Gender and Engineering Group

Our Research

D. Chachra, L. Stein, A. Sarang-Sieminski, C. Lynch, and Y. V. Zastavker, “An Interactive Exploration of Gender and Engineering: Unpacking the Experience,” 42nd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, October 2012

Y. V. Zastavker, D. Chachra, C. Lynch, A. L. Sarang-Sieminski, and L. A. Stein, “Gender Schemas, Privilege, Micro-messaging, and Engineering Education: Practical Lessons from Theory,” Proc. 2011 Annual ASEE Conference, June 2011

Kilgore D, Sheppard S, Atman CJ, Chachra D, "Motivation makes a difference, but is there a difference in motivation? What inspires women and men to study engineering?" Proc. 2011 Annual ASEE Conference, June 2011

Y. V. Zastavker, et al., “Women in Physics in the United States,” AIP Conf. Proc., 1119(1): 189-190, 2009

Chachra D, Chen HL, Kilgore D, Sheppard S "Outside the classroom: gender differences in extracurricular activities of engineering students and their impact on engineering." Frontiers in Education Conference, October 2009, San Antonio, TX.

Chachra D, Kilgore D, "Exploring gender and self-confidence in engineering students: a multi-method approach." Proceedings of the 2009 ASEE Annual Conference, June 2009, Austin, TX.

Y. V. Zastavker, E. H. Simmons, "The Third International Conference on Women in Physics: Lessons Learned," CSWP Gazette, The Newsletter of the Committee on the Status of Women in Physics of the American Physical Society, 28(1), Spring 2009

Y. V. Zastavker, P. Gueye, K. M. Mack, R. Ivie, E. H. Simmons, L. F. Santos, L. J. Martínez-Miranda, A. Bienenstock, J. C. Blickenstaff, K. R. Horton, A. J. MacLachlan, N. Berrah, B. K. Hartline, "Women in Physics in the United States: Reporting on Past and Looking at the Future," CSWP Gazette, The Newsletter of the Committee on the Status of Women in Physics of the American Physical Society, 28(1), Spring 2009

Y. V. Zastavker, “Guest Editorial: Stand by Me,” CSWP Gazette, The Newsletter of the Committee on the Status of Women in Physics of the American Physical Society, 28(1), Spring 2009

Y. V. Zastavker, D. Chachra, R. Christianson, A. L. Sieminski, “Success Story: Four Women, One Victory,” The Newsletter of the Committee on the Status of Women in Physics of the American Physical Society, 27(2), Fall 2008

Chachra D, Kilgore D, Loshbaugh H, McCain J, Chen H, "Being and becoming: gender and identity formation of engineering students." Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Annual Conference, June 2008, Pittsburgh, PA.

B. L. Whitten, B. K. Hartline, T. Daniels-Race, and Y. V. Zastavker, “What Can We Learn from International Women in Physics?  Report on the Second International Conference on Women in Physics,” SWE Magazine of the Society of Women Engineers, 52(1): 62-65, Winter 2006

Y. V. Zastavker, M. Ong, and L. Page, “Women in Engineering: Exploring the Effects of Project-Based Learning in a First-Year Undergraduate Engineering Program,” Proc. 36th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, October 2006

K. S. Budil, K. E. Daniels, T. Daniels-Race, M. Eblen-Zayas, B. K. Hartline, R. Hazeltine, A. K. Hodari, K. R. Horton, R. Ivie, L. Kay, L. J. Martínez-Miranda, A. Michelman-Ribeiro, M. Ong, J. I. Rudati, J. Valentine, B. Whitten, E. Williams, and Y. V. Zastavker, “Women in Physics in the United States: A Progress Report,” AIP Conf. Proc., 795(1): 175-178, 2005

Stein, L. A., “Educating Engineers to Solve Society’s Problems:  Extended Abstract,” International Conference on Women in Engineering and Science, August 2005, Seoul, Korea.

M. Urry, S. Tobias, K. Budil, H. Georgi, K. Lang, D. Li, L. McNeil, P. Saeta, J. Sokoloski, S. Stephenson, A. Venskatesan, and Y. V. Zastavker, “Women in Physics:  The IUPAP International Conference on Women in Physics,” AIP Conf. Proc., 628(1): 237-238,  2002

T. Adams, L. D. Braida, A. Hunter, B. Johnson, M. Jones, N. Khan ,M. Pierce, L. A. Stein, L. Tucker-Kellogg, S. Yeh, H. Abelson.  "Women Undergraduate Enrollment in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT:  Final Report of the EECS Women Undergraduate Enrollment Committee."  January 3, 1995.