Biography

Joyce B. Main is Associate Professor of Engineering Education. Her research examines the impact of educational programs and policies on students’ academic and employment pathways with a focus on the participation of women and underrepresented minorities in engineering. In 2017, Dr. Main was awarded an NSF CAREER grant to model the longitudinal career pathways of engineering doctorates. She is also the PI of an NSF research study examining the academic and employment returns to student engagement in cooperative education programs. Dr. Main is the recipient of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Educational Research Methods Apprentice Faculty Award, the 2015 Frontiers in Education Faculty Fellow Award, the 2018 Violet B. Haas Memorial Fellowship, and the 2019 Betty Vetter Award for Research.