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Rivera, J., Gates, A. Q., Villa, E., & Morreale, P. (2023, October). Expanding Pathways for Hispanic Students to Enter and Succeed in Computing Graduate Studies. 2023 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), College Station, TX, USA, 2023, pp. 1-9, doi: 10.1109/FIE58773.2023.10343367.

Involving diverse individuals who bring different perspectives, experiences, and disciplinary knowledge in solving problems is critical in our nation’s ability to innovate and compete in a [...]

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Kim, S., Kaczmarczyk, L., Rivera, J., & Gates, A. Q. (2023, October). Noncognitive and Affective Attributes of Caregivers Enrolled in Engineering and Computing Programs. In 2023 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), College Station, TX, USA, 2023, pp. 1-8, doi: 10.1109/FIE58773.2023.10343004.

Historically, student caregivers have been described as parents over the age of 25. However, the role of a caregiver may extend beyond a parental responsibility to include caring for other […]

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Alvidrez, M., Villa, E., & Rivera, J. (2023, October). Leadership Identity Development of Computer Science Undergraduates for a Diverse and Global World. 2023 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), College Station, TX, USA, 2023, pp. 1-7, doi: 10.1109/FIE58773.2023.10343066.

This qualitative research paper presents findings from an interpretive case study of five undergraduate Hispanic computer science (CS) students in a pilot leadership course in the CS department [...]

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Alvidrez, M., Rivera, J., Kim, S., Gates, A., Villa, E., Lopez, C. T., & Enriquez, K. (2023, October). Collaborative Institutional Efforts to Promote Hispanic Representation Across Computer Science. In 2023 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), College Station, TX, USA, 2023, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/FIE58773.2023.10342644.

This research-to-practice paper aims to examine the Collective Impact Model and its application during a network meeting to illustrate its utility in supporting efforts in building a community [...]

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Kim, S., Beverly, S. P., & Ro, H. K. (2020). How Many Latinas in STEM Benefit from High-Impact Practices? Examining Participation by Social Class and Immigrant Status. In E. M. Gonzalez, F. Fernendez, & M. S. Wilson (Eds.), An Asset-Based Approach to Advancing Latina Students in STEM: Increasing Resilience, Participation, and Success (pp.75- 93). Routledge.

In this chapter, we seek to identify ways to support STEM Latina students with different backgrounds through High-Impact Practice (HIP) participation. Existing research indicates that HIP [...]

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Scheidt, M., Godwin, A., Berger, E., Chen, J., Self, B. P., Widmann, J. M., & Gates, A. Q. (2020). Engineering students’ noncognitive and affective factors: Group differences from cluster analysis. Journal of Engineering Education, 110(2), 343-370.

Background: Noncognitive and affective (NCA) factors (e.g., belonging, engineering identity, motivation, mindset, personality, etc.) are important to undergraduate student success. However, few [...]

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Alvidrez, M., Villa, E., Hampton, E., Roy, M. K., Sandoval, T., & Villagomez, A. (2023). Using Academic Controversy in a Computer Science Undergraduate Leadership Course: An Effective Approach to Examine Ethical Issues in Computer Science. In Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition (Vol. 2023).

The technology field today, with continually emerging social media and communication platforms, is highly impacted by controversy and ethical considerations. It is imperative for computer science [...]

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Ayala, Y., Rivera, J., & Núñez, A. M. (2023, March 17). The Role of Federal Agencies in Supporting Hispanic-Serving Institutions and STEM Diversity. Public Scholarship Collaborative Blogs. Stanford Graduate School of Education.

For years, the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) have lacked diverse representation of students. In some disciplines, like computer science, diversity has [...]

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Rivera, J., & Núñez, A. M. (2022). Staff at Hispanic-Serving Institutions: Debugging Challenges in Navigating Computer Science. About Campus, 27(1), 38-47.

Technology is quickly evolving and continues to play an increasingly important role in our daily lives. Social, political, and ethical concerns about technology, including its applications in [...]

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Major, J. C., Scheidt, M., Godwin, A., Perkins, H., Kim, S., Self, B., Chen, J., & Berger, E. (2023). Institutional characteristics and engineering student non-cognitive and affective (NCA) profiles. International Journal of Engineering Education, 39(3)., 668-684.

In our prior work, a cluster analysis (n = 2,339) identified four groups of engineering undergraduates’ non-cognitive and affective (NCA) factors from a list of 28 dimensions such as [...]

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