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HON 3260: Underrepresented Groups in Science: System &
Societal Barriers

ARTICLES

Williams, W. M., & Ceci, S. J. (2012). When scientists choose motherhood. American Scientist, 100(2), 138- . doi: 10.1511/2012.95.138


Gunter, R., & Stambach, A. (2005). Differences in men and women scientists’ perceptions of workplace climate. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science & Engineering, 11(1): 97–116.


Settles, I., Cortina, L., Malley, J., & Stewart, A. (2006). The climate for women in academic science: the good, the bad, and the changeable. Psychology Of Women Quarterly, 30(1), 47-58.


Grossman, J. M., & Porche, M. V. (2014). Perceived gender and racial/ethnic barriers to STEM success. Urban Education, 49(6), 698-727.


Hawley, C. E., Cardoso, E., & McMahon, B. T. (2013). Adolescence to adulthood in STEM education and career development: The experience of students at the intersection of underrepresented minority status and disabilityJournal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 39(3), 193-204. doi:10.3233/JVR-130655


Long, L. L., & Mejia, J. A. (2016, April). Conversations about diversity: Institutional barriers for underrepresented engineering studentsJournal of Engineering Education, 105(2)211-218. doi:10.1002/jee.20114.


Read these three articles in order to see how/if progress has been made in URMs in STEM:

Claudio, L. (1997). Making more minority scientists. Environmental Health Perspectives, 105(2), 174-176.

Hurtado, S., Cabrera, N., Lin, M., Arellano, L., & Espinosa, L. (2009). Diversifying science: Underrepresented student experiences in structured research programs. Research in Higher Education, 50(2), 189-214.

Estrada, M., Eroy-Reveles, A., Ben-Zeev, A., Baird Jr., T., Domingo, C., Gómez, C. A., & ... Márquez-Magaña, L. (2017). Enabling full representation in science: The San Francisco BUILD project's agents of change affirm science skills, belonging and community. BMC Proceedings, 11, 1-11. doi:10.1186/s12919-017-0090-9

BOOKS

INSPIRE HER MIND

SCIENCE DEMONSTRATORS AT WORLD'S FAIR, 1962


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INTRODUCE A GIRL TO ENGINEERING DAY, 2012


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