Common Challenges Faced by Women of Color in Physics, and Actions Faculty Can Take to Minimize Those Challenges

Autor/inn/en	Johnson, Angela; Ong, Maria; Ko, Lily T.; Smith, Janet; Hodari, Apriel
Titel	Common Challenges Faced by Women of Color in Physics, and Actions Faculty Can Take to Minimize Those Challenges
Quelle	In: Physics Teacher, 55 (2017) 6, S.356-360 (5 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0031-921X
DOI	10.1119/1.4999731
Schlagwörter	College Students; Minority Group Students; African American Students; Hispanic American Students; American Indian Students; Females; Disproportionate Representation; Physics; College Science; Majors (Students); Barriers; Qualitative Research; Social Isolation; Science Departments; STEM Education; Interviews; Student Experience; Ethnography; Stereotypes; Racial Bias; Gender Bias; Teacher Student Relationship; Science Teachers; Teacher Role; College Faculty + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner; Weibliches Geschlecht; Physik; Qualitative Forschung; Soziale Isolation; STEM; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Studienerfahrung; Ethnografie; Klischee; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Geschlechterstereotyp; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Lehrerrolle; Fakultät
Abstract	Women of color are deeply underrepresented in physics. Between 2002 and 2012, only 1% of graduating physics majors were Black women and another 1% were Latinas; only 61 American Indian women total completed degrees in physics in those years (out of 48,000 physics majors). This isolation can lead to additional obstacles that women of color majoring in physics must face above and beyond the challenging material. In this article we draw on qualitative findings to describe common obstacles women of color face. However, departments can take deliberate steps so that underrepresentation need not turn into loneliness and isolation. We describe the characteristics of a department where women of color report that they are thriving. We end with concrete steps physics faculty can take to support women physics majors of color. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	American Association of Physics Teachers. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740. Tel: 301-209-3300; Fax: 301-209-0845; e-mail: pubs@aapt.org; Web site: http://aapt.scitation.org/journal/pte
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01