Free ticketed event
This workshop is a joint venture between the Mentoring Initiative at the Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering and the Pre-engineering Division at the School of Engineering from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Both institutions have been engaging in mentoring programs 1) to foster mentoring skills in engineering faculty, staff, and peers, interacting with pre-engineering programs and our first-year students; 2) to strengthen the scaffolding for rising high school juniors, seniors, and first-year college students related to academic socialization, start conversations around life projects, and nurturing a sense of belonging. Both institutions have worked with diversity-forward policies and forms of customized learning that have increased the need for a more formal mentoring system. The workshop will begin by providing participants with background information from both schools, followed by hands-on activities in which we will explore some of the mentoring strategies that we use in our ongoing workshops with faculty and peer mentors. The facilitators will provide worksheets, cards, and activities for the participants to engage in during the session. We hope that after the session, participants can use the tools in their own institutions.
Dr. Constanza Miranda is a multidisciplinary academic interested in the intersection between the creativity of design, the ethics of cultural anthropology, and the tech aspects of engineering. She is the Assistant Dean for undergraduate mentoring at the Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering in Baltimore and an associate teaching professor in BME. Before JHU, she was an assistant professor at PUC's Engineering's DILAB. She holds a Ph.D. in Design with a focus in anthropology from NC State University and was a Fulbright grantee. As an entrepreneur, a team player, and a researcher, her focus is on biomedical devices, engineering design ed & pre-engineering education.
Gabriela is the director of the pre-engineering division at the School of Engineering in Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. She has led several projects with pre-engineering programs such as the DILAB's Savia Lab initiative in rural communities all over Chile. She also works in programs that ensure diversity and inclusion at a selective institution like UC is met.