Students of color are underrepresented in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) and many programs exist that try to increase undergraduate engagement in these fields. This article outlines the obstacles to the representation of students of color in STEM and demonstrates how the application of Gottfredson's career theory can help…

Background: This article combined critical race theory and autoethnography to discuss the plight of a Black male scholar that discussed his journey from a criminal upbringing to the hospitality academia. More specifically, this article aimed to demonstrate the importance of one's paradigm and their scholarship voice within hospitality scholarship.…

The purpose of the current study was to test culture-specific coping strategies as moderators of the effects of race-related stress on academic self-concept for 201 African American students attending a predominantly White institution. It was expected that participants who endorsed greater use of culture-specific coping strategies would yield high…

The literature on faculty diversity initiatives heavily consists of best practice recommendations that lack empirical support. Consequently, the authors conducted a survey study to better understand the types of faculty diversity initiatives used by colleges of engineering at Research 1 universities, the financial resources that fund them and…

Utilizing the 12 recommendations of Chance Lewis' chapter titled, "You're too young for a distinguished professorship and endowed chair" phenomenon: Naysayers versus destiny!" regarding strategies to earning such academic positions, the authors examined the lived experiences of Black faculty at predominantly White institutions who…

This study reports on early program retention in a multi-component undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) scholar program aimed at diversifying STEM at a large, research-intensive, predominantly White university. The authors drew on London and associates' STEM Engagement Framework to determine what factors are…

This article aims to describe the implementation, evaluation, and outcomes associated with a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) research fellow experience at an historically Black college and university (HBCU) funded by the National Science Foundation. This experience, Polymer Research, was part of a multipronged approach for…

The purpose of this study was to determine whether the scholarly productivity of Black Ph.D. students is affected by institutional type, psychological well-being, and social support. Results from this study showed that none of those factors alone were significant predictors of any of the scholarly productivity outcomes. However, together the three…

African American students are being suspended/expelled at a greater rate than their peers, a phenomenon that scholars have come to call the "discipline gap." As the gap has grown, so have instances of African American student suspension and expulsion for "defiance." This article offers a revision of the Baker framework, which…

National discourse about STEM careers has dominated conversations about the need to meet the demands of the labor market. The ever increasing population diversity requires the participation of underrepresented groups, including women and individuals from racially minoritized backgrounds. However, for those at the intersections of historical and…

In order to increase the access of underrepresented minority (URM) students to STEM careers, we need a better understanding of the students' science identities--the ways they perceive themselves as being (or not being) scientists. Such knowledge can inform efforts to recruit and retain URM students in STEM. The authors asked postsecondary URM STEM…

The article places current efforts to increase the participation of underrepresented minorities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in the context of societal changes of the past 50 years. Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), describes key experiences that contributed to…

The underrepresentation of Black men in engineering graduate programs contributes to the low numbers of Black faculty members, and in general, role models who could teach and inspire future generations of students in STEM. Addressing this national concern requires stakeholders to identify prevailing obstacles such as racial microaggressions, and…

Black women engineering students often find themselves in an uninviting space in a field dominated by White men. Thus, as Black women matriculate toward completion of their engineering degrees, they encounter instances of racism, sexism, and prejudice that result from the intersection of their race and gender. In an effort to identify and…

Policymakers have argued that increasing the number of highly skilled science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) professionals is critical to the economic stability and growth of the U.S. In addition, a desire to resolve the historically low representation of racial/ethnic-minority students in STEM has been a critical aspect of the…