An Asset-Based Approach to Advancing Latina Students in STEM : Increasing Resilience, Participation, and Success (Paperback)

Foreword by Deborah Santiago Introduction: An Asset-Based Approach to Advancing Latina Students in STEM: Increasing Resilience, Participation, and Success Elsa M. Gonzalez and Miranda Wilson PART 1: Examining Literature, Theory, and Data to Inform Policy Chapter 1: Latinas in STEM: A Review of the Literature Using a Psychosociocultural Lens Kristan M. Venegas and Araceli Espinoza-Wade Chapter 2: Developing A Conceptual Framework for Computing Identity Development for Latina Undergraduate Students Sarah L. Rodriguez, Charles Lu, and Daisy Ramirez Chapter 3: The Pathway to the PhD: Latinas as STEM Doctorates from 1975?2010 Frank Fernandez, Hyun Kyoung Ro, Miranda Wilson, and Veronica Crawford Chapter 4: "Cuida Tu Casa y Deja la Ajena": Focusing on Retention as a Self-Perpetuating Engine for Recruiting Latina Faculty in STEM Aurora Kamimura Chapter 5: How Many Latinas in STEM Benefit from High-Impact Practices? Examining Participation by Social Class and Immigrant Status Sanga Kim, Selyna Perez Beverly, and Hyun Kyoung Ro PART 2: Reading (Hearing) Testimonios of Latinas in STEM Chapter 6: Empowering Latina STEM Majors at a Public R1 Doctoral University and Hispanic-Serving Institution in Texas: Strategies for Success Elsa M. Gonzalez, Mauricio Molina, and Sarah Churchill Turner Chapter 7: First-Generation Latina Engineering Students’ Aspirational Counterstories Tamara T. Coronella Chapter 8: Latinas Undergraduates in Engineering/Computer Science on the US-Mexico Border: Identity, Social Capital, and Persistence Erika Mein, Helena Mucino Guerra, and Lidia Herrera-Rocha Chapter 9: "I Learned How to Divide at 25": A Counter-Narrative of How one Latina’s Agency and Resilience Lead Her Towards an Engineering Pathway Dina Verdin Chapter 10: Leadership through the Lenses of Latinas: Undergraduate College Students in STEM-Related Disciplines at Regional HSIs Hilda Cecilia Contreras Aguirre, Rosa Banda, and Elsa M. Gonzalez Chapter 11: "There Was Something Missing": How Latinas Construct Compartmentalized Identities in STEM Ariana L. Garcia, Blanca Rincon, and Juanita K. Hinojosa Afterword: Six Steps Forward for Studying Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in STEM Frank Fernandez