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Early Research Scholars Program at UIC Adjustments

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Conference

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Location

Minneapolis, MN

Publication Date

August 23, 2022

Start Date

June 26, 2022

End Date

June 29, 2022

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Page Count

5

DOI

10.18260/1-2--42095

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https://peer.asee.org/42095

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Renata Revelo The University of Illinois at Chicago

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Renata Revelo is a first-generation college student, migrated from Ecuador to the United States as a teenager with her parents and sister. She is the first in her family to obtain a Ph.D. She is currently a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Illinois, Chicago in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Her research focuses on shifting the culture of engineering via the study of engineering identity which centers students of color and examines systemic change.

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Joseph Hummel

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Abstract

In this poster, we provide an update to the adoption of the Early Research Scholars Program (ERSP), developed at the University of California San Diego, to our institution, the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). The program was designed to support retention of students from marginalized backgrounds in the field of computing especially during the second year of their major.

Currently, the project at UIC is in its third year of the grant, having served three cohorts of students since 2019. In this poster, we focus on discussing program adjustments to fit the 1 credit hour structure, as well as student impact in the three cohorts. The program has served majority women students and continues to strive for representation of minoritized students in the fields of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering.

We also share evaluation results from the first cohort, as well as results from the reflections collected starting with the second cohort. These reflections show the ways in which students are impacted by the program as well as areas of improvement.

Revelo, R., & Hummel, J. (2022, August), Early Research Scholars Program at UIC Adjustments Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--42095

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