Girls and women of color in STEM : navigating the double bind in K-12 education

• Other Authors: Polnick, Barbara (Editor), Irby, Beverly J. (Editor), Ballenger, Julia, 1949- (Editor), Abdelrahman, Nahed (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2020.
• Series: Research on women and education.
• Subjects: African American girls > Education.; Science > Study and teaching (Elementary); Science > Study and teaching (Secondary); Mathematics > Study and teaching (Elementary); Mathematics > Study and teaching (Secondary); Education > Educational Policy & Reform > General.; Educational strategies and policy.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806605125
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-64802-099-5
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 264 pages) : illustrations

"At no time in our period in history is it more important for us to engage the untapped resource of women of color in today's workforce, specifically in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Girls and women of color bring culturally different understanding...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword / Sonia J. Garcia
• Introduction / Beverly Irby, Barbara Polnick, Julia Ballenger, and Nahed Abdelrahman
• Chapter 1. Advancing black female and latina collegians in stem: Mitigating challenges through stem enrichment program opportunities / Tonisha B. Lane, Melissa Soto, and Kyaien O'Conner
• Chapter 2. The affordances and constraints of social networks among latina engineering students / Erika Mein, Alberto Esquinca, Elsa Villa, and Angelica Monarrez
• Chapter 3. Challenges and sources of support for latina undergraduate and graduate students in stem disciplines / Liza Renee Lizcano and Rosalía Chávez Zárate
• Chapter 4. Closing faculty ranks: Black women mathematics education faculty navigating across career stages / Erika Bullock, Jacqueline Leonard, Joi Spencer, and Erica Walker
• Chapter 5. Colorful portraits of success: Black women with doctorates in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (stem) / Virginia C. Tickles and Krystal A. Foxx
• Chapter 6. We should all help each other: Latina undergraduates overcoming barriers in computing / Heather Thiry and Sarah Hug
• Chapter 7. How an African American female accomplishes her goals to get to higher education / Solongo Chuluunbaatar
• Chapter 8. Life in the double bind: An investigation of how the experiences of African American females influence their performance in freshman chemistry / Natasha Hillsman Johnson
• Chapter 9. Making stem real for African American female preservice science teachers: Issues of learning and teaching in science and math education courses in virginia / Clair Berube, Melva Grant, Patti Horne-Hastings, and SueAnn McKinney
• About the Editors
• About the Authors.