2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

This study considered the institutions of higher education that offer engineering education programs across the U.S. and the faculty profiles, as made available on their department and institutional websites. For this purpose, an online content analysis was conducted that considered eighteen (18) out of the twenty-four (24) U.S. institutions offering degree programs (M.S. and/or Ph.D.) and/or certifications in engineering education. The faculty information was found in the ‘Faculty’, ‘Directory’, ‘The People’ or ‘People’ section of the website, and their academic profiles were compiled. The focus of the study was to identify their terminal academic degree of the faculty members, their current tenure or non-tenure status, and their professional title within engineering education departments at U.S. institutions. It also identified which engineering disciplinary expertise among faculty was more prevalent in engineering education departments. This exploratory study has significant implications as it paints an initial landscape into the workforce composition of faculty members in the discipline of engineering education that could serve as a potential guide for engineering graduate students, postdocs, faculty, departments, or colleges who may want to include engineering education careers in their futures.