Conference Agenda

Session

Paper Session 3-3-2: Community and Sense of Belonging

Time:

Wednesday, 17/Sept/2025:

4:15pm - 5:15pm

Session Chair: Terhi Elina Kaarakka

Location: A4 Auditorium

A4 Auditorium, capasity 69 persons

Presentations

Research Paper
Paper talk
Topics: Diversity, equity and inclusion in our universities and in our teaching
Keywords: Belonging, teaching assistants, representation, first-year engineering

“I am not just another number”: Do Engineering Teaching Assistants Feel Like They Belong, and Are They Representative?

Joelyn de Lima, Siara Isaac

EPFL, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland

de Lima-“I am not just another number”-1194_b.pdf

Practice Paper
Paper talk
Topics: Diversity, equity and inclusion in our universities and in our teaching, Engineering skills, professional skills, and transversal skills
Keywords: Mentoring, Staff-student partnership, sense of belonging, Diversity, equity and inclusion, role models

EMBEDDING STUDENT VOICES IN A MENTORING PROGRAMME FOR UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENT GROUPS: A STAFF-STUDENT PARTNERSHIP

Sudeshna Basugupta¹, Sricharan Sanakkayala², Rish Sali³

¹Department of Chemical Engineering University College London; ²Department of Computer Science University College London; ³Department of Biochemical Engineering University College London

Basugupta-EMBEDDING STUDENT VOICES IN A MENTORING PROGRAMME-400_b.pdf

Research Paper
Paper talk
Topics: Diversity, equity and inclusion in our universities and in our teaching, Continuing education and life-long learning in engineering
Keywords: doctoral students, sense of belonging, minoritized students

FROM PROVING TO CONNECTING: THE SHIFTING NATURE OF BELONGING IN THE FIRST YEAR OF MINORITIZED US DOCTORAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS

Mayra S. Artiles¹, Holly M. Matusovich², Juan M. Cruz³, Stephanie Adams⁴

¹The Ohio State University, United States of America; ²Virginia Tech, United States of America; ³Rowan University, United States of America; ⁴University of Texas at Dallas, United States of America

Artiles-FROM PROVING TO CONNECTING-1256_b.pdf

Research Paper
Paper talk
Topics: Diversity, equity and inclusion in our universities and in our teaching, Curriculum development and emerging curriculum models in engineering
Keywords: Community, Ecosystems, Graduate Students, Mentoring

EMERGING GEOSCIENTISTS’ CONCEPTUALIZATIONS AND PERSPECTIVES OF ‘COMMUNITY’

Emmanuel Sepulveda Guzman, Maartje Van den Bogaard, Katalina Salas, Sara Rodriguez

Univeristy of Texas at El Paso, United States of America

Sepulveda Guzman-EMERGING GEOSCIENTISTS’ CONCEPTUALIZATIONS AND PERSPECTIVES-1344_b.pdf