Assistant Professor of Engineering Education
Contact Me
- Office Location: Engineering and Technology Building, A-207
- Office Hours: Sign up for a 1-on-1 appointment here: https://calendly.com/cbowen5/1-on-1-with-corey (in-person or on Zoom) or just stop in!
- Email: [email protected]
My Education
- Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, 2021
- Graduate Certificate in Engineering Education Research, University of Michigan, 2020
- Graduate Teacher Certificate, University of Michigan, 2019
- Master of Science in Engineering in Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, 2015
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 2013
- Minor in Music, Case Western Reserve University, 2013
My Teaching Interests
- Introduction to Higher Education
- Structural Engineering
- STEM/Engineering and Social Justice
- STEM/Engineering Education and Pedagogy
- Engineering Education Research
My Research Interests
- STEM/Engineering Education and Pedagogy
- STEM/Engineering and Social Justice
- Marginalized Student Experiences
- Critical Theories and Research Frameworks
- Critical Quantitative Methodologies
- Macroethics of Engineering and Sociotechnical Learning
- Organizing for Institutional Change and Social Justice
My Awarded Grants
- Developing Critically-Conscious Aerospace Engineers Through Macro-Ethics Curricula (Collaborative Research), National Science Foundation, Improving Undergraduate STEM Education, P.I., 2023 – 2026
- Transforming STEM Education Using An Asset-Based Ecosystem Model, National Science Foundation, Improving Undergraduate STEM Education, Co-I., 2023 – 2024
My Publications
My Organizational Affiliations
- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
- American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)
- California Faculty Association (CFA)
- Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace Network (ESJP)
- European Society of Engineering Education (SEFI)
- Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S)
- Women in Engineering Proactive Network (WEPAN)
Interested in learning more about the Engineering Education Research field?
- Check out the organizations listed above!
- List of Engineering/STEM Education Annual Conferences that peer-review academic articles (I maintain this list - please contact me with additions/corrections/updates!)
- Talk with me! Sign up for a 1-on-1 appointment here: https://calendly.com/cbowen5/1-on-1-with-corey (in-person or on Zoom) or just stop in to my office!
With my position as an Assistant Professor at Cal State LA, I have accepted a role of significant power within a university system with a long history of exclusion. Cal State LA is located on the stolen land of the Tongva, Tataviam, Serrano, Kizh, and Chumash Peoples. Gaps persist in both educational outcomes (such as graduation rates) and cultural acceptance of students from marginalized backgrounds. Additionally critical are the recognitions that no one is undocumented on stolen land and that the inhuman treatment of Black people is exemplified from the unimaginably cruel history of slavery to the ongoing resistance to the assertion that Black Lives Matter. Meanwhile, costs for food and housing continue to increase while our educational systems require the exchange of money for knowledge, which is contrary to the purpose of public education. With my power at Cal State LA comes significant responsibility, and I ask you to hold me to my commitments to speak – and act – truth to powers greater than myself and to redistribute my power to those with less than I am granted. I also challenge you to make similar commitments to justice at Cal State LA and in our greater society.