Asset-Based Approach to Advancing Latina Students in STEM

Elsa M. Gonzalez is Assistant Professor of Higher Education at the University of Houston, USA.Frank Fernandez is Assistant Professor of Higher Education at the University of Mississippi, USA.Miranda Wilson earned a Ph.D. in Higher Education Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Houston, USA.

• Introduction: An Asset-Based Approach to Advancing Latina Students in STEM: Increasing Resilience, Participation, and SuccessElsa M. Gonzalez and Miranda WilsonPART 1: Examining Literature, Theory, and Data to Inform Policy Chapter 1: Latinas in STEM: A Review of the Literature Using a Psychosociocultural LensKristan M. Venegas and Araceli Espinoza-WadeChapter 2: Developing A Conceptual Framework for Computing Identity Development for Latina Undergraduate StudentsSarah L. Rodriguez, Charles Lu, and Daisy RamirezChapter 3: The Pathway to the PhD: Latinas as STEM Doctorates from 1975–2010Frank Fernandez, Hyun Kyoung Ro, Miranda Wilson, and Veronica CrawfordChapter 4: "Cuida Tu Casa y Deja la Ajena": Focusing on Retention as a Self-Perpetuating Engine for Recruiting Latina Faculty in STEMAurora KamimuraChapter 5: How Many Latinas in STEM Benefit From High-Impact Practices? Examining Participation by Social Class and Immigrant StatusSanga Kim, Selyna Pérez Beverly, and Hyun Kyoung RoPART 2: Reading (Hearing) Testimonios of Latinas in STEMChapter 6: Empowering Latina STEM Majors at a Public R1 Doctoral University and Hispanic-Serving Institution in Texas: Strategies for SuccessElsa M. Gonzalez, Mauricio Molina, and Sarah Churchill TurnerChapter 7: First-Generation Latina Engineering Students’ Aspirational CounterstoriesTamara T. CoronellaChapter 8: Latina Undergraduates in Engineering/Computer Science on the US–Mexico Border: Identity, Social Capital, and Persistence Erika Mein, Helena Muciño Guerra, and Lidia Herrera-RochaChapter 9: "I Learned How to Divide at 25": A Counter-Narrative of How one Latina’s Agency and Resilience Lead Her Towards an Engineering PathwayDina VerdínChapter 10: Leadership through the Lenses of Latinas: Undergraduate College Students in STEM-Related Disciplines at Regional HSIs Hilda Cecilia Contreras Aguirre, Rosa Banda, and Elsa M. GonzalezChapter 11: "There Was Something Missing": How Latinas Construct Compartmentalized Identities in STEMAriana L. Garcia, Blanca Rincón, and Juanita K. HinojosaAfterword: Six Steps Forward for Studying Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in STEMFrank Fernandez