[This paper is part of the Focused Collection on Instructional labs: Improving traditions and
new directions.] This review article provides an overview of research on the topic of gender …

At universities where introductory physics labs are taught by graduate student teaching
assistants (TAs), there is a need for specialized professional development for those TAs …

This practice brief describes a model for pursuing student-led institutional change focused
on diversity, equity, and inclusion. While the literature emphasizes the importance of student …

Abstract Engineering Education in the United States has been trying to address its problem
with underrepresentation of minoritized student groups for decades. In recent years, the …

This research paper contributes to the field's understanding on how to support educators in
creating a diverse and inclusive engineering education environment. Even with many …

There are many ongoing calls for the integration of public welfare needs and concerns into
engineering curricula and practice; for example, promoting social consciousness, human …

Sociologists and historians of science have documented the salience of meritocracy and
technocracy in engineering (Cech, 2014; Slaton, 2015; Riley, 2008). Meritocracy is often …

Labs have long been considered an important component of physics education. However,
while there has been progress in transforming physics education in physics lecture classes …

My research uses interaction analysis to investigate two STEM education spaces and
discuss how instructors can and should notice and address unproductive group dynamics …

In this thesis, I studied the trajectory in student thinking in a team of 3 students and a LA as
part of a 12-person required junior-level class in fluid mechanics. By examining 4 different …