Speaker: Debbie Chachra, PhD | Associate Professor of Materials Science | Olin College of Engineering
Coauthors: Lynn Andrea Stein, Caitrin Lynch, Yevgeniya Z. Zastavker, Alisha Sarang-Sieminski | Olin College of Engineering
Olin College of Engineering, which graduated its first class in 2006, has always had gender parity amongst its student body. This commitment is ongoing, so the recruitment and retention of women is integral to the college. With this as our baseline, we focus on understanding the academic and non-academic experiences of our students, on providing them with opportunities to think about and discuss issues of gender and engineering, and to change the culture of engineering. We’ll share some of these strategies and approaches, and discuss our common challenges.