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2. Outreach Projects to Broaden STEM Participation: Designed by Undergraduate Students at an Aerospace Engineering REU Site.
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Ahn, Benjamin and Reber, MacKenzie Ann
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AEROSPACE engineering study & teaching , *ENGINEERING students , *STUDENT participation , *DATA analysis , *STEM education - Abstract
This paper presents information about outreach projects completed by 13 students in a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program offered in an aerospace engineering department at a U.S. midwestern university during summer 2021. The outreach project was a component of the REU program. This paper provides a detailed description of the outreach project goals and procedures and explores the project's impact on the students. Anonymous responses to openended questions show the positive impact the projects had on the students, including the satisfaction they received from designing and completing the projects from start to finish and potentially helping to broaden the participation of underrepresented students in STEM. Using an open-coding data analysis method, four themes based on student responses were identified. These themes include students' positive response towards the outreach project, their increased understanding of others' diverse walks of life, feeling uncomfortable in unfamiliar situations, and gaining more confidence in pursuing their chosen degree. The paper concludes by presenting recommendations for other engineering REU sites considering similar outreach projects for their students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
3. Negotiating boundaries: an intersectional collaboration to advance women academics in engineering.
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Carrigan, Coleen, Tanguay, Saejin Kwak, Yen, Joyce, Ivy, Julie Simmons, Margherio, Cara, Horner-Devine, M. Claire, Riskin, Eve A., and Grant, Christine S.
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WOMEN engineers , *POWER (Social sciences) , *PROFESSIONAL identity , *SELF , *GROUP identity - Abstract
This paper draws on data from the National Science Foundation (NSF) ADVANCE-funded LATTICE program (Launching Academics on the Tenure-Track: an Intentional Community in Engineering) to examine how a diverse group of women worked across social and professional identities to support early-career women in academic engineering. We used ethnography to elucidate the social dynamics and power relations involved in forming a coherent group identity for the LATTICE leadership team, and the boundaries we negotiated in running the LATTICE program. We identify the processes and behaviors through which we made boundaries between members salient yet porous to build a coherent community across various dimensions of difference. We offer three actionable strategies that impact change agents' engagement and the group's coherence across multiple dimensions of difference: (1) intentionally creating a socio-emotional culture in our group, one that spans across group members' personal and professional identities; (2) validating other group members' perspectives, and (3) striving to build consensus using storytelling. These strategies of the LATTICE leadership team provide guidelines for others who work across intersecting dimensions of difference. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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4. Development of a High School Engineering Pathways Program (Work in Progress, Diversity).
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Hill, Rick and Garraway, Jocelyn Maria Bennett
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ENGINEERING education , *ENGINEERING students , *HIGH school students , *INNOVATIONS in higher education , *EDUCATIONAL attainment - Abstract
This paper describes the development of an engineering pathways program for underserved high school students. The innovating Detroit's Robotics Agile Workforce (iDRAW) program is administered by the University of Detroit Mercy and is in its third year of working with two local high schools. The students are predominantly low-income and from populations historically underrepresented in STEM. The goal of the program is to increase interest in STEM-related careers while reducing barriers to entering such fields. The program aims to provide on-ramps to a range of careers across disciplines (mechanical, electrical, software, etc.) requiring different levels of educational attainment (4-yr university, 2-yr college, apprenticeships, etc.). In the first two years of the program, there were 97 qualifying graduates with nearly half going on to study a STEM discipline in college and over a quarter choosing to major in engineering or computer science at a 4-year university. Of the qualifying graduates, 55% were Latinx, 5% were Black, and 37% were Arab American. Preliminary data shows the program correlated with a modest increase in STEM career interest and students perceived the program to help them prepare for their future, though the program might not have had a positive impact on student self-efficacy in STEM. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
5. pH empowered: community participation in culturally responsive computing education.
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Lachney, Michael, Eglash, Ron, Bennett, Audrey, Babbitt, William, Foy, Lakisha, Drazin, Matt, and Rich, Kathryn M.
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COMMUNITY involvement , *STEM education , *ENTREPRENEURSHIP , *RACISM , *PROFESSIONAL education - Abstract
Culturally responsive computing (CRC) frames the localized knowledges and practices of Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities as assets for working toward racial justice in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). A key part of CRC is the role that local communities play in designing and/or implementing curricula and technologies. Yet, there is a dearth of research on collaborating with local knowledge experts and what they think about CRC. In response, this paper details a two-year long research project on the design and implementation of one CRC program called pH Empowered. pH Empowered uses computing to bridge Black hairstyling, chemistry, and entrepreneurship. Through a mixed-methods study of one pH Empowered professional development workshop, we show how cosmetologists, urban farmers, and librarians had diverse perspectives about how to be culturally responsive with STEM and the racial justice goal of broadening participation in STEM education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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