Swe Podcasts

EP 134: SWE Celebrates Pride Month: Experiences of Nonbinary Students in Engineering

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Sinopsis

In this SWE Diverse episode, Alexa Jakob, lead of SWE's LGBTQ+ and Allies Affinity Group, speaks with Dr. Andrea Haverkamp (she/they). Dr. Haverkamp recently completed her Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering with a doctoral minor in Queer Studies at Oregon State University. Her three year research project explored the experiences of transgender and gender nonconforming students in engineering and computer science, such as their sources of community support and collective resiliency in the face of adversity. Listen as Alexa and Andrea discuss this research and the experiences of nonbinary students in engineering.