The Double Bind in Physics Education: Intersectionality, Equity, and Belonging for Women of Color - Paperback
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The Double Bind in Physics Education: Intersectionality, Equity, and Belonging for Women of Color - Paperback
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by Maria Ong (Author)
An incisive study of the mechanisms reinforcing the underrepresentation of women of color in STEM fields and a call for systemic change to address the imbalance.
In a detailed exploration of inclusion in physics, social scientist Maria Ong makes the case for far-reaching higher education reform, noting that despite diversity efforts to recruit more women and students of color into science and mathematics programs, many leave the STEM pipeline. The Double Bind in Physics Education takes readers inside the issue by following 10 women of color from their entrance into the undergraduate physics program at a large research university through their pursuit of various educational and career paths. Candid interviews with these women, their instructors and mentors, and their peers, conducted over 25 years, allow Ong to trace how pervasive challenges, such as navigating the intersectionality of race and gender discrimination, have shaped their academic opportunities and career choices. Despite the ideals of objectivity promoted in STEM disciplines, the women profiled here encounter continued patterns of systemic oppression within their departments. In their stories, Ong identifies overt behaviors and microaggressions that harass, exclude, and otherwise disadvantage women of color and members of other minoritized groups. Ong also shows how aids such as student support programs, peer groups, allies, and mentors, which are centered on the individual, can go only so far toward a sustainable solution. In order to provide equitable opportunities, she argues, greater work must be done to dismantle institutional norms and replace them with a culture of inclusion.Author Biography
Maria Ong is a senior research scientist at TERC. She is a member and former co-chair of the Social Science Advisory Board of the National Center for Women & Information Technology and an advisor to the Arizona State University Center for Gender Equity in Science and Technology.
Number of Pages: 272
Dimensions: 0.59 x 9.04 x 6.11 IN
Publication Date: May 09, 2023
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