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Diversifying the Workforce for Data-Related Jobs Starts with Inclusivity in Research

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Dr. Carol Parish Increasing and diversifying a workforce skilled to fill these data-driven jobs can be achieved through highly mentored, intentional involvement in innovative, publishable research projects. Topics in chemistry and physics are particularly abstract, quantitative and laden with unfamiliar jargon.

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Advising, Counseling, Mentoring and Teaching Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Settings

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Hines Our co-edited book, Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Education: Teaching, Mentoring, Advising and Counseling, is one of the most comprehensive textbooks on Black males. We also examine programs and interventions that have been specially designed to improve Black males' mathematics skills. Dr. Erik M. Hines and E.C.

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Making Math More Equitable

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Using an interdisciplinary approach, Leyva’s research explores how interlocking systems of power, including racism and cisheteropatriarchy, impact classroom teaching and student support in undergraduate mathematics and STEM higher education. One of Leyva’s active research projects is Transformative Inclusion in Postsecondary STEM (TIPS).

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Pride in the Halls

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The joy has now turned to sadness as a new law in Texas has dismantled diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices and programs at publicly funded universities. We evolved our mentoring program so that it better serves the students we are supporting at this time,” says Valencia. Dr. Luis A.

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Association Blends Science and Culture for Hispanics, Native Americans

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The cautionary advice dispatched by his mentors when Dr. José Vargas-Muñiz was a college student dented his confidence and, on several occasions, tripped him up. A number of them mentor budding scientists of color at a time when the scientific sphere remains overwhelmingly white and male. of the population. SACNAS filled that hole.

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Stop Cooling Out the Next Generation’s Aspirations

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It is therefore time to connect the dots among efforts to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) activities, overturn race-conscious admissions, and bring back standardized tests. Take care with formal and informal advice-giving and mentoring. Humans are no different. These issues are not just about race.

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Emerging Scholars Express Hope, Validation, and Drive During Webinar

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Dr. Luis Antonio Leyva, an associate professor of mathematics education and STEM higher education at Vanderbilt University, said he “decentered” himself in his research lab and instead sought to highlight different perspectives and interdisciplinary strengths from others. I'm not going to be an academic forever,” said Dr. Renae D.