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Exploring Nudging Approaches for Growing a Culture of Diversity and Inclusion with Engineering Faculty

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

15

DOI

10.18260/1-2--42018

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https://peer.asee.org/42018

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631

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Arianne Collopy University of Colorado Denver

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Dr. Arianne Collopy is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Colorado Denver in the College of Engineering, Design, and Computing. Dr. Collopy holds a doctorate in Design Science from the University of Michigan. Her research interests are the design and analysis of human and technical systems.

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Heather Johnson

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Katherine Goodman University of Colorado Denver

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Katherine Goodman is an assistant professor (teaching track) at the University of Colorado Denver. She serves as curriculum lead for Inworks, an interdisciplinary innovation lab within the College of Engineering, Design and Computing. Her research focuses on transformative experiences in
engineering education. She is the past division chair of the Technological and Engineering Literacy / Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE).

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Tom Altman

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Dr. Tom Altman – Professor
Tom Altman received his B.S. degrees in Computer Science and in Mathematics, and M.S. and Ph.D. (1984) in Computer Science, all from the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Altman specializes in optimization algorithms, formal language theory, and complex system simulation. He joined CU Denver in 1990 and became a full professor in 1997. Dr. Altman has published a book and over 90 journal, conference, and technical papers. He has been a recipient of numerous research awards, including ASCE Best Research Paper and USEPA Star Award. Professor Altman has been a PI or co-PI on over 20 external grants, including multiple ones from the NSF, DARPA, AFOSR, MDA, AFRL, Army and Navy.

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Maryam Darbeheshti University of Colorado Denver

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Dr. Maryam Darbeheshti is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Colorado Denver. Her research interests are in multiphase fluid flow, and Engineering Education.

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Kristin Wood University of Colorado Denver

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David Mays

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David Mays is a Professor at the University of Colorado Denver, where he teaches fluid mechanics, pipe network and sewer design, and hydrology (surface, vadose, and groundwater). As a nine-year-old boy, he filled sandbags to channel a river down State Street in his native Salt Lake City after the El Niño winter of 1982-1983. He earned his B.S. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1995, then taught high school through Teach for America and worked as a contractor at Los Alamos National Laboratory before earning his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of California Berkeley in 1999 and 2005, respectively. He has been at CU Denver since 2005, where he applies ideas from complex systems science to study flow in porous media, leads the graduate track in Hydrologic, Environmental, and Sustainability Engineering (HESE), leads the NSF-sponsored faculty learning community Engineering is Not Neutral: Transforming Instruction through Collaboration and Engagement (ENNTICE), and co-leads the NSF-sponsored certificate program Environmental Stewardship of Indigenous Lands (ESIL). He usually commutes from Park Hill to the Auraria Campus by bicycle.

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Abstract

We report on a program initiated at a public, urban, research university to promote institutional change in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices through a faculty learning community (FLC). The FLC is a three-year cohort of faculty in the College of Engineering, Design and Computing at the University of Colorado Denver with representation from each of the five departments, as well as faculty at multiple stages in their career (instructors, assistant, associate, and full professors in clinical, research, and tenure tracks). This cohort represents a broad sampling across the college, and provides a foundation for the FLC to influence, transform, and layer a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout the college.

Initial results from this project center on findings that address the research question: How can participation in an FLC nudge engineering faculty to adopt and personalize mindful reflection and DEI best practices? This paper includes initial findings from participant feedback, challenges, and successes from the first year, and a preliminary description of important elements of college culture as a preview of the kind of impacts that may be measured over the duration of the program.

Collopy, A., & Johnson, H., & Goodman, K., & Altman, T., & Darbeheshti, M., & Wood, K., & Mays, D. (2022, August), Exploring Nudging Approaches for Growing a Culture of Diversity and Inclusion with Engineering Faculty Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--42018

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