Grant-funded work
RED/RIDE: Awarded by the National Science Foundation to Iowa State University
On this grant, I work on the student identity development team to look at how the incorporation of design thinking pedagogy in middle years courses influences professional identity formation for students in computer and electrical engineering majors.
Dissemination:
*Rodriguez, S., Doran, E.E., Friedensen, R.E., Martinez-Podolsky, E., & Hengesteg, P.S. (Revisions submitted, May 2020). Inclusion and marginalization: How perceptions of design thinking pedagogy influence computer, electrical, and software engineering identity. Manuscript submitted for publication consideration in International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Sciences, and Technology (IJEMST).
Friedensen, R.E., Rodriguez, S.L., & Doran, E.E. (Revisions submitted, December 2019). The making of ‘ideal’ electrical and computer engineers: A discourse analysis of departmental documents. Manuscript submitted for publication consideration in Engineering Studies. SJR 0.28, H-index 15
*Rodriguez, S.L., Doran, E.E., & Hengesteg, P.S. (2019, June). Intersections of design thinking and perceptions of success for electrical, computer, and software engineering students. Presentation at the Annual Conference for the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Tampa, FL.
Rover, D., Doran, E.E., & Heitmann, M. (2019, May). Connecting across campus, STEM and educational research partnerships. Presentation at the National Alliance for Broader Impacts (NABI) Summit, Tucson, AZ.
Friedensen, R.E., Doran, E.E., & Rodriguez, S.L. (2019, April). “I’m a white guy, so can I say this?”: The inescapability of whiteness in engineering. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Toronto, ON.
*Rodriguez, S.L., Friedensen, R.E., Doran, E.E., Martinez-Podolsky, E., & Hengesteg, P.S. (2018, November). Inclusion and marginalization: How perceptions of design thinking pedagogy influence computer, electrical, and software engineering identity. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), Tampa, FL.
IINSPIRE-LSAMP: Awarded by the National Science Foundation to Iowa State University
On this grant, I am In charge of the qualitative research efforts to understand how the program's undergraduate research activities contribute to the success of STEM students from minoritized backgrounds.
On this grant, I work on the student identity development team to look at how the incorporation of design thinking pedagogy in middle years courses influences professional identity formation for students in computer and electrical engineering majors.
Dissemination:
*Rodriguez, S., Doran, E.E., Friedensen, R.E., Martinez-Podolsky, E., & Hengesteg, P.S. (Revisions submitted, May 2020). Inclusion and marginalization: How perceptions of design thinking pedagogy influence computer, electrical, and software engineering identity. Manuscript submitted for publication consideration in International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Sciences, and Technology (IJEMST).
Friedensen, R.E., Rodriguez, S.L., & Doran, E.E. (Revisions submitted, December 2019). The making of ‘ideal’ electrical and computer engineers: A discourse analysis of departmental documents. Manuscript submitted for publication consideration in Engineering Studies. SJR 0.28, H-index 15
*Rodriguez, S.L., Doran, E.E., & Hengesteg, P.S. (2019, June). Intersections of design thinking and perceptions of success for electrical, computer, and software engineering students. Presentation at the Annual Conference for the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Tampa, FL.
Rover, D., Doran, E.E., & Heitmann, M. (2019, May). Connecting across campus, STEM and educational research partnerships. Presentation at the National Alliance for Broader Impacts (NABI) Summit, Tucson, AZ.
Friedensen, R.E., Doran, E.E., & Rodriguez, S.L. (2019, April). “I’m a white guy, so can I say this?”: The inescapability of whiteness in engineering. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Toronto, ON.
*Rodriguez, S.L., Friedensen, R.E., Doran, E.E., Martinez-Podolsky, E., & Hengesteg, P.S. (2018, November). Inclusion and marginalization: How perceptions of design thinking pedagogy influence computer, electrical, and software engineering identity. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), Tampa, FL.
IINSPIRE-LSAMP: Awarded by the National Science Foundation to Iowa State University
On this grant, I am In charge of the qualitative research efforts to understand how the program's undergraduate research activities contribute to the success of STEM students from minoritized backgrounds.
"Meaning Making and Academic Identity Development of Latinx Basic Writers": Research Grant awarded by the Conference on College Composition and Communication