Exploring the Engineering Experience for Latina Students: The Importance of Nurturing STEM Identity
Description
Latina students are entering higher education at greater rates than before, yet they have disproportionately lower completion rates and career representation in STEM disciplines. This presentation will address the need for developing a sense of STEM identity among Latina college students. It will describe an on-going research agenda illuminating how Latina students make meaning of their experiences in order to develop and sustain STEM identities before and during college. The presenter will encourage attendees to consider concrete ways that various educational stakeholders can encourage STEM identity development and success for Latina students.
Resources
Select references:
Rodriguez, S. L., Lu, C., & Ramirez, D. (in press). Navigating Operating Systems: A Framework for Understanding Identity Development for Undergraduate Latina Students in Computing; Rodriguez, S. L., & Blaney, J. M. (2020). “We’re the Unicorns in STEM”: Understanding How Academic and Social Experiences Influence Sense of Belonging for Latina Undergraduate Students; Rodriguez, S. L., Estes, R., Sissel, M., Doran, E. (2019). Becoming La Ingeniera: Examining the Engineering Identity Development of Undergraduate Latinas.
Resources
Select references:
Rodriguez, S. L., Lu, C., & Ramirez, D. (in press). Navigating Operating Systems: A Framework for Understanding Identity Development for Undergraduate Latina Students in Computing; Rodriguez, S. L., & Blaney, J. M. (2020). “We’re the Unicorns in STEM”: Understanding How Academic and Social Experiences Influence Sense of Belonging for Latina Undergraduate Students; Rodriguez, S. L., Estes, R., Sissel, M., Doran, E. (2019). Becoming La Ingeniera: Examining the Engineering Identity Development of Undergraduate Latinas.
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