Fantasi Curry is a doctoral student and graduate research assistant in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research interests include the recruitment and retention of racially minoritized groups in engineering graduate studies and STEM careers, the career pathways of racially minoritized individuals, the professional development of early-career engineers in STEM industries, and diversity and inclusion strategies in institutional and organizational climates. Her interests stem from her experiences as a Black woman in her undergraduate and graduate studies and industry endeavors. For the past nine years, she has been heavily involved with the recruitment, mentoring, and tutoring of racially minoritized groups within engineering through her employment with diversity, k-12, and minority engineering programs, and through membership in professional societies. Fantasi received her Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Mississippi State University in 2016, and her Master of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Auburn University in 2017. She worked as a Manufacturing Engineer in Stamping Engineering for Ford Motor Company prior to beginning her doctoral program.
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