Ac 2011-1275: Lifelong Learning and Information Literacy Skills and the First Year Engineering Undergraduate: Report of a Self-assessment

Meagan Ross is a Ph.D. student in the College of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She received a B.S. in Computer Science from Texas Woman’s University, and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Texas Tech University. Prior to beginning her doctoral studies, she worked as a micro-optoelectromechanical systems engineer for Texas Instruments. Meagan began working for Institute for P-12 Engineering Research and Learning (INSPIRE) in the area of teacher professional development in 2009. Meagan is passionate about providing awareness of engineering to K-12 teachers & counselors so that they can inform and advocate this important career to their students. Her research interests include gender equity in the K-12 Classroom, assessment of K-12 engineering education, curriculum development, and teacher professional development.