Table of Contents
Foreword David Omotoso Stovall xi
Introduction: The URM Student Experience in STEM 1
1 Will White Supremacy End America's STEM Supremacy? 19
The Costs of Excluding People of Color from STEM Education
This Problem Is Greater and Graver Than Skin Deep
Scientists Agree That More Diversity Is Needed
URM Intellectual STEM Thought: They've Been There All Along
A Note on Research Methodologies
2 The Plight of the Underrepresented in STEM Higher Education and the Workforce 33
Spotlight on Engineering: Just How Underrepresented Are URMs?
Major Burners to the Broad Participation of URM Students in STEM
The Burdens of Tokenism, Color Blindness, and Resilience
The Interplay of Color Blindness, Resilience, and Structural and Institutional Racism
The Financial Fallout from Structural Racism
Eugenics: The Pseudoscience That Refuses to Die
Looking Toward HBCUs for Guidance in Reversing Structural Racism in STEM
Faculty Overwhelmed by Service Work, Voluntary and Imposed
3 The Stress of Success for the Underrepresented and Minoritized in STEM 53
How Stereotyping Works
The Power of Stereotypes: Whatever Doesn't Kill You Gives You Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms
Managing Stereotypes
Building Strong STEM Identities: Two Case Studies
4 Why Justice-Oriented STEM Is the Key to Getting and Keeping Students of Color in STEM and-Oh Yeah, Saving Our Planet Too! 75
The Equity Ethic as a Motivator for Marginalized Students
Roots of the Equity Ethic: A Common History of Suffering
URM Students' Compassion and Their Focus on Practical Solutions
Family, Fictive Kinship, and Community
Discomfort with Supporting US Economic Domination
Testing the Strength of Motivation
How to Attract and Retain Underrepresented People in STEM Fields
5 Evaluating Efforts to Broaden STEM Participation 95
Effective Educational Approaches for Undenepresented Students in STEM
Programs That Work for STEM Students of Color
Guiding Principles of URM Student Programs
Why Is Mentoring Important?
A Caution about Mentoring Programming
Mentoring for the Underrepresented and Minoritized
Clearing the Pathway to Diversified STEM Excellence
6 Next Steps for STEM Leadership: Practical Suggestions for Structural Change 115
The Power of the University
Conclusion
Afterword: Who Am I to Be Writing a Book Like This? 137
Notes 155
Acknowledgments 181
About the Author 183
Index 185