including Galileo and Hypatia Living-Learning Communities and the CEED Peer Mentoring program. Previously, Dr. Katey served as the Assistant Director of Stu- dent Success and First-year Experience at Siena Heights University located in Adrian, Michigan, where she played a pivotal role in creating an environment of success for first-year students. Her professional interests and research focus on the retention of underrepresented and underserved students. Dr. Katey graduated from Clarion University of Pennsylvania (Clarion, PA) where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Education (2007) and a Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction (2010). In 2019, she grad- uated from Morgan State University’s Higher Education
Western Michigan. She is currently co-lead of the WMU Aspire Change Alliance and is the WMU lead of the NSF ADVANCE Joining Forces Midwest Partnership grant. She has received numerous awards and honors including the Michigan ACE Network Distinguished Woman in Higher Education Leadership Award; the Geochemical Society Distinguished Service Award; ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Paper ID #36421 the WMU Excellence in Diversity Rising Star Award; the WMU College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Achievement in Teaching Award; the WMU College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Appreciation Award
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Black and HispanicSTEM workers than for White and Asian workers [12]. The number and proportion of STEMdegrees earned by American Indian and Alaska Native students declined between 2011 and 2020along with their representation in the STEM field [12]. Between 2011 and 2021, the STEMworkforce experienced a 20% overall expansion, with notable increases of 31% for women and 2million for Hispanic workers [12].In 2019, immigrants constituted almost one-fourth of all STEM workers in the U.S., marking a17% increase since 2010 [13-14]. Most H-1B visas issued for STEM-related roles are issued tothose originating from India (28.9%) and China (10.9%) [13]. Of the top ten most representedbirth places of immigrant STEM workers, seven are within Asia (India