Joel Mejia

Biographic Data

ID6750365
NAMEJoel Mejia
GIVEN NAMESJoel
FAMILY NAMEMejia
SIGNATUREMEJÍA J
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of San Diego
ORCID0000-0003-3908-9930
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Shifting Students’ Perceptions About Homelessness

    Open AccessDiana Chen, Mark A Chapman et al.ARTICLEEducation Sciences2025

    Although engineering institutional bodies uphold public welfare and the impact of engineering on people and society, engineering curricula rarely scaffold students to connect their technical learning with sociotechnical perspectives. This paper describes a project-based learning approach where engineering students engaged with issues faced by people experiencing homelessness to better understand the sociotechnical nature of effective, user-center…

  • STEM Disciplines are More Diverse Than Undergraduate Courses Depict

    Open AccessQuentin C Sedlacek, Michelle Friend et al.ARTICLEScience & Education2025

    College STEM curricula that depict scholars with marginalized identities could benefit students by disrupting pervasive and harmful stereotypes. Textbook analyses suggest that this potential has not yet been realized. However, textbook analyses do not present a complete picture of curricula, which also include slide presentations, assignments, lectures, and other materials. Given the methodological challenge of capturing depictions of marginalize…

  • Latino/a/x Engineering Undergraduate Students’ Experiences with Racialized Ideologies

    Open AccessJoel Mejia, Cristhian Fallas Escobar et al.ARTICLEJournal of Latinos and Education2024References: 10

    In this paper, we draw on Anzalda's conocimiento framework to examine 22 Latino/a/x undergraduate students' trajectories to and through engineering education at four university campuses.Findings show that these students have encountered an array of racial stereotypes about Latinos/as/xs, grappled with the lack of representation of Latino/a/x students and faculty in their departments, and been subject to racial microaggressions.Our findings have i…

  • Positionality practices and dimensions of impact on equity research

    Open AccessStephen Secules, Cassandra McCall et al.ARTICLEJournal of Engineering Education2021

    Background Many engineering education researchers acknowledge that their positionality impacts their research. Practices for reporting positionality vary widely and rarely incorporate a nuanced discussion of the impact of demographic identities on research. Researchers holding marginalized or relatively hidden identities must navigate additional layers regarding transparency of their positionality. Purpose We identify ways in which positionality …

  • Compassionate Flexibility and Self-Discipline

    Open AccessLaura A Gelles, Susan M Lord et al.ARTICLEEducation Sciences2020

    The global pandemic of COVID-19 brought about the transition to Emergency Remote Teaching (ERT) at higher education institutions across the United States, prompting both students and the faculty to rapidly adjust to a different modality of teaching and learning. Other crises have induced disruptions to academic continuity (e.g., earthquakes, hurricanes), but not to the same extent as COVID-19, which has affected universities on a global scale. In…

  • Thinking about Racism in Engineering Education in New Ways [Commentary]

    Open AccessJoel Alejandro Mejia, Joel Mejia et al.ARTICLEIEEE Technology and Society…2020

    In this paper, we seek to explore the impact of engineering’s persisting predominant whiteness in the United States. Its persisting maleness is also relevant, and we will address this a little more below, but what we want to do here is share a framework that has helped our thinking in this space, and we hope it can inform yours