ERIC Number: EJ1150335
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
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Black Undergraduate Women and Their Sense of Belonging in STEM at Predominantly White Institutions
Dortch, Deniece; Patel, Chirag
NASPA Journal About Women in Higher Education, v10 n2 p202-215 2017
Because little work exists on the sense of belonging focusing on just Black undergraduate women in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), especially at highly selective predominantly white institutions (PWIs), this study takes a phenomenological approach to understand the lived experiences of Black undergraduate women in STEM by exploring how racial and gendered microaggressions influence how three African American women majoring in the sciences experience sense of belonging at PWIs. A phenomenological inductive analysis was used to compile the research findings, which indicated that racial and gender discrimination, isolation, marginalization, and alienation resulting from microaggressions occurred. Implications for inclusive practices are discussed.
Descriptors: African American Students, Females, Undergraduate Students, STEM Education, Institutional Characteristics, Disproportionate Representation, White Students, Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students, Hermeneutics, Phenomenology, Gender Discrimination, Racial Discrimination, Interpersonal Relationship, Majors (Students), Sciences, Semi Structured Interviews, Race, Aggression, Qualitative Research
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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