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How “women of color” are (or are not) represented in STEM education research

Bibliographic Data

ID21392673
AuthorsMonica L Miles (0000-0003-0006-1842, Physician Assistant Education Association Diversity and Research Washington, DC United States USA, corresponding author), Charlotte A Agger (0000-0003-1490-5698, Department of Counseling & Educational Psychology, School of Education Indiana University Bloomington Indiana USA), ReAnna S Roby (0000-0002-3065-2654, Department of Teaching and Learning, Peabody College Vanderbilt University Nashville Tennessee USA), Terrell R Morton (0000-0002-3822-0848, Department of Learning, Teaching, and Curriculum, College of Education and Human Development University of Missouri Columbia Missouri USA)
Year2022
Volume106
Issue2
Pages229-256
Publication date2022-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueScience Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0036-8326 • E-ISSN: 1098-237X
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/sce.21694
OpenAlexW4200326002
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited76

Despite national calls for increasing diversity and inclusion within science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), inequitable recruitment and retention strategies remain commonplace. Inherent to many strategies is a lack of specificity in attending to the needs, desires, and cultures of individuals who are minoritized at the intersections of race, gender, and class through the use of broad, sweeping classifications such as “Women of Color.” Using critical race feminism, we engaged in a meta‐synthesis of recent peer‐reviewed, empirical STEM education articles that used the term “Women of Color” to identify (a) how the term “Women of Color” was defined, (b) who was and was not represented by this term and (c) and how research findings accounted for the presence of WOC. We provide a critical discussion of how terminology is used and a call for specificity in equitable and justice‐oriented STEM programming

Class (philosophy) · Diversity (politics) · Economic Justice · Epistemology · Feminism · Inclusion (mineral) · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Political science · Race (biology) · Science education · Sociology · Term (time) · Terminology · Women of color · Career Development and Diversity · Education, Achievement, and Giftedness · Gender and Technology in Education · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology