scholarly journals Toward “Inclusifying” the Underrepresented Minority in STEM Education Research

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haider Ali Bhatti
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Stem Education ◽  
Race And Ethnicity ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Underrepresented Minority ◽  
Socially Constructed ◽  
Undergraduate Stem Education ◽  
Equity And Inclusion

Research in undergraduate STEM education often requires the collection of student demographic data to assess outcomes related to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Unfortunately, this collection of demographic data continues to be constrained by socially constructed categories of race and ethnicity, leading to problematic panethnic groupings such as “Asian” and “Latinx.” Furthermore, these all-encompassing categories of race and ethnicity exasperate the problematic “underrepresented minority” (URM) label when only specific races and ethnicities are categorized as URMs.

scholarly journals Using the life grid interview technique in STEM education research

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley A. Rowland ◽  
Dimitri R. Dounas-Frazer ◽  
Laura Ríos ◽  
H. J. Lewandowski ◽  
Lisa A. Corwin
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Stem Education ◽  
Advanced Degree ◽  
Educational Stakeholders ◽  
Interview Technique ◽  
Physics Program ◽  
Undergraduate Stem Education ◽  
Grid Technique ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Interviewing Techniques

Abstract Background Qualitative interviewing is a common tool that has been utilized by science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education researchers to explore and describe the experiences of students, educators, or other educational stakeholders. Some interviewing techniques use co-creation of an artifact, such as a personal timeline, as a unique way to elicit a detailed narrative from a respondent. The purpose of this commentary is to describe an interview artifact called a life grid. First used and validated in medical sociology to conduct life course research, we adapted the life grid for use in research on undergraduate STEM education. We applied the life grid interview technique to two contexts: (1) students in an advanced degree program reflecting on their entire undergraduate career as a biology major and (2) students in an undergraduate physics program reflecting on a multi-week lab project. Results We found that the life grid supported four important attributes of an interview: facilitation of the respondents’ agency, establishment of rapport between interviewers and respondents, enhanced depth of the respondents’ narratives, and the construction of more accurate accounts of events. We situate our experiences with respect to those attributes and compare them with the experiences detailed in the literature. Conclusions We conclude with recommendations for future use of the life grid technique in undergraduate STEM education research. Overall, we find the life grid to be a valuable tool to use when conducting interviews about phenomena with a chronological component.

Integrating Workforce Health Into Employer Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Efforts

2020 ◽  
pp. 089011712098328
Author(s):  
Bruce W. Sherman ◽  
Rebecca K. Kelly ◽  
Pamela Payne-Foster
Keyword(s):  
Race And Ethnicity ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Health Benefits ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Business Success ◽  
Differential Outcomes ◽  
Sustained Change ◽  
Equity And Inclusion

Our collective experience with COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter has heightened awareness of deeply embedded racial and socioeconomic disparities in American businesses. This time, perhaps, sustained change is within reach. As organizations advance diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, an often overlooked focus of is the health status of employees and their families, where equitable access to high-value health benefits offerings should be available to all. This commentary provides guidance for employers to expand their DEI initiatives to include employee and family health and well-being as a central outcome measure. Employers should ensure that DEI efforts incorporate equitable benefits design, and objectively assess benefit design impact on healthcare utilization and cost. Additionally, employers must appreciate the workplace as a significant determinant of health—for lower income workers, in particular—with review of policies and practices to mitigate any discriminatory negative health or well-being impact. Further, race and ethnicity data should be incorporated in health benefits data analysis to understand more clearly the differential outcomes of health management offerings on these different sub-populations. Finally, social needs data should be incorporated into strategic benefits planning to better understand gaps and opportunities to foster greater benefits equity. The provided recommendations can support employer goals of achieving greater equity and value in workforce health, measurably contributing to business success.

scholarly journals “IF YOU DON’T KNOW ME BY NOW…”

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-28
Author(s):  
Ellen M. Whitehead ◽  
Allan Farrell ◽  
Jenifer L. Bratter
Keyword(s):  
Race And Ethnicity ◽  
Mate Selection ◽  
Racial Identities ◽  
Hispanic Origin ◽  
Socially Constructed ◽  
Attitudinal Factors ◽  
A Site ◽  
Intimate Partnerships ◽  
College Educated ◽  
Insight Into

ABSTRACT The racial composition of couples is a salient indicator of race’s impact on mate selection, but how well do those in intimate partnerships know the racial identities of their partners? While prior research has revealed that an individual’s race may be perceived differently than how they identify, most of what is known comes from brief interactions, with less information on established relationships. This study examines whether discrepancies in the reports of a person’s race or ethnicity can be identified even within intimate relationships, as well as which relational, social, and attitudinal factors are predictive of divergent or concordant reports. We draw on the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (n=3467), a U.S.-based dataset that uniquely provides both the father’s self-reported race and Hispanic origin and the mother’s report of the father’s race and ethnicity. We compare reports of the father’s race/Hispanic origin from both parents to assess the extent of mismatch, and we distinguish between whether mothers view the father’s race as similar to or different from her own. We find roughly 14% of mothers provide a race and Hispanic origin that is inconsistent with the father’s report, with a large share reflecting differences in the self-identified and perceived race of fathers who are reported as Hispanic. Among mismatched reports, mothers are more likely to report a race/ethnicity for the father that matches her own, depressing the number reporting interracial unions. Perceptions of racial homogamy are especially likely when mothers view racial sameness as important to marriage. Further, mismatches are more common in the midst of weak relational ties (i.e. non-marital relationships) and are less common when both parents are college-educated. These findings reveal that intimate unions are a site where race is socially constructed and provide insight into how norms of endogamy manifest within formed relationships.

scholarly journals Obstacles to Addressing Race and Ethnicity in the Mathematics Education Literature

2012 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 238-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Noelle Parks ◽  
Mardi Schmeichel
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Race And Ethnicity ◽  
Mathematics Education Research ◽  
Education Literature ◽  
Independent Variables

This Research Commentary builds on a 2-stage literature review to argue that there are 4 obstacles to making a sociopolitical turn in mathematics education that would allow researchers to talk about race and ethnicity in ways that take both identity and power seriously: (a) the marginalization of discussions of race and ethnicity; (b) the reiteration of race and ethnicity as independent variables; (c) absence of race and ethnicity from mathematics education research; and (d) the minimizing of discussions of race and ethnicity, even within equity-oriented work.

Teaching and STEM Education Research Questionnaire

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Loi Booher ◽  
Louis S. Nadelson ◽  
Sandra G. Nadelson
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Stem Education
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