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Nuestro Impacto: An Insider Look into the Connections between Our Past Experiences and Current Teaching and Mentoring Practices

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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 2

Tagged Division

Faculty Development Division (FDD)

Tagged Topic

Diversity

Page Count

26

DOI

10.18260/1-2--43744

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https://peer.asee.org/43744

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554

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Idalis Villanueva Alarcón University of Florida Orcid 16x16 orcid.org/0000-0002-8767-2576

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Dr. Villanueva Alarcón is an Associate Professor in the Engineering Education Department at the University of Florida. Her research areas of interest are hidden curriculum, multi-modal methods, mentoring, and professional development.

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Laura Melissa Cruz Castro University of Florida

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Dr. Laura Melissa Cruz Castro is an instructional assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Education at University of Florida.

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John Alexander Mendoza-Garcia University of Florida Orcid 16x16 orcid.org/0000-0002-4943-6222

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John Mendoza-Garcia is an Instructional Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering at the University of Florida. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University, and

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Diego Alvarado University of Florida

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Diego Alvarado is an Instructional Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at the University of Florida. He obtained his M.Eng. in Industrial Engineering from Texas A&M University and his B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Texas A&M University. His research interests involve engineering education research for video development to increase engagement and methods to teach artificial intelligence and machine learning in higher education.

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Lilianny Virguez University of Florida Orcid 16x16 orcid.org/0009-0007-1672-3907

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Lilianny Virguez is a Instructional Assistant Professor at the Engineering Education Department at University of Florida. She holds a Masters' degree in Management Systems Engineering and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech. She has work e

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Abstract

This full research paper discusses the experiences of five Latiné/x faculty in engineering and what motivated them towards developing equity-minded educational practices for their undergraduate students. The five faculty participants provided written reflections on how their life and professional experiences have informed said practices. From a social constructionism paradigm and using narrative inquiry methodology, a combination of in vivo and descriptive coding (first cycle) followed by emergent and focused coding (second cycle) were used by the first three authors to generate a codebook. The theoretical frameworks of Community Cultural Wealth, LatCrit, and Hidden Curriculum guided the data analysis and interpretation process. Two layers of member-checking were conducted amongst the last two authors as well as additional Latiné/x faculty in engineering who were adjacent to this work and acknowledged at the end of the paper. From the analysis, four themes were identified: (a) Counter-storytelling, (b) Structural Determinism (c) Language Origins, and (d) Four Capitals of Community Cultural- Navigational, Aspirational, Social, Familial Capital. Two emerging themes identified were Arrebatos and Nepantla; and Hidden Curriculum. From the findings, a collective narrative was generated by weaving the stories and experiences of the authors. From the narrative, we conclude with recommendations for future faculty development programs as they consider faculties’ non-Monolithic backgrounds, cultures, languages, and experiences in engineering education. It is the hope of this paper that more consciousness is raised on nuestro impacto (our impact) in the practice of engineering education.

Villanueva Alarcón, I., & Cruz Castro, L. M., & Mendoza-Garcia, J. A., & Latorre-Navarro, E., & Alvarado, D., & Virguez, L. (2023, June), Nuestro Impacto: An Insider Look into the Connections between Our Past Experiences and Current Teaching and Mentoring Practices Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. 10.18260/1-2--43744

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