MIND is the Minorities in Engineering Division of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). The division is concerned with programs to improve preparation, recruitment and retention of students at pre-college, undergraduate and graduate levels in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, and with the need to increase the number of minority STEM faculty. The division also works to increase diversity in the STEM workforce.
The Division is headed by an Executive Board consisting of various officers as listed below. Division officers serve two year terms and are elected by members of the division.
Chair (2023-2024) (He/Him/His)
Associate Dean for Student Affairs
Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
University of Florida
Email: curtis.taylor@ufl.edu
Chair Elect (2024-2025)
Associate Director for Undergraduate STEM Development
The Harriet W. Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning
Brown University
Email: christina_smith2@brown.edu
Past Chair (2022-2023) (She/Her/Ella)
Assistant Professor of Instruction
The University of Texas at El Paso
Email: degolding@utep.edu
Program Chair (2022-2024) (He/Him/HIs)
EPSCoR Reporting and
Technical Monitor Manager Lead
NASA EPSCoR FAST
Email: Ali.Shaykhian@nasa.gov
Secretary (2022-2024) (He/Him/His)
U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center Research Civil Engineer, Airfields and Pavements Branch
Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory
Email: vmgarcia5@utep.edu
Treasurer (2021-2023)
Adjunct Assistant Research Professor
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Email: Hburns@siue.edu
Member-at-Large (2022-2024)
Member-at-Large (2023-2024)
Associate Professor of Instruction
Department of Bioengineering
The University of Texas at Dallas
Email: Ben.Porter@utdallas.edu
CDEI Delegate for ASEE MIND (2021-2023) (She/Her/Hers)
President and CEO
Charis Consulting Group, LLC
Email: saustin@charisgroup.org
Past Chair (2021-2022) (He/Him/His)
Associate Dean & Chief Diversity Officer
Assistant Professor (STEM in Society)
George Mason University
Email: ccarr21@gmu.edu
Delegate for ASEE Commission on Pre-K-12 Eng. Ed. (2023-2024)
Professor, and Former Department Head
Department of Engineering Technology
Northwestern State University
Email: jafar@nsula.edu