Increasing Retention of Underrepresented Minority Students in Engineering: The Diversity Programs Office - Scholars Program (DPO-SP)

Abstract

is a Research Scientist in The Center for Engineering Education Research (CEER). She received her Ph.D. in Plant Biology from Purdue University. Her scholarly interests include: improvement of STEM teaching and learning processes in higher education, and institutional change strategies to address the problems and solutions of educational reforms considering the situational context of the participants involved in the reforms. She is involved in several research projects focusing on competenciesbased curriculum redesign and implementation aimed to integration across curricula; increasing the retention rate of early engineering students; providing opportunities for STEM graduate students to have mentored teaching experiences.

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