http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 https://escholarship.org/uc/isee_pdp20yr_dei/rss Recent eScholarship items from Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Thu, 2 Jul 2026 11:34:43 +0000 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3rg256z3 The lack of diversity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is a complex problem, and one dimension is the experiences that students from marginalized groups often have in classroom environments. Students cite their struggles to negotiate between their own cultures and STEM’s cultures as a reason for why they do not feel a sense of belonging and identity as a person in STEM. To address these challenges, educators and researchers have proposed various frameworks to transform education. In this article, I re-examine the ISEE Equity & Inclusion (E&I) Theme in comparison to culturally relevant pedagogy and culturally responsive teaching models. While these frameworks have many common elements, including their emphasis on students’ achievements, building on students’ cultural assets, and providing scaffolding for content and practices, they differ in their focus on cultural pride and identities of critical consciousness. Drawing on these differences, I... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3rg256z3 Mon, 19 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000 O'Donnell, Christine https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2kz8h9s7 Research suggests that developing an identity as a person in STEM is necessary for learners from marginalized groups to persist in STEM education and careers. These learners may perceive that their race, gender, or other characteristics make it difficult for their peers and supervisors to recognize them as scientists or engineers, thus disrupting their ability to maintain successful degree progress and to pursue their STEM career aspirations. Here we discuss the specific ways we designed inquiry workshops to not only clarify difficult core STEM content, but to also promote learners’ competence, performance, and targeted recognition as scientists. Our workshops were designed for students interested in chemistry, climate science, physics, and toxicology at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC), Workshops for Engineering & Science Transfers (WEST) 2019 program. In designing our workshops, we focused on promoting the scientific identities of our learners by incorporating... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2kz8h9s7 Fri, 16 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000 Santiago, Nicholas A. Gee, Carolyn Howard, Shanna L. Macho, Jocelyn M. Pozo Buil, Mercedes