2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

1. Dr. Denise Wilson http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2367-8602 University of Washington [biography]

   Denise Wilson is a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Washington, Seattle. Her research interests in engineering education focus on the role of self-efficacy, belonging, and other non-cognitive aspects of the student experience on engagement, success, and persistence and on effective methods for teaching global issues such as those pertaining to sustainability.

2. Rachel Roberts School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington [biography]

   Rachel completed her Bachelor’s degree at the University of Wyoming in International Studies and Spanish, spending a semester in Guatemala interviewing business owners and local residents in Antigua as part of a project to understand conflicts over the growing ecotourism industry. She has worked with the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences at the University of Washington on projects focusing on social acceptability of biofuels, engaging stakeholders in forest management issues, and surveys on public values of cultural ecosystem services.

3. Dr. Cheryl Allendoerfer University of Washington [biography]

   Dr. Allendoerfer is a Research Scientist in the College of Engineering at the University of Washington.

4. Ms. Mee Joo Kim University of Washington- Seattle [biography]

   MJ Kim is a Ph.D. student in Educational Leadership, Policy & Organizations Studies (Higher Education) at the University of Washington College of Education. She has been involved in a 5-institution, 5-year, NSF-funded project that investigated to understand the impact of belonging and other connections to community on academic engagement for undergraduates in science, math, and engineering (STEM). Broad range of activities related to the research questions at hand included data collection (surveys, interviews, focus groups, and classroom observations), analysis of the data(quantitative, qualitative, and mixed), assessment and revision of research design, data presentation, and supervising undergraduates who are involved in the research team. Her current research interest revolves around assessing institutional strategies to embrace global consciousness among undergraduate students majoring in STEM disciplines.

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