54.070 - Problematizing Equal Education Opportunity Reform: Black Women and Girls in Mathematics and Engineering

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

In this session, established and emerging Black women researchers in the fields of mathematics and engineering education convene to present an integrated and collaborative symposium that presents four papers and invites dialogue to problematize equal educational opportunity related to Black women and girls in mathematics and engineering. As a collective, we take up Black Feminism as an analytic tool to (a) critique and interrogate the extant literature, (b) deconstruct Black women and girls experiences in mathematics and engineering spaces, and (c) present possibilities and implications for democratizing educational practice and policy.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Research Focus on Black Education

Chair

• Joi A. Spencer, University of San Diego

Papers

• Black Women's and Girls' Persistence in the Pre-K–20 Mathematics Pipeline: Two Decades of Research - Nicole Michelle Joseph, Vanderbilt University - Peabody College; Meseret Hailu, University of Denver

• The Local Politics of Being a Black Girl Mathematics Doer - Maisie L. Gholson, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

• Black Women Engineering Faculty: Exploring the Triple Intersectionality of Race, Gender, and Class - Ebony Omotola McGee, Vanderbilt Peabody College

• Black Women as Leaders: When Minorities Lead the Majority - Monica F. Cox, The Ohio State University - Columbus

Discussant

• Jacqueline Leonard, University of Wyoming