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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"Women in engineering."”.
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Epistemic Injustice Toward Women in Engineering
Women are underrepresented in engineering in the United States. To investigate this problem, engineering education research (EER) has examined possible hindrances to women pursuing an engineering degree and being retained in the field. One such hindrance is the barrier for women in the domain of …
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The Dynamics of Belonging Among Undergraduate Women in Engineering
Broadening participation in engineering has been a pressing focus of engineering education research for decades. Despite efforts to improve engineering access for historically underrepresented groups, progress has been slow. The National Academy of Engineering and other governmental and …
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Profiles of Persistence: A qualitative Study of undergraduate Women in Engineering
This study was designed to investigate a phenomenon, persistence of undergraduate women in their engineering majors, from a qualitative paradigm. Guided by the tenets of feminist and inclusive research, the assumption was made that all women, whether they persist or not in their engineering majors, …
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A unicorn's tale: Examining the experiences of Black women in engineering industry
<p>Black women have recently been identified as the most educated demographic in the United States, and yet they are grossly underrepresented in engineering. They comprise 6.4 % of the U.S. population and only 0.72 % of engineering industry. Meanwhile, engineers have been identified as the key to …
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Arab American women in engineering: How did their culture influence their achievement?
<p>This body of research examined the Arab American culture and its impact on women who studied the male-dominated major of engineering. Through a qualitative approach, women born and raised in an Arab American home unpacked their experiences since childhood that made them who they are today. The …
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The Triumvirate Woman: Reconceptualizing Academic Career Messages for African American Women in Engineering
… to understand the importance of access, equity, inclusion, and diversity in engineering by intentionally focusing on academic career messages for African American women who are tenured and tenure-track in engineering through the lens of Critical Race Theory, Black feminist thought, and …
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Cultural capital in urban communities as a pathway to engineering at a predominantly white institution: Narratives of African American women in engineering
The goal of this research study is to gain an understanding of the unique first year experiences of five minority women in pursuit of engineering degrees at a Predominantly White Institution (PWI). The three-essay dissertation examines two research questions specifically, 1) As African American …
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Women academics in engineering : reasons for commitment to the field
This study aims to investigate the reasons women in engineering academia provide for their continued presence in the field. A review of the literature shows that the underrepresentation of women in engineering is an issue of concern for policy makers in both public and private sectors. Engineering …
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Peer Mentoring Program Survivability: How Programs React When Bad Things Happen
Higher education is constantly changing. People who work to support students must keep up with those changes. One avenue of student support is peer mentoring programs. Peer mentoring programs are a low-cost option for supporting students, and there is a lot of research about how they are valuable …
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Entry to employment: choices made by qualified women civil engineers leaving higher education
… subject of this thesis is the career choice of final year women civil engineering students. Though a considerable body of general literature exists on women in the labour market, including women in engineering and women in construction, there is a lack of knowledge about women in civil …
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The Intersecting Perspective: African American Female Experiences with Faculty Mentoring in Undergraduate Engineering
The value of diversity in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fields has long been a leading topic of discussion among campus administrators and government officials. However, the number of African American women in STEM, and the engineering field in particular, has seen little …
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Women, Strategic Identity Management, and Persistence in College Engineering
In this dissertation, I researched factors the predicted women's likelihood of persistence in college engineering. Women are less likely to study engineering in college than men, and when they do, they are more likely to switch out to another major. As a male-dominated field, micro-aggressions and …
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The Effect of Generation on Retention of Women Engineers in Aerospace and Industry
<p>The purpose of this dissertation was to determine the nature and extent of differences between generational cohorts regarding the effect of family factors on retention of women in engineering, with an emphasis on women in the aerospace industry. While 6% of the aerospace workforce is made up of …
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Women engineers in Britain, 1945-2000
This thesis looks at the work of women engineers in the period 1945-2000. Its central focus is the impact gender had on the likelihood of a woman making such a career choice, on the training to become an engineer and on women's lived experiences in the work place. It discusses the impact of the …
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Change blindness and the relationship of college students with different majors
Change blindness is defined as a psychological phenomenon that occurs when a change in a visual stimulus goes unnoticed by the observer (Boundless, 2013). Change blindness can be any change in one's visual field and occurs due to the lack of attention or obstruction in one's visual field. A variety …
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The Career Goal-Setting Processes of Black Woman Engineering Majors
Despite widespread efforts to reduce inequities in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) job market, huge disparities remain for both African Americans and women in those sectors of employment. Extant literature affirms that Black women encounter various challenges when …
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All in a Day's Work: Women Engineering Students' Professional Development in a Living-Learning Community
The engineering profession requires engineers who have not only deep technical knowledge but also broad professional competencies necessary to address complex challenges that impact individuals and communities. While engineering students often develop necessary technical competencies during their …
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Culture matters: factors affecting the persistence of European American and Asian women in two U.S. engineering doctoral programs
Over 50% of the students enrolled in engineering doctoral programs in the U.S. are foreign nationals, with the majority of these students coming from Asian countries (primarily China, Korea, India, and Taiwan). The present study was designed to better understand the factors that affect the …
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Gender Bias in Engineering: Does More Contact with Female Engineers Reduce Bias?
… Contact Theory are tested to measure gender bias in engineering students, and to determine if contact with female engineers helps reduce gender bias. To assess this, two versions of a resume, one with a female's name and one with a male's name, were given to senior mechanical engineering students …
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The Evolution of Cypriot women in society and their increased participation in Civil Engineering
The initial objective of this research was to investigate the evolution in the participation and status of Cypriot women in Engineering Technology. In addition one of the aims was to demonstrate and account for the apparent differences in the employment conditions of female Engineers in comparison …
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