Transforming STEM Education Toward Equity and Social Justice: Insights From Research and Organizational Stakeholders

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

This session brings together scholars and organizational stakeholders to tackle longstanding equity issues in STEM education. How do we resolve persistent inequities in students’ access, learning, persistence, and educational and career success with regard to STEM fields of study? What are some of the creative success models that help alleviate underrepresentation and enhance experiences and success of historically underserved populations based on race, gender, socioeconomic status, first-generation status, and other important identities? Based on their experiences and expertise, organizational stakeholders and scholars on this panel collectively interrogate these questions and current efforts to achieve equity and social justice for underrepresented students navigating STEM education.

Sub Unit

• AERA Presidential Session

Chair

• Xueli Wang, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Participants

• Lorelle Espinosa, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

• Karen A. Marrongelle, National Science Foundation

• Ebony O. McGee, Vanderbilt University

• Sarah Rodriguez, Texas A&M University - Commerce

• Aaron Thomas, University of Montana

• Debra Watkins, A Black Education Network

Discussant

• Eboni M. Zamani-Gallaher, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign