Conference Session

LGBTQ+ Track - Technical Session III

Collection

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

Authors

Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Topics

Diversity, LGBTQ+

EDC graduate track was approved. With MCEDC, her main duties have included student advising and academic program development. Recently, she co-developed the curriculum for the new Minor in Global Engineering offered by the CU Boulder College of Engineering and Applied Science starting in fall 2016. Ms. Sandekian earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in Aerospace Engineering Sciences at CU Boulder, a Spe- cialist in Education (Ed. S.) degree in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from the University of Northern Colorado, and earned her Ph.D. in the Higher Education Student Affairs Leadership program from the University of Northern Colorado in 2017. c American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

LGBTQ+ Track - Technical Session IV

Collection

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

Authors

Kristin Boudreau, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; David DiBiasio, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Paula Quinn, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Zoe Reidinger

Tagged Topics

Diversity, LGBTQ+

September 24, 2013.2 https://www.asee.org/about-us/the-organization/our-board-of-directors/asee-board-of-directors-statements/diversity3 EAGER: Promoting LGBTQ Equality in Engineering through Virtual Communities of Practice.NSF EEC-1539140. S. Farrell, PI; A. Minerick, E. Cech, R. C. Guerra, & T. Waidzunas, co-PIs.4 Stephanie Farrell, “Climate Change: LGBTQ Inclusion in Engineering.” Seminar given at WPI.October 25, 2017. 1to our most pressing social, civic and ethical problems.”5 Although socially progressivescholarship is not new —it dates back to John Dewey’s work in the 1920s— it constitutesa sea change in engineering education, which is

Conference Session

LGBTQ+ Track - Technical Session III

Collection

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

Authors

Kyle F. Trenshaw, University of Rochester

Tagged Topics

Diversity, LGBTQ+

. F., Hetrick, A. L., Oswald, R. F., Vostral, S. L., & Loui, M. C. (2013). Lesbian, gay, bisexual,and transgender students in engineering: Climate and perceptions. Proceedings of the 2013 IEEEFrontiers in Education Conference, Oklahoma City, OK, 1238-1240. doi:10.1109/FIE.2013.6685028U.S. Census Bureau. (2017). U.S. Census Bureau statement on asking sexual orientation question onCensus Barriers, Attitudes and Motivators Survey [Press release]. Retrieved from https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2017/sexual-orientation.html.University of Missouri-Columbia. (2017). Campus climate research study. Retrieved from https://diversity.missouri.edu/climate/2016/2016-MU-CCS-Full.pdfUniversity of Rochester College of Arts, Sciences, &

Conference Session

LGBTQ+ Track - Technical Session IV

Collection

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

Authors

David J. McLaughlin, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Genny Beemyn, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Tagged Topics

Diversity, LGBTQ+

: Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual StudentsExperiences in Engineering,” AC 2009 –1862, ASEE, 2009.[3] Trenshaw, K. F., Hetrick, A. L., Oswald, R. F., Vostral, S. L., & Loui, M. C. (2013). Lesbian, gay, bisexual,and transgender students in engineering: Climate and perceptions. Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE Frontiers inEducation Conference, Oklahoma City, OK, 1238-1240. doi:10.1109/FIE.2013.6685028[4] National College Health Assessment (2016), https://www.uhs.umich.edu/files/sa/NCHA-2016-University-of-Michigan.pdf[5] Accelerating Acceptance (2017), GLAD Report, https://www.glaad.org/publications/accelerating-acceptance-2017[6] K.W. Philips, How diversity makes us smarter (2014), Scientific American, October 1, 2014