PGE/RES: Why Does It Work? A Study of Successful Gender Equity in Industrial Engineering at the University of Oklahoma

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0225228. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation (NSF).

  • Teri J. Murphy, P.I., Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics
  • Susan E. Walden, Project Director, Director of the Research Institute for STEM Education, and Research Scientist, K20 Center for Educational and Community Renewal
  • Betty J. Harris, co-P.I., Director of Women's Studies and Associate Professor, Anthropology
  • Teri Reed Rhoads, co-P.I., Assistant Dean of Engineering for Undergraduate Education, College of Engineering, Purdue University
  • Randa L. Shehab, co-P.I., Associate Professor, School of Industrial Engineering
  • Deborah A. Trytten, co-P.I., Associate Professor, School of Computer Science

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Publications (PDFs, reverse chronological order)
  • Murphy, T. J., Shehab, R. L., Rhoads T. R., Foor, C. E., Harris, B. J., Trytten, D. A. (July 2007). Achieving Parity of the Sexes at the Undergraduate Level: A Study of Success. Accepted for Publication in Journal of Engineering Education.
  • McClure, L. S., Combrink, T. S., Foor, C. E., Walden, S. E., Trytten, D. A. (June 2006), I Wish Someone Would've Told Me: Undergraduate Engineering Students Offer Advice to Incoming Students. Proceedings of the 2006 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exhibition, Chicago, IL, 2006.
  • Murphy, T. J., Shehab, R. L.,  Rhoads, T. R., Trytten, D. A. (October 2006). A Multi-Institutional Study of Student Perceptions of Industrial Engineering. Proceedings of the 35th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference, San Diego, CA, 2006, pp. T1A1 - T1A6.

  • Rhoads, T. R., Murphy, T.J., & Trytten, D. A. (October 2005). A study of gender parity: Department culture from the students' perspective. Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education Conference, Indianapolis, IN, 2005, pp. F2G1-F2G6.
  • Trytten, D. A., Walden, S. E., Rhoads, T. R., (October 2005). Industrial Engineering Student Perceptions of Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Electrical Engineering. Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education Conference, Indianapolis, IN, 2005, pp. S1H1-S1H6.

  • Shehab, R. L., Rhoads, T.R., & Murphy, T. J. (June 2005). Industrial engineering: Why students come and what makes them stay? Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Portland, OR, 2005, pp. 7971-7980.

  • Lancaster, S. M., Walden, S. E., Trytten, D. A., & Murphy, T. J. (June 2005). The contribution of office-hours-type interactions to female student satisfaction with the educational experience in engineering. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exhibition, Portland, OR, 2005, pp. 2279-2289.

  • Harris, B. J., Walden, S. E., Trytten, D. A., Shehab, R. L., Rhoads, T. R., & Murphy, T. J. (April 2005). Balancing on the tightrope: Maintaining gender parity in a successful undergraduate engineering program. Proceedings of the 2005 WEPAN/NAMEPA National Conference, Las Vegas, NV.

  • Trytten, D. A., Shehab, R. L., Rhoads, T. R., Fleener, M. J., Harris, B. J., Reynolds, A., Walden, S. E., Moore-Furneaux, S. K., Kvach, E., Warram, K. R., & Murphy, T.J. (June 2004). "Inviteful" engineering: Student perceptions of Industrial Engineering. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Salt Lake City, UT, 2004, pp. 8409-8419. 

  • Harris, B. J., Rhoads, T. R., Walden, S. E., Murphy, T. J., Meissler, R., & Reynolds, A. (2004). Gender equity in Industrial Engineering: A pilot study. NWSA Journal (National Women's Studies Association) 16(1), pp. 186-193.

  • Murphy, T. J. (2003, Summer). The importance of community in building diversity. Mathematicians and Education Reform Forum Newsletter: Special Issue on Increasing the Diversity of Students in Mathematics 15(3). pp. 2-5.

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Presentations (reverse chronological order)

  • "Research Institute for STEM Education: STEM = Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics", presentation by S. E. Walden, C. E. Foor, R. L. Shehab, D. A. Trytten, T. J. Murphy, J. R. Davidson, B. J. Harris, and T. R. Rhoads at the College of Engineering Dean's Diversity Advisory Board, Norman, OK, April 20, 2007.
  • "I wish someone would have told me….Undergraduate engineering majors offer advice to HS students", paper presentation by McClure and Combrink at ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition, June 200, Chicago, IL.
 

  • "'Inviteful' Engineering: Student Perceptions of Industrial Engineering", accepted for presentation at ASEE and publication in conference proceedings, June 2004, Salt Lake City

 

  • "Gender Parity in IE at OU", seminar presentation by Harris at Texas Southern University, May 2004

 

  • "Why Does It Work? A Study of Successful Gender Parity in Industrial Engineering at the University of Oklahoma", poster presentation by Murphy, Harris, and Shehab at NSF HRD JAM, March 2004, Arlington

 

  • "Community as 'Best Practice" in Retaining Students: A Synthesis of Research on the Retention of Students", plenary presentation by Murphy at MER, September 2003, Anchorage

 

  • "Impact of Departmental Sovereignty and Faculty Autonomy on Service Classes for Engineering Majors", round table presentation by Rhoads, Reynolds, and Fleener at AERA, April 2004, San Diego

 

  • "Engineering Tomorrow Today: Collaboratively Affecting Change in the Educational Tapestry", seminar presentation by Rhoads at Purdue, January 2004

 

  • "Why Does It Work? A Study of Successful Gender Parity in Industrial Engineering at the University of Oklahoma", contributed paper presentation by Murphy at JMM, January 2004, Phoenix

 

  • "Department Climate Affects Recruitment and Retention of Majors", breakout session presentation by Murphy at MER, September 2003, Anchorage

 

  • "Gender Parity in Industrial Engineering", contributed paper session by Rhoads and Shehab at AERA, April 2003, Chicago