Tue. June 25, 2013 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Omni - Dogwood A, Omni CNN Center Hotel
Session Description
This session examines issues of culture, race, and gender in engineering.
Moderated by
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Dr. Sean Moseley and Dr. Tris Utschig
Papers Presented
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"You choose between TEAM A, good grades, and a girlfriend - you get to choose two!" - How a culture of exclusion is constructed and maintained in an engineering design competition team
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Ms. Cindy E Foor (University of Oklahoma), Dr. Susan E. Walden (University of Oklahoma), Dr. Deborah A. Trytten (University of Oklahoma), and Dr. Randa L. Shehab (University of Oklahoma)
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“Learning from small numbers” of underrepresented students’ stories: Discussing a method to learn about institutional structure through narrative
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Dr. Alice L. Pawley (Purdue University, West Lafayette)
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Gender Differences in the Long-Term Impacts of Project-Based Learning
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Prof. Richard F. Vaz (Worcester Polytechnic Institute), Ms. Paula Quinn (Quinn Evaluation Consulting), Prof. Arthur C Heinricher (Worcester Polytechnic Institute), and Prof. Kent J Rissmiller (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
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Science Literacy and Text Book Biases
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Dr. Gisele Ragusa (University of Southern California)