Dina Verdín, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Engineering in the Polytechnic School at Arizona State University. I earned my Ph.D. is in Engineering Education and M.S. is in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University and my B.S. in Industrial Systems Engineering from San José State University.
My research program (still) seeks to promote equity and inclusion in engineering by confronting the pervasive barriers minoritized students face. Specifically, my work addresses the challenges Latinx, first-generation college students, and women in engineering face by focusing on two research strands: access and persistence. I seek to create culturally responsive opportunities that broaden engineering access while simultaneously working to dismantle the systemic obstacles that hinder minoritized students’ identity development, belongingness, and persistence. With this work, I am committed to transforming engineering education and ensuring that all minoritized students can thrive even in this climate.
Recognitions: My scholarship has been recognized in several spaces throughout the years including the 2025 ASEE Commission on Diversity Equity, and Inclusion (CDEI) Best DEI Paper Award, 2025 ASEE Educational Research Methods (ERM) Best Diversity Paper Award, 2022-2023 Outstanding Research Publication Award by the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Division I, the 2018 ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Best Diversity Paper Award, and my dissertation proposal was selected as part of the top 3 in the 2018 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Division D In-Progress Research Gala.
I’ve received several National Science Foundation grants to support my research agenda and the 2022 ASEE Educational Research Methods (ERM) Apprentice Faculty Grant which seeks to recognize emerging scholars.
Earlier Achievements: 2019 College of Engineering Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award, and the Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) Distinguished Scholar Award. I was a 2016 recipient of the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship and an Honorable Mention for the Ford Foundation Fellowship Program.
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Education
- Ph.D., Engineering Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
- M.S., Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
- B.S., Industrial & Systems Engineering, San José State University, San José, CA