Jill Davishahl
Director of Pre-Engineering Program Development
About
Jill Davishahl is the Director of Pre-Engineering Program Development and faculty member at Western Washington University. She spends her time teaching, developing and implementing innovative curriculum, and working toward improving the pre-major engineering student experience. She aims to motivate students to explore engineering, teach them to be curious and inventive, and help them find a career in whatever realm will allow them to make the world a better place. She likes to imagine a world where people from diverse backgrounds collectively design, create, and build a new reality that supports the greater good by leveraging and applying their intellectual curiosity, innovative intelligence, and analytical skills.
Educational & Professional Experience
- Faculty & Director of Pre-Engineering Program Development, Engineering + Design Department, Western Washington University
- Faculty, Engineering Technology, Bellingham Technical College, Bellingham WA
- Faculty & Department Chair, Edmonds Community College, Lynnwood WA
- Engineering Consultant/Design Engineer, Prosthetics Research Study, Seattle WA
- Software Engineer, American Management Systems, Seattle WA
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Union College
Research Interests
- STEM Diversity and Inclusion Efforts
- Enhancing the engineering pre-major experience
- Development of sense of belonging and self efficacy in engineering students