Ivonne Santiago Dr. Ivonne Santiago is an Associate Professor in the Civil Engineering (CE) Department at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). Dr. Santiago has a combined experience of over 25 years in the areas of water quality, water treatment and wastewater treatment in Puerto Rico (PR), New Mexico and Texas. Dr. Santiago

Rachelle Reisberg We want to thank Dr. Rachelle Reisberg for her dedication and commitment as a CDEI volunteer. She's been an active member and valued leader, championing our conference planning efforts for several years. After her professional role recently changed, she decided to roll off the commission, and her tremendous leadership will be sorely missed.

After a great deal of deliberation, the evaluation committee for the Best DEI Paper for the 2023 ASEE Conference determined that the paper nominated by the Chemical Engineering division, “Designing and Implementing a Workshop on the Intersection between Social Justice and Engineering,” by K. Chintam, A. Prybutok, and colleagues at Northwestern University inched above the rest as a clear, adaptable model for action and potential impact by ASEE colleagues.

Note: This blog post was written before the recent Supreme Court rulings striking down Affirmative Action. While I don’t comment on these rulings directly, the discussion of merit and meritocracy in this blog post intersects with the broader discourse surrounding these rulings. When I was in high school, grade point average (GPA) and standardized tests

Join the #BeACatalyst Movement! Conference Catalysts facilitate belonging, elevate marginalized voices, empower emerging leaders/scholars, launch new collaborations, and expand networks. Will you #BeACatalyst during the American Society for Engineering Education annual conference? How to #BeACatalyst Connect (in-real time) newer conference attendees, members, and burgeoning scholars to someone relevant to their professional interests. Elevate someone else’s

Dr. Christopher Carr Dr. Christopher Carr, Ed.D. is the Associate Dean for Diversity, Outreach, and Inclusive Learning in the College of Engineering and Computing at George Mason University. Dr. Carr is a leadership and policy wonk in the areas of diversity, education, and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). His unwavering support in the work

May 5, 2023, was the National Day of Action on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit People including the LGBTQQIA people. As Teaching Chair focused on weaving Indigenous knowledge and perspectives into Engineering Education, it was important to me to write an acknowledgement of this day and its importance to me as an Engineer,

Divisions connect members by professional interests. Commissions connect all of ASEE in service of ASEE priorities. American Society for Engineering Education consists of 55* member divisions. While only 1 division focuses on pre-college, and 3 divisions focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion, ASEE wants all divisions to strive to advance DEI and pre-college engineering education.

Dr. Prasad Venugopal Prasad Venugopal is an Associate Professor of Physics and Affiliate Faculty in African American Studies (AAS) at the University of Detroit Mercy. In addition to teaching courses in Physics and Astronomy, he has developed and teaches a course for the AAS program - Science, Technology & Race - as part of the

By Dr. Sarah Appelhans “Higher education fosters the development of individuals capable of leading fulfilling and responsible lives and who have a reflexive grasp of what is in the best interest of themselves, their families, their communities, and their society” (Taylor et al. 2003) What would it look like to give students more agency over