“Racing the Sun”: A Narrative Analysis of Engineering Graduate Students’ Journeys Navigating Public-Inspired Science Work

Lightner, Taylor; Roy, Siddhartha; Edwards, Marc; London, Jeremi S.

doi:10.18260/1-2--36535

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“…We followed a predetermined paper exclusion process with various inclusion and exclusion criteria. Papers were excluded if they were written before 2010 (which was limited during the search process), not focused on undergraduate students (such as [23]), not original research papers (such as [24]) and unrelated to engineering or entrepreneurship. The reason to exclude papers written before 2010 was due to the influential presentation given by Karan Watson at the 2010 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, which described the importance of including stories throughout education to promote positive change [25].…”

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Narrative Inquiry in Engineering Education: A Systematic Literature Review

Jackson,

Bodnar

2023 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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seeking a specialization in Engineering Education. She began her research in Rowan's Experiential Engineering Education Department in the Fall of 2019, and has developed interests in entrepreneurial mindset and student development. In particular, she is interested in assessment of entrepreneurial mindset through quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods, and is currently working in survey, concept map, and narrative inquiry assessment. She was awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship in April, 2022, and aspires to continue in the research field and work for a university as a research professor and advisor.

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Section: Paper Exclusion and Classificationmentioning

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Narrative Inquiry in Engineering Education: A Systematic Literature Review

Jackson,

Bodnar

2023 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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“…The development of this ethics course was funded by the National Science Foundation (Grant #1135328) [7], [10] and was identified as exemplary by the National Academy of Engineering [11] and the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors [12]. Faculty and students from this course have collaborated with dozens of underserved communities and helped uncover the dimensions of drinking water crises in Washington DC (2000-04), Flint, MI (2014-15), and Denmark, SC (2008-18) amongst other cities [13], [14]. Through the course, the students grapple with past and evolving ethical dilemmas and/or examples of scientific misconduct in the public eye.…”

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Engineering ethics and the public: Impacts of a graduate-level course on students' ethical perceptions and conduct in research and professional settings (2010-20)

Mazzola,

Roy,

Edwards

2023 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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Frank is a PhD student in Civil & Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech. He researches the corrosion of drinking water infrastructure, focusing on lead complexation by polyphosphate and on the impact of water treatment strategies on the galvanic corrosion of lead solder. In 2022, Frank began serving as teaching assistant for the graduate level course "Engineering Ethics and the Public," co-founded by his advisor, Dr. Marc Edwards. Frank received both his bachelor's and master's degrees in civil engineering from Virginia Tech.

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“…Campbell's Hero's Journey framework has been used by some researchers of trajectory [7]. A careful search reveals that whereas Lightner et al studied graduate students' journeys in engineering using Campbell's framework [8], Cruz and Kellam investigated the journeys of undergraduate students [9], and Boklage et al assessed academics' journeys [10]. Williams and Carvalho used the Hero's Journey framework to study and communicate a female entrepreneur's journey [11].…”

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“…used condensed sets of phases. The number of phases used was: six [10], four [9], eleven [8], and thirteen [11].…”

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Using the Hero’s Journey Monomyth Framework to Understand Students’ Engineering Experiences

Chance,

Direito,

Williams

2023 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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The Hero's Journey framework has been used by prior scholars to conduct research in engineering and science education. This framework, when used for motif coding, can help identify and organize crucial aspects of a student's narrative about their trajectory in engineering education. Following this coding technique with narrative smoothing provides a way to convey the story meaningfully and memorably. Our research team recently used this method to study a longitudinal set of interviews conducted with an Irish woman, and we herein extend the value of that work by analyzing the interview of a Kuwaiti woman studying at the same institution in Ireland. By using the Hero's Journey framework to analyze these women's stories, we distill core meanings and share findings that are significant for engineering educators. Their stories can help readers empathize with underrepresented students, and better understand the joys, challenges, and realities these students face. Our Kuwaiti protagonist chose to leave engineering, but the story she told can help break through existing cultural stereotypes and help us realize how much more there is to any student's experience than first meets the eye.

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“Racing the Sun”: A Narrative Analysis of Engineering Graduate Students’ Journeys Navigating Public-Inspired Science Work

Cited by 3 publications

References 28 publications

Narrative Inquiry in Engineering Education: A Systematic Literature Review

Narrative Inquiry in Engineering Education: A Systematic Literature Review

Engineering ethics and the public: Impacts of a graduate-level course on students' ethical perceptions and conduct in research and professional settings (2010-20)

Using the Hero’s Journey Monomyth Framework to Understand Students’ Engineering Experiences

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