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Abstract | ||
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This Research Work in Progress Paper explores the identities of women engineers within the EPICS Program at Purdue University. This study builds on previous research on engineering cultures and identities in which women often have to minimize or alter feminine aspects of their identities in order to fit in and be perceived as competent. However, engineering service-learning contexts have an opportunity to provide an environment that challenges traditional engineering cultures, values, and identities with its focus on societal impact and integration of human-centered design processes. Furthermore, service-learning programs like EPICS and community-driven organizations like Engineers Without Borders (EWB) are typically more gender-balanced in contrast to significant underrepresentation of women in traditional disciplines like electrical and mechanical engineering. Empirical research is needed to determine the role of gender in such engineering contexts that may hinder or aid expressions of gender and identity. Using an ethnographic case study approach to examine video-recorded observations and in-depth interviews, we explore the social identities of three women engineers within the EPICS engineering service learning program. In this work-in-progress paper, we provide a brief summary of the literature related to engineering culture and identity, and describe the engineering service-learning context, methods and preliminary findings of the study, as well as directions for future research. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2018 | 10.1109/FIE.2018.8658478 | Frontiers in Education Conference |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
Service-learning,Diversity & Inclusion in Engineering | Social identity theory,Task analysis,Sociology,Engineering ethics,Societal impact of nanotechnology,Engineering education,Knowledge management,Cultural diversity,Knowledge engineering,Empirical research,Service-learning | Conference |
ISSN | Citations | PageRank |
0190-5848 | 0 | 0.34 |
References | Authors | |
0 | 4 | |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
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| Danielle Corple | 1 | 0 | 0.34 |
| Megan Kenny Feister | 2 | 0 | 0.34 |
| Zoltowski, C.B. | 3 | 18 | 7.11 |
| patrice m buzzanell | 4 | 2 | 1.93 |