Girls and women of color in STEM : their journeys in higher education

"The 11 chapters in this book provide a glimpse into the journeys that women from diverse backgrounds and ethnic differences take in their higher education undergraduate or graduate careers. The diverse women include ethnicities of Arabic, Asian, African-American, American Indian, and Latina&qu...

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Other Authors Abdelrahman, Nahed (Editor), Irby, Beverly J. (Editor), Ballenger, Julia, 1949- (Editor), Polnick, Barbara (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2020]
SeriesResearch on women and education.
Subjects
Minorities > Education (Higher) > United States > Case studies.
Women > Education (Higher) > United States > Case studies.
Science > Study and teaching (Higher) > United States > Case studies.
Technology > Study and teaching (Higher) > United States > Case studies.
Engineering > Study and teaching (Higher) > United States > Case studies.
Mathematics > Study and teaching (Higher) > United States > Case studies.
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Case studies.
Education > Schools > Levels > Higher.
Higher education, tertiary education.
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806604913
DOI10.1108/9781648020933
Physical Description1 online resource (266 pages) : illustrations

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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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