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Using an Identity Lens to Explore Latinx Undergraduate Pathways Into and Through STEM

Mon, April 20, 8:15 to 9:45am, Virtual Room

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Within the context of continued underrepresentation of Latinx students in STEM fields, this symposium draws on findings from three NSF-funded studies to explore the pathways of undergraduate Latinx students who persist in STEM across different types of IHEs, including minority serving institutions and predominantly white institutions. The analytical focal point of the four papers is identity, and how Latinx students construct and negotiate their identities within STEM fields across contexts. This symposium contributes to a larger scholarly conversation about the recruitment and persistence of Latinx students in STEM, using a sociocultural and intersectional lens to highlight the complexity of students’ identities. Findings from these papers have implications for the ways in which IHEs recruit and support Latinx students in STEM.

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