2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

1. Kristen Ferris http://orcid.org/https://0000-0002-9967-8633 University of New Mexico [biography]

   doctoral student in the Organization, Information, and Learning Sciences program at the University of New Mexico. Her research focuses on mindset changes, Organizational Citizenship Behavior, and arts-based practices in STEM higher education contexts. She explores how these concepts support diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice change efforts within Communities of Transformation.

2. Dr. Susannah C. Davis http://orcid.org/https://0000-0003-4610-8052 University of New Mexico [biography]

   Susannah C. Davis is a research assistant professor at the University of New Mexico. She holds a Ph.D. and M.Ed. from the University of Washington and a B.A. from Smith College. Her research explores how postsecondary institutions, their faculty, and thei

3. Dr. Vanessa Svihla http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4342-6178 University of New Mexico [biography]

   Dr. Vanessa Svihla is a Professor in Organization, Information & Learning Sciences and in Chemical & Biological Engineering at the University of New Mexico. Dr. Svihla received the National Academy of Education / Spencer Postdoctoral Scholarship and the NSF CAREER Award, which President Biden also recognized with a PECASE. Their scholarship has been recognized for its contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion by the American Society for Engineering Education and the Professional and Organizational Development Network. Dr. Svihla, a disabled and chronically-ill scholar, studies how people learn as they frame problems in power-laden systems and how these activities relate to identity, agency, creativity, equity, and organizational change.

4. Dr. Earl E Lee Arizona State University [biography]

   Earl E. Lee (they/them) is a Clinical Assistant Professor and Assistant Dean of Inclusive Excellence at the Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation at Arizona State University (ASU). Their research is at the intersection of science and technology studies, health equity, and education. The employ community-driven, imaginative approaches, like storytelling and speculative design, to challenge systemic injustices and build more inclusive futures in health and STEM, both locally and globally. Dr. Lee holds a PhD in Justice Studies from Arizona State University.

5. Katharine Getz Pennsylvania State University [biography]

   Katharine Getz is an incoming PhD student at Cornell University in Chemical and Bimolecular Engineering. Her research interests include supporting LGBTQIA+ individuals in engineering and how to use queer and feminist theory to reimagine what is possible in engineering education.

6. Cinthia Viviana Rojas Palacio Arizona State University [biography]

   Cinthia Viviana Rojas Palacio is a doctoral student and graduate research assistant at Arizona State University - Polytechnic Campus, pursuing a PhD in Engineering Education Systems and Design. She is a Control Engineer and MSc. in Engineering–Industrial Automation from Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Her main fields of research are engineering education, didactic strategies and dynamic control systems.

7. Dr. Nadia N. Kellam http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9327-1226 Arizona State University [biography]

   Nadia Kellam (she/they) is an Associate Professor of Engineering and the Associate Director for Research Excellence within The Polytechnic School of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. She is a faculty member in the Engineering Education Systems and Design PhD program. Dr. Kellam is an engineering education researcher and a mechanical engineer. Their research focuses on developing critical understandings of the culture of engineering education, with particular attention to the experiences of marginalized students, faculty, and change agents. They are especially interested in how speculative and arts-based practices can foster critical consciousness, challenge systemic inequities, and support more inclusive and transformative educational environments.

The full paper will be available to logged in and registered conference attendees once the conference starts on June 22, 2025, and to all visitors after the conference ends on June 25, 2025