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Developing a Research Agenda for the Engineering Ambassador Community

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Location

Virtual On line

Publication Date

June 22, 2020

Start Date

June 22, 2020

End Date

June 26, 2021

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: K-12 Session 2

Tagged Topics

Diversity and NSF Grantees Poster Session

Page Count

5

DOI

10.18260/1-2--34419

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https://peer.asee.org/34419

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413

Paper Authors

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Stacey V. Freeman Boston University

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Dr. Stacey Freeman is the Director of National Outreach for the College of Engineering at Boston University. In this role, she is responsible for planning, developing, and implementing outreach and diversity programs and initiatives to promote Engineering and increase the K-12 pipeline for women and underrepresented minority students.

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Sandra Lina Rodegher Boston University

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Dr. Sandra Rodegher is the Manager for National Outreach Initiatives for the Office of Outreach and Diversity in Boston University's College of Engineering. In this role she seeks to develop mechanisms for engaging diverse populations and creating cultures of inclusion. She is also a Senior Sustainability Scientist and was previously a Senior Program Coordinator for Sustainability in Science Museums at Arizona State University (ASU). She holds a Ph.D. in Sustainability Science from ASU and an M.A. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from the University of New Haven

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Abstract

Many university engineering programs utilize undergraduate engineering students in outreach activities, to engage K-12 students. These pipeline programs are generally meant to excite K-12 students to consider careers in engineering. Cultivating undergraduate students to serve as near-peer mentors is a proven strategy for reaching underrepresented and underserved populations. Although these ambassador programs anecdotally benefit the K-12 students and schools they serve, no national model for evaluation exists. Further, many of the programs lack rigorous evaluation, so it is unknown whether these ambassador programs are, indeed, strengthening the engineering pipeline. Thus, this project, funded through an EAGER grant, seeks to bring together the ambassador program community nationally, to discuss their ambassador models, share best practices, and discuss evaluation and impact measures to understand the state of ambassador programs and determine future opportunities for research

Freeman, S. V., & Rodegher, S. L. (2020, June), Developing a Research Agenda for the Engineering Ambassador Community Paper presented at 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line . 10.18260/1-2--34419

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