EESD Students, Affiliates & Alumni

PhD Student

Research Interests:

• Wellbeing and mental health in STEM, particularly among minoritized communities

• Experience of international graduate students in STEM

• Experience of gendered racism and xenophobia among international women of color in STEM

PhD Student

Research Interests: 

• Minorities and underrepresented groups in engineering education

• Project-based curriculum development focusing on cultural pedagogy

• Women in engineering education

• Diversity, equity, and inclusion strategies in engineering education

PhD Candidate

Research Interests: 

• Exploring culturally responsive education in STEM

• Participatory engineering

• Curricular design and instructional strategies for engineering education

• Perceptions of engineering in communities

PhD Student

Research Interests: 

• How AI and VR can revolutionize engineering education

PhD Student

Research Interests: 

• Engineering identity formation

• Latino/a/x and first-generation college student pathways through engineering

• Sense of belonging and persistence through engineering

• First-year engineering experience programs

PhD Student

Research Interests: 

• Increasing engineering graduate degree completion by minority populations

• Servingness for engineering students at Hispanic Serving Institutions

• Persistence in STEM and lifelong learning

• Learning engineering with an emphasis on STEM

PhD Student

Research Interests: 

• Natural language processing

• Person-centered methods

• Quantitative methods

PhD Student

Research Interests: 

• Experiences of Latino/x students with migrant farm working backgrounds in engineering spaces

PhD Candidate

Research Interests:

• Exploring barriers to quality international engineering education

• Theory to practice disconnect in engineering teaching and learning in Ethiopia

• Diversifying engineering education in Ethiopia, specifically gender diversity

PhD Student

• Pathways to success for graduate students with caregiving responsibilities

• Interdisciplinary education adn engineering identity formation

• Uncovering how law and policy influence STEM education at HSIs

PhD Student

Research Interests: 

• Investigating how virtual reality can be used to make STEM education more practical and accessible for high school students 

PhD Student

Research Interests: 

• Intersections between race, gender, and the systemic issues that influence the attrition of women and girls from engineering programs

PhD Student

Research Interests: 

• Defining and developing frameworks to improve education for future engineers

• Design-based learning methodologies

• Student experiences in undergraduate and graduate engineering education

PhD Student

Research Interests:

• Curricular and co-curricular experiences to broaden and enhance student perspectives

• Grand Challenge Scholars Program