ED035
Understanding and Enhancing Science Identity As a Strategy to Broaden Participation In STEM

Session ID#: 161687

Session Description:
STEM fields, and especially the geosciences, are working to make their disciplines more inclusive across a spectrum of characteristics including race and ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability status, etc. In order for this diversity of learners to engage and persist in the sciences, research indicates that they need to feel welcome working in an environment that is free of microaggressions, engage with culturally responsive curriculum, have confidence in their abilities, view themselves as true scientists, feel a part of the science community, experience good mentorship and feel that others (family, friends, colleagues) view them as scientists. These are all factors that contribute to learners’ scientific identities and sense of belonging.  We invite abstract submissions highlighting efforts to document and/or measure identity constructs, outline frameworks and theories to understand identity in science, as well as submissions from projects developing targeted interventions to enhance students’ sense of belonging in STEM, self-efficacy in science, and ultimately persistence in STEM using identity lenses. Such projects might occur across a range of venues including K-12, informal learning, and higher-education, and include the development of science identity throughout research experience programs.
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • NAGT: National Association of Geoscience Teachers -
Index Terms:

0825 Teaching methods [EDUCATION]
0840 Evaluation and assessment [EDUCATION]
0850 Geoscience education research [EDUCATION]
0855 Diversity [EDUCATION]

Primary Convener:  Alicia Christensen, University of Colorado Boulder, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners:  Michael Hubenthal, IRIS Consortium, Washington, DC, United States and Susan Roberta Mello Rowe, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States
 
Assessing Underrepresented High School Students’ Changing Science Identity within leaderSTATE STEM One-Week Residential Camps (1089871)
Renee M Clary1, Caleb Carlton2 and Mark Powers2, (1)Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States, (2)Mississippi State University, Geosciences, Mississippi State, United States
 
Cultivating Transformational Science Identities in a Geoscience Ambassadors Program (1117253)
Adam Papendieck, Katherine Kelly Ellins, Lucas Legendre and Julia Clarke, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, United States
 
Inspiration, inoculation, and introductions are all critical to successful mentorship for undergraduate women pursuing geoscience careers (Invited) (1120520)
Paul R Hernandez, Texas A&M University College Station, Department of Teaching, Learning, and Culture, College Station, TX, United States, Amanda Adams, National Science Foundation, GEO/AGS, Arlington, VA, United States, Rebecca T Barnes, Colorado College, Environmental Studies Program, Colorado Springs, CO, United States, Brittany Bloodhart, California State University San Bernardino, Department of Psychology, San Bernardino, United States, Melissa A Burt, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States, Sandra Clinton, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Department of Geography & Earth Sciences, Charlotte, NC, United States, Wenyi Du, Texas A&M University, College Station, United States, Heather Henderson, West Virginia University, Department of Learning Sciences and Human Development, Morgantown, WV, United States, Ilana Pollack, Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, United States and Emily V Fischer, Colorado State University, Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, CO, United States
 
An Experiential Learning Course that Increases Self-Efficacy and STEM Identity to Support Marginalized Students (1120763)
Meagen Pollock, College of Wooster, Wooster, OH, United States, Missy Schen, College of Wooster, Wooster, United States and Gregory C Wiles, The College of Wooster, Wooster, United States
 
Impacts of a Geoscience Research Experience for Undergraduates Program on Broadening Participation in Scientific Research and Increasing Retention in STEM. (1128873)
Andrew L Rice1, Paul C Loikith2, Alvan Nan Yuan3 and Adam Murry3, (1)Portland State University, Portland, OR, United States, (2)Portland State University, Geography, Portland, OR, United States, (3)University of Calgary, Department of Psychology, Calgary, AB, Canada
 
A Pathway to Diversity in Geosciences: A Summer Training Program in Geophysical Methods at Fort Valley State University, a Rural HBCU in Partnership with IRIS (1141104)
Aditya Kar, Fort Valley State University, Dept. of Chemistry and Geology, Fort Valley, GA, United States, Michael Hubenthal, IRIS Consortium, Washington, DC, United States, Tiffani Holmes, Fort Valley State University, Chemistry / Geology, Fort Valley, GA, United States and John S Taber, IRIS, Washington, DC, United States
 
Using earthquake science concepts to guide problem-solving and science identity development in undergraduate pre-calculus courses (1148972)
Brandon Bell1, Hannah Gaston1, Elizabeth M Griffith1, W. Ashley Griffith1 and Theresa Jorgensen2, (1)The Ohio State University, School of Earth Sciences, Columbus, United States, (2)The University of Texas at Arlington, Mathematics, Arlington, TX, United States
 
Cultivating not Weeding: STEM First Year Learning Community Fosters Student Persistence and Engagement (1153170)
Mara E Brady, California State University Fresno, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Fresno, United States, Cory Cowan, California State University Fresno, Office of Institutional Effectiveness, Fresno, United States, Jaime Arvizu, California State University Fresno, College of Science and Mathematics Advising and Resources Center, Fresno, United States, Amber Reece, California State University Fresno, Biology, Fresno, United States, Beth Weinman, California State University Fresno, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Fresno, CA, United States and Matthew Zivot, California State University Channel Islands, Camarillo, United States
 
Creating GENIUS: Fostering undergraduate STEM research at a community college (1157611)
Sheldon Turner, Triton College, Science, River Grove, IL, United States
 
No one person has all the answers: The importance of social capital in a successful STEM program (Invited) (1167625)
Caitlin Callahan, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI, United States and Sheldon Turner, Triton College, River Grove IL, United States
 
COSEA: A New Community of Practice to Change the Culture of Coastal and Ocean Sciences (1172476)
Aixa Aleman-Diaz, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States, Lisa D White, University of California Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley, CA, United States, Sharon K Cooper, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States, Brandon Jones, National Science Foundation, Directorate for Geosciences, Arlington, VA, United States, Sarah E Kolesar, Oregon Sea Grant, Corvallis, OR, United States, Corey Garza, California State University Monterey Bay, Marine Science, Seaside, CA, United States, Jonathan C Lewis, Indiana University of Pennsylvania Main Campus, Geoscience, Indiana, PA, United States and Mona Behl, University of Georgia, Georgia Sea Grant, Athens, GA, United States
 
How to Support the Main Character: A Model for Improving Retention through Empowered Negotiation of Science Identity (1185067)
Dana F Stamo1, Alicia Christensen2, Christine Okochi2, Anne U Gold2, Rebecca L Batchelor3, Daniela Pennycook4 and Karla Pineda Velez5, (1)University of Colorado at Boulder, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)University of Colorado Boulder, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), Boulder, CO, United States, (3)CIRES, Boulder, United States, (4)University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, United States, (5)Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, United States
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