Antiracist Resources
Books and eBooks
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Black, Brown, Bruised
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Publication Date: 2020Drawing on narratives from hundreds of Black, Latinx, and Indigenous individuals, Ebony Omotola McGee examines the experiences of underrepresented racially minoritized students and faculty members who have succeeded in STEM, and advocates for structural and institutional changes. -
Catalyzing Change : STEM Faculty As Change Agents
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Diversifying STEM
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Publication Date: 2019Research frequently neglects the important ways that race and gender intersect within the complex structural dynamics of STEM. Diversifying STEM fills this void, bringing together a wide array of perspectives and the voices of a number of multidisciplinary scholars. -
Empowering Underrepresented Students in Science
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Publication Date: 2021Includes sections such as: The power of mentoring, Research experience: a nearly perfect predictor of STEM student success, and the power of a community to transform STEM students. -
Making Black Girls Count in Math Education
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Publication Date: 2022Explores the experiences of Black girls and women in mathematics from preschool to graduate school, deftly probing race and gender inequity in STEM fields. Nicole M. Joseph investigates factors that contribute to the glaring underrepresentation of Black female students in the mathematics pipeline.
Podcasts
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Higher Education Anti-Racist Teaching Podcast
Specifically episode 2, which focuses on anti-racist teaching in STEM. From the University of Connecticut's Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning.
Antiracism in STEM
Below is a selection of antiracist resources for educators and students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Each source is an invitation to think critically, reflect deeply, and to advocate for racial equity within these disciplines. This is a work in progress, and we welcome your ideas and input. Please reach out if there are resources you would like to see on this page: Taryn Oakley, Environmental Studies faculty taryn.oakley@pcc.edu, and Marianne Tanner, Reference Librarian marianne.tanner@pcc.edu.
Why Antiracism in STEM?
Journal Articles
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#Resilience is not enough for Black women in STEM: Counterstories of two young Black women becoming a STEM personby Roxanne Hughes et al, JRST, 2024.
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An Actionable Anti-racism Plan for Geoscience OrganizationBy Hendratta N. Ali, et al. Nature Communications, 2021.
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Active Learning Narrows Achievement Gaps for Underrepresented Students in Undergraduate Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathby Elli J. Theobald et al. PNAS, 2020.
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Culturally Relevant Pedagogy: A Model To Guide Cultural Transformation in STEM Departmentsby Angela Johnson, et al. Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education, 2020.
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Interrogating Structural Racism in STEM Higher EducationBy Ebony Omotola McGee. Educational Researcher, 2020.
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Master Narratives and Resistance Narratives: How Women of Color on Community College STEM Education Pathways Push Backby Yoon Ha Choi, Community College Review, 2024.
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Promoting Inclusion in Ecological Field Experiences: Examining and Overcoming Barriers to a Professional Rite of Passageby Nia Morales, et al. The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 2020.
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Racism: Overcoming Science's Toxic LegacyNature special issue, 2022.
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Responses to 10 common criticisms of anti-racism action in STEMMBy Maya L. Gosztyla, et al. PLOS Computational Biology, 2021.
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STEM Faculty Who Believe Ability is Fixed Have Larger Racial Achievement Gaps and Inspire Less Student Motivation in Their ClassesBy Elizabeth Canning, et al. Science Advances, 2019.
Web Resources
Videos
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