Elsa Gonzalez
Biographic Data
| ID | 4219105 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elsa Gonzalez |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elsa |
| FAMILY NAME | Gonzalez |
| SIGNATURE | GONZÁLEZ E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Houston |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3759-8443 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 58 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Cultural foundations of Latina resilience in STEM trades
This paper examines the cultural foundations of resilience among Latinas in STEM through the case of Chilean women teaching in Vocational Education and Training (VET) programs linked to male-dominated skilled trades. Based on semi-structured interviews, the study explores how culturally grounded repertoires shape women’s personal and professional trajectories and support their navigation of structural and symbolic barriers in masculinized STEM co…
Resilience Through Cultural Connections
Latinas have graduated from college at an increasing rate over the last decade, but they are still underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) degree programs and careers. One method to tackle challenges that can affect the persistence of Latinas in STEM programs is mentorship. The mentorship program in the following study was part of a larger project focused on studying Latinas in STEM undergraduate success, whic…
Understanding motivational beliefs of women in postsecondary STEM- vocational-technical education. Evidence from Chile
Women face many barriers to entry into and persistence in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. Drawing on expectancy-value theory (EVT) and using a qualitative approach, this study sought to deeply understand women’s entry and persistence in STEM-related postsecondary Vocational Technical Education (VTE) programs that lead to male-dominated skilled trades in construction, metalworking, and mining sectors in Chile. The …
Roots of Cultural Resilience
Contrary to the deficit, leaky pipe perspective, this study applied an asset-based framework that argues resilience is a cultural asset that motivates and contributes to success. The purpose of this study was to examine how Latinx students applied resilience contexts toward navigating the medical school pipeline. A qualitative, case study design was utilized to explore the medical school pipeline experiences of five Latinx medical students, atten…
Persistence of Latinas in STEM at an R1 Higher Education Institution in Texas
This study examined the success and persistence of Latina students in the complex environment of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields at a Tier 1 Research higher education institution in Texas. For this qualitative study, 10 Latina students pursuing STEM majors were interviewed within a framework focusing on Greene’s resilience theory. Results of this study suggest a strong likelihood for Latinas to succeed in STEM fiel…
Latino Males in Higher Education, Experiences Affecting Retention
As the Latino population continues to grow in the United States, it is important for Latino youth, and specifically, Latino males, to obtain a college degree. As other demographic groups graduate from colleges and universities across the country, Latino males continue to lag behind their non-Latino peers in obtaining their college degrees. Specifically, this study discusses the challenges that Latino males face during their first year in college
What does it mean to be a Hispanic-Serving Institution? Listening to the Latina/o/x voices of students
The purpose of this study is to examine what the Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) designation means to Hispanic college students at a Research One four-year university. This qualitative case study used one-on-one interviews with Hispanic undergraduate and graduate students to explore their experiences and perceptions of what it means to be an HSI and how the HSI designation can affect their collegiate experience. The study was guided by Museus’…
Latina college students’ experiences in STEM at Hispanic-Serving Institutions
In the last 20 years, Latina undergraduate college students have increased their enrollment and degree attainment. However, in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines Latinas remain highly underrepresented. The study aims to gain more insight into the roles that peers, faculty, and family play in Latina students' persistence in STEM fields at two selected Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs). Using Latino Critical Rac…
Planning Qualitative Research
For students and novice researchers, the choice of qualitative approach and subsequent alignment among problems, research questions, data collection, and data analysis can be particularly tricky. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to provide a concise explanation of four common qualitative approaches, case study, ethnography, narrative, and phenomenology, demonstrating how each approach is linked to specific types of data collection and anal…
Latina/o high school students’ perceptions and experiences obtaining information about going to college
A qualitative study with Latina/o high school students was conducted to understand their experiences obtaining information about going to college. The following themes emerged: students encountered difficulty meeting with the counselors and obtaining information; students had little idea of where to start looking for information about going to college; and little idea about the world of work. Implications for research and practice are presented t…
Nuestros Hijos van a la Universidad [Our Sons and Daughters Are Going to College]
Data from a focus group of nine Latina parents, specifically mothers from a South Texas border region known as the Rio Grande Valley, were analyzed using a qualitative methodology. Grounded in the theory of social capital, the purpose of the study was to understand the perceptions and experiences of Latina parents related to accessing information and resources to aid their students in enrolling in postsecondary institutions. The study was an expl…
Abdomen agudo en pacientes con VIH/Sida atendidos en un hospital nacional de Lima, Perú
The aim of this study was to describe the features in the presentation and management of acute abdomen (AA) in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). We reviewed the medical records of 97 HIV patients who presented with AA and were seen in 2006-2011 at Cayetano Heredia National Hospital in Lima, Peru. 1.6% of immunosuppressed patients underwent surgery. Appendectomy was the most common surgical procedure (33.3%). Morbidity was 28.1% an…
Formación de investigadores en el contexto de proyectos colaborativos
La investigación constituye un elemento fundamental de desarrollo humano y social. Bajo esta perspectiva, supone desafíos y oportunidades particulares para los llamados países “en vías de desarrollo”. Una aproximación a tales desafíos y oportunidades se desprende del análisis de dos actividades interrelacionadas: la formación de nuevos investigadores y el desarrollo de investigación con instituciones o investigadores externos a la propia instituc…
Formación de investigadores en el contexto de proyectos colaborativos
Research is a main element for human and social development. Under this point of view, it involves particular challenges and opportunities for the so-called "developing countries". An approach for those challenges and opportunities comes from the analysis of two interrelated activities; the training of new researchers and the research development with institutions or researchers which are external to the institution ("collaborative research"). Bo…
Beyond the Conflict
Total thanks to Bronwyn Davies for her long‐term service to QSE
Frequent HTLV-1 infection in the offspring of Peruvian women with HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis or strongyloidiasis
In addition to known risk factors for HTLV-1 transmission (duration of breast-feeding and history of blood transfusion), maternal HAM/TSP and strongyloidiasis were associated with seropositivity among offspring of HTLV-1-infected mothers
Planning Qualitative Research
For students and novice researchers, the choice of qualitative approach and subsequent alignment among problems, research questions, data collection, and data analysis can be particularly tricky. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to provide a concise explanation of four common qualitative approaches, case study, ethnography, narrative, and phenomenology, demonstrating how each approach is linked to specific types of data collection and anal…
Latina college students’ experiences in STEM at Hispanic-Serving Institutions
In the last 20 years, Latina undergraduate college students have increased their enrollment and degree attainment. However, in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines Latinas remain highly underrepresented. The study aims to gain more insight into the roles that peers, faculty, and family play in Latina students' persistence in STEM fields at two selected Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs). Using Latino Critical Rac…
What does it mean to be a Hispanic-Serving Institution? Listening to the Latina/o/x voices of students
The purpose of this study is to examine what the Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) designation means to Hispanic college students at a Research One four-year university. This qualitative case study used one-on-one interviews with Hispanic undergraduate and graduate students to explore their experiences and perceptions of what it means to be an HSI and how the HSI designation can affect their collegiate experience. The study was guided by Museus’…
Persistence of Latinas in STEM at an R1 Higher Education Institution in Texas
This study examined the success and persistence of Latina students in the complex environment of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields at a Tier 1 Research higher education institution in Texas. For this qualitative study, 10 Latina students pursuing STEM majors were interviewed within a framework focusing on Greene’s resilience theory. Results of this study suggest a strong likelihood for Latinas to succeed in STEM fiel…
Latino Males in Higher Education, Experiences Affecting Retention
As the Latino population continues to grow in the United States, it is important for Latino youth, and specifically, Latino males, to obtain a college degree. As other demographic groups graduate from colleges and universities across the country, Latino males continue to lag behind their non-Latino peers in obtaining their college degrees. Specifically, this study discusses the challenges that Latino males face during their first year in college
Latina/o high school students’ perceptions and experiences obtaining information about going to college
A qualitative study with Latina/o high school students was conducted to understand their experiences obtaining information about going to college. The following themes emerged: students encountered difficulty meeting with the counselors and obtaining information; students had little idea of where to start looking for information about going to college; and little idea about the world of work. Implications for research and practice are presented t…
Nuestros Hijos van a la Universidad [Our Sons and Daughters Are Going to College]
Data from a focus group of nine Latina parents, specifically mothers from a South Texas border region known as the Rio Grande Valley, were analyzed using a qualitative methodology. Grounded in the theory of social capital, the purpose of the study was to understand the perceptions and experiences of Latina parents related to accessing information and resources to aid their students in enrolling in postsecondary institutions. The study was an expl…
Beyond the Conflict
Frequent HTLV-1 infection in the offspring of Peruvian women with HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis or strongyloidiasis
In addition to known risk factors for HTLV-1 transmission (duration of breast-feeding and history of blood transfusion), maternal HAM/TSP and strongyloidiasis were associated with seropositivity among offspring of HTLV-1-infected mothers
Beyond the Conflict
Total thanks to Bronwyn Davies for her long‐term service to QSE
Formación de investigadores en el contexto de proyectos colaborativos
La investigación constituye un elemento fundamental de desarrollo humano y social. Bajo esta perspectiva, supone desafíos y oportunidades particulares para los llamados países “en vías de desarrollo”. Una aproximación a tales desafíos y oportunidades se desprende del análisis de dos actividades interrelacionadas: la formación de nuevos investigadores y el desarrollo de investigación con instituciones o investigadores externos a la propia instituc…
Formación de investigadores en el contexto de proyectos colaborativos
Research is a main element for human and social development. Under this point of view, it involves particular challenges and opportunities for the so-called "developing countries". An approach for those challenges and opportunities comes from the analysis of two interrelated activities; the training of new researchers and the research development with institutions or researchers which are external to the institution ("collaborative research"). Bo…
Abdomen agudo en pacientes con VIH/Sida atendidos en un hospital nacional de Lima, Perú
The aim of this study was to describe the features in the presentation and management of acute abdomen (AA) in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). We reviewed the medical records of 97 HIV patients who presented with AA and were seen in 2006-2011 at Cayetano Heredia National Hospital in Lima, Peru. 1.6% of immunosuppressed patients underwent surgery. Appendectomy was the most common surgical procedure (33.3%). Morbidity was 28.1% an…
Nuestros Hijos van a la Universidad [Our Sons and Daughters Are Going to College]
Data from a focus group of nine Latina parents, specifically mothers from a South Texas border region known as the Rio Grande Valley, were analyzed using a qualitative methodology. Grounded in the theory of social capital, the purpose of the study was to understand the perceptions and experiences of Latina parents related to accessing information and resources to aid their students in enrolling in postsecondary institutions. The study was an expl…
Latina/o high school students’ perceptions and experiences obtaining information about going to college
A qualitative study with Latina/o high school students was conducted to understand their experiences obtaining information about going to college. The following themes emerged: students encountered difficulty meeting with the counselors and obtaining information; students had little idea of where to start looking for information about going to college; and little idea about the world of work. Implications for research and practice are presented t…
Persistence of Latinas in STEM at an R1 Higher Education Institution in Texas
This study examined the success and persistence of Latina students in the complex environment of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields at a Tier 1 Research higher education institution in Texas. For this qualitative study, 10 Latina students pursuing STEM majors were interviewed within a framework focusing on Greene’s resilience theory. Results of this study suggest a strong likelihood for Latinas to succeed in STEM fiel…
Latino Males in Higher Education, Experiences Affecting Retention
As the Latino population continues to grow in the United States, it is important for Latino youth, and specifically, Latino males, to obtain a college degree. As other demographic groups graduate from colleges and universities across the country, Latino males continue to lag behind their non-Latino peers in obtaining their college degrees. Specifically, this study discusses the challenges that Latino males face during their first year in college
What does it mean to be a Hispanic-Serving Institution? Listening to the Latina/o/x voices of students
The purpose of this study is to examine what the Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) designation means to Hispanic college students at a Research One four-year university. This qualitative case study used one-on-one interviews with Hispanic undergraduate and graduate students to explore their experiences and perceptions of what it means to be an HSI and how the HSI designation can affect their collegiate experience. The study was guided by Museus’…
Latina college students’ experiences in STEM at Hispanic-Serving Institutions
In the last 20 years, Latina undergraduate college students have increased their enrollment and degree attainment. However, in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines Latinas remain highly underrepresented. The study aims to gain more insight into the roles that peers, faculty, and family play in Latina students' persistence in STEM fields at two selected Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs). Using Latino Critical Rac…
Planning Qualitative Research
For students and novice researchers, the choice of qualitative approach and subsequent alignment among problems, research questions, data collection, and data analysis can be particularly tricky. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to provide a concise explanation of four common qualitative approaches, case study, ethnography, narrative, and phenomenology, demonstrating how each approach is linked to specific types of data collection and anal…
Understanding motivational beliefs of women in postsecondary STEM- vocational-technical education. Evidence from Chile
Women face many barriers to entry into and persistence in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. Drawing on expectancy-value theory (EVT) and using a qualitative approach, this study sought to deeply understand women’s entry and persistence in STEM-related postsecondary Vocational Technical Education (VTE) programs that lead to male-dominated skilled trades in construction, metalworking, and mining sectors in Chile. The …
Roots of Cultural Resilience
Contrary to the deficit, leaky pipe perspective, this study applied an asset-based framework that argues resilience is a cultural asset that motivates and contributes to success. The purpose of this study was to examine how Latinx students applied resilience contexts toward navigating the medical school pipeline. A qualitative, case study design was utilized to explore the medical school pipeline experiences of five Latinx medical students, atten…
Resilience Through Cultural Connections
Latinas have graduated from college at an increasing rate over the last decade, but they are still underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) degree programs and careers. One method to tackle challenges that can affect the persistence of Latinas in STEM programs is mentorship. The mentorship program in the following study was part of a larger project focused on studying Latinas in STEM undergraduate success, whic…
Cultural foundations of Latina resilience in STEM trades
This paper examines the cultural foundations of resilience among Latinas in STEM through the case of Chilean women teaching in Vocational Education and Training (VET) programs linked to male-dominated skilled trades. Based on semi-structured interviews, the study explores how culturally grounded repertoires shape women’s personal and professional trajectories and support their navigation of structural and symbolic barriers in masculinized STEM co…
Sociology (11 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Higher Education Research Studies (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Social science (7 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Qualitative research (6 works) · Career Development and Diversity (5 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Higher education (4 works)