Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering

ISSN for PRINT: 1072-8325

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2007, Volume13

Issue 4

109 pages

DOI: 10.1615/JWomenMinorScienEng.v13.i4

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Heather Thiry
Ethnography and Evaluation Research, Center to Advance Research and Teaching in the Social Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder

Sandra L. Laursen
Ethnography and Evaluation Research, Center to Advance Research and Teaching in the Social Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder

Carrie Liston
Ethnography and Evaluation Research, Center to Advance Research and Teaching in the Social Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder

This study explores a science outreach program that serves to broaden graduate education for a group of underrepresented STEM graduate students interested in careers in science education and outreach. Through interviews with 24 former and current outreach participants, we examine the graduate experiences and career paths of these students and their formation of science identities that challenged the dominant discourses and values within their departments. This study raises issues that suggest why women and minorities may be underrepresented in academic research and overrepresented in outreach and education.

DOI: 10.1615/JWomenMinorScienEng.v13.i4.50 Download article, 391-419 pages

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