Shaping the Engineering Leadership Research Agenda: Results of a 2022 Special Session

Brian J. Novoselich; Meg Handley; Meagan R. Kendall

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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: Joint Technical Session: Engineering Leadership Development Division and Engineering Management Division
Tagged Divisions: Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD) and Engineering Management Division (EMD)
Page Count: 12
DOI: 10.18260/1-2--44211
Permanent URL: https://sftp.asee.org/44211
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Brian J. Novoselich United States Military Academy

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Brian Novoselich is an active duty Army Colonel currently serving as an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy (West Point) and the Director of Strategic Plans and Assessment. He earned his Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech in 2016 and a Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 2006. He is a licensed professional engineer in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Meg Handley Pennsylvania State University

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Meg Handley is an Associate Teaching professor and Director Undergraduate Programs for Engineering Leadership. Meg completed her PhD in Workforce Education at Penn State, where she focused on interpersonal behaviors and leadership for early-career engineers. She teaches engineering leadership and an engineering leader coaching course. Her research focuses on coaching skills, inclusive leadership, and career development.

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Meagan R. Kendall University of Texas, El Paso orcid.org/0000-0002-9940-4405

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An Associate Professor at The University of Texas at El Paso, Dr. Meagan R. Kendall is a founding member of the Department of Engineering Education and Leadership. With a background in both engineering education and design thinking, her research focuses on how Latinx students develop an identity as an engineer, methods for enhancing student motivation, approaches for faculty leadership development, and methods for involving students in curriculum development and teaching through Peer Designed Instruction.

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Engineering leadership (EL) research publication has seen significant growth coinciding with the ever-increasing recognition that leadership development is an essential component of undergraduate engineering student development. To support the continued growth of this nascent field, reflection on the past research history combined with recognition of current and future challenges is vital to developing a relevant research agenda. Such a research agenda may inform future growth by meeting intellectual demand with relevant insights informed by prior work. An end-goal of the EL research enterprise is strengthening the field’s impact on the EL community and the engineering education field more broadly. A substantial portion of the research on EL is published through the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). In particular, EL thought leaders often publish through a division focused on supporting EL education, educators, and researchers, the Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD). The purpose of this paper is to report the results of the 2022 ASEE LEAD special session entitled Imagining the Research Agenda for ASEE LEAD. This special session was hosted by LEAD and brought together a diverse group of thought leaders from the EL community to provide an interactive opportunity to imagine the future of ASEE LEAD’s research agenda. To identify the current state of the ASEE LEAD research agenda, the session considered the recently published book New Directions for Student Leadership: No. 173. Student leadership development in engineering and a review paper of all articles related to leadership published at the ASEE annual conference between 1996 and 2021. Interactive small group design activities built on this foundational knowledge to imagine future directions for the Division’s research agenda over the next 5-10 years. Following the session, a thematic analysis of session artifacts helped synthesize a set of priorities for the Division’s research agenda. All artifacts were digitized and then independently analyzed by two of the session facilitators to independently identify themes across the artifacts. The facilitators then convened to adjudicate discrepancies until a common set of themes emerged. These results informed the ASEE LEAD executive committee’s path forward and formulation of the 2023 ASEE LEAD call for papers. For EL researchers, this paper provides insights into relevant research topics that may be considered in the coming years. For EL educators and practitioners, this paper frames the current state of the community’s knowledge gaps and provides insights into the discipline’s future directions.

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Novoselich, B. J., & Handley, M., & Kendall, M. R. (2023, June), Shaping the Engineering Leadership Research Agenda: Results of a 2022 Special Session Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. 10.18260/1-2--44211

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AB - Engineering leadership (EL) research publication has seen significant growth coinciding with the ever-increasing recognition that leadership development is an essential component of undergraduate engineering student development. To support the continued growth of this nascent field, reflection on the past research history combined with recognition of current and future challenges is vital to developing a relevant research agenda. Such a research agenda may inform future growth by meeting intellectual demand with relevant insights informed by prior work. An end-goal of the EL research enterprise is strengthening the field’s impact on the EL community and the engineering education field more broadly. A substantial portion of the research on EL is published through the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). In particular, EL thought leaders often publish through a division focused on supporting EL education, educators, and researchers, the Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD).
The purpose of this paper is to report the results of the 2022 ASEE LEAD special session entitled Imagining the Research Agenda for ASEE LEAD. This special session was hosted by LEAD and brought together a diverse group of thought leaders from the EL community to provide an interactive opportunity to imagine the future of ASEE LEAD’s research agenda. To identify the current state of the ASEE LEAD research agenda, the session considered the recently published book New Directions for Student Leadership: No. 173. Student leadership development in engineering and a review paper of all articles related to leadership published at the ASEE annual conference between 1996 and 2021. Interactive small group design activities built on this foundational knowledge to imagine future directions for the Division’s research agenda over the next 5-10 years. Following the session, a thematic analysis of session artifacts helped synthesize a set of priorities for the Division’s research agenda. All artifacts were digitized and then independently analyzed by two of the session facilitators to independently identify themes across the artifacts. The facilitators then convened to adjudicate discrepancies until a common set of themes emerged. These results informed the ASEE LEAD executive committee’s path forward and formulation of the 2023 ASEE LEAD call for papers. For EL researchers, this paper provides insights into relevant research topics that may be considered in the coming years. For EL educators and practitioners, this paper frames the current state of the community’s knowledge gaps and provides insights into the discipline’s future directions.

AU - Brian J. Novoselich
AU - Meg Handley
AU - Meagan R. Kendall
CY - Baltimore , Maryland
DA - 2023/06/25
PB - ASEE Conferences
TI - Shaping the Engineering Leadership Research Agenda: Results of a 2022 Special Session
UR - https://sftp.asee.org/44211
DO - 10.18260/1-2--44211
ER -