Bahnson, M., & Hope, E., & Satterfield, D., & Alexander, A., & Briggs, A., & Allam, L., & Kirn, A. (2022, August), Students’ Experiences of Discrimination in Engineering Doctoral Education  Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--41006

\bibitem{asee_peer_41006}
  Bahnson, M., \& Hope, E., \& Satterfield, D., \& Alexander, A., \& Briggs, A., \& Allam, L., \& Kirn, A. (2022, August), \emph{Students’ Experiences of Discrimination in Engineering Doctoral Education}
  Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Minneapolis, MN.
  10.18260/1-2--41006

Matthew Bahnson, Elan Hope, Derrick Satterfield, Anitra Alexander, Alexis Briggs, Laila Allam, and Adam Kirn.  "Students’ Experiences of Discrimination in Engineering Doctoral Education".  2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, 2022, August.  ASEE Conferences, 2022.  https://peer.asee.org/41006 Internet.  19 Apr, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_41006}
  Matthew Bahnson, Elan Hope, Derrick Satterfield, Anitra Alexander, Alexis Briggs, Laila Allam, and Adam Kirn.
  "Students’ Experiences of Discrimination in Engineering Doctoral Education".
  \emph{2022 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, 2022, August}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2022.
  https://peer.asee.org/41006 Internet.  19 Apr, 2024

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AB  - In this research paper we describe findings from a national quantitative survey of discrimination experiences in engineering graduate education. Previous qualitative research demonstrates experiences of gender and race-based discrimination in engineering graduate education. Women and men from marginalized racial backgrounds experience discrimination and unfair treatment from advisors, peers, and faculty during graduate education and research. Similarly, women experience gender-based discrimination throughout their graduate education from faculty and peers in classrooms, labs, and other education spaces. However, the prevalence of these experiences has not been well documented. In this paper, we report the frequency of discrimination and unfair treatment in graduate engineering education, and those rates by race/ethnicity and gender. We conducted a national survey of engineering graduate programs stratified by discipline, state, program size, and university size. The resulting sample included 913 engineering doctoral students from 113 universities representing 23 engineering disciplines. The descriptive statistics from this survey provide evidence of the types, frequency, and pervasive nature of academic mistreatment and discrimination in engineering graduate education. Participants responded to nine items about unfair treatment and completed the Discrimination in Engineering Graduate Engineering (DEGrE) scale, a measure of bias and discrimination experienced by engineering graduate students. The DEGrE scale includes 25 items across six constructs. Nineteen percent of participants experienced unfair treatment during their doctoral education. In addition, the responses to the DEGrE scale show students observe and experience discrimination against women as well as students from marginalized racial and ethnic groups from advisors, faculty, and peers in classrooms, labs, and other education environments. More than 14% of students from with marginalized racial and ethnic backgrounds agreed that racism has caused them to consider leaving engineering. Similarly, 36% of women agreed that peers try to exert authority over them because of their gender. The prevalence of racism and sexism from this national survey highlight the necessity of addressing inequality within engineering doctoral education. This paper sets a foundation for continued research assessing progress towards equity and justice in engineering graduate programs.
AU  - Matthew Bahnson
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AU  - Alexis Briggs
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AU  - Adam Kirn
CY  - Minneapolis, MN
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