Motivating Factors for Choosing Engineering as Reported by Racial and Ethnic Minority Students
Author(s) -
Randa L. Shehab,
Susan Walden,
Emily Wellborn
Publication year - 2015
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.18260/p.24507
Subject(s) - ethnic group , social cognitive theory , career path , engineering education , set (abstract data type) , field (mathematics) , social psychology , psychology , cognition , path analysis (statistics) , sociology , computer science , engineering , mathematics , engineering management , neuroscience , anthropology , pure mathematics , programming language , machine learning
Dr. Randa L. Shehab is a professor and the Director of the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Oklahoma. She was recently appointed as Director of the Sooner Engineering Education Center dedicated to engineering education related initiatives and research focused on building diversity and enhancing the educational experience for all engineering students. Dr. Shehab teaches undergraduate and graduate level courses in ergonomics, work methods, experimental design, and statistical analysis. Her current research is with the Research Institute for STEM Education, a multi-disciplinary research group investigating factors related to equity and diversity in engineering student populations.
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