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Searching for Identity: (Re)Imagining Culturally Relevant and Equitable STEM Practices and Counter-Spaces

Mon, April 12, 4:30 to 6:00pm EDT (4:30 to 6:00pm EDT), Division J, Division J - Section 1 Paper and Symposium Sessions

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The pedagogical practices and spaces developed to scaffold undergraduates’ learning and development in STEM postsecondary contexts are largely, and historically, based on Eurocentric models and theories. As such, Students of Color (SoC) must negotiate their identities, interests, and self-perceptions when navigating the complexities and contradictions of these STEM contexts that are often misaligned to their own cultural frames of reference. In response, this symposium will explore the experiences of SoC in higher education STEM contexts to provide recommendations for developing and implementing culturally relevant and equitable STEM practices and spaces. Part of this work includes providing empirical and theoretical strategies for empowering SoC’s STEM identity and critical consciousness development across a variety of STEM contexts.

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