Fostering Success of Ethnic and Racial Minorities in STEM

Robert T. Palmer is Assistant Professor of Student Affairs Administration at the State University of New York, Binghamton, USA. Dina C. Maramba is Associate Professor of Student Affairs Administration at the State University of New York, Binghamton, USA.Marybeth Gasman is Professor of Higher Education at the University of Pennsylvania, USA.

• Chapter 1. Learning from Minority Serving Institutions: Implications for Racial and EthnicMinority in STEMRobert T. Palmer, Assistant Professor of Student Affairs, SUNY Binghamton; Dina C. Maramba, Assistant Professor of Student Affairs, SUNY Binghamton; Marybeth Gasman, Associate Professor, University of PennsylvaniaChapter 2. The impact of the institutional climates of MSIs and their ability to foster success forRacial and Ethnic minority studentsTerrell Strayhorn, Associate Professor of Higher Education, The Ohio UniversityChapter 3. Faculty Preparation and Pedagogical Considerations in MSIs: Teaching fromCulturally Responsive PerspectivesT. Elon Dancy, Assistant Professor of Adult and Higher Education, University of OklahomaChapter 4. Increasing Women and Underrepresented Students in STEM: Role of MinorityServing Two-Year CollegesFrankie Santos Laanan, Associate Professor of Higher Education, Iowa State University; Dimitra L. Jackson; Postdoctoral and Research Associate; Iowa State UniversityChapter 5. Dedicated to Success: The Relationship between Supportive Faculty and Success for Racial and Ethnic Minorities in STEM at MSIsShannon Gray, Associate Dean of the Pennoni Honors College and Director of the Honors Program at Drexel UniversityChapter 6. Engineering the Academic Success of Racial Ethnic Minority Students at Minority:Serving Institutions via Mentoring and ResearchDarnell Cole; Associate Professor of Education, University of Southern CaliforniaAraceli Espinoza, PhD students, University of Southern CaliforniaChapter 7. Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving-Institutions(AANAPISIs): Mutable Sites of Intervention for STEM Opportunities andOutcomesRobert Teranishi, Associate Professor of Higher Education, New York University;Dina C. Maramba, Assistant Professor of Student Affairs, SUNY Binghamton; andSamuel D. Museus, Assistant Professor of Higher Education, UMass BostonChapter 8. Measuring Campus Effort: An Essential Practice for 21st Century Assessment atHSIsEstela Mara Bensimon, Professor of Education, University of Southern CaliforniaAlicia C. Dowd, Associate Professor of Education, University of Southern California;Misty Sawatzky, Advanced PhD, University of Southern CaliforniaChapter 9. Academic Integration for Racial and Ethnic Minorities in STEM: ExaminingDifferences Between Minority Serving and Predominantly White InstitutionsIdara R. Essien, PhD., Director for Academic Success Programming, Legacy Institute. J. Luke Wood, PhD., Director of the Doctoral Program in Education and Assistant Professor of Leadership & Organizational Studies at Lincoln Memorial University.Chapter 10. Examining Programs of Success in STEM Education at MSIs to Facilitate theRetention and Persistence of Racial and Ethnic Minorities in STEM atPredominantly White institutionsRobert T. Palmer, Assistant Professor of Student Affairs, SUNY Binghamton