Category: STEM

Real Change or Performative Anti-Racism? Clinical Psychology Programs’ Efforts to Recruit and Retain Bipoc Scholars (2023).

ABSTRACT. Objective This study assessed perceptions of Clinical Psychology doctoral programs’ efforts to recruit and retain faculty and graduate students of color, as well as differences in perceptions based on participants’ position within their program (i.e. graduate student versus faculty) and race. Method Participants (n = 297; 35% people of color; 79% female; mean age: 32) were graduate students and faculty from... Continue Reading →

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Creating Inclusive Department Climates in STEM Fields: Multiple Faculty Perspectives on the Same Departments (2022).

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ABSTRACT. Climate studies that measure equity and inclusion among faculty reveal widespread gender and race disparities in higher education. The chilly departmental climate that women and faculty of color experience is typically measured through university-wide surveys. Although inclusion plays out at the department level, research rarely focuses on departments. Drawing from 57 interviews with faculty in 14 science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)... Continue Reading →

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Upending racism in psychological science: Strategies to change how science is conducted, reported, reviewed, and disseminated (2021).

Buchanan, N. T., Perez, M., Prinstein, M. J., & Thurston, I. B. (2021). Upending racism in psychological science: Strategies to change how science is conducted, reported, reviewed, and disseminated. American Psychologist, 76(7), 1097–1112. https://doi-org.libproxy.kenyon.edu/10.1037/amp0000905 ABSTRACT. As efforts to end systemic racism gain momentum across various contexts, it is critical to consider antiracist steps needed to improve psychological... Continue Reading →

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The Burden of Service for Faculty of Color to Achieve Diversity and Inclusion: The Minority Tax (2020).

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ABSTRACT: The exclusion of Blacks/African-Americans, Latinx/Hispanics, and Indigenous people from science has resulted in their underrepresentation in the biomedical workforce, especially in academia. Faculty diversity at academic institutions is unacceptably low (<6%) and has remained unchanged in the past 20 years. Despite low representation, faculty of color are disproportionately tasked with service to enhance diversity... Continue Reading →

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Patching the “Leaky Pipeline”: Interventions for Women of Color Faculty in STEM Academia (2019).

ABSTRACT. The 'leaky pipeline' entails the progressive loss of competent women faculty members in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). These leaks have been identified at various career stages, including selection, promotion, and retention. Efforts to increase female representation in STEM academia have had mixed results: Although the overall percentage of STEM women faculty has increased... Continue Reading →

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Encouraged or Weeded out: Perspectives of Students of Color in the STEM Disciplines on Faculty Interactions (2017)

ABSTRACT. For this multisite qualitative case study, framed in Bourdieu’s social reproduction theory, we examined mentoring experiences among Students of Color majoring in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines at both a predominantly White institution and a historically Black institution. Findings revealed that faculty served as gatekeepers for accessing STEM-related careers for Students of Color. Students of Color at the historically... Continue Reading →

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Mentoring in Academe: A Feminist Poststructural Lens on Stories of Women Engineering Faculty of Color (2015).

ABSTRACT. We analyzed the mentoring narratives of women of color in faculty in engineering using feminist poststructural narratological lenses. We found that university mentoring systems were designed to align with master narratives of mentoring but did not coincide with women faculty’s own mentoring stories. Specifically, women engineers regarded their mentee experiences and cultures of mentoring with varying levels of suspicion,... Continue Reading →

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Race, Gender, and scholarly Impact: Disparities for women and faculty of color in clinical psychology (2021).

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ABSTRACT. We sought to determine if gender and race are associated with scientific impact, scholarly productivity, career advancement, and prestige. Methods: Publicly available data on publications, h‐index, advancement, and prestige were assessed across core faculty in all American Psychological Association‐accredited clinical psychology programs at R1 institutions in the United States (87 programs, 918 scientists). Results: There were... Continue Reading →

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