Dream On! Supporting and Graduating African American Girls and Women in STEM - McPherson, Ezella
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Have you ever dreamed of becoming a doctor one day? Do you have a passion for math or science? Would you like to pursue an undergraduate degree in science, technology, engineering, math (STEM)? If you answered yes to one of these questions, then this text is for you! The text draws upon the personal narratives of 16 undergraduate African American women who had aspirations of pursuing undergraduate degrees that led to careers in medicine, health professions, engineering, or mathematical fields. The book begins by telling their success stories and love for math and science in K-12 settings. It…mehr

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Have you ever dreamed of becoming a doctor one day? Do you have a passion for math or science? Would you like to pursue an undergraduate degree in science, technology, engineering, math (STEM)? If you answered yes to one of these questions, then this text is for you! The text draws upon the personal narratives of 16 undergraduate African American women who had aspirations of pursuing undergraduate degrees that led to careers in medicine, health professions, engineering, or mathematical fields. The book begins by telling their success stories and love for math and science in K-12 settings. It then discusses their stories of trials, triumphs, and even some tragedies when pursuing their undergraduate degrees at predominantly white institutions (PWIs). A discussion on how they built a sense of community, that is a sense of belonging in their majors is described as well. The text describes why some African American girls and women leave STEM field and why others stick with pursuing their undergraduate STEM degrees. Despite enduring challenges in their majors, all 16 of resilient African American women completed undergraduate degrees in health science, social science, and/or STEM majors. Careers that these women pursued were medical doctors, scientists, mathematicians by way of finance, engineer, business professional, and human resources professionals. Recommendations include, the teaching methods that match the learning styles for African American girls and women pursuing STEM fields from elementary school to middle school, high school, and college; and ways community can be built for them while pursuing their STEM degrees. The book is a must read for girls, women, and minority women, and minorities who want to pursue STEM fields and medical degrees at predominantly white institutions, families, educators, administrators, and policymakers.
Autorenporträt
Dr. Ezella McPherson earned a Master of Education and Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Policy Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She received her bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. As an African American woman, she is familiar with the STEM culture through first-hand experiences, observations of friends, and former students in STEM majors and pre-medicine. She has also published manuscripts on African American women's giftedness in STEM ("Oh you are smart: Young, gifted African American women in STEM majors"), spiritual capital ("Having our say in higher education: African American women's stories of 'doing science' through using spiritual capital"), resilience ("African American women's resilience in hard science majors"), informal learning ("Informal learning in SME fields for African American undergraduate females"), and commitment to STEM majors ("To commit or leave from STEM majors at a PWI: An exploration of African American women's experiences"). She recently published the number 1 best-selling book titled, Real Outreach: A Practical Guide to Retaining and Graduating College Students. Her co-authored manuscripts include the mentoring of African American women in STEM at Historically Black College and Universities ("Mentoring our own: African American women in engineering" with co-author Dr. Virginia Tickles) and examining the experiences of minority women in STEM ("Minority women in STEM: A valuable resource in the global economy" with co-author Dr. Diane Fuselier-Thompson"). She has presented on college student persistence, retention, and graduation of African American women, minority students, and science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) students at conferences, such as the American Educational Research Association, American Educational Studies Association, Association for the Study of Higher Education, STEM Education Conference University of British Columbia, International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Oakland University Student Success Conference, American Sociological Association, and the Equity within the Classroom Conference.