As a professor focused on interdisciplinary STEM pedagogy I have become very experienced in seeing ingenuity in educational initiatives. My own research focuses on engineering education, with particular attention paid to marginalized groups. Professionally, I have been involved in every level of STEM education TK-20 in a variety of capacities. This experience as well as my position gives me a unique understanding of education and how to measure meaningful student outcomes.

At Cal Poly Pomona I teach across colleges as part of the Center for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching. I also serve as the coordinator for First Year Experience for the college of engineering. This two-course sequence focuses on design thinking and integrating students into the university.

 I have been active in ASEE and serve as a board member for both the Pacific Southwest Section and the Women in Engineering Division. I am currently the past chair for the PSW section. In my previous term as Chair, I served as the program chair as well as technical chair for the annual in person conference hosted at USC.  This conference was attended by over 100 people in person as well as hybrid participants and published full papers in addition to presentations. Prior to this position I served as the director of faculty awards for PSW. As the director of awards, I reinstituted the Two-Year Faculty Award and established the Early Career Faculty Award. This celebrates all faculty in addition to the overall outstanding faculty award.  Nationally, in the Women in Engineering Division I have served two terms a as the director of awards. This position serves as the coordinator for student and outstand new faculty awards. Prior to this role, I was a member at large and worked diligently to assist the crafting of a new diversity statement for the division. I would bring knowledge, experience, and passion to the position of zone chair.

Dr. Colleen E Bronner is an Associate Professor of Teaching and Vice-chair of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at UC Davis. The UC Davis CEE program has about 650 undergraduates, with 20-30 transfer entering the program each year. Before Davis, she worked at CSU Chico. Her degrees are from the University at Buffalo (BS and PhD) and UC Berkeley (MS).

She joined the ASEE Pacific Southwest Section’s Board in 2016. She has served the board in a number of roles, including chair. In spring 2020, Bronner was the conference committee chair and planning a conference at UC Davis. Due to COVID, the conference did not occur. Working with other board members she hosted a series of ASEE PSW Zoom Teaching Webinars/Discussions in fall 2020 to provide support to members. She served as conference chair and section chair in 2020-2021 hosting the first ASEE PSW Zoom conference, in which about 200 people attended. It went relatively successfully except when she accidentally closed breakout rooms and the Zoom session two minutes before the end of the conference (COVID has taught her patience).

At the ASEE societal level, Bronner has participated in the LGBTQ Virtual Community of Practitioners facilitating safe zone workshops and the Commission on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). Outside of ASEE, she advocates for more inclusive and equitable policies within and outside her classroom. A few examples include courses she developed: 1) Introduction to Environmental Engineering through social justice, arts, and humanities lens; 2) CEE Transfer Transition for students transferring from community colleges to UC Davis; and 3) a graduate-level Engineering Education course series on inclusive teaching. At the college level, she serves on the undergraduate education policy committee and was co-chair of the college’s DEI committee. At the campus level, she served for six years on the Undergraduate Council Committee and is currently Chair of the Committee on Courses of Instruction, which approves courses and policy on courses, such as reexamining the virtual and hybrid course policy.

Her teaching, scholarly, and service activities are focused in the area of equity, inclusion, and social justice. She has also served as PI on NSF grants, including an S-STEM and REU award. She is the faculty advisor to Engineers Without Borders and oSTEM. Bronner has been recognized nationally and at the campus level for advising and dedication to undergraduates and commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion: 1) 2019-2020 Chancellor’s Fellowships for DEI; 2) Department’s 2020 Teaching Award; 3) 2020 UC Davis Outstanding Faculty Advisor (campus-wide); 4) 2020 UC Davis Associated Students of UC Davis Excellence in Education (by student government); 5) 2021 NACADA The Global Community for Academic Advising Outstanding Faculty Advisor; and 6) 2023 UC Davis Women and Philanthropy Impact Award.

If elected, she will use her experience changing policy at multiple levels to advocate for a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive ASEE. She will listen to ASEE Zone IV colleagues to best represent folks from all types of institutions in ASEE, especially community colleges.