through a museum. Look around a city. Almost allthe artifacts that we value as a society were made by or at the order of men” [25]. She

Conference Session

Undergraduate Education Track - Technical Session I

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

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Stephen Secules, University of Georgia; Nicola W. Sochacka, University of Georgia; Joachim Walther, University of Georgia

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Diversity, Undergraduate Education

- orative Lounge for Understanding Society and Technology through Educational Research (CLUSTER), is a dynamic interdisciplinary team that brings together professors, graduate, and undergraduate students from engineering, art, educational psychology, and social work in the context of fundamental educational research. Dr. Walther’s research program spans interpretive research methodologies in engineering edu- cation, the professional formation of engineers, the role of empathy and reflection in engineering learning, and student development in interdisciplinary and interprofessional spaces. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 New Directions from Theory: Implications for Diversity

Conference Session

Undergraduate Track - Technical Session V

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

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J. Sonnenberg-Klein, Georgia Institute of Technology; Edward J. Coyle, Georgia Institute of Technology; Randal T. Abler, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Diversity, Undergraduate Education

Paper ID #241932018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and ComputingDiversity Conference: Crystal City, Virginia Apr 29Diversity and Student Persistence in the Vertically Integrated Project (VIP)Course SequenceJ. Sonnenberg-Klein, Georgia Institute of Technology Assistant Director, Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program, Georgia Institute of Technology; Doc- toral student in Education at Georgia State University, with a concentration in Research, Measurement and Statistics; Master of Education in Education Organization and Leadership, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Bachelor of Science in

Conference Session

Undergraduate Track - Technical Session VII

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

Authors

Kasi Kiehlbaugh, University of Arizona; Paul Blowers, University of Arizona

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Diversity, Undergraduate Education

of self-efficacy-promoting language we use with our students: (1)explicitly stating that we believe every student in the class is capable of mastering the content andsucceeding in the course if they are willing to put in the required effort, (2) verbally acknowledging theirsuccesses in being admitted to the university and being accepted into the engineering program, and (3)encouraging them to reflect on their own beliefs about their ability to solve a given in-class problemboth as an individual and as a team. Page 3 of 8To avoid creating a chilly climate, it is particularly important to avoid language that is sarcastic orridiculing [1]. This type of language discourages participation and creates

Conference Session

Undergraduate Track - Technical Session VI

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

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

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Diversity, Undergraduate Education

andServices Administration funds the Nursing Workforce Diversity (NWD) program with the goalof increasing access to culturally competent nursing that is reflective of the diversity of thecommunities in which they serve; this program assists students from disadvantaged backgroundsto obtain nursing credentials [18]. A successful component of many NWD programs includespairing future nurses with mentors who come from similar backgrounds; the ‘like me’nomenclature is an example of the value of cross-discipline knowledge transfer in terms ofoverall discourse. The nursing field differs in many ways from engineering or computer science,however needs related to underrepresented populations are very similar and knowledge aboutwhat works should be transferred

Conference Session

Undergraduate Track - Session V

Collection

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

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Ni Li, California State University, Los Angeles; Gustavo B. Menezes, California State University, Los Angeles; Emily L. Allen, California State University, Los Angeles; Paul S. Nerenberg, California State University, Los Angeles

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Diversity, Undergraduate Education

of TUES project to revamp the sophomore-year experience at the college of engineering (esucceed.calstatela.edu) and the Director of the First-Year Experience (FYrE) program at ECST. He has also developed an open access, web-based audience response system (educatools.com).Dr. Emily L. Allen, California State University, Los Angeles Emily L. Allen, Ph.D., is Dean of the College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology at California State University, Los Angeles. She earned her BS in metallurgy and materials science from Columbia University, and her MS and PhD in materials science and engineering from Stanford University. She previously served as faculty, chair and Associate Dean at San Jose State University’s

Conference Session

Undergraduate Track - Session V

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

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Patricia R. Backer, San Jose State University; Joseph Green, WestEd; Bryan Matlen, WestEd; Cindy Kato, San Jose State University

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Undergraduate Education

Matlen Ph.D. is a Senior Research Associate in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathe- matics (STEM) Program at WestEd. Bryan explores how cognitive science-based strategies can be applied to support learning and inform instructional decision-making. Bryan currently serves as Principal Investigator (PI) of the IES-funded project ”Exploring the Spatial Alignment Hypothesis in STEM Disciplines”, which investigates optimal ways in which to design STEM visuals, and he is also co-PI of the NSF funded project ”An Instructional Complexity Approach to the Science of Learning by Analogy”, which explores how analogical principles interact to support learning in mathematics classrooms. Bryan is also a senior

Conference Session

Undergraduate Track - Technical Session VI

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

Authors

Bruk T. Berhane, University of Maryland, College Park

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Undergraduate Education

National Academies where he conducted research on methods of increasing the number of women in engineering. After a brief stint teaching mathematics in Baltimore City following his departure from the National Academies, he began working for the Center for Minorities in Science and Engineering (CMSE) in the Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland. In 2011, he began working directly under the Office of the Dean in the Clark School. Currently, he serves the college as Director of the Office of Undergraduate Recruitment and Scholarship Programs. His current duties entail working with prospec- tive freshmen and transfer students. Since assuming his duties, he has helped to increase the enrollment of

Conference Session

Undergraduate Track - Technical Session II

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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

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Diversity, Undergraduate Education

; Workplace Learning Department in the Boise State University College of Engineering. His research focuses on technology-in -use as an influence on social morals and social ethics.Dr. Noah Salzman, Boise State University Noah Salzman is an Assistant Professor at Boise State University, where he is a member of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and IDoTeach, a pre-service STEM teacher preparation program. His work focuses on the transition from pre-college to university engineering programs, how exposure to engineering prior to matriculation affects the experiences of engineering students, and engineering in the K-12 classroom. He has worked as a high school science, mathematics, and engineering and

Conference Session

Undergraduate Track - Technical Session II

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

Authors

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

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Diversity, Undergraduate Education

Paper ID #222062018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and ComputingDiversity Conference: Crystal City, Virginia Apr 29Working Towards More Equitable Team Dynamics: Mapping Student Assetsto Minimize Stereotyping and Task Assignment BiasDr. Elisabeth (Lisa) Stoddard, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Elisabeth (Lisa) Stoddard is a geographer and an Assistant Teaching Professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where she holds a joint appointment between undergraduate studies and the Environmental and Sustainability Studies Program. She has been the recipient of multiple grants to examine issues of bias and