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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Irby, Beverly J. (Editor ), Abdelrahman, Nahed (Editor ), Polnick, Barbara (Editor ), Ballenger, Julia, 1949- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlotte, NC : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2021]
Colección:Research on women and education
Temas:
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.
Sciences > Étude et enseignement (Supérieur) > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Étudiantes en sciences > États-Unis.
Femmes issues des minorités dans l'enseignement supérieur > États-Unis.
Minorités dans les sciences > États-Unis.
Femmes dans les sciences > États-Unis.
Minorities in science
Minority women in higher education
Science > Study and teaching (Higher) > Social aspects
Women in science
Women science students
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / Sonia J. Garcia
  • Introduction / Beverly Irby, Barbara Polnick, Julia Ballenger, and Nahed Abdelrahm
  • Advancing black female and Latina collegians in STEM : mitigating challenges through STEM enrichment program opportunities / Tonisha B. Lane, Melissa Soto, and Kyaien O'Conn
  • The affordances and constraints of social networks among Latina engineering students / Erika Mein, Alberto Esquinca, Elsa Villa, and Angelica Monarrez
  • Challenges and sources of support for Latina undergraduate and graduate students in STEM disciplines / Liza Renee Lizcano and Rosalía Chávez Zárate
  • Closing faculty ranks : black women mathematics education faculty navigating across career stages / Erika Bullock, Jacqueline Leonard, Joi Spencer, and Erica Walker
  • Colorful portraits of success : black women with doctorates in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) / Virginia C. Tickles and Krystal A. Foxx
  • "We should all help each other": Latina undergraduates overcoming barriers in computing / Heather Thiry and Sarah Hug
  • How an African American female accomplishes her goals to get to higher education / Solongo Chuluunbaat
  • Life in the double bind : an investigation of how the experiences of African American females influence their performance in freshman chemistry / Natasha Hillsman Johns
  • 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 and Patti Horne
  • About the editors
  • About the authors.

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