Module 2 – Insights from Engineering Department Culture Change Leaders (Part 1): Applications of the TECAID Model
Description
TECAID Learning Modules
Interested in changing the culture in your engineering department to advance diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) for faculty, staff, and students but unsure how to go about it? Why reinvent the wheel when you can learn from TECAID leaders and participants. Transforming Engineering Culture to Advance Inclusion and Diversity (TECAID) is a NSF funded project (#1445076) to assist Mechanical Engineering change leaders in fostering a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive (DEI) academic engineering department culture.
The corner stone of these learning modules are webinars developed with intent to help make your DEI-focused culture change work more efficient and effective. A Certificate of Participation is available upon participation in each webinar. In addition to the above resources, we include additional resources as appropriate.
This webinar series is co-sponsored by the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Committee on DEI.
Module 2 – Insights from Engineering Department Culture Change Leaders (Part 1): Applications of the TECAID Model
In this 2nd webinar (56:41), TECAID Team representatives provide examples of their DEI change projects, talk about challenges faced, discuss resultant department impacts, and share advice and key take-aways for prospective change leaders.
Specifically, in this webinar the TECAID Team representatives answer the following questions:
- What were your DEI projects? (0:02:17)
- How did you know you made a difference? (0:26:00)
- What were results from having staff involved? (0:35:21)
- What other efforts benefited from the change work? (0:38:22)
- How did you change? (0:43:28)
- What difference did having team support make? (0:49:55)
- What are key take aways? (52:55)
The webinar concludes with information about TECAID resources (55:55) available to help lead department DEI culture change.
Examples of High Impact Practices Handout PDF >
Interviews with representatives from the TECAID Teams
Interview: Rob Stone (Oregon State University) (9:41): Critical Resources for Leading DEI Department Culture Change
In this interview, Diane Matt (the original TECAID PI from WEPAN), explores the value of understanding resources and leaders within the academic institution that supports the goals of the department team project.
Interview: Zahed Siddique (The University of Oklahoma) (11:59): The Role of Formal Leadership in Team Project Success
In this interview, Diane Matt (the original TECAID PI from WEPAN), explores the value of formal leadership support and strategies for sustaining culture change to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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