Moriarty, M., & Howe, S., & Yasinski, E. R. (2013, June), Job Shadowing: Improving Interest and Persistence for Women in Engineering  Paper presented at 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia. 10.18260/1-2--19850

\bibitem{asee_peer_19850}
  Moriarty, M., \& Howe, S., \& Yasinski, E. R. (2013, June), \emph{Job Shadowing: Improving Interest and Persistence for Women in Engineering}
  Paper presented at 2013 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia.
  10.18260/1-2--19850

Mary Moriarty, Susannah Howe, and Elena Rose Yasinski.  "Job Shadowing: Improving Interest and Persistence for Women in Engineering".  2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia, 2013, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2013.  https://peer.asee.org/19850 Internet.  11 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_19850}
  Mary Moriarty, Susannah Howe, and Elena Rose Yasinski.
  "Job Shadowing: Improving Interest and Persistence for Women in Engineering".
  \emph{2013 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia, 2013, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2013.
  https://peer.asee.org/19850 Internet.  11 Dec, 2024

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AB  - Out of the Shadows: Improving Interest and Persistence for Women in EngineeringConsiderable research over the last twenty years has been devoted to uncovering thefactors that contribute to the underrepresentation of women in STEM disciplines. Interestin an occupation such as engineering is influenced by many factors including a belief inone’s ability to succeed (Correll, 2004; Eccles, 2006), role models and mentors (Duncan& Zeng, 2005), exposure to and knowledge of the profession, (Wyer, 2003; Parikh et al.2009), and perceptions about the gender-specific role of engineers (Brush, 1991).Reports and studies (AAUW, 2010, Sheppard et al., 2010; Lyon, 2009) have suggestedthat increased exposure to the engineering work world could be an effective method forimproving interest and persistence in engineering for women. Activities such as fieldtrips, co-ops/internships, and job shadowing all have been identified as mechanisms toprovide information about engineering professions.In 2011-2012 the XXX engineering program pilot tested a job shadow program forwomen undergraduate students with grant funding from the Engineering InformationFoundation. The overarching goal of the project was to create and test the effectivenessof job shadowing by undergraduate women engineering students as a means of improvinginterest and persistence in engineering. Shadow participants wrote reflective intereststatements, spent a day observing an engineering professional, and reported on theirexperiences at panel presentations. A mixed methods research plan was developed inorder to assess the impact of the job shadow program; data collection methods includedpre- and post- surveys, participant interest statements, participant reports, observations ofparticipant presentations, and participant interviews. Several key factors emerged fromthe qualitative and quantitative data analysis including a number of gender specificfindings. This paper will describe the shadow program and research methodologies andwill report the findings related to project impact and attitudes and concerns about being awomen in the engineering workplace.References:American Association of University Women (2010). Why So Few? Women in Science,      Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Washington, DC: AAUW.Brush, S. G. (1991). Women in science and engineering, American Scientist, 79, 404-419.Correll, S.J. (2004). Constraints into preferences: Gender, status, and emerging career        aspirations. American Sociological Review, 69(1), 93–113.Duncan, J. R., & Zeng, Y. (2005). Women: Support factors and persistence in      engineering. DigitalCommons@USU. Available from      http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/ncete_cstudies/2/.Eccles, J.S. ( 2006). Where are all the women? Gender differences in participation in        physical science and engineering. In S. J. Ceci & W. M. Williams (Eds.), Why        aren’t more women in science? 199–210. Washington, DC: American        Psychological Association.Lyon, Susan Catherine, (2009). Women in engineering: Tell me what you need to       succeed. Open Access Dissertations. Paper 69. Available from       http://scholarworks.umass.edu/open_access_dissertations/69.Parikh, S., Chen, H.L., Donaldson, D., & Sheppard, S. (2009). Does major matter? A        look at what motivates engineering students in different majors. In Proceedings        of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Austin,        TX.Sheppard, S., Gilmartin, S., Chen, H.L., Donaldson, K., Lichtenstein, G., Eris, O., Lande,      M., & Toye, G.(2010). Exploring the Engineering Student Experience: Findings      from the Academic Pathways of People Learning Engineering Survey (APPLES)      (TR-10-01). Seattle, WA: Center for the Advancement for Engineering Education.Wyer, M. (2003). Intending to stay: Images of scientists, attitudes toward women, and      gender as influences on persistence among science and engineering majors.      Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 9, 1-16.
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