Show up and disrupt

To cross the picket line or join it: Facing engineering education's role in the socioeconomic exploitation of marginalized peoples to further a discipline

“…My decision to speak up about engineering education's role in the socioeconomic exploitation of marginalized peoples is in part preceded by Riley, Foster, and Karlin's (2020) January editorial, a call for members of the community to "show up" and spread awareness to others about how inequality exists in engineering education. The call began with a week of action during the week of February 23-39, 2020, called "Engineers Show Up," and encouraged the community to engage in dialogue that will result in changing cultures of oppression in engineering.…”

“…According to Riley et al (2020), the immense nature of inequality is daunting, making it even harder to change. However, broken into smaller, more manageable parts that we can challenge as a community, the impact is possible in small but meaningful steps.…”

“…Changing conference practices will take time. However, there is also power in community members simply reminding others of their individual positions right now to continue dialogue (Riley et al, ). In response to the 2018 strike, starting with the 2019 ASEE Conference, I began my talks by reminding attendees of this position.…”

How are Issues of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice Reflected in Engineering Societies’ Written Communications? A Review

“…Leydens and Lucena [37] define engineering for social justice as "engineering practices that strive to enhance human capabilities (ends) through an equitable distribution of opportunities and resources while reducing imposed risks and harms (means) among agentic citizens of a specific community or communities" (p.15). We approach our research from Riley's [49] perspective that "social justice is not so much a thing to be achieved, as it is a continuing process and an ongoing struggle" (p.1).…”

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity in Action: What Can Engineering Education Research Publications Do?

“…Published articles and guest editorials outline the issues at hand related to a lack of diversity in engineering (Pawley, 2019;Burt, 2020), and a lack of inclusivity in our educational practices (Cech, 2013). Other published editorials (e.g., Riley, Foster & Karlin, 2020) and presentations (Pawley, 2019;Benson, 2020) identify ways to take action, with the understanding that we are at a pivotal point in our societal discourse where listening and learning are no longer enough to move toward diversity, equity and inclusion. Those of us who are active in academic publishing in the EER community have a platform for bringing about social change through our respective roles as editors, authors and reviewers.…”