Author: Meagan Pollock

Engineer turned Engineering Education Enthusiast! Meagan Pollock is energetic, educated, and passionate about science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education, particularly in the K-12 setting with a focus on equity. Meagan has delivered over 30 presentations on STEM in K-12 settings to both students, educators, and parents, and has become engaged in relevant professional communities. Inspiring these initiatives, Meagan worked as an engineer for DLP after three co-op rotations throughout Texas Instruments, and was an active leader in the Women’s and New Employee Initiatives. Adept at program and curriculum design and development, Meagan Ross is an excellent candidate for work uniting diversity, technology and STEM education

Big Beacon Blog

Honored to guest blog today on BigBeacon.org: A Movement to Transform Engineering Education.  Change the Conversation: Engineering Awareness in K-12. The blog discusses the lack of public understanding of engineering and the need to remedy this change in K-12. The National Academy of Engineering Changing the Conversation messages are listed as a framework, and two […]

Uncomfortable: Implications of Race, Class & Gender for the Classroom

No matter how comfortable I am sitting here at my desk overlooking the Caribbean sea, what I did not expect is how uncomfortable I would be when I leave the home I have made for myself here. Read about how I am experiencing race, gender, and class in a new way, and consider the implications for your classroom.

Do you work in the cafeteria? No, I am an engineer. *ROLE MODELS NEEDED!

“Excuse me, ma’am, do you work in the cafeteria?” inquired a curious pre-teen female of me after watching an interactive skit during Take Your Kids to Work Day at Texas Instruments in 2008. I had one of the lead roles in a skit demonstrating how the technology of the digital micromirror device works while I […]

If I had a $1,000,000…. for “STEM” Education.

If I had $1M for STEM education?

Lockheed Martin has granted $1 million to implement and sustain Project Lead the Way programs across the U.S. If I had a million dollars, (as I start humming Barenaked Ladies) How would I improve STEM education?

STEMinist Profile

STEMinist focuses on women in Science, Tech, Engineering and Math. They hope to increase the visibility of women in STEM, promote and elevate the perspective of women in these traditionally underrepresented fields, encourage younger women and girls to pursue careers in STEM, and capture a social media snapshot of what’s trending for women in STEM. […]

Goal-setting, Prioritizing, and Reflecting: 2012 in Review

An honest reflection on 2012, and some forward thoughts to 2013. It’s been a year to remember… and I am optimistic and hopeful for the greater things yet to come. What have I become this year in pursuit of my goals? I have become a stronger woman. I faced great fears, overcame personal failures, achieved professional milestones, and taken great leaps. What can I hope for 2013? That I am stronger still.

“She must have slept her way to the top”

A personal story of motivation: Do I believe that woman have to sleep their way to the top of an engineering company? Absolutely not. However, the underlying bias nestled in that statement do exist more often than we choose to recognize. Read more for three tips for women in technology.

Micromessaging to Reach & Teach Every Student (TM) – Plano Chemistry Teachers

Workshop Objective The objective of this workshop was to increase participant awareness of the breadth of opportunities in STEM  careers for all students, and prepare participants to share these opportunities and options using positive language that is attractive to students. Workshop Materials STEM Career Search Link Handout (Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook & Science […]