Changing the Face of Engineering : The African American Experience /

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"The underrepresentation of African Americans in STEM fields in general, and in engineering in particular, according to John Slaughter "is at best benign neglect, and at worst active discrimination." In one of the first broad-based studies of the African American experience in enginee...

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Other Authors: Pearson, Willie, 1945- (Editor), Tao, Yu, 1978- (Editor), Slaughter, John Brooks, 1934- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Engineering - General.
Engineering & Applied Sciences.
Engineering > Study and teaching (Higher)
African Americans > Education (Higher)
African American engineers.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Reference.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Engineering (General)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Black Studies (Global)
EDUCATION > Higher.
Ingenieurs noirs americains.
Engineering > Study and teaching (Higher) > United States.
United States.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword by Shirley Ann Jackson
  • Introduction by John Brooks Slaughter
  • Part one: Historical Background
  • A brief history of the collaborative minority engineering effort: A personal account by Percy A. Pierre
  • Part Two: Educational Systems
  • African American Engineering Deans of Majority-Serving Institutions in the United States / Cheryl B. Leggon
  • Engineering the Future: African Americans in Doctoral Engineering Programs / Yu Tao and Sandra L. Hanson
  • African American Women and Men into Engineering: Are Some Pathways Smoother Than Others? / Lindsey E. Malcom-Piqueux and Shirley M. Malcom
  • Clarifying the Contributions of Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Engineering Education / Tafaya Ransom
  • Beyond the Black-White Minority Experience: Undergraduate Engineering Trends among African Americans / Sybrina Y. Atwaters, John D. Leonard II, and Willie Pearson, Jr.
  • Part Three: Workforce Participation
  • Profiles of Distinguished African American Engineers at NASA / Carl S. Person and Lenell Allen
  • African American Engineers in Business and Industry / Rodney Adkins and Garland L. Thompson
  • Socializing African American Female Engineers into Academic Careers: The Case of the Cross-Disciplinary Initiative for Minority Women Faculty / Cheryl B. Leggon and Gilda A. Barabino
  • Race for the Gold: African Americans--Honorific Awards and Recognition / Tyrone D. Taborn and Lango Deen
  • Part Four: Policies and Programs to Broaden Participation
  • College Me, Career Me: Building K-12 Student Identities for Success in Engineering / Darryl N. Williams and Angelicque Tucker-Blackmon
  • Enhancing the Community College Pathway to Engineering Careers for African American Students: A Critical Review of Promising and Best Practices / Irving Pressley McPhail
  • Spelman's Dual-Degree Engineering Program: A Path for Engineering Diversification / Carmen K. Sidbury, Jennifer S. Johnson, and Retina Q. Burton
  • Enhancing the Number of African Americans Pursuing the PhD in Engineering: Outcomes and Processes in the Meyerhoff Scholarship Program / Kenneth I. Maton, Karen M. Watkins-Lewis, Tiffany Beason, and Freeman A. Hrabowski III
  • Part Five: Future Directions
  • Challenges and Opportunities for the Next Generation / Daryl E. Chubin.

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