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Cindy Finelli
EER Director & Graduate Chair
Professor, ECE
Professor, Education
Dr. Finelli studies faculty teaching, student learning, and ways to establish a more inclusive ecosystem for undergraduate engineering education.
Research Areas: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Students and practitioners; Instructional innovation and change
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Core Faculty
Shanna Daly
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Daly’s focus is improving design, creativity, and social context impact in engineering education, careers, and decision-making tools.
Research Areas: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Students and practitioners; Design and creativity
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Mark Guzdial
Professor, CSE
Professor, Education
Dr. Guzdial’s research asks: How do people learn computing, and how can we make that better? He focuses on people not in computer science classes.
Research Areas: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Engineering skills in K12; Students and practitioners; Learning sciences; Computing education
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James Holly, Jr.
Assistant Professor Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Holly, Jr. studies discipline-based education research promoting Black intellectualism as a method of reconstructing what it means to know and do engineering.
Research Areas: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Engineering skills in K12; Instructional innovation and change
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Karin Jensen
Assistant Professor Biomedical Engineering
Dr. Jensen’s projects span mental health and wellness, training in EER, career pathways, and broadening participation in engineering.
Research Areas: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Students and practitioners; Instructional innovation and change
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Aaron Johnson
Assistant Professor Aerospace Engineering
Dr. Johnson conducts design-based research on how to re-contextualize engineering science engineering courses to better prepare students for ill-defined, sociotechnical engineering practice.
Research Areas: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Students and practitioners; Instructional innovation and change
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Lisa Lattuca
Professor, Education
Professor, Integrative Systems and Design
Dr. Lattuca studies students’ experiences in engineering courses and programs with the goal of improving curricula, teaching, and learning and broadening participation of marginalized students.
Research Areas: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Students and practitioners; Instructional innovation and change
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Joi Mondisa
Associate Professor, Industrial & Operations Engineering
Dr. Mondisa examines mentoring approaches, programs, and relationships in STEM higher education.
Research Areas: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Students and practitioners; Instructional innovation and change
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