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Work In Progress: Developing an Instrument to Measure Mentoring Experience’s Impact on Leadership Development among Engineering Graduate Student Mentors

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Conference

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Location

Minneapolis, MN

Publication Date

August 23, 2022

Start Date

June 26, 2022

End Date

June 29, 2022

Conference Session

LEAD Tech Session #2: Assessing and Evaluating Engineering Leadership Development.

Page Count

6

DOI

10.18260/1-2--41858

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https://peer.asee.org/41858

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256

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Zhen Zhao Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus

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Zhen Zhao is a Ph.D. student in The Polytechnic School at Arizona State University. His research interests include engineering student mentorship and leadership development, engineering research center education and diversity impact evaluation, and engine

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Adam Carberry Arizona State University

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Dr. Adam Carberry is an associate professor at Arizona State University in the Fulton Schools of Engineering, The Polytechnic School. He earned a B.S. in Materials Science Engineering from Alfred University, and received his M.S. and Ph.D., both from Tufts University, in Chemistry and Engineering Education respectively. His research investigates the development of new classroom innovations, assessment techniques, and identifying new ways to empirically understand how engineering students and educators learn. He currently serves as the Graduate Program Chair for the Engineering Education Systems and Design Ph.D. program. He is also the immediate past chair of the Research in Engineering Education Network (REEN) and a senior associate editor for the Journal of Engineering Education (JEE). Prior to joining ASU he was a graduate student research assistant at the Tufts’ Center for Engineering Education and Outreach.

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Samantha Brunhaver Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus

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Samantha Brunhaver is an Assistant Professor of Engineering in The Polytechnic School within the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. Dr. Brunhaver joined Arizona State after completing her M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. She also has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University. Dr. Brunhaver's research examines engineering student career decision-making, early-career engineering work experiences, engineering mindsets, and faculty development. She also conducts studies of new engineering pedagogy to improve student engagement and understanding.

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Jennifer Chandler Arizona State University

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Abstract

Engineering graduates are reported to lack leadership and other professional skills entering the industry, which resulted in them spending much working time to advance these professional skills. Engineering educators have called for alternative ways to groom leadership understanding and competencies among engineering students, without further squeezing the already dense engineering curriculum. Studies show that mentoring experience in engineering research settings has the potential to develop leadership among mentors. However, the resulting impact and what part of the leadership is developed based on this impact are still unknown.

An earlier exploratory qualitative study conducted by the authors revealed that serving as mentors provided opportunities and experiences for engineering graduate student to both broaden their understanding of leadership and practice and advance their leadership skills. A subsequent quantitative study is planned to conduct aims to answer the research questions of whether serving as an ERC summer program mentor does help engineering graduate students develop leadership understanding and skills. Engineering graduate students from NSF-funded engineering research centers (ERC) will be recruited to participate in the study, similar to the earlier qualitative. This paper proposes an instrument used in the subsequent quantitative study which will be built based on both existing instruments and authors’ prior qualitative study findings.

Zhao, Z., & Carberry, A., & Brunhaver, S., & Chandler, J. (2022, August), Work In Progress: Developing an Instrument to Measure Mentoring Experience’s Impact on Leadership Development among Engineering Graduate Student Mentors Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--41858

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