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Empowering Underrepresented Students in Science,

Edition 1 STEM Students Speak

Editors: By Sonji Johnson-Anderson, Ranjana Lingutla and Margaret Riley

Publication Date: 04 Nov 2021

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Empowering Underrepresented Students in Science: STEM Students Speak chronicles the best practices of a STEM retention program for underrepresented minority students (URM) at a public university. Written mostly as an engaging series of vignettes, this story invites its audience to examine the “underbelly¿ of this successful program. It reveals to readers what lies at the heart of creating and sustaining a STEM retention program that is as inviting as it is vital. The program’s practice of reflection helps to build students’ self-efficacy and self-understanding. This book addresses the problem of merely throwing resources at a program to have it only achieve mild success.

Most STEM retention/support programs offer a litany of “things¿ they think are necessary for students, especially traditionally underserved students, to survive in STEM. We contend that our program goes beyond merely throwing money at a need, to critically assessing the need through the lens of inclusive practices. Our program attempts to engage with the whole selves of the students we serve.

Key Features

Proposes a focused, strategic approach to offering support to underrepresented minority (URM) students
Shares easily reproducible ways to build a STEM support program to replicate the success at UMASS AP
Features an engaging, readable style with real-world applications

About the author

By Sonji Johnson-Anderson, Director, UMass Amherst STEM Ambassadors Program, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA; Ranjana Lingutla, Medical Student, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA and Margaret Riley, Professor, Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States

1. Who Needs STEM Support?
2. Developing a What? A STEM Identity?
3. Mentoring Networks: Are They Even Necessary?
4. Surely, There Aren’t Enough Research Experiences for all of us. Are there?
5. Of What Use is the STEM Community?
6. Could You Create a STEM Support System in Your Community?

ISBN: 9780323904698

Page Count: 128

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