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Calling in Well-Being: Critical Examinations of Black and Brown STEM Students

Sat, April 15, 11:40am to 1:10pm CDT (11:40am to 1:10pm CDT), Swissôtel Chicago, Floor: Event Centre, 1st Floor, St. Gallen 3

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Scholars and practitioners who attend to Black and Brown students’ STEM experiences must consider how well-being is being conceived and positioned. This includes how well-being is associated with individuals’ conceptions of their identities within and outside of their professional spaces. This symposium presents four presentations that focus on Black and/or Brown students and the extent to which a critical, holistic approach to well-being is present and accounted for within their understandings of self and their STEM experiences. Implications from these presentations focus on why, where, and how a critical, holistic perspective of well-being must be defined and purported among Black and Brown individuals operating within STEM environments.

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