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Session 2 - Track 3: From website to work environment: Exploring minority undergraduate engineering students conceptualizations of engineering careers

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2023 Collaborative Network for Computing and Engineering Diversity (CoNECD)

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Acaydia Campbell; Venicia Castro Villatoro; Angel Alexis Lopez, Florida International University; Janice L. Hall, Florida International University; Alexandra Coso Strong, Florida International University

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graduate degrees in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech (PhD) and Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia (UVa). ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 From website to work environment: Exploring minority undergraduate engineering students’ conceptualizations of engineering careers at national laboratoriesAbstract Within engineering education, there have been rising calls for more research on thetransitional period students face leading up to graduation (e.g., post-graduation planning) andmoving into the next phase of their career. This study seeks to complement existing research byexploring the experience of students as they seek to make sense of engineering career

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Track 2: Technical Session 5: Understanding Decision Processes Related to Pathways of Community College Engineering Students

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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Rene Alberto Hernandez, Virginia Tech; David B Knight, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Amy Richardson, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Sarah Rodriguez, Virginia Tech; Bevlee A. Watford, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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provide a scholarship for tuition and fees, but the students found additional usesfor the funds by freeing up resources and time in other areas. These ideas are salient in thisdiscussion because, while students had a scholarship, it meant they were no longer jugglingmultiple responsibilities; rather, they were able to reduce the hours they needed to work to findfinancial stability.The study further explores how pre-transfer programs influence students at various stages oftheir journey. The flexibility of such programs and their influence on students' career decisions ishighlighted. Some students faced challenges like personal life events and the impact of thepandemic. The cost of education and minimizing student debt are significant concerns

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Technical Session 6 - Paper 4: Retention Strategies for Educators from Women STEM Graduates of the 1970’s & 1980’s

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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

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Kathleen Buse, Advancing Women in the Workforce; Debra Musch, Rising Careers, LLC; Allison Goodman, ArtCenter College of Design

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University and her MFA from ArtCenter. She is also an accreditor for NASAD, The National Association of Schools of Art and Design. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 RETENTION STRATEGIES FOR EDUCATORS FROMWOMEN STEM GRADUATES OF THE 1970’S & 1980’S CoNECD Conference February 20 to 23, 2022 Kathleen Buse, Ph.D. Debra Musch Allison Goodman Abstract • Research study on the career experiences of women • All obtained STEM degrees between 1979 and 1983 • Explores expectations, achievements, challenges, and reflections on career journey • Recommendations are provided to

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Session 1 - Track 4: What does an Engineering Instructional Faculty do? Voices of Engineering Instructional Faculty at Hispanic-Serving Institutions

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2023 Collaborative Network for Computing and Engineering Diversity (CoNECD)

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Viyon Dansu, Florida International University; Alexandra Coso Strong, Florida International University; Meagan R. Kendall, University of Texas at El Paso

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teaches at the intersection of engineering education, faculty development, and complex systems design. Alexandra completed her graduate degrees in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech (PhD) and Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia (UVa).Dr. Meagan R. Kendall, University of Texas at El Paso An Associate Professor at The University of Texas at El Paso, Dr. Meagan R. Kendall is a founding member of the Department of Engineering Education and Leadership. With a background in both engi- neering education and design thinking, her research focuses on how Latinx students develop identities as engineers and navigate moments of identity interference, student and faculty engineering leadership development

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Track 8: Technical Session 3: Exploring Engineering Faculty Views on their Role in Broadening Participation in Engineering

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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Gerica Brown, University of Dayton

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development of student’s STEM identity which isparticularly influential for underrepresented students in STEM [15], [17], [18], [32]. “Therecognition of oneself as a scientist” [16] or an emerging STEM professional, promotes students’sense of belonging and builds their STEM identity [16]. STEM identity development can bepromoted through student engagement in undergraduate research, as well as curricular and co-curricular learning experiences [15], [32]. Additionally, having opportunities to engage with andbe acknowledged as a member of the STEM community by faculty, peers, and other STEMagents, in both professional and social spaces, is important [15], [17], [18]. Student’s exposureand ability to engage with STEM role models, mentors, and culturally

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Track 3: Technical Session 6: Organizational Transformation for Graduate Education: Intentionally Engaging Graduate Students as Partners in Equity Work

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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Julia Machele Brisbane, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Teirra K Holloman, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Natali Huggins, Virginia Tech ; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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phase of an initiative to shift more power tograduate students through community engagement, ensuring that graduate students will have avoice within PROTEGE. The phases of the project include: 1) Gaining graduate studentperspective for structuring graduate student engagement in PROTEGE, and 2) Developing a planfor involving graduate student perspectives in PROTEGE moving forward. This work is beingled by a graduate student working in the collective, who has experience with doing equity workand wanted to find a mechanism to give graduate students a voice.With community engagement, by involving community members in the decision-making andoutcome-production process, they can feel more invested in the results of the work and feel asense of

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Track 1: Technical Session 2: Tailoring DEIA Programming through Current Field Analysis: Promoting Allyship in STEM of University Graduate Students

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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Mia Leigh Renna, University of Maryland College Park; Emily Lawson-Bulten, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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students at University ofIllinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) to promote DEIA initiatives through allyship education.The original organizers established programming that consisted of six virtual workshops targetedat UIUC graduate students utilizing personal stories from minority leaders and educational toolsfrom DEIA professionals in Spring 2020. The topics chosen for the first year’s programmingincluded a graduate student experience panel, the interconnectedness of the Black Lives Matter(BLM) movement and STEM; a lesson on personal advocacy; allyship through everyday actions;conflict resolution techniques; and a panel of professionals in academia, industry, andgovernment on allyship throughout one's career. The introductory programming mostly

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Technical Session 5 - Paper 3: Enhancing Participation of Underrepresented Student Populations and Women in Engineering and Computer Science – An Experience Report

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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

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Shihong Huang, Florida Atlantic University; Nancy Romance, Florida Atlantic University; Tamsyn Nicole Carey, Florida Atlantic University-College of Engineering and Computer Science

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. Romance is Professor of Science Education in the College of Education at Florida Atlantic Univer- sity (FAU) and a graduate faculty member in both the College of Engineering and Computer Science and the College of Science at FAU.Her research interests address meaningful learning in complex STEM do- mains, applying a learning sciences lens in addressing issues ranging from building elementary teachers knowledge and skill in teaching science to coordinating learning communities addressing mathematics curriculum as a persistent barrier impacting student success and retention in undergraduate STEM pro- grams. She is currently OI on a NSF DR K-12, Co-PI on a USDOE Title III Hispanic Serving Institution, internal evaluator

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Session 12: Track 3: Exploring Two Contrasting Narratives of LGBTQ+ Undergraduate Engineering Students at a Hispanic Serving Institution

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2023 Collaborative Network for Computing and Engineering Diversity (CoNECD)

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J Garcia, Florida International University; Malak Elaouinate, Florida International University; Bailey Bond-Trittipo, Florida International University; Stephen Secules, Florida International University

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professors, peers, or the institution. As such, our research questions areas follows: • What are the consistent and contrasting stories of two LGBTQ+ engineering students’ experiences at an HSI? • How do two LGBTQ+ engineering students attending an HSI feel they could be better supported?4. Conceptual FrameworkFor this study, we utilize draw on the Model of Multiple Dimensions of Identity (MMDI)framework [15] to understand how our participants perceive the salience of different dimensionsof their identities as they discuss their experiences of marginalization in engineering. The MMDIillustrates that one’s personal identity is composed of multiple layers of intersecting socialidentities (race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexual

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Technical Session 4 - Paper 4: Developing a Strategy to Include Financially Disadvantaged Undergraduate Students into Graduate Engineering Programs

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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

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Sanjivan Manoharan, Grand Valley State University; Shabbir Choudhuri, Grand Valley State University; Brian Krug, Grand Valley State University; Paul D. Plotkowski, Grand Valley State University

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those at thecollege level. For the three principles: outreach and recruitment, support services, and inclusiveenvironment, the authors investigated the existing barriers and ways to address them. In theprocess, this group of researchers articulated some critical issues that prevent diverse andeconomically disadvantaged undergraduate students from seeking a graduate degree inengineering. Realizing this, a Grand Valley State University (GVSU) team comprised ofadministrators and faculty members sought to build a comprehensive program that incorporatesall of the aforementioned structures and others. This paper describes the development strategy ofsuch a program that culminated with an NSF award.Development of Program StructureIt is understood that

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Technical Session 1 - Paper 1: An Exploratory Investigation of the Experiences of Navigating Campus Resources of Black Immigrant Women in Engineering

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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

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Debalina Maitra, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Brooke Charae Coley, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Katreena Thomas, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Meseret F. Hailu, Arizona State University

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faculty relationships. Students also mentionedthat interaction with staff and faculty members who identify as one of them is missing in their collegeexperience.For example Barbara [in person, Civil Engineering, expected graduation 2023] explained her example ofusing campus support. I used it a lot last year. I had M H as my advisor, but he left this semester. It's just, it sucked because he was such a good advisor. He was really helpful. He helped me with my classes and he helped me with scholarships. He would just check in on me daily basically. That was really nice. Tutoring, I really hate asking for help, so I didn't necessarily use tutoring...DART (safety escort)..."This semester when I was there, I

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Technical Session 2 - Paper 2: Lessons Learned from Conducting a Diversity-Focused Faculty Cluster Hire at a Predominantly White Institution

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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

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Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado Boulder; Dana Francesca Stamo, University of Colorado Boulder; Clayton Lewis, University of Colorado Boulder

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the adequacy of the case [21]. We were full participants in everyaspect of this faculty search and held distinct roles and perspectives (Sandekian as an ex-officiomember of the college committee acting as the advisor for process equity and logistics manager,Stamo as a lead member of the student team, and Lewis as the college-wide committee chair).These varying roles allowed us to access all key decision points and conversations that would nothave typically been open to an outside investigator. We have also provided thick, rich detailsregarding the process that occurred and what process changes we implemented from ourcollege’s prior faculty hiring process.Figure 1: Search Phases and ProcessFindingsFigure 1 was developed to help the reader

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Track 7: Technical Session 2: Lessons Learned from Development of an Elective Undergraduate Course on DEI in STEM

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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Leigh S McCue, George Mason University; Christopher Alexander Carr, George Mason University; Kevin William Kuck, George Mason University; Dhiambi Otete; Violet Veronika Reges

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Universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions, and Tribal Colleges and Universities. His efforts transformed the way the National Science Foundation both solicited the premier Graduate Research Fellowship Program, which led to comprehen- sive changes in other federal STEM fellowships. In his role at Mason, Carr supports the faculty with search committee parameters to help ensure that the George Mason faculty better represents the diverse Mason student body, he supports the Office of the Dean and the associate deans in their efforts to develop and enhance an equitable and just campus climate within the College of Engineering and Computing, and he supports the larger campus community goals by helping to challenge the status

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Track 5: Technical Session 2: Adoption of an Advocates and Allies Program to a Predominantly STEM Campus

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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Adrienne Robyn Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Sonia Goltz, Michigan Tech; andrew storer, Michigan Technological University; Patricia Sotirin, Michigan Technological University

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has come from all colleges at the institution, although participation has not beenproportional to the number of faculty in each college. Colleges with overt and regularendorsement from the leadership of DEIS efforts have had the greatest level of participation.Colleges and disciplines with historic resistance to DEIS concepts demonstrated the lowestparticipation rates.The survey was designed by internal evaluators on the project and refined by an externalevaluator as well as graduate students on the project to measure perceptions of support forindividuals hailing from minoritized groups (gender, race/ethnicity). The survey also asks aboutperceptions of the extent to which inequities existed on Michigan Tech’s campus with regard tocampus

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Track 4: Technical Session 7: Siloed Efforts and Collaboration Among STEM Equity Initiatives: An Organizational Network Analysis

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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Daniel Mackin Freeman, University of Washington; Emily Knaphus-Soran, University of Washington; Pauline Charlotte Dott, University of Washington

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academic and/or social support for students from groups racially/ethnicallyminoritized in higher education (both STEM and non-STEM). These include ethnic/culturalcenters, instructional centers, programs supporting undergraduate research, and other academicsupport programs for minoritized students university-wide. Community 2 comprises advisingoffices for STEM disciplines outside the College of Engineering, student organizations forminoritized students in non-engineering STEM disciplines, and some general undergraduateacademic support/tutoring programs. The three organizations in Community 2 that are mostcentral/tightly connected to the larger network are an office serving graduate students fromminoritized groups, a tutoring center serving the

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Technical Session 10 - Paper 3: Bridging the STEM Gender Gap through Women-focused Outreach

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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

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Isabel A Boyd, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Anne Skutnik, Tickle College of Engineering Academic and Student Affairs, University of Tennessee Knoxville ; Jalonda Nakay Thompson, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Marcel Brouwers, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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 about each of the fields of engineering, as well as connect with students and staff members in those departments.Throughout her high school’s 3 course STEM program, she was able to get hands‐on experience with CAD and using power tools, as well as experience developing a concept project to propose to the community.Another influential factor in her decision to pursue STEM comes from her father’s work as an electrical engineer. These influences led her to conduct this study to ensure more women have access to outreach programs and chose to pursue STEM careers. 4 Research Question and Objectives Research question: What influences more women

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Technical Session 7 - Paper 3: Forming and Fulfilling Expectations: Perspectives of Underrepresented Computer Science Doctoral Students

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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

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Vidushi Ojha, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Raul Enrique Platero, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Beleicia B Bullock, Stanford University

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minorities along the engineering pathway in the united states,” Cambridge Handbook of Engineering Education Research, pp. 311–334, 2014.[14] M. T. Nettles, “Success in doctoral programs: Experiences of minority and white students,” American Journal of Education, vol. 98, no. 4, pp. 494–522, 1990.[15] J. M. Cohoon, M. Nable, and P. Boucher, “Conflicted identities and sexism in computing graduate programs,” in 2011 Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), pp. S1H–1, IEEE, 2011.[16] L. J. Charleston, “A qualitative investigation of african americans’ decision to pursue computing science degrees: Implications for cultivating career choice and aspiration,” Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, vol. 5, no. 4, p. 222, 2012.[17

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Track 6: Technical Session 6: Stewardship of the Stories: Learning from Black Engineering Students' Lived Experiences

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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Tanya D Ennis, University of Colorado Boulder; Donna Auguste Ph.D., Auguste Research Group, LLC; Cynthia Hampton Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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research study examined the following research questions about Blackengineering students at a specific predominantly White university in the United States: “(1) Whatare the retention rates in the Engineering College for Black students, and how are they changingover time?; (2) How do interventions and programs figure in their navigating the university andtheir major?; (3) What aspects of student experience are related to students’ decisions to stay orleave?”[1]. The other authors of this paper (Auguste and Hampton) were members of the five-person research team for that study. All members of the research team conducted semi-structuredinterviews with the 24 current or formerly-enrolled Black engineering student participants

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Session 5 - Track 1: Introducing the C2West Framework for Analyzing Assets of Black Undergraduate Students in Engineering

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2023 Collaborative Network for Computing and Engineering Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Jessica Allison Manning, Clemson University; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Aimee Sayster; Catherine Mobley, Clemson University; Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University; Rebecca Brent, Education Designs, Inc

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. Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University Marisa K. Orr is an Assistant Professor in Engineering and Science Education with a joint appointment in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Clemson University. Her research interests include student persistence and pathways in engineering, gender equity, diversity, and academic policy. Dr. Orr is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award for her research on ”Empowering Students to be Adaptive Decision-Makers.”Dr. Rebecca Brent, Education Designs, Inc Rebecca Brent is President of Education Designs, Inc., a consulting firm located in Chapel Hill, N.C. She is a certified program evaluator and a faculty development consultant. Brent received her B.A. from Millsaps College in

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Track 4: Technical Session 3: Considerations for assessment, evaluation, and continuous improvement of a pre-college STEM summer program for promising Black high school students

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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Jesika Monet McDaniel, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Cynthia Hampton Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Kim Lester, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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areas for change” and initiate assessment of the impact of said changes [3]. Thisthematic finding by the authors resulted from a systematic literature review on the assessmentcycle of broadening participation in engineering and computer science. The authors additionallydiscuss the prevalence of various types of data, the types of findings communicated, focus onpre-college programming at predominantly white institutions (PWI), and focus on program-levelassessment.Program Theory and OverviewDISTINCTION offers an opportunity to explore engineering at a high-research university whilelearning about college life. Rising junior and senior high school students are split into fourgroups of 12-15 member cohorts, each with a distinct name, specific

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Technical Session 8 - Paper 2: PhD’ing While Black: Unpacking the Emotions of Navigating Engineering as a Black Student and the Implications for Mental Health

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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

Authors

Michael Lorenzo Greene, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Brooke Charae Coley, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Katreena Thomas, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Julia Machele Brisbane, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Debalina Maitra, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Jeremi S London, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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, cognitiveproblem-solving, decision-making and memory processes [9]. Social emotions, or emotionsrelated or directed towards other persons, have been found to directly impact how studentsengage with academic tasks [10]. This is exacerbated in traditional teacher-student situations aswell as peer-to-peer situations, which can ultimately cause these students to steer away fromacademic-centered interactions [10]. This type of disengagement could be paramount in thesocial and academic integration issues often found within Black engineering students. Emotionscan play an integral part in the experiences that Black graduate students will have navigatingengineering environments, especially amongst the racialized barriers that are faced.Racialized experiences for

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Track 6: Technical Session 3: Teaching Equity through Assets-Based Journaling: Using Community Cultural Wealth to Guide Student Reflections

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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Gabriella Coloyan Fleming, University of Texas at Austin; Jessica Deters, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Maya Denton, University of Oklahoma

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water resources engineering from the University of Texas at Austin (UT-Austin), and her PhD in STEM education from UT-Austin. Before graduate school, she worked for an industrial gas company in a variety of engineering roles. Her research in engineering and STEM education focuses on career pathways within engineering and issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Teaching Equity throughAssets-Based Journaling:Using Community Cultural Wealth to Guide Student Reflections Gabriella Coloyan Fleming, Jessica Deters, Maya Denton 1

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Technical Session: Transforming Engineering Education Is Possible! A Descriptive Case Study of Reimagining Engineering Education and Delivering a Wake Forest Engineering Student Experience Promoting Inclusion, Agency, Holistic Learning, and Success

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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Olga Pierrakos, Wake Forest University

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anexample, one of the first assignments in our first engineering class - EGR 111 (Introduction toEngineering Thinking and Practice) - was a personal statement of what each student hoped to dowith an engineering degree and where they envisioned they would be after graduation. This wasnot an easy assignment but one that we would give back to students on graduation day (nearly 4years later). Similar visioning assignments like an Independent Development Plan (IDP) wouldbe part of the curriculum too and would continue to be improved by the founding faculty team(e.g. Melissa Kenny, Kyle Luthy, Kyana Young, Courtney DiVittorio). Ethical Leadershipassignments and Career Readiness assignments in capstone design, etc. Figure 3: Some of the

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Track 1: Technical Session 4: S-STEM Partnerships Supporting Low-Income Engineering Students: A Descriptive Case Study

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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Walter C. Lee, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; David B Knight, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Sarah Rodriguez, Virginia Tech; Saundra Johnson Austin, Virginia Tech; Joseph Ronald Sturgess, Virginia Tech; Michelle D Klopfer, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Jacob R Grohs, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Amy Richardson, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Dustin Grote, Weber State University; James Nathaniel Newcomer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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resonated most from all of our leader, staff, and partner interviews were quotes similar to this one regarding [Name Removed]Preliminary Findings: Personal AgencyS-STEM Project Teams Noted the Importance of PI Experience“And this is the thing that frustrates me, and maybe you can, and I believe they actually did change it for S-STEM,but S-STEM always required a faculty member, a teaching faculty member, to be the PI. And I argued against thata lot when I was up at NSF, because I told them, I said, the average teaching faculty member does not know howto run student programs. You can't do that.”S-STEM Partners Noted the Importance of PI Institutional Role“Yeah, sure. So I think what sets our STEM apart from others is that we have an associate dean

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Technical Session 3 - Paper 1: For Us, By Us: Recommendations for Institutional Efforts to Enhance the Black Student Experience in Engineering

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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

Authors

Katreena Thomas, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Michael Lorenzo Greene, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Brooke Charae Coley, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Debalina Maitra, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Julia Machele Brisbane, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jeremi S London, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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students, would have negative repercussions for the individual’sperformance as well as the duration in which the students will be able to whether thatenvironment. This theory will help us to examine the level of compatibility as described byBlack graduate students and the academic environments they are successfully navigating. As the goal is to explore how institutions might better create spaces where Black studentsfeel their values and beliefs are espoused, person environment fit theory is used here tounderscore the need to utilize real experiences of those who have previously navigated thesehostile spaces to inform how these spaces can be climate controlled moving forward. In extantliterature, there has been documentation of coping

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Track 1: Technical Session 6: stEm PEER Academy: the Power of Human Capital

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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Jennifer Ocif Love, Northeastern University; Claire Duggan, Northeastern University; Elizabeth H. Blume, Northeastern University Engineering PLUS Alliance

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their potential engineering pathways [n=5]. Examples include “broader impact” efforts with research faculty, a calculus- ready program for high school students, neurodiversity, artificial intelligence in K- 12 teaching, and agriculture/STEM summer programs for girls.2. Projects that impact undergraduate students (scholarships, Summer Bridge programs, transfer bridge programs, wrap-around supports, persistence to graduation) [n=10]3. Projects that impact graduate students (scholarships, path to doctorate) [n=1]The second cohort (2023) was introduced to the Academy during Summer 2023through 6 half-days of similar presentations, breakouts & discussion. They werecharged with developing an Action Plan first, and then ultimately a

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Technical Session 9 - Paper 1: The New Normal: Student Perspectives on Supportive University Policies during COVID and Beyond

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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

Authors

Maimuna Begum Kali, Florida International University; Stephen Secules, Florida International University

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that the personal support from the successcoach was “simple, but it was powerful” [FGP41 Ad, Male].Other than the advisor, students talked about faculty being a close point of contact for manystudents. This matter is especially true for students who started during the pandemic; forthem, the faculty was the only representative from the university. However, FGPs mentionedfaculty only relate to students narrowly on their courses. FGP31 Ig, a transfer student whostarted school during spring 2020, shared an experience when she heard her uncle died duringa class. At that moment, she did not feel the faculty were approachable enough for her toshare the news; she also did not find any resources about how to deal with the unpleasantsituation. During

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Track 1: Technical Session 5: From De Facto To De Jure and Beyond. It's More Than Just Weather. What The "Chilly" Climate Really Feels Like for Black Doctoral Students in STEM

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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Dreama Heaven Rhodes, Arizona State University; Motahareh Darvishpour Ahandani, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus; Brooke Charae Coley, Arizona State University; Kerrie G Wilkins-Yel; Jennifer M Bekki, Arizona State University; Dailynne Major; Nicholas A Smith; Debalina Maitra, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus; Juan David Gutierrez, University of Massachusetts Boston

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students, with a particular focus on the experiences of international women of color. I am deeply committed to improving the well-being of underrepresented groups in STEM, as I personally identify with this mission. As part of my previous work, I had the privilege of co-authoring a paper presented at the 2023 ASEE conference titled ”It’s No Mystery, So It Must Be Intentional: How Institutions Fail to Support Black STEM Doctoral Students’ Mental Health.” I am an enthusiastic member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), and I remain dedicated to my field. If you’d like to get in touch or explore potential collaboration opportunities, feel free to reach out to me at mdarvis2@asu.edu.Dr. Brooke Charae

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Technical Session 13 - Paper 4: Promoting First-Semester Persistence of Engineering Majors with Design Experiences in General Chemistry Laboratory

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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

Authors

Corey Payne, University of Florida; Kent J. Crippen, University of Florida

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further study.Keywords: Undergraduate, Gender, Race/Ethnicity, EngineeringIntroductionIn an effort to address this issue of persistence for undergraduate students majoring inengineering and taking general chemistry, typically one of the pre-requisite courses taken duringthe first two-years on campus, we have developed a career-forward laboratory curriculum that isdesigned to support persistence. A career-forward curriculum targets the long-term goal ofpersistence—the personal capacity of students to continue towards an academic goal—byframing experiences with the content, context and specific skills of working in the target careerfield. Created as an extension of an earlier reform of the recitation component of chemistrycourses [1], this

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Technical Session 5 - Paper 5: The Impact of Prior Programming Experience on Computational Thinking in First-Year Engineering Experience.

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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

Authors

Noemi V Mendoza Diaz, Texas A&M University; Deborah A. Trytten, University of Oklahoma; Russ Meier, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Janie M Moore, Texas A&M University

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;T State University where she received a B.S. in Bio Environmental Engineering in 2006. She then began pursuing her graduate education at Purdue University in the Agricultural and Bi- ological Engineering Department, completing her Ph.D. in 2015. Her primary research areas include 1) social competence in engineering education and 2) innovate instructional strategies for Biological and Agricultural Engineering students. She is also a Member of the Engineering Education Faculty, Insti- tute for Engineering Education and Innovation, Food Science Graduate Faculty, and Multidisciplinary Engineering Graduate Faculty groups at Texas A&M University. American c