Women of Color in STEM (eBook)

Julia Ballenger, Beverly Irby, Barbara Polnick (Herausgeber)

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2016 | 1. Auflage
225 Seiten
Information Age Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-68123-708-4 (ISBN)

Women of Color in STEM: Navigating the Workforce is an opportunity for making public the life stories of women of color who have persevered in STEM workplace settings. The authors used various critical theories to situate and make visible the lives of women of color in such disciplines and workplace contexts like mathematics, science, engineering, NASA, academia, government agencies, and others. They skillfully centered women and their experiences at the intersection of their identity dimensions of race, class, gender, and their respective discipline.

While the disciplines and career contexts vary, the oppression, alienation, and social inequities were common realities for all. Despite the challenges, the women were resilient and persevered with tenacity, a strong sense of self as a person of color, and reliance on family, community, mentors, and spirituality. While we celebrated the successes, it is critical that organizational leaders, whether in education or other workplace settings, draw from narratives and counter?narratives of these women to improve the organizational climate where individuals can thrive, despite their racial, class and gender identity. This book will assist educational communities, professional communities, and families to understand their roles and responsibilities in increasing the number of women of color in STEM.

Women of Color in STEM: Navigating the Workforce is an opportunity for making public the life stories of women of color who have persevered in STEM workplace settings. The authors used various critical theories to situate and make visible the lives of women of color in such disciplines and workplace contexts like mathematics, science, engineering, NASA, academia, government agencies, and others. They skillfully centered women and their experiences at the intersection of their identity dimensions of race, class, gender, and their respective discipline.While the disciplines and career contexts vary, the oppression, alienation, and social inequities were common realities for all. Despite the challenges, the women were resilient and persevered with tenacity, a strong sense of self as a person of color, and reliance on family, community, mentors, and spirituality. While we celebrated the successes, it is critical that organizational leaders, whether in education or other workplace settings, draw from narratives and counternarratives of these women to improve the organizational climate where individuals can thrive, despite their racial, class and gender identity. This book will assist educational communities, professional communities, and families to understand their roles and responsibilities in increasing the number of women of color in STEM.

Cover 1
Series page 2
Women of Color in STEM 4
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data 5
Contents 6
Foreword 8
Introduction 12
PART I: WOMEN OF COLOR IN STEM: RESILIENCE AND OPPORTUNITY 20
CHAPTER 1: What Plato Took for Granted 22
CHAPTER 2: Women of Color in the STEM Academic Workplace 58
CHAPTER 3: Breaking Barriers 76
CHAPTER 4: Mathematics Literacy, Identity Resilience, and Opportunity Sixty Years Since Brown v. Board 98
PART II: WOMEN OF COLOR IN STEM: STORIES OF STRUGGLES AND SUCCESS 128
CHAPTER 5: The Fulfillment of a Mother’s Dream 130
CHAPTER 6: Navigating the STEM Landscape 154
CHAPTER 7: Diversity in STEM? 176
CHAPTER 8: Present But Not Accounted For 200
About the Editors 222
About the Contributors 224

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.12.2016
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
	Geisteswissenschaften
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	1-68123-708-3 / 1681237083
ISBN-13	978-1-68123-708-4 / 9781681237084

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