Group Projects: Paving the Way for an Inclusive Culture in Engineering
By Wendy L. Hill, Ph.D. Director of the Hanson Center for Inclusive STEM Education and Rappolt Professor Emeritus of Neuroscience,...
When Anti-Blackness is Endemic to Society, Equitable Teaching Can Get You in (Serious) Trouble
by Ɔbenfo James Holly, Jr. Trouble On March 1, 2020, John Lewis spoke on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma...
Authentically Me, Authentically Engineering
By Bryce E. Hughes, Ph.D. Like many of our students, I grappled with several complex academic challenges while navigating my...
Challenging the meritocratic ideology in engineering education
Note: This blog post was written before the recent Supreme Court rulings striking down Affirmative Action. While I don’t comment...
A Female Indigeneer’s Perspective on MMIWG2S Awareness Day including 2SLGBTQQIA People
May 5, 2023, was the National Day of Action on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit People including the...
Cultivating Equitable Engineering Pathways with the Capabilities Approach
By Dr. Sarah Appelhans “Higher education fosters the development of individuals capable of leading fulfilling and responsible lives and who...
Applying a sociotechnical lens to first year engineering
W.E.B. Du Bois first outlined a notion of double-consciousness in 1903, more than 100 years ago. Why is it that...
What can I do about systemic racism as an engineering educator?
By Dr. Ashlee N. Ford Versypt What can I do about systemic racism as an engineering educator? This is the...
Prioritizing mental health and wellness in engineering
By Dr. Sarah Wilson Prioritizing mental health and wellness in engineering As faculty, most of us have quickly learned that...