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This workshop equips participants with practical, research-based strategies to create inclusive classrooms in engineering courses. The culture of engineering education has proven to be a barrier to diversity in terms of its impact on student interest, motivation, sense of belonging, and persistence. One of the key reasons cited for students leaving STEM is the perception of a chilly climate, especially by those who are members of underrepresented groups. In 2016 The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at Rowan University received an NSF RED (Revolutionizing Engineering Departments) grant to transform the department culture by developing a collective intentionality for inclusion. A significant focus of this grant was to develop and integrate content and pedagogy into core civil engineering courses in the middle years of the curriculum. This workshop presents a model for inclusive pedagogy and curriculum which is based on critical pedagogy and research on engineering culture. The workshop provides practical examples of inclusive strategies that were used to transform our core courses. Participants will explore a variety of ways in which they can integrate inclusive pedagogy and content into their own engineering and computer science courses to create a learning environment in which all students can learn and thrive. This workshop is open to all engineering and computer science educators.

Speakers

1. Dr. Stephanie Farrell

   Rowan University

   Stephanie leads Rowan’s Revolutionizing Engineering Diversity organizational change initiative for radical change within Civil and Environmental Engineering, funded through NSF’s Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (RED) Program. She is on Rowan’s ADVANCE team for intersectional gender equity in STEM, and she leads ASEE’s national initiative to promote LGBTQ+ inclusion in engineering, funded by NSF.

2. Dr. Kauser Jahan P.E.

   Rowan University

   Kauser Jahan, is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rowan University. She received
   her B.S.C.E. from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, an MSCE from the
   University of Arkansas, Fayetteville and a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Her
   passion as an educator and mentor has been recognized by many professional organizations over the years. She is the recipient of the Gloucester County Women of Achievement Award, Lindback Foundation Teaching Award, the NJ ASCE Educator of the Year award, the Gary J. Hunter Excellence in Mentoring Award, the ASEE Environmental Engineering Division Meritorious Service Award, the ASEE Women in Engineering Division Sharon A. Keillor Award and the WEPAN Women in Engineering Initiative Award. She has been instrumental in establishing the Attracting Women into Engineering, the Engineers on Wheels and Engineering Clinics for Teachers programs at Rowan University. She has served as the Institutional Representative and Advisory Board Chair for the Women's Professional Network at Rowan University for six years and currently is an advisory board member of the New Jersey Chapter of the American Council on Education (ACE) Office of Women in Higher Education (OWHE). She received a
   Fulbright award in 2015.