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DONNA RILEY, PH.D.

Associate Professor of Engineering

Area of Expertise
Engineering education, chemical engineering, environmental engineering and public policy
   
Education

Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, 1998
B.S.E., Chemical Engineering, Princeton University

   
Professional Experience
AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow, Environmental Protection Agency
Clayton Postdoctoral Fellow in Industrial Ecology, Princeton University
   
Selected Recent Publications
Riley, D.M. Engineering and social justice. Morgan and Claypool, 2008.
Nieusma, D. and Riley, D. Designs on Development: Engineering, Globalization, and Social Justice. Engineering Studies 2(1): 29-59, 2010.
Riley, D., Howe, S., Reinhardt, N., Farris, J., and Lane, P. Design for Economic Empowerment: Student Engagement and Learning across Cultures and Disciplines. Practice and Evidence of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 4(2): 147-172, 2009.
Riley, D. and Claris, L. From Persistence to Resistance: Pedagogies of Liberation for Inclusive Science and Engineering. International Journal of Gender, Science, and Technology 1(1) 2009.

Riley, D., Pawley, A.L., Tucker, J. and Catalano, G.D. Feminisms in Engineering Education: Transformative Possibilities. National Women's Studies Association Journal, 21 (2):21-40, 2009.

Riley, D.M. and Claris, L. Developing and Assessing Students’ Capacity for Lifelong Learning. International Journal of Engineering Education 24 (5): 906-916, 2008.

   
Selected Honors and Awards
2010 Educator of the Year, National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals
NSF CAREER AWARD: Liberative Pedagogies in Engineering Education
Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fellowship
International Society for Exposure Analysis Student Award
Michelle J. Goudie Senior Thesis Prize, Princeton University

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