Digital Scholarship - UNLV (University of Nevada Reno) · 2020 · 28 citations · 8 references
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Social SciencesGender StudiesPsychologyFeminist TheoryStereotypingWomen's StudiesGender StereotypesStereotype ContentStereotype FormationStereotype SuppressionStereotype ThreatStereotypesBias In Stem EducationChronic Stereotype ThreatGender Stereotype BiasGender Stereotype DevelopmentStereotype Threat In EducationStereotype Threat ReductionStereotype Threat Theory
This article highlights the STEM journey of four women of color that matriculated at four different types of universities (R1, PWI; HBCU; private, religious-based PWI; and an international HSI university) for their undergraduate STEM degrees.The ethnographical narratives shared by each, informed lessons learned about stereotype threat, imposter phenomenon, and the chilly environment that is present within male dominated STEM fields.The authors offer recommendations to reduce the consequences of these issues to include deliberate STEM identity development and STEM mentoring.Framed by the CLIC (content learning and identity construction) theoretical framework and Collins' (2018) Black student STEM Identity model (BSSI), vertical mentoring and service-learning best practices are discussed along with initial results of a pilot study designed to address these issues.
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