Conference Session

Approaches to Learning Outcomes Assessment in Liberal Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Lappenbusch, University of Washington; Jennifer Turns, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

engineer (i.e., because I have these skills, I deserve to be called an engineer). 3. While having personal agency is key to how portfolio construction can affect(not just reveal identity (theme 1 above), accepting this agency in the process of identity management can bring awkwardness.In the descriptions below whenever we present excerpts, “Q” marks the interviewer speaking and“A” is the student answering the question.Student 1Student 1 was a graduate student focusing on usability engineering in the TechnicalCommunication department. As the quote below shows, she doesn’t mince words when sheclaims that the portfolio process had a profound impact on her confidence.Q. I'm just wondering, I mean if you had to pick a couple ofthings

Conference Session

Tree-huggers, Diggers, and Queers--Oh my!

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Cech, University of California, San Diego; Tom Waidzunas, University of California, San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

it’s the other way around, and people are expecting gay men, like, there’s no way you could be acting like that in a technical position… (Brian) I guess there’s this assumption that, “oh, you’re a lesbian, you’re kind of butch, you are definitely kind of more guy-ish, so it would make sense that you are an engineer, because guys are engineers”…I think, for straight women, it’s like, “oh, you’re pretty, you would want a social type of major.” Researcher (Q)uestion: Do you think the way that other students see competence in engineering aligns with that? Um, yeah. I actually think so. Because I’m, I guess, not a stereotypical female, or what is socially constructed as a

Conference Session

Critical Thinking and Creative Arts

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christy Moore, University of Texas, Austin; D'Arcy Randall, University of Texas, Austin; Hillary Hart, University of Texas, Austin

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

Robert Redford – The Unforeseen. Excerpt from Q &A held at the Alamo Draft House. AustinDaze. Retrieved on January 22, 2009 from http://www.austindaze.com/2008/07/03/laura-dunn-and-robert-redford/. Page 14.1180.13Page 14.1180.14

Conference Session

Historical Perspectives for Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Slaton, Drexel University; Mary Ebeling, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

Development Initiative, edited by The Brookings Institution.(Washington DC: The Brookings Institution, 2003).9 PA Bureau of Workforce Development, op cit.10 Stephen J. Fonash, “Nanotechnology and economic resiliency,” Nano Today 4 (2009), p.291.11 Qian Q. Zhao, Arthur Boxman, and Uma Chowdhry, “Nanotechnology in the ChemicalIndustry – Opportunities and Challenges,” Journal of Nanoparticle Research 5 (2003): 567-572.12 Fonash 2009, p. 290.13 John Hayes, "The Engineering Unemployment Problem,"http://www.engineering.com/Blogs/tabid/3207/EntryID/165/Default.aspx (accessed January 8, 2010).14 Matthew H. Wisnioski, "Engineers for Change: America's Culture Wars and the Meaning ofTechnology," unpublished manuscript, 2009, p. 3.15 Richard H.P

Conference Session

Communication and Collaboration

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University; Are Magnus Bruaset, Simula Research Laboratory; Melissa Marshall, Pennsylvania State University; Marianne M. Sundet, Simula Research Laboratory; Sarah Zappe, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

Conference Session

Tree-huggers, Diggers, and Queers--Oh my!

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education