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I DIDN'T SUCCUMB TO THE DARKNESS": MULTI-MODAL REFLECTIONS ON BLACK
WOMXN'S ENGINEERING
PHD SPIRIT-MURDERING EXPERIENCES
This journal paper seeks to engage
multi-modal representations of qualitative inquiry to make meaning of Black womxn’s reflections of their spirit-murdering experiences in their engineering doctoral programs. Spirit-murdering being “the personal, psychological, and spiritual injuries to people of color through the fixed, yet fluid and moldable, structures of racism, privilege, and power” (Love, 2014, 2017; Williams, 1987). Using representations of art and poetic inquiry, I highlight collective and individual accounts of spirit-murdering and use Hippolyta’s art as a culminating piece to corroborate the composite poem.
A SYSTEMATIZED LITERATURE REVIEW OF THE FACTORS THAT PREDICT THE RETENTION OF RACIALLY MINORITIZED STUDENTS IN STEM GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMS
According to ASEE’s 2018 “Engineering by the Numbers” Report, racially minoritized students constituted 19.1% of engineering baccalaureate degrees awarded, 17.4% of engineering master’s degrees awarded, and 12.1% of engineering doctoral degrees awarded across the United States. There is a significant and troubling decrease in the representation of Hispanic or Latinx, Black and/or African American, American Indian or Native American, and Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders as we move up the graduate seniority levels. This is a concern that is mirrored in a lack of continuance to graduate study across all Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields. While there is currently an extensive body of research on the factors that predict the retention of racially minoritized groups in undergraduate education, it fails to provide scholarly insights or recommendations for practice on factors that impact graduate education. To respond to this need, we present a systematized literature review of articles relevant to understanding the factors that predict the retention of underrepresented and/or racially minoritized students in STEM graduate degree programs.
MURDER, LIBERATION, AND ART IN THE ENGINEERING IVORY: AN EPISTEMICALLY ALIGNED QUALITATIVE STUDY THAT ILLUSTRATES THE ENGINEERING PHD SPIRIT-MURDERING EXPERIENCES OF BLACK WOMXN
For decades, engineering scholarship has presented data to address the underrepresentation of Black womxn in the engineering doctoral community. American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)’s Engineering by the Numbers Report (2021) statistically showed that only 57 Black womxn out of 10,037 scholars received engineering doctorates in 2021. Engineering scholars have theorized about constructs ranging from whiteness to explain the system, to doctoral socialization to explain the culture, to retention explain the experiences. Yet, even with the plethora of scholarship, the problem of underrepresentation has remained consistent with limited action towards change from the faculty, the program, or the institution.
Therefore, I aim to address this problem by cultivating emotional resonance toward action within the engineering community regarding engineering doctoral program underrepresentation for Black womxn.
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DR. NICOLE'S DISSERTATION DEFENSE
For decades, engineering scholarship has presented data to address the underrepresentation of Black womxn in the engineering doctoral community. American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)’s Engineering by the Numbers Report (2021) statistically showed that only 57 Black womxn out of 10,037 scholars received engineering doctorates in 2021.
Engineering scholars have theorized about constructs ranging from whiteness to explain the system, to doctoral socialization to explain the culture, to retention explain the experiences.
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Fantasi Nicole brings a unique perspective to engineering, and she has spent her academic career amplifying other underrepresented voices in her field.
“Being a Black womxn in engineering is important because we have different perspectives of what constitutes problems, solutions and improvements than others. These perspectives can lend to solving problems that others did not know existed,” she says.
“It is important for the advancement of society for it to be inclusive and equitable of the Black womxn and others who occupy engineering spaces.
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