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STEM Majors' Perceptions of Racism and Sexism in STEM

STEM and underrepresentation

Dancy MH, Mickelson R, Moller S, Stearns E.
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K Rainey, MH Dancy, R Mickelson, E Stearns, S Moller - academia.edu

We present a small part of a larger interview study of approximately 150 college seniors with diverse gender and race backgrounds completing a STEM degree. In the interviews, students were asked if the experience of being a STEM major...

Do gender differences in first-year grades contribute to the gender gap in STEM?

STEM and underrepresentation

Giersch J, Jha N, Stearns E.
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E Stearns, N Jha, J Giersch… - … Annual Meeting (New …, 2013 - pages.charlotte.edu

… •Student did not declare major •Student declared a non-STEM major •Student declared major in biological or agricultural sciences •Student declared major in physical sciences, …

Socioeconomic Differences in North Carolina College Students' Pathways Into STEM

STEM and underrepresentation

Bottia MC, Jamil C, Stearns E.
GSID: vdQEuhu4TggJ
MC Bottia, C Jamil, E Stearns… - Teachers College …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com

Background/Context: The underrepresentation of students from lower socioeconomic status (LSES) backgrounds among college graduates with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) degrees, and consequently in STEM occupations, is a concern with respect to reducing, perpetuating, or increasing social inequality....

Influences of teaching style and perceived care of instructor on retention of underrepresented groups in STEM

STEM and underrepresented

Dancy MH, Mickelson R, Stearns E.
GSID: jPCSRNxPyEsJ
MH Dancy, K Rainey, R Mickelson, E Stearns… - PERC …, 2016 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org

… underrepresented groups in STEM majors, we consider the impact of teaching style in relation to students’ perception of care by instructors. Teaching styles in STEM … underrepresented …

When and why dropouts leave high school

high school

Stearns E, Glennie EJ.
GSID: mPQzwFTBWWUJ
E Stearns, EJ Glennie - Youth & Society, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com

… school differ by grade level and age. We compare dropout rates and reasons across grade levels and ages for all high school … and older students to leave school for disciplinary reasons…

Perceptions of future career family flexibility as a deterrent from majoring in STEM

STEM and women

Moller S, Stearns E, Valentino L.
GSID: sjMM1fmLViQJ
L Valentino, S Moller, E Stearns… - Social Currents, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com

… deterring women, in particular, from the STEM fields. Instead, our results indicate that contemporary college men and women are equally likely to be deterred from the PSE STEM fields …

The relationships among high school STEM learning experiences and students' intent to declare and declaration of a STEM major in college

Stem workforce diversity

Bottia MC, Mickelson RA, Stearns E.
GSID: 3fmhihWigO8J
MC Bottia, E Stearns, RA Mickelson… - Teachers College …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com

Background/Context Schools are integral to augmenting and diversifying the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce. This is because K–12 schools can inspire and reinforce students' interest in STEM, in addition to academically preparing them to pursue a STEM...

Undergraduates' awareness of White and male privilege in STEM

STEM and underrepresentation

Dancy M, Stearns E.
GSID: QxRzacjcEbwJ
M Dancy, K Rainey, E Stearns… - … of STEM …, 2020 - stemeducationjournal.springeropen …

… Due to the study’s central focus on underrepresentation in STEM, women and students of color were oversampled for the interviews. Therefore, the sample is not representative of STEM …

Do relative advantages in STEM grades explain the gender gap in selection of a STEM major in college? A multimethod answer

STEM and gender

Bottia MC, Giersch J, Stearns E.
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E Stearns, MC Bottia, J Giersch… - American …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com

… To explore alternative explanations for gender gaps in … from STEM or pulling them into non-STEM majors. We conclude that future research seeking to account for gender gaps in STEM …

Growing the roots of STEM majors: Female math and science high school faculty and the participation of students in STEM

STEM and underrepresentation

Bottia MC, Mickelson RA, Moller S, Stearns E.
GSID: vXkf6ehd58wJ
MC Bottia, E Stearns, RA Mickelson, S Moller… - Economics of Education …, 2015 - Elsevier

… This research design that follows students through time adds a dynamic component to the investigation of the underrepresentation of young women in college STEM majors. …

Identifying the key biophysical drivers, connectivity outcomes, and metapopulation consequences of larval dispersal in the sea.

Movement ecology

Treml EA, Ford JR, Black KP, Swearer SE.
PMID: 26180636
Mov Ecol. 2015 Jul 15;3(1):17. doi: 10.1186/s40462-015-0045-6. eCollection 2015.

BACKGROUND: Population connectivity, which is essential for the persistence of benthic marine metapopulations, depends on how life history traits and the environment interact to influence larval production, dispersal and survival. Although we have made significant advances in our understanding...

Mueller calculus of polarization change in the cube-corner retroreflector.

Journal of the Optical Society of America. A, Optics, image science, and vision

Segre SE, Zanza V.
PMID: 12968653
J Opt Soc Am A Opt Image Sci Vis. 2003 Sep;20(9):1804-11. doi: 10.1364/josaa.20.001804.

The optical ray properties of the cube-corner retroreflector (CCR) are first recalled. The change of polarization of the radiation due to CCR reflection is then derived by use of the Mueller matrix calculus. It is found that, in general,...

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