Oregon State University.Michelle Kay Bothwell, Oregon State University Michelle Bothwell is a Professor of Bioengineering at Oregon State University. Her teaching and research bridge ethics, social justice and engineering with the aim of cultivating an inclusive and socially just engineering profession.Dr. Devlin Montfort, Oregon State University Dr. Montfort is an Assistant Professor in the School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engi- neering at Oregon State UniversityDr. Qwo-Li Driskill, Qwo-Li Driskill is an Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Oregon State University. They hold a PhD in Rhetoric & Writing from Michigan State University
, and it was interesting to see that a lot of people stood up with me which made me feel more comfortable. [...] I felt proud for the first time in a long time.Seeing that she was in a room full of first-generation students validated for her that this was apart of her identity that belonged on campus, and that she was not alone.Standardized test scoresStudents with the largest STARS effects tend to have both lower SAT math scores and lowerSAT reading and writing scores. It makes sense that students with high GPAs and low SAT mathscores would be expected to benefit a great deal from the program because they demonstrateacademic excellence but underpreparation for college math. The effect of SAT reading andwriting scores is less
co-author on an engineering textbook, Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics, which is used worldwide in over 250 institutions. Dr. Bailey has served as the Principal Investigator (PI) on several externally funded efforts, most recently for the RIT NSF ADVANCE Institu- tional Transformation grant (2012-2019). The goal of this large-scale ($3.4M), multi-year university-level organizational transformation effort is to increase the representation and advancement of women STEM faculty. The project has resulted in impactful new programs, practices, and policies as well as a new dedicated unit within the Office of the Provost.Dr. Naveen Sharma, Rochester Institute of TechnologyLana Verschage, Rochester Institute of
approach for improved future technology scenarios. This approach accords thestudents the exposure to the fundamentals of probability and decision theory in the design ofexploratory models to improve the value of decisions across technology boundaries, improvehuman judgments in the context of future uncertainties, and better adapt new technology to beflexible enough to make use of limited investment resources from an opportunistic basis. Thismodel development process aims to equip the cohort with empirical and analytical capabilities,mathematical optimization modeling, and decision-making analysis under uncertainty.2.2 Reflection and Narrative InquiryA narrative inquiry process is implemented to capture scholars’ reflections. This process uses
communication skills caused problems in their place of work [5]. Forinstance, reports by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers stated that a significantpercentage of their professionals could not communicate their ideas well in writing [6].Moreover, 38% of new engineering graduates across all engineering specialties report thatwhile communication skills are of the most important factors impacting their advancementand success in industry, this area is often the most undeveloped during their academicpreparation [7]. Overall, Engineering and STEM, possibly more than most professions,require accurate and efficient communication skills—professionals must be capable ofunderstanding what the user/client is saying and vice versa for the design to function [11
recommendations for how to implement engineering curricula in racially andethnically diverse schools to engage all students. Therefore, the perspectives of engineeringeducators may support further improvement of teacher education and training, and address issuesin equity and the achievement gap.Research QuestionsThe overall implementation of E4USA fundamentally is guided by an interest in expanding thescope of engineering education to diverse high school classrooms. This particular research effortbegins to unpack the degree to which racial and ethnic classroom composition, as well associoeconomic diversity, influences the ways in which teachers prepare for and respond to theirimmediate environment in the context of E4USA. In other words, we seek to
. Stereotype threat is most robust in situations thatinclude a variable that “triggers” the stereotype. Tests that are explicitly framed as ability testsor difficult tests are more likely to heighten stereotype threat [18]. As Ben-Zeev, Fein, & Inzlichtreported [19], an identity threat, such as telling women who identified with math that they wouldtake a very difficult math test, was enough to cause them to perform poorly on a test completelyunrelated to math and easy to do - writing their name backwards.Literature recommends numerous techniques to reduce stereotype threats in a learningenvironment: ● Teach students about the phenomenon of stereotype threat [20]. ● Provide students with situational (as opposed to stereotype-based) explanations
- ular emphasis on engineering identities and literacies among English Learners and bilingual students. Her research has been published in journals such as Theory into Practice, Action in Teacher Education, and Journal of Hispanic Higher Education. She earned her Ph.D. in Reading/Writing/Literacy from the University of Pennsylvania and has been a faculty member at UTEP since 2008.Helena Mucino, University of Texas at El Paso Helena Muci˜no is a Ph.D. student in the Teaching, Learning, and Culture program at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). She holds a master’s degree in Musical Education Research from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). She is currently working as a Research Assistant for an