Boyd-Sinkler, K., & Hermundstad, A. L., & Artiles , M. S., & Phillips, C. M. L., & Lutz, B. D., & Lee, W. C. (2018, April), Student Conceptualizations about Diversity: "How Would You Describe the Diversity in Engineering at Your Institution?"  Paper presented at 2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference, Crystal City, Virginia. 10.18260/1-2--29580

\bibitem{asee_peer_29580}
  Boyd-Sinkler, K., \& Hermundstad, A. L., \& Artiles , M. S., \& Phillips, C. M. L., \& Lutz, B. D., \& Lee, W. C. (2018, April), \emph{Student Conceptualizations about Diversity: "How Would You Describe the Diversity in Engineering at Your Institution?"}
  Paper presented at 2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference, Crystal City, Virginia.
  10.18260/1-2--29580

Karis Boyd-Sinkler, Amy L. Hermundstad, Mayra S. Artiles , Canek Moises Luna Phillips, Benjamin David Lutz, and Walter C. Lee.  "Student Conceptualizations about Diversity: "How Would You Describe the Diversity in Engineering at Your Institution?"".  2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference, Crystal City, Virginia, 2018, April.  ASEE Conferences, 2018.  https://peer.asee.org/29580 Internet.  04 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_29580}
  Karis Boyd-Sinkler, Amy L. Hermundstad, Mayra S. Artiles , Canek Moises Luna Phillips, Benjamin David Lutz, and Walter C. Lee.
  "Student Conceptualizations about Diversity: "How Would You Describe the Diversity in Engineering at Your Institution?"".
  \emph{2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference, Crystal City, Virginia, 2018, April}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2018.
  https://peer.asee.org/29580 Internet.  04 Dec, 2024

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title = "Student Conceptualizations about Diversity: "How Would You Describe the Diversity in Engineering at Your Institution?""
booktitle = "2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference"
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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - As the field of engineering continuously suffers from a lack of diversity, it is widely accepted that the engineering education community continue focusing on broadening participation. However, similar consensus does not exist as it relates to measuring progress. We argue that this is partially due to the ambiguity of the word diversity. Because people have different conceptualizations of diversity, it can be expected that progress, and the extent of the problem, looks different to different people: what we consider “diverse enough” is a moving target. Accordingly, this paper examines the ways in which this target moves from person to person. To address this purpose, we interviewed undergraduate (n=19) and graduate students (n=22) majoring in engineering at a predominately white, mid-Atlantic institution, asking each to describe the current level of diversity in engineering at their institution. Grounded in social constructionism, we explore students’ rationale for determining the extent to which their shared environment is diverse. Our results highlight several themes related to conceptualizing diversity, and suggest that engineering students often use various environmental and social cues to reach similar and varied conclusions. 
AU  - Karis Boyd-Sinkler
AU  - Amy L. Hermundstad
AU  - Mayra S. Artiles 
AU  - Canek Moises Luna Phillips
AU  - Benjamin David Lutz
AU  - Walter C. Lee
CY  - Crystal City, Virginia
DA  - 2018/04/29
PB  - ASEE Conferences
TI  - Student Conceptualizations about Diversity: "How Would You Describe the Diversity in Engineering at Your Institution?"
UR  - https://peer.asee.org/29580
DO  - 10.18260/1-2--29580
ER  -