CSE Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Seminar Series Olivia Graeve Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Director, JSOE Idea Center Monday May 13 11:00 am - 12:00 pm CSE #1242 Latino Engineering Faculty in the U.S.: A Personal Perspective and Journey This talk will compare a variety of demographic characteristics of Latino faculty in engineering at U.S. universities, including academic rank, gender, geographical distribution across the 50 U.S. states, and country of origin. The total population of Latino engineering faculty is approximately 587, with 485 men (83%) and 102 women (17%). Of this total, we find that about 86% are immigrants from Mexico, Central America, and South America, with Mexico contributing the greatest number (25.9%, N Mexico = 152). We propose that efforts must be made to increase the ranks of U.S. born Latino engineering faculty in higher education, as the current number is a mere 48, a problem that has its roots in the extreme lack of pipeline of Hispanic Americans into doctoral programs and the professoriate. The consequences of ignoring this issue results in a lack of role models for our U.S. born Latino youth, who look for examples of successes in academia from among the people they “grew up with”. A personal journey and perspectives on this issue will also be discussed.