Conference Session

Faculty Track - Technical Session II

Collection

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

Authors

Nicole N. Aljoe, Northeastern University; Stacy Blake-Beard, Simmons College; Michele C. Deramo, Virginia Tech; Barbara J. Guthrie, Northeastern University; Kathleen Kenney, Northeastern University; Carol B. Muller, Stanford University; Jan Rinehart, Northeastern University; Rania Sanford, Stanford University; Shawna Vican, University of Delaware

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Faculty

lived experiences of faculty women ofcolor, including “surviving and thriving” strategies; 3) sessions on diversity research; 4) hands-on workshops focused on career development strategies; and 5) a screening of the documentary“Living Thinkers: An Autobiography of Black Women in the Ivory Tower” followed by a Q&Asession with the filmmaker. The conference was also designed to encourage networking andincluded a poster session, a breakout session where small groups brainstormed solutions to careerproblems, and an evening networking reception.The conference drew 181 attendees from more than 50 institutions across the US, includinguniversity faculty, administrators, post-doctoral fellows, and graduate students. While mostparticipants were from

Conference Session

Faculty Track - Technical Session V

Collection

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

Authors

Christine S. Grant, North Carolina State University; Barbara E. Smith, North Carolina State University; Julie Simmons Ivy, North Carolina State University; Jessica T. DeCuir-Gunby, North Carolina State University; Coleen Carrigan, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Saejin Kwak Tanguay, University of Washington

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Faculty

focus on Operations Research at Georgia Tech. She is President of the Health Systems Engineering Alliance (HSEA) Board of Directors. She is an active member of the Institute of Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS), Dr. Ivy served as the 2007 Chair (President) of the INFORMS Health Applications Society and is a past President for the INFORMS Minority Issues Forum. Her research interests are mathematical modeling of stochastic dynamic systems with emphasis on statistics and decision analysis as applied to health care, public health, and humanitarian logistics.Dr. Jessica T DeCuir-Gunby, NC State University Dr. Jessica T. DeCuir-Gunby is a Professor of Educational Psychology and University Faculty

Conference Session

Faculty Track - Technical Session IV

Collection

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

Authors

Autumn Marie Reed, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Nilanjan Banerjee, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Elsa D. Garcin, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Wayne G. Lutters, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Susan McDonough, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Christopher Murphy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Kevin Erling Omland, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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Faculty

, department chair, and a junior faculty member. Adding these additionalcharacters allows us theatrically to explore the power differentials between faculty, along withimplicit biases, and to illustrate just how complicated an unstructured process can become. At theconclusion of Act II, we again moderate a conversation guided by three questions: 1) How didthe individual reviews impact the dynamics of the group review?; 2) What is your impression ofthe overall dynamics of that meeting?; and 3) What are some suggestions for improving thisprocess? In the discussion, we again provide space for our colleagues to raise other questions andto take the lead on “unpacking” these skits. Our performances of this focused conversation haveresulted in enriching

Conference Session

Faculty Track - Technical Session I

Collection

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

Authors

Michelle Kay Bothwell, Oregon State University; Padma Akkaraju, Oregon State University; Joseph McGuire, Oregon State University; Thuy T. Tran, Oregon State University; Andrea Zigler, Oregon State University

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Diversity, Faculty

college fall 2018, including anintroduction to productive teaming skills through a collaborative game; use of productarcheology to help student explore ways in which products are gendered or racialized;exploration of cognitive bias and how it manifests in our personal and professional lives; acritical history of engineering; and exploration of team roles and the importance ofunderstanding one’s own personality and inclinations when participating on a team. In addition,two members of this subgroup are participating in a parallel effort supported through an NSFRevolutionizing Engineering Departments award: a Professional Learning Community (PLC).PLCs are collegial groups that provide educators across disciplines facilitated opportunities