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Lessons Learned: Designing an Empathy Workshop for Engineering Faculty to Promote Equity-Focused Teaching

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Conference

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Location

Baltimore , Maryland

Publication Date

June 25, 2023

Start Date

June 25, 2023

End Date

June 28, 2023

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 3

Tagged Division

Faculty Development Division (FDD)

Tagged Topic

Diversity

Page Count

7

DOI

10.18260/1-2--43858

Permanent URL

https://peer.asee.org/43858

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143

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Linjue Wang University of Michigan

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Dr. Linjue (Jade) Wang is an instructional consultant at the Center of Research on Learning & Teaching in Engineering (CRLT-Engin) at the University of Michigan. She creates teaching & learning workshops, provides consultation, and leads programs to support faculty development for tenure track and lecturers in Michigan Engineering. She received a Ph.D. in Engineering Education and an M.S. in Industrial Systems Engineering from The Ohio State University. Her doctoral research focused on 1) how engineering students develop empathy during community-based learning (e.g., service-learning) and 2) how engineering educators can integrate empathy into their teaching. Before studying in the U.S., Linjue (Jade) earned her B.E. in Building Environment and Energy Engineering from the School of Architecture at Tsinghua University in China.

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Abstract

This paper shares lessons learned from designing and reflecting on an empathy workshop for engineering faculty. The workshop design is grounded in research that shows empathy is crucial to building positive faculty-student relationships inside and beyond class. This workshop will first introduce empathy as a vehicle to promote equity-focused teaching in engineering, and then engage faculty in role-playing scenarios, self-reflection, and discussions. Through those interactive activities, faculty will be encouraged to practice empathy skills in a low-stakes environment. The paper also captures the inner voice of the educational developer to reflect on the nuances of demonstrating empathy skills in workshop facilitation. This workshop is currently under development to deliver in Fall 2023 to meet the emerging needs of the college of engineering at [X university]. This paper will be presented in a lightning talk format to obtain feedback on the workshop design from the audience.

Wang, L. (2023, June), Lessons Learned: Designing an Empathy Workshop for Engineering Faculty to Promote Equity-Focused Teaching Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. 10.18260/1-2--43858

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