Hashtag #ThinkBigDiversity: Social Media Hacking Activities as Hybridized Mentoring Mechanisms for Underrepresented Minorities in STEM

Miner et al. (2018) call for industrial and organizational (I-O) psychologists to examine the societal structures that influence women's underrepresentation in STEM. Here we extend their ideas and suggest that diversity in STEM would benefit from considering how people develop within the context of their environment. Educational researchers refer to the knowledge people develop through daily experiences with their cultural milieu as funds of knowledge. Funds of knowledge essentially represent a person's expertise, and educational researchers have recognized that designing environments that draw from expertise facilitates success for students, including women and underrepresented minorities in STEM.

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From HHMI: Doubling Down on Diversity

CBE—Life Sciences Education ◽

10.1187/cbe.16-01-0018 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 15 (3) ◽

pp. fe6 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

David J. Asai ◽

Cynthia Bauerle

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

The United States ◽

Underrepresented Minorities ◽

The Past ◽

Science Technology ◽

And Mathematics ◽

Postsecondary Science ◽

National Effort ◽

Minorities In Stem

In spite of modest gains in the past four decades, the United States has not been able to substantially improve on the pervasive underrepresentation of minorities in postsecondary science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) pathways. We suggest a way to guide a national effort to double the persistence of underrepresented minorities in STEM in the next decade.

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People like me increasing likelihood of success for underrepresented minorities in STEM by providing realistic and relatable role models

2017 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) ◽

10.1109/fie.2017.8190454 ◽

2017 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Nir Aish ◽

Philip Asare ◽

Elif Eda Miskioglu

Keyword(s):

Role Models ◽

Underrepresented Minorities ◽

Minorities In Stem

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A Three-Pillar Approach to Preparing Tomorrow's STEM Professionals

Engaging STEM Students From Rural Areas - Advances in Early Childhood and K-12 Education ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-6341-9.ch004 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 64-119

Keyword(s):

Minority Students ◽

Survey Research ◽

Underrepresented Minorities ◽

Stem Fields ◽

Stem Careers ◽

Specific Knowledge ◽

Survey Results ◽

The Individual ◽

The Impact ◽

Minorities In Stem

STEM professionals need specific knowledge, abilities, and general ways of working to be successful. In this chapter, the authors identify a three-pillar approach for preparing future STEM workers including 1) knowledge of STEM careers and professionals, 2) abilities to work in the STEM fields, and 3) ways of working as STEM professionals. Additionally, the individual components and activities of Project Engage that address each pillar are detailed. Finally, this chapter also presents the results and implications discovered through survey research designed to ascertain the participants' opinions of the project activities and the impact of the activities on retention in STEM fields and on participants' desires to continue into STEM careers. The survey results uncover a trend of more positive responses of minority students towards project activities designed to prepare future STEM professionals. This trend calls for future, more in-depth examinations on the project activities and similar ones as a means to increase the number of underrepresented minorities in STEM professions.

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Textual comparison of role model and mentor profiles developed to increase participation of underrepresented minorities in STEM

2019 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) ◽

10.1109/fie43999.2019.9028628 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Kyle F Trenshaw ◽

Elif Eda Miskioglu ◽

Philip Asare ◽

Nir Aish

Keyword(s):

Role Model ◽

Underrepresented Minorities ◽

Minorities In Stem

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4442 CTSA Recruitment Resources: An Inventory of What CTSA Hubs Are Currently Offering

Journal of Clinical and Translational Science ◽

10.1017/cts.2020.379 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (s1) ◽

pp. 127-127

Author(s):

Brenda Hudson ◽

Nyiramugisha Niyibizi ◽

Scott McIntosh ◽

Ashley Sipocz ◽

Emily Paku ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Low Income ◽

Underrepresented Minorities ◽

Recruitment And Retention ◽

Feasibility Assessment ◽

Study Materials ◽

Study Population ◽

English Speaking ◽

Almost All ◽

Short Answer Questions

OBJECTIVES/GOALS: The objective of this project was to determine the research volunteer recruitment capabilities and methodologies currently utilized by CTSA Hubs in order to disseminate recruitment best practices and create collaborations across institutions. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: The CTSA Recruitment and Retention working group developed a REDCap survey to collect information about what participant recruitment and retention resources and processes are being used at CTSA institutions to support investigators. It was distributed to CTSAs between May and July 2019. The survey, consisting of over 50 multiple choice and short answer questions, is an updated version of a 2016 survey. Institutions reported on registry use, feasibility assessment use, clinical trial listings, experience recruiting special populations, program operations and evaluation, workforce education, social media use and other recruitment resources. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: 40 of the 64 CTSA institutions completed the survey. Almost all of those responding are providing investigators access to a registry either favoring their institutional registry (45%) or ResearchMatch (34%) with most (85%) leveraging ResearchMatch to some extent. Over 80% of the CTSAs are providing investigators recruitment consultations, feasibility assessments, study listings, and EMR Utilization. 73% of the CTSAs are assisting with study materials with 47% offering social media assistance. Additionally, over half the respondents indicated they were successful recruiting healthy volunteers, patients, seniors, pregnant women, minors, low-income populations and underrepresented minorities; however, most found recruiting non or limited English speaking persons and rural populations challenging. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE OF IMPACT: A variety of recruitment and retention resources exist across CTSA institutions, and this inventory serves as a way to compile these services and foster collaboration across institutions. Additionally, it allows CTSAs to identify services not currently being offered that could improve outcomes while also creating opportunities for collaboration.

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