Pre-Conference Workshops
All preconference workshops are scheduled for Sunday February 20, with the first workshops beginning at 1:00pm. The cost to attend each workshop is $15.
For workshop registration, select Conference Registration and click on “Get Tickets and Build Schedule”. The list of workshops is there as part of the Sunday schedule.
Sunday, February 20
1:00 - 4:00 PM
Dr. Meagan Pollock
Speaker: Dr. Meagan Pollock
This workshop is for anyone engaged in instructional activities. Maximum attendance 30.
This workshop equips participants with a standards-aligned, strategy-driven leadership development model for equipping engineering students with skills to appreciate differences in the workplace and to collaborate and lead inclusively... Read More
Dr. April Dukes
Dr. Jacqueline El-Sayed
Speakers: Dr. April Dukes and Dr. Jacqueline El-Sayed
This workshop is for anyone engaged in instructional activities. No limit on attendance.
This session is designed to engage participants in considering their own instructional roles, and how identity, power, and positionality inform their practice, and impact student learning. Participants will also consider Tara Yosso’s work (Yosso, T. J., 2005), and in particular how to activate students’ cultural wealth in classrooms in their discipline. Key to the session will be the opportunity to put into practice their reflection and learning... Read More
Dr. Stephanie Adams
Dr. Holly Matusovich
Dr. Mayra S. Artiles
Dr. Juan Cruz
Speakers: Dr. Holly M. Matusovich, Dr. Mayra S. Artiles, Dr. Stephanie Adams, and Dr. Juan Cruz
This workshop is designed for all faculty who currently advise graduate students. Early career faculty are particularly encouraged to attend. Maximum attendance 30.
The strategies shared in this workshop stem from an NSF-funded project titled the Dissertation Institute. The Dissertation Institute is a one-week intervention for minority students in the final phases of the doctorate. During this intervention, students are given a series of talks and tools for succeeding in the doctoral pursuit as well as time to practice these skills, particularly those relevant to writing. Also, research is conducted on participants and their experiences in pursuing a doctorate... Read More
Dr. P.K. Imbrie
Dr. Teri Reed
Speakers: Dr. P.K. Imbrie and Dr. Teri Reed
No limit on attendance.
This workshop proposes to lead participants in understanding the relationship between diversity statements and convergent thinking; the general and unique characteristics of the organizational culture the applicant desires to enter; the expectations for different levels of leadership in the organizational culture; and finally, the development of rubrics for judging the strength of candidates’ diversity statements depending on the convergence culture and leadership position needed... Read More
2:00 - 4:00 PM
Dr. Lisa Benson
Dr. Rebecca Bates
Speakers: Dr. Lisa Benson, Dr. Rebecca Bates, Dr. Karin Jensen, Mia Ko, and Dr. Gary Lichtenstein
This workshop is for anyone who would like to improve their skills as a peer reviewer (and as a writer). Maximum attendance 30.
The workshop will lead participants through a discussion of the review process, how peer review can help build an equitable and inclusive scholarly community, and how they can contribute to the process. Through interactive discussions, small group activities, and individual reflection, participants will explore the role of peer review and how they fit into the process, quality criteria for scholarship in engineering education, equitable and inclusive practices when applying those criteria in the peer review process, and aspects of a high quality peer review... Read More