Conference Session

Gender Track - Technical Session VI

Collection

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

Authors

Nancy K. Lape, Harvey Mudd College; Christopher Clark, Harvey Mudd College; Lori Bassman, Harvey Mudd College; Matthew Spencer, Harvey Mudd College; Angela Lee; R. Erik Spjut, Harvey Mudd College; Albert M. Dato, Harvey Mudd College; Laura Palucki Blake, Harvey Mudd College; TJ Tsai, Harvey Mudd College

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Diversity, Gender

primary role is to coordinate data collection, interpretation and dissemination to support teaching and learning, planning and decision-making across the college.Prof. TJ Tsai, Harvey Mudd College TJ Tsai completed his BS and MS in electrical engineering at Stanford University in 2006 and 2007. From 2008 to 2010, he worked at SoundHound, a startup that allows users to search for music by singing, humming, or playing a recorded track. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of California Berkeley in May 2016, and is now an assistant professor of engineering at Harvey Mudd College. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018Erasing a Gender Gap in Performance in a Multidisciplinary

Conference Session

Gender Track - Technical Session VII

Collection

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

Authors

Mayari I. Serrano, Purdue Polytechnic Institute; Suzanne Zurn-Birkhimer, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Rachel Ann Baker

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Diversity, Gender

? race/ethnicity), conference information, and motivation for attending a non-technical conference. Selection of awardees wasB. Data Collection and Assessment Instruments student level-blind (graduate or undergraduate), race/ethnicity- This study presents data collected during a span of two years, blind, and based on responses to three questions: (1) Pleasewith four collection periods: Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring indicate why you would like to attend the conference(s), (2)2017, and Fall 2017. For each collection period, participants Please indicate how you plan to fully utilize the conference(s)completed an application form, conference pre-survey, and

Conference Session

Gender Track - Technical Session I

Collection

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

Authors

Maya Rucks, Clemson University; Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University

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Diversity, Gender

similarities intheir views may be due to their experiences in mechanical engineering as opposed to theirexperiences in WISER or Clemson University. For this reason, we recruited five students with avariety of majors and ethnicities.Study DesignThis qualitative study consisted of one interview with three parts for each participant. Questionswere centered around the best and worst experiences the students have had thus far, availabilityand use of resources within and outside of WISER, feelings about being female in science andengineering fields, and future career plans. The interviews lasted for about 30 minutes each. Theinterviews were semi structured, which allowed for impromptu probing questions whennecessary.AnalysisAfter each interview had been

Conference Session

Gender Track - Technical Session VI

Collection

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

Authors

Lalita G. Oka, California State University, Fresno; Kimberly Stillmaker P.E., California State University, Fresno

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Diversity, Gender

comfortable reporting gender-related harassment and discrimination. 5. ConclusionsNationally, female enrollment in undergraduate engineering degree programs is increasin but isstill trailing behind many other disciplines that were formerly male dominated. A similar trend isobserved at Fresno State, but female engineering enrollment and female representation intenured/tenure track engineering faculty remain below the national averages. The authors have setforth a methodology by which they propose to assess the quantitative effect of female faculty onfemale engineering student enrollment, retention, and graduation, which is informed byobservations from gender-balanced and female-dominated departments at Fresno State.Furthermore, plans for a

Conference Session

Gender Track - Technical Session III

Collection

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

Authors

Tim John Weston, University of Colorado, Boulder; Wendy DuBow, National Center for Women & IT; Alexis Kaminsky, Kaminsky Consulting, LLC

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Diversity, Gender

college, regardless of major, although persisters perceived significantlymore support for computing than did non-persisters. Another important finding was that highschoolers’ responses to a single survey item about intent to persist predicted later persistencemoderately well. Seventy-two percent of those students who said in high school that they wereinterested in pursuing a CS or tech-related college major did so during college. Thus, we learnedthat for many girls, plans about future area of study remain relatively constant from high schoolto college. This finding has implications for improving how we evaluate interventions aimed athigh school women when longitudinal tracking is impractical. The SCCT-related findingssuggest which constructs are