Women of color in STEM : navigating the double bind in higher education

"Though there has been a rapid increase of women's representation in law and business, their representation in STEM fields has not been matched. Researchers have revealed that there are several environmental and social barriers including stereotypes, gender bias, and the climate of science...

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Other Authors Irby, Beverly J. (Editor), Abdelrahman, Nahed (Editor), Polnick, Barbara (Editor), Ballenger, Julia, 1949- (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2021.
SeriesResearch on women and education.
Subjects
Science > Study and teaching (Higher) > Social aspects > United States.
Women science students > United States.
Minority women in higher education > United States.
Minorities in science > United States.
Women in science > United States.
Education > Schools > Levels > Higher.
Educational strategies and policy: inclusion.
Higher education, tertiary education.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806604333
DOI10.1108/978-1-64802-371-2
Physical Description1 online resource (266 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. I started to know the feeling of being an outsider: An arab-american muslim woman's narrative of her stem education journey / Woong Lim and Katherine Crawford-Garrett
  • Chapter 2. Comparative analysis of enrollment and degrees awarded in stem field among gender, race, and ethnicity in doctoral universities in texas / Julia Ballenger, Delores Rice, and Johyun Kim
  • Chapter 3. Focus: Females of color in stem / Padmanabhan Seshaiyer, Claudette Davis, Kelly Knight, and Danielle Blunt Craddock
  • Chapter 4. From theory to practice: Building a knowledge-sharing community of female engineering technology students / Yen C. Verhoeven, Chelsea BaileyShea, and Elizabeth Dell
  • Chapter 5. Is this really what i have to deal with?! A critical exploration of science doctoral culture by underrepresented women of color / Senetta Bancroft
  • Chapter 6. Self-reflection on engagement in virtual classrooms as the dual role: An Asian woman graduate student and middle-grade girl avatar in stem / Haiping Hao, Gerald Kulm, and Trina J. Davis
  • Chapter 7. The community college experience: Enrollment and persistence of African American and Latina women in computer science / Jill Denner and Linda Werner
  • Chapter 8. Through her eyes: Exploring the longitudinal perspectives of women of color in stem education programs / Anthony Collatos, Spring Cooke, and Monika McKnight
  • Chapter 9. Turning points in the pursuit of stem careers: A mixed-methods analysis focusing on women of color / Rachael D. Robnett, Omar Ruvalcaba, Barbara K. Goza, Martin M. Chemers, and Moin Syed
  • Chapter 10. Understanding equity in postsecondary stem: A transformative self-study / Francesca A. White and Gayle A. Buck
  • Chapter 11. What are the stakes? Academic politics and intersectionality in stem / Margaret Graham and Jessica L. Lavariega Monforti. About the Editors. About the Contributors.

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