Latin* Students in Engineering

Latin* Students in Engineering

An Intentional Focus on a Growing Population

Espino, Maria L; Lane, Tonisha B.; Le, Brian D; Rincon, Blanca; Perez-Felkner, Lara; Hernandez, Rene; Fluker, Ciera; Nichols, Morgan; Doran, Erin; Rodriguez, Sarah L.

Rutgers University Press

07/2024

302

Dura

Inglês

9781978838680

15 a 20 dias

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Foreword
Michelle M. Camacho
1 Updating the Narrative on Latin* Engineering Students and the Institutions That Could Better Serve Them
Lara Perez-Felkner, Sarah L. Rodriguez, and Ciera Fluker

Part I: Examining the Experiences of Latin* Students in Engineering
2 The Importance of Engineering Identity for Latinx Students
Sarah L. Rodriguez, Maria L. Espino, Morgan Nichols, and Brian D. Le
3 "I Don't Think This Is the Place for You": The Belonging Cues That Latina/o/x Students Receive as They Navigate within and across Engineering Environments
Tonisha B. Lane, Blanca Rincon, and Rene Hernandez
4 Beyond Ethnic Identity: The Intersectional Experience of Latina/o/x Students in Engineering with Stereotype Threats
Erin Doran, Elizabeth Turochy, Michael A. Perez, Christina Poleacovschi, and Timothy Yuen
5 Examining the Funds of Knowledge That Support Latinx Students' Engineering Identity Development and Career Certainty
Dina Verdin
6 How Latinx Students Engage Social and Navigational Capital to Resist Exclusionary Engineering Education
Renata A. Revelo and Janice Mejia

Part II: Structural Issues and Intersectionality For Latin* Students in Engineering
7 A Critical Mixed Methods Analysis of Latin* Engineering Students in Diverse Contexts
Lara Perez-Felkner, Ciera Fluker, and Da'shay Templeton
8 Ser marica es pa' machos [Ser bicha e pra macho]: Agency, Activism, and Coping While Engineering
Hector E. Rodriguez-Simmonds, Leonardo Pollettini Marcos, Cristian Vargas-Ordonez, and Kevin Jay Kaufman-Ortiz
9 Studying Latinas' Experiences in Engineering Courses: Toward a Conceptual Framework
Selyna Perez Beverly and Lisa R. Lattuca
10 The Role of Dual Credits in Socializing Latinx Students for Engineering Fields
Taryn Ozuna Allen, Christine Hall, and Courtney Matthews
11 What about Disabled Latina/o/xs in Engineering?
Lisette E. Torres and Krystal Peralez
12 Latina Resilience in Engineering: Strategies of Success in a Hispanic-Serving Institution
Elsa M. Gonzalez and Emma Claudia Perez
13 Empoderamiento a Traves del Testimonio: Learning about a College of Engineering's Mission to Become a Latinx-Serving College in a Predominately White Institution
Diana Garza, Adriana Facundo, Ulises Trujillo Garcia, and Esther A. Enright
14 Future Directions and Implications for Latin* Engineering
Lara Perez-Felkner, Ciera-Fluker, and Sarah L. Rodriguez

Notes on Contributors
Index
engineering; social mobility; immigrant; latino; latinx; hispanic; latina; career; stem; work; class; ethnicity; race; representation; discrimination