disciplines.However, [26] notes that a shift into prioritizing personal goals has led to a fetishization ofpassion in popular media. In a New York Times article, she writes: “As a psychologist whostudies world-class achievers, I can say the reality of following your passion is not veryromantic. It takes time to develop a direction that feels so in-the-bones right that you never wantto veer from it. Thus, my advice to young graduates is not to ‘follow your passion’ but rather, to‘foster your passion’” [26]. To this end, engineering educators can look for curricular andco-curricular ways to help students adjust their expectations and increase their patience as theysearch for a productive and healthy alignment between their personal and professional
Paper ID #35891Integrating Social and Environmental Justice into the ProgramEducational Objectives of [Institution]’s Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering DepartmentDr. Rebekah Oulton P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Rebekah Oulton is an Associate Professor at California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. She started in Fall of 2013 after completing her PhD in Environmental Engineering at the University of Iowa. She teaches both water resources engineer- ing and environmental engineering, emphasizing water sustainability via wastewater