Research
The broad aim of the DEEP Center is to understand how professional development for engineering instructors affects their teaching. Participation in DEEP research is voluntary.
Aims
Our research aims are to assess improvements on the knowledge of microaggressions, racial attitudes, and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) instructional behaviors. Through evaluation, we will provide information on implementation, effectiveness, outcomes, sustainability and achievement.
Participation
DEEP seeks participation from:
- Tenure and non-tenure stream faculty and postdoctoral fellows
- Instructors of undergraduate non-lab engineering courses
- Faculty andinstructors from any engineering department
- Undergraduates in courses taught by participating faculty and instructors
Activities
- Completion of at least one DEI engineering instruction workshop
- Online questionnaires pre- and post-workshop
- Recording of two classroom lectures (prior to and after workshops for observation)
- Collection of teaching materials (e.g. syllabus and/or lecture plans)
- 60-minute focus group session or interviews
Privacy Policy: Only researchers and evaluators will have access to the questionnaire responses and all materials will be kept private. Records will be stored under anonymous participant numbers and your name will not be included in reports or presentations. We ask that all participants in group interviews keep names and information private.
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number (Award #2308531). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.