Dr. Benjamin Ahn
Dr. Benjamin Ahn is an associate professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Iowa State University. His research interest includes (1) engineering workforce development, (2) student mentoring and diversity, and (3) teaching and learning mechanisms.
Dr. Lorenzo Baber
Dr. Lorenzo Baber is an Associate Professor and Program Chair of Higher Education at Loyola University Chicago. Dr. Baber’s scholarly interest broadly examine equity and social justice in post-secondary education. His research foci include leadership within community college contexts; experiences of minoritized students in post-secondary STEM education; and use of critical theory to inform higher education policies and practices.
Dr. Yun Dong
Dr. Yun Dong is a Ph.D. who graduated from the Human Computer Interaction program at Iowa State University in 2022. Her research interests include identifying the patterns of newly-hired engineers’ proactivity in organizational socialization, the patterns of engineering managers’ support, and applying Design Thinking in engineering education.
Subhanwit Roy
Subhanwit Roy is a Ph.D. candidate in Electrical Engineering at Iowa State University. His research interests lie in radiofrequency circuit design for next-generation wireless communication and sensing technologies, and engineering education. He has been involved in the Workplace Socialization in the Aerospace Engineering Profession project, focusing on identifying new knowledge and skills required by newly hired engineers in aerospace and defense organizations.
MacKenzie Reber
MacKenzie Reber is a senior mechanical engineering student at Grove City College. She is currently working with Iowa State University’s Aerospace engineering department and is involved in the Workplace Socialization research project. Her current interests include identifying the challenges newly hired aerospace engineers face during organizational socialization.