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WATERMELON POPSICLE
Engineering students and faculty respond
to gender and minority gap at the University
In spite of DEI plan,
women and ethnic
minorities are still
underrepresented
By ALEXA ST.JOHN
Daily Staff Reporter
“When I was deciding to do
computer science, one of the main
reasons that I didn’t want to do
it was I never saw myself as the
computer science type because I
think that type is typically male,”
LSA junior Kayla Fedewa said.
“That was one of the main things
that was holding me back.”
Fedewa,
vice
president
of
the student organization Girls
in Electrical Engineering and
Computer Science, said she is one of
many females associated with the
University of Michigan’s College of
Engineering and computer science
programs who is affected by a lack
of female enrollment and lack of
support for females within the
programs. Because of this, Fedewa
said she was weary when first
looking into the program.
“You really have to be strong,
I feel like, to be in the program in
a way that you don’t have to be in
other programs,” Fedewa said.
Though Fedewa said she feels
she can speak her mind and gain
access to the same opportunities
male students have, other female
students do not feel the same.
Betsy Brown, a recent doctoral
graduate
from
the
Chemistry
Department
and
previous
co-vice president of the student
organization Females Excelling
More in Math, Engineering and
the Sciences, said she struggled
with deciding on a major because
of
the
overwhelmingly
male
populations in certain Science
Technology Engineering and Math
(STEM) departments, adding that
stayed away from the more male-
dominated fields that left her
feeling uncomfortable.
“I avoided situations that might
make me feel like that,” Brown said.
“I felt more comfortable in a more
heterogeneous situation where it
wasn’t all men.”
Brown agreed with Fedewa and
said it can be a challenge for women
to feel comfortable and self-assured
in these fields.
“As a woman in science, it’s
harder to find the confidence
that doesn’t seem to be a problem
for male peers,” Brown said. “In
talking with (other women), I’ve
heard a lot more self-doubt than
I did with talking to our male
counterparts.”
Fedewa
and
Brown
have
both been successful in their
departments as student leaders of
their organizations, but they and
other students have faced much
adversity based not only on gender,
but race as well.
Enrollment
According to the University
Enrollment by Program, Location,
Ethnicity and GenderReport as
of Winter 2016, a total of 8,723
students were enrolled in the
College of Engineering — with
2,206 females and 6,517 males.
Minority students have less
representation in the College of
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