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HON 3260: Underrepresented Groups in Science: Minority Women
in Science

ELLEN OCHOA


Ellen Ochoa | Astronaut, Engineer
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ANNA CHAO PAI


Anna Chao Pai | Geneticist
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WOMEN OF COLOR IN THE SCIENCES - ARTICLES

Ong, M., Wright, C., Espinosa, L.L., & Orfield, G. (2011). Inside the double bind: A synthesis of empirical research on undergraduate and graduate women of color in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Harvard Educational Review, 81(2), 172-390.


Wu, L., & Jing, W. (2011). Real numbers: Asian women in STEM careers: An invisible minority in a double bind. Issues in Science and Technology. Retrieved from http://issues.org/28-1/realnumbers-29/.


Johnson, A., Brown, J., Carlone, H., & Cuevas, A.K. (2011). Authoring identity amidst the treacherous terrain of science: A multiracial feminist examination of the journeys of three women of color in scienceJournal Of Research In Science Teaching48(4), 339-366.


Espinosa, L.L. (2011). Pipelines and pathways: Women of color in undergraduate STEM majors and the college experiences that contribute to persistence. Harvard Educational Review, 81(2), 209-240.


Carlone, H.B., & Johnson, A. (2007). Understanding the science experiences of successful women of color: Science identity as an analytic lensJournal of Research in Science Teaching, 44(8), 1187-1218.


Johnson, A.C. (2007). Unintended consequences: How science professors discourage women of color. Science Education, 91(5), 805-821.


Tate, E.D., & Linn, M.C. (2005). How does identity shape the experiences of women of color engineering students? Journal of Science Education and Technology, 14(5-6), 783-493.


Hanson, S.L. (2004). African American women in science: Experiences from high school through post-secondary years and beyond. NWSA Journal, 16(1), 96-115.


Beoku-Betts, J. (2004). African American women pursuing graduate studies in the sciences: Racism, gender, bias, and third world marginalityNWSA Journal, 16(1), 116-135.


Chinn, P.W.U. (1999). Multiple worlds/mismatched meanings: Barriers to minority women engineers. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 36(6), 621-363.

WOMEN OF COLOR IN THE SCIENCES - BOOKS

Gasman, M., & Perna, L. (2011). Promoting attainment of African American women in the STEM fields: Lessons from historically Black colleges and universities. In G. Jean-Marie & B. Lloyd-Jones (Eds.), Women of color in higher education: Changing directions and new perspectives (pp. 73-88). Bingley, UK: Emerald.

WOMEN OF COLOR IN THE SCIENCES - OTHER MEDIA

Burrelli, J. (2009). Women of color in STEM education and employment. National Science Foundation Division of Science Resource Statistics.

SHIRLEY ANN JACKSON


Shirley Ann Jackson, PhD
President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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LEENA GADE

Leena Gade | British Race Engineer

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