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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. Leyva teaches and mentors undergraduate and graduate students. mathematics education; and Ph.D.,

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Pride in the Halls

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We evolved our mentoring program so that it better serves the students we are supporting at this time,” says Valencia. Leyva is an associate professor of Mathematics Education & STEM Higher Education in the Vanderbilt University-Peabody College of Education & Human Development. Dr. Luis A. The opposite is true for Leyva. “As

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NC A&T Chancellor Dr. Harold L. Martin, Sr. Announces Retirement at End of 2023-24 School Year

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For more than three decades, he’s been a friend, a mentor and an inspiration to students and colleagues across the UNC System. “Harold Martin is the very model of a devoted, effective public servant. He’s a brilliant thinker, a disciplined leader and a great man,” UNC System President Peter Hans said. Joining N.C.

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Laying the Foundation for Higher Education

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Because Hispanics have been historically underrepresented in areas like STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), for example, or in C-Suite (executive corporate) positions, unfortunately so many students question if these things are possible for them.” in mathematics at Arizona State University.

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Eda Davis-Lowe

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Prior to Valencia, Davis-Lowe served for more than 11 years at Oregon State University as director of The Science and Math Investigative Learning Experiences (SMILE) program, during which she accepted a Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM).

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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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