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Unraveling The Double-Bind: An Investigation Of Black And Latina Women In Stem, Katlyn L. Milless
Unraveling The Double-Bind: An Investigation Of Black And Latina Women In Stem, Katlyn L. Milless
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Civil rights activist Robert P. Moses was a driving force in defining equitable dissemination of quality science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education as an act of social justice. My work borrows this frame to highlight access to STEM education as a civil rights issue and to emphasize the importance of taking a social justice approach to interventions for those who experience intersecting systems of oppression (i.e., Black and Latina women), and for whom previous intervention efforts have not adequately addressed. Ameliorating racial and gender disparities through fostering psychological safety (e.g., belonging) in STEM fields has been a substantive focus …