Garcia, J., & Elaouinate, M., & Bond-Trittipo, B., & Secules, S. (2023, February), Comparing the Narratives of Two LGBTQ+ Undergraduate Engineering Students at a Hispanic Serving Institution   Paper presented at 2023 Collaborative Network for Computing and Engineering Diversity (CoNECD), New Orleans , Louisiana. 10.18260/1-2--44787

\bibitem{asee_peer_44787}
  Garcia, J., \& Elaouinate, M., \& Bond-Trittipo, B., \& Secules, S. (2023, February), \emph{Comparing the Narratives of Two LGBTQ+ Undergraduate Engineering Students at a Hispanic Serving Institution }
  Paper presented at 2023 Collaborative Network for Computing and Engineering Diversity (CoNECD), New Orleans , Louisiana.
  10.18260/1-2--44787

J Garcia, Malak Elaouinate, Bailey Bond-Trittipo, and Stephen Secules.  "Comparing the Narratives of Two LGBTQ+ Undergraduate Engineering Students at a Hispanic Serving Institution ".  2023 Collaborative Network for Computing and Engineering Diversity (CoNECD), New Orleans , Louisiana, 2023, February.  ASEE Conferences, 2023.  https://peer.asee.org/44787 Internet.  24 Jun, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_44787}
  J Garcia, Malak Elaouinate, Bailey Bond-Trittipo, and Stephen Secules.
  "Comparing the Narratives of Two LGBTQ+ Undergraduate Engineering Students at a Hispanic Serving Institution ".
  \emph{2023 Collaborative Network for Computing and Engineering Diversity (CoNECD), New Orleans , Louisiana, 2023, February}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2023.
  https://peer.asee.org/44787 Internet.  24 Jun, 2024

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title = "Comparing the Narratives of Two LGBTQ+ Undergraduate Engineering Students at a Hispanic Serving Institution "
booktitle = "2023 Collaborative Network for Computing and Engineering Diversity (CoNECD)"
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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - Prior scholarship indicates that the masculine, heteronormative culture of engineering leads to experiences of marginalization for LGBTQ+ students in undergraduate engineering programs. However, the ways in which LGBTQ+ students navigate the culture of undergraduate engineering programs within the context of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) is a topic that remains underexplored. This lack of research motivated our study, which seeks to better understand the experiences of LGBTQ+ undergraduate engineering students in the context of an HSI. We conducted in-depth, semi-structured interviews with seven undergraduate engineering students at Florida International University (FIU), a large HSI located in Miami, Florida. Our narrative analysis focused on two contrasting participants’ identity development, experiences as an engineering student, and perspectives on how they could be better supported by the institution.  

 

Participants shared that they experienced feelings of isolation in their engineering programs. Furthermore, participants expressed that they believed the culture of engineering at the university is largely influenced by masculinity, and they felt pressure to keep to themselves or behave in ways that are inauthentic to who they are in order to fit into this dominant culture. Participants suggested that the institution could better support LGBTQ+ student inclusion by providing resources and space for LGBTQ+ student organizations. Findings from this study provide preliminary insight into how LGBTQ+ students experience the culture of undergraduate engineering programs at HSIs and spotlight student recommendations about how to strengthen institutional support for engineering students with marginalized identities, which can be utilized to inform policy and practice in engineering colleges. 
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CY  - New Orleans , Louisiana
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TI  - Comparing the Narratives of Two LGBTQ+ Undergraduate Engineering Students at a Hispanic Serving Institution 
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