Testimonials
Founder Dr. Meagan Pollock speaks and teaches to inspire and initiate change, and has been doing so since 2008. The comments below are feedback from past participants and clients.
To have worked with Meagan, is to have seen the true calling of a leader. Meagan has a way of introducing inclusive concepts in a manner that encourages dialogue, open-mindedness, and questioning of long held beliefs.
Dr. Kimberly Young WalkerAssociate Vice President for Academic Affairs, SC Technical College System 
I have been referring to your Engineer Inclusion tools on the site for the past year to help professionals in public health and social work in Michigan. I find your content and tools easy to understand as someone who started my studies in engineering (bio-medical) before switching to psychology. I appreciate your practical approach which meets the needs of left-brained people better than much of the DEI training in our field. THANKS!
Ruth Schwendinger 
You are the world’s leading expert on the topic of training guidance counselors for promoting STEM.
Dr. Lynford GoddardAssociate Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 
Meagan is an excellent leader and coach because she challenges me appropriately, and gives specific, constructive feedback while ensuring I feel valued and positive about the work I am doing.
Michelle BrownNAPE Consultant 
Thanks again for spending the time with us this past week [at Learning.com]. Everyone was very excited about the engineering curriculum you developed and especially your expertise and passion. This should be a great year for us promoting STEM, thanks to you.
Dr. Candace PetersonFormer President and CEO of Learning.com 
I wanted express my great appreciation and gratitude for the work that Meagan did in our workshop. Her enthusiasm, compassion, and professionalism in leading me and my colleagues through difficult, and often uncomfortable issues covered by your program was exemplary... I will certainly implement the lessons I learned from Meagan into my work and appreciate all that she and your organization do in promoting student success.
Chris ChavezFoothill College 
Meagan is intelligent, capable, passionate, talented, deeply experienced and educated in technology and STEM education.
Shaunna BlackRetired VP, Texas Instruments 
Meagan,
Thank you so much for speaking with our group at Southern Crescent Technical College. It was an excellent session--truthfully, one of the best I've seen while working here.
Your comment on self-efficacy versus self-esteem blew my mind. Thank you for that.
Will HurstDirector, Tutoring and Mentoring 
11/15/2024
Lynne, Magee, and I said that [How to Communicate Effectively Across Cultures and Styles] was one of the best DEIJ sessions we have attended because it was a good mix of telling us things we didn't know and making us think about applications in our own setting. We've been to many of them where they are terms on slides and then the facilitators ask what we think about the concepts rather than sharing information and research. We feel like we walked away with specific tools.
3/4/16
I could have listened to Dr. Pollock for hours! I'd like to say, "Thank You!" to Dr. Pollock for opening my eyes, mind, and heart! 😉
3/5/19
As an experienced educator, this course [on Culturally Responsive Teaching] was fabulous. I will be able to apply everything I learned in my classroom.
7/2/19
I am blown away by the quality a presentation that we received. The ideas and tools given are easily implemented and will make a significant impact on how we help students in special populations.
8/17/16
This workshop has helped me to see the ways in which I affect my students that I was previously unaware of. I am going forward with eyes open and I hope to change my teaching so that all students feel valued and safe in my classroom.
3/25/16
Meagan is absolutely excellent. I can apply what Meagan taught to my own child. Excellent workshop! Applies to everyone!
1/5/16
You have done a great job making difficult conversations easier to have.
8/12/16
Thank you so much for helping show us a new way of teaching by steering clear of stereotypes, and micromessaging.
8/12/16
We need more Meagan in the world!
9/22/16
Meagan was great, and very open to helping us see how we can use these strategies and information.
9/23/16
The facilitator adroitly dealt with a difficult situation at the very end of our training session. Meagan calmly and effectively addressed a chasm that had developed among some of the trainees and utilized the situation to reiterate that a day-long session could not solve all inequities.
5/24/17
This was a well-organized, balanced and non-judgmental webinar that offered actionable points.
5/24/17
[The workshop] was great. I liked Meagan's example of the train and unintentional micromessaging and how cultural, gender and bias may create mixed messages that may or may not upset the balance of one's self-efficacy. I also liked the request for thoughtful interaction.
6/22/17
Meagan did an excellent job of facilitating the discussion and activity.
10/2/17
[Dr. Pollock] was inspiring and the accompanying book was great. She helped make the course a safe space for open discussion and real growth among the participants.
11/3/17
Meagan is amazing! I really identified with her experiences and learned a lot about how to create a welcoming environment for my students. I was so thrilled with her presentation I told my daughter to come by the next day. Meagan did us the wonderful honor of speaking to my daughter, who is a freshman in college, and considering a non-traditional career. Meagan's professionalism and competence was an inspiration to my child. I love that Meagan's motivation and excitement was able to transfer to me and my child in such a positive and helpful way. I think Meagan is exactly where she needs to be, and has found a home in her career.
11/17/17
I enjoyed Meagan's personal stories that allowed us to identify with the topics at hand and understand how her own micromessaging growth. She made it personal and applicable.
11/17/17
Meagan created a very safe space for other teachers to be honest and self reflect (both + and -). I felt safe to be vulnerable and learn.
3/5/19
Thank you for sharing so candidly about your own lived experiences.
3/5/19
Meagan was authentically herself and modeled how to do that in front of a group of learners.
7/12/19
Thanks for giving me a strategy that I can actually use and am excited about working with my CTE teachers/stakeholders with.
8/27/18
This training revolutionized my perception of how to counsel others from an open, understanding perspective.
1/23/18
I really enjoyed this. I usually do not like missing school, but I feel this was well worth it. I feel it was very valuable and applicable.
10/23/18
The facilitators were real. I felt like I could sit and talk with them without really knowing them. Being comfortable with the speakers made the session enjoyable. This session made me do some soul searching which in turn will make me a better instructor.
2/12/18
I thought Meagan did an excellent job. She is very knowledgeable on the subject matter.
3/9/18
Meagan is an excellent presenter who helped to make things personal and applicable.
4/10/18
Everything about this session was beneficial for me as a teacher. The presentation was awesome and very informative two thumbs up!
4/10/18
Dr. Pollock is a great instructor and her personal experiences really resonate in this presentation.
4/10/18
Meagan is a great instructor who is relatable and knowledgeable. I enjoyed having her work with us today.
4/10/18
Meagan was an excellent facilitator. Nice balance between sharing information and allowing time for sharing and reflection.
4/30/18
Promoting equality is a lot harder that we think. Dr. Pollock helped me see what I can do better to help my students feel confident.
Meagan’s career centers on creating opportunities to recruit and advance underserved individuals in engineering & computer science. She brought experience in leading professional development on access, equity, & inclusion as the chair of CDEI's Professional Development (PD) committee. She has lead this team for multiple years now. As part of that work, she has helped organize the new slate of DEI education sessions at the ASEE Annual Conference in 2019 & 2020, 2021, and 2022. Working collaboratively with her team the PD committee launched the Virtual Workshop series and the Cultivating Inclusive Communities pilot program. This year, she also took on facilitation of the ASEE CDEI strategic planning process with support from Tasha and Liz, but has largely lead all the sessions and the process; this has been a large lift outside of her normal PD Committee responsibilities.
Meagan is committed to empowering and mentoring upcoming scholars in engineering education to be leaders. As PD chair, she created teams responsible for different aspects of the work. All the team leaders are/were early scholars from systematically marginalized groups, promoting networks among them. We received amazing feedback from them about Meagan. In particular, they talked about how she provided one-on-one mentoring, opportunities to EngEd graduate students, and encouraged them to self-advocate and find their voices. Her commitment to equity and inclusion was mentioned multiple times. She was described as both creating structures and empowering others to support inclusion.
