Interrogating Institutional Resistance to STEM Programs for Historically Excluded Students at Predominantly White Institutions (Poster 8)

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Abstract

The focus of this work is to understand the experiences of Black graduate students who are leading restorative justice work and how the institution has supported or resisted their leadership to pave the way for the next generation of diverse scientists. This qualitative study design used community based participatory research (CBPR) through interviews, document analysis, and classroom observation to both understand the experiences of Black graduate students in leading STEM outreach and interrogate the institution they are working within. The findings from this work detail the necessity on the part of the institution to have authentic conversations where we reflect on policies and individual identities about how they shape the institution.

Author

• Emma Ley Gunderson, San Francisco State University