Developing Diverse STEM Professionals Through Experiential Learning at Hispanic-Serving Institutions

• In Event: Fairmont Roundtable Session Seventeen
  In Roundtable Session: Navigation and Transformation in Professional Identity Formation (Table 18)

Abstract

Within higher education, there is a need to understand how to support and intentionally serve minoritized students pursuing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) degrees. This paper highlights the experiences of minoritized STEM transfer students engaged in experiential learning (EL) at Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), with a focus on institutional servingness. Results from multiple NSF-funded projects broadly address how HSIs support and facilitate students’ EL experiences. Implications for future research, policy, and practice, emphasizing servingness and how to better serve minoritized students in STEM EL at HSIs, will be discussed.

Authors

• Felisha Herrera, San Diego State University
  Presenting Author

• Victoria Rodriguez-Operana, San Diego State University
  Presenting Author

• A. Krystal Lira, San Diego State University
  Presenting Author

• Julio Fregoso, Morgan State University
  Presenting Author