Research Blog #5

Revised Research Questions-

Why do STEM fields suffer from a lack of diversity? Does a lack of opportunity cause this or do people still have gender and racial biases that put minorities at a disadvantage? What is and can be done to change this? What if things just stay the same?

Works Cited

Alegria, Sharla N, and Enobong Hannah Branch. “Causes and Consequences of Inequality in the STEM: Diversity and Its Discontents.” Genderandset, International Journal of Gender, Science, and Technology, file:///C:/Users/tripl/Documents/ResearchDisciplines/Causes%20and%20Consequences.pdf.

Baber, Lorenzo Dubois. “Color-Blind Liberalism in Postsecondary STEM Education.” Diversifying STEM: Multidisciplinary Perpectives on Race and Gender, edited by Ebony O McGee and William H Robinson, Rutgers University Press, 2019, pp. 19–35.

Bidwell, Allie. “STEM Workforce No More Diverse Than 14 Years Ago.” U.S. News & World Report, U.S. News & World Report, 24 Feb. 2015, www.usnews.com/news/stem-solutions/articles/2015/02/24/stem-workforce-no-more-diverse-than-14-years-ago

Briggs, C. (2017). THE POLICY OF STEM DIVERSITY: Diversifying STEM Programs in Higher Education. Journal of STEM Education, 17(4),. Laboratory for Innovative Technology in Engineering Education (LITEE). Retrieved February 28, 2020 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/174403/.

Chapman, Robbin. “Rendering the Invisible Visible: Student Successs in Exclusive Excellence STEM Environments.” Diversifying STEM: Multidisciplinary Perpectives on Race and Gender, edited by Ebony O McGee and William H Robinson, Rutgers University Press, 2019, pp. 36–52.

Hurst, Charles E., et al. Social Inequality: Forms, Causes, and Consequences. 9th ed., Routledge, 2017.

Hutton, Carrie. “Using Role Models to Increase Diversity in STEM.” Technology and Engineering Teacher, vol. 79, no. 3, Nov. 2019, pp. 16–19. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eric&AN=EJ1232265&site=ehost-live

Madden, Krystal, et al. “Cartographies of Race, Gender, and Class in the White (Male Settler) Spaces of Science and Mathematics: Navigations by Black, Afro-Brazillian, and Pakistani/American Women.” Diversifying STEM: Multidisciplinary Perpectives on Race and Gender, edited by Ebony O McGee and William H Robinson, Rutgers University Press, 2019, pp. 69–106.

McGee, Ebony O., and William H. Robinson. Diversifying STEM: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Race and Gender. Rutgers University Press, 2020.

 

The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, National Center for Education Statistics, nces.ed.gov/ipeds/use-the-data.