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ERIC Number: EJ1227955
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 16
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: EISSN-2469-9896
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Deconstructing Black Physics Identity: Linking Individual and Social Constructs Using the Critical Physics Identity Framework
Hyater-Adams, Simone; Fracchiolla, Claudia; Williams, Tamia; Finkelstein, Noah; Hinko, Kathleen
Physical Review Physics Education Research, v15 n2 Article 020115 Jul-Dec 2019
Understanding the ways in which Black folks identify as physicists can provide useful information about the facets of the physics discipline that perpetuate systems of oppression. In prior work, we developed the critical physics identity (CPI) framework to identify the structures and systems that impact the ways that people identify with the physics discipline. In this paper, we apply the CPI to deconstruct the factors that influence physics identity for a sample of undergraduate, graduate, and professional Black physicists. Using the CPI constructs, we classify important internal and external factors that influence how they identify, or not, as a physics person. We find that racialized resources were more influential than physics identity constructs, and document the subcodes of each CPI construct that are discussed most frequently among participants. We note variations between early and later career physicists and between men and women.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: AISL1713060; DMR1548924