Full Description
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.
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.
