Chandra, K., & Lewis, S., & Tripathy, S. T. (2023, June), Engaging Future Engineers through Active Participation in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging.  Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. 10.18260/1-2--43314

\bibitem{asee_peer_43314}
  Chandra, K., \& Lewis, S., \& Tripathy, S. T. (2023, June), \emph{Engaging Future Engineers through Active Participation in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging.}
  Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland.
  10.18260/1-2--43314

Kavitha Chandra, Sumudu Lewis, and Susan Thomson Tripathy.  "Engaging Future Engineers through Active Participation in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging.".  2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland, 2023, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2023.  https://peer.asee.org/43314 Internet.  27 May, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_43314}
  Kavitha Chandra, Sumudu Lewis, and Susan Thomson Tripathy.
  "Engaging Future Engineers through Active Participation in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging.".
  \emph{2023 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland, 2023, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2023.
  https://peer.asee.org/43314 Internet.  27 May, 2025

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - It is important for future engineers to understand themselves in relation to the many cultural influences they may encounter during their career, and to confront their own biases when interacting with colleagues whose cultural backgrounds are different from their own. This paper describes and evaluates a series of nine diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) workshops developed and implemented during the summer of 2022 for high school and entering first-year college students enrolled in the Research, Academics, and Mentoring Pathways (RAMP) six-week engineering summer bridge program at University of Massachusetts Lowell. The workshops incorporated activities designed to create an environment fostering respect, belonging, and acceptance to make teamwork more inclusive and effective.

Each workshop was based on collaborative learning and used a broad range of strategies to engage students as active participants in learning about diversity, equity, and inclusion within the context of teamwork. To develop the workshops, the facilitators aligned the activities with key themes from chapters in the book From Athletics to Engineering: 8 Ways to Support Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for All [1].

The summer bridge program was evaluated using quantitative and qualitative data collected throughout the program and upon its conclusion tracking students’ reactions and levels of engagement in each of the program components. This included a pre-survey, mid-semester survey, post-survey, and weekly journal prompts on Google Classroom. We also used the Universality-Diversity scale [2] to measure any pre-post changes in students’ attitudes towards diversity. With regard to the workshops, an analysis of student responses indicated a high level of satisfaction and sense of accomplishment. Students reported they enjoyed getting to know each other better and that the DEI activities were interactive, educational, and engaging.


AU  - Kavitha Chandra
AU  - Sumudu Lewis
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CY  - Baltimore , Maryland
DA  - 2023/06/25
PB  - ASEE Conferences
TI  - Engaging Future Engineers through Active Participation in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging.
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