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Session 6 - Track 1: Intersectionality: Professional identity formation and the success of women of color in higher education STEM disciplines

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2023 Collaborative Network for Computing and Engineering Diversity (CoNECD)

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Saundra Johnson Austin, University of South Florida; Michelle Bradham-Cousar, Florida International University; Kemesha Gabbidon, University of South Florida

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earned a BS in Civil Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University, an MBA from the University of Notre Dame, and EdD in Organizational Change and Leadership from the University of Southern California. At the University of South Florida (USF) she leads the project coordination for the National Science Foundation Florida Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (FL-AGEP), a $2.4M award to Florida A&M University (with a subaward to USF and Virginia Tech), Bethune-Cookman University, Florida International, and Florida Memorial University. Also, Dr. Johnson Austin is the project coordi- nator and Co-Principal Investigator for Project Racism In School Exclusionary Suspensions (RISES), a $30k grant

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Track 1: Technical Session 1: Leadership and Leverage: How White Women Can Use Their Privilege and Power to Protect Black Women Leaders in Middle and Senior Management Positions

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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Ershela L. Sims, WEPAN, Inc.; Stephani Page; Serita W Acker, Clemson University; Beth Anne Johnson, WEPAN, Lamar Creative Co., Clemson University

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GSSM, Dr. Sims was the Dean of Engineering and Technology at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. She has 25 years of experience as an industry engineer and K-20 researcher, educator, and administrator; she was also a DEI practitioner across all of those positions. Dr. Sims holds a BSE in BME from Duke University and PhD in BME from the UNC at Chapel Hill. She is a lifetime member of the National Society of Black Engineers as well as a member of several other professional associations including ASEE and BMES. Dr. Sims serves her community through multiple boards including the Florence-Darlington Technical Col- lege Area Commission, Columbia College Board of Trustees, and Cypress Adventures Board of

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Technical Session 7 - Paper 4: Adapting to an unexpected hybrid campus: e-mentored femaleengineering students’ intrinsic motivation, sense of belonging, and perception of campus climate

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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

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Mayari Illarij Serrano Anazco, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Suzanne Zurn-Birkhimer, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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engineering students’ intrinsic motivation, sense of belonging, and perception of campus climateAbstractColleges and universities offer mentoring programs to assist students’ academic and professionalgrowth. This paper contrasts two peer mentoring strategies, one-on-one (PAIR) and networkmentoring (GROUP for on-campus and GOAL for remote students), employed by an e-mentoringprogram developed to remain connected with students during the 2020 pandemic. The program wasoffered at a Purdue university that transitioned to a hybrid campus (a mixture of in-person andonline classes) to address social distancing challenges. A total of 124 female engineering studentswere surveyed one time at the end of the mentoring cycle. Our findings

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Technical Session 14 - Paper 1: Diversity Statements in STEM Faculty Job Applications

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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

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Yvette E. Pearson P.E., The University of Texas at Dallas; Torrie Cropps, University of Texas at Dallas; Samara Rose Boyle; Canek Moises Luna Phillips, Rice University

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Paper ID #35629Diversity Statements in STEM Faculty Job ApplicationsDr. Yvette E. Pearson P.E., The University of Texas at Dallas Dr. Yvette E. Pearson holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering and M.S. in Chemistry from Southern University Baton Rouge and a Ph.D. in Engineering and Applied Science from the University of New Orleans. She is Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at University of Texas at Dallas, a Commissioner on the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, a registered Professional Engineer in Louisiana, a former Program Director in the Division of Undergraduate Education at the National Science

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Track 4: Technical Session 2: PWE: An Inclusive Summer "Bootcamp" for First year students

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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Serita W Acker Mrs., Clemson University

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Paper ID #40694PWE: An Inclusive Summer ”Bootcamp” for First year studentsMrs. Serita W Acker Mrs., Clemson University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 An Exclusive SummerBootcamp for First Year Students 2024 CoNECD Conference Serita Acker PEER & WISE History of PEER & WISE A Long-Standing Commitment to Diversity• 30-year History of Diversity Programs • Programs for Educational Enrichment & Retention (PEER), established in 1987 to increase students of color retention in the College • Women In Science & Engineering (WISE), established in 1995 to

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Session 2 - Track 4: Sparking shifts in STEM: Facilitating equitable change through workshops on emerging and understudied research questions

Collection

2023 Collaborative Network for Computing and Engineering Diversity (CoNECD)

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Joan M Herbers, ARC Network; Heather E. Metcalf PhD, WEPAN, Inc.; Virginia L Rhodes M.S., The Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN)

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+), which cultivates gender equity across all of the activities of STEM profes- sional societies; the ADVANCE and INCLUDES I-Corps Inclusion Collective, which aims to create more equitable and inclusive I-Corps programs; the New Jersey Equity in Commercialization Collective, which works with technology transfer offices and investors across the state of New Jersey to build a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive commercialization ecosystem; and the Commemorating 20 Years of ADVANCE: Design Thinking Sessions for a Digital Exhibit and Archive project. She is also PI for the WEPAN Accel- erator, an entrepreneurship accelerator program for women in engineering funded by the Small Business Administration. Prior to joining

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Technical Session 10 - Paper 1: Improving engineering-student retention via the UC Davis LEADR program

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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

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Ralph C. Aldredge III, University of California, Davis

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role, he served in various academic-senate leadership roles at the department, college, campus and system-wide levels. While serving as chair of the academic-senate committee on admissions and enrollment, he played an integral role in designing the UC Davis holistic-review freshman admissions policy implemented in 2011. He has served also as chair of the UC Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools (BOARS, 2014-2016), which develops and recommends system-wide freshman and transfer admissions policies for approval by the UC Board of Regents. As a professor in the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering, Dr. Aldredge also performs research and advises graduate students in the areas of combustion

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Track 2: Technical Session 8: Establishing and Sustaining Inclusive Learning Communities for Supporting Faculty Creating More Inclusive Engineering Classrooms

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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Jessica Moriah Vaden, University of Pittsburgh; April Dukes, University of Pittsburgh; Amy Hermundstad Nave, Colorado School of Mines; Melissa M. Bilec, University of Pittsburgh; Amy L Brooks, University of Pittsburgh

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Paper ID #40746Establishing and Sustaining Inclusive Learning Communities forSupporting Faculty Creating More Inclusive Engineering ClassroomsMiss Jessica Moriah Vaden, University of Pittsburgh Miss Jessica Vaden is a PhD Candidate in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh where she is a STRIVE Scholar. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) in Chemical Engineering where she was a Meyerhoff Scholar (M26). Jessica’s research spans a number of different areas including sustainable engineering, empower- ing communities about air quality, and

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Track 7: Technical Session 9: Preparing for ABET Changes regarding DEI: Results of the Big Ten++ DEI Summit

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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University; Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University; Ivan E. Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University

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Paper ID #40717Preparing for ABET Changes regarding DEI: Results of the Big Ten++ DEISummitDr. Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University Dr. Sarah Zappe is Director of the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education and Assistant Dean of Teaching and Learning at Penn State. She holds a doctoral degree in educational psychology emphasizing applied measurement.Dr. Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University Dr. Stephanie Cutler has degrees in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial and Systems Engineering, and a PhD in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech. She is an Associate Research Professor and the

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Track 7: Technical Session 6: When Two Worlds Become One

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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Yvette Renee Moore, University of Pittsburgh; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh

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Paper ID #40753When Two Worlds Become OneMs. Yvette Renee Moore, University of Pittsburgh Yvette has worked directly with undergraduate scholars in engineering and the arts and sciences. She is currently the director of the Pitt EXCEL program, an undergraduate diversity program within the Swanson School Engineering at the University of PittsbuDr. Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh Dr. Mary Besterfield-Sacre is Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Nickolas A. DeCecco Professor in Industrial Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. She is the Founding Director for the Engineering Education