2 Rendering the Invisible Visible: Student Success in Exclusive Excellence STEM Environments

Chapman, Robbin

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“…Given the lack of representation and chilly climates for Latinx, particularly Latinas, in computer science (Chang, 2018;Dunbar-Hester, 2019;Ong et al, 2011;McGee, 2020a,b;Rodríguez and Blaney, 2020;Rodríguez and Lehman, 2018;Seymour and Hunter, 2019), developing culturally relevant and supportive organizational practices in computer science departments is essential to advance these students' success (Mack et al, 2019). Because the department represents the nexus where students engage with their institutions and major discipline (Chapman, 2020), it is a central site to implement equity-centered reforms in science fields more generally (American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2019; Hrabowski, 2019) and in computer science specifically (Mack et al, 2019). Faculty, who hold the most daily responsibilities in working with students and central contributors to student success (Mayhew et al, 2016), most directly identify with the department as their primary work environment (Kezar et al, 2015).…”

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Examining Organizational Behavior of Hispanic-Serving Institution Computer Science Departments: Toward Servingness and Equity in the Field

Núñez

2023

J Women Minor Scien Eng

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This study examines the organizational behavior of departments in Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) with sustained success in graduating Latinx computer science bachelor's degree recipients. I employ the conceptual framework of HSI servingness, built on a systematic review of literature on HSIs, to investigate the creation of opportunity structures to serve Latinx and minoritized students at the department level. The research for this piece is based on a multiple ethnographic case study of four computer science departments in the Computing Alliance of Hispanic-Serving Institutions. The data corpus included interviews with 102 stakeholders and 69 observations, each of which was conducted on site at the departments. In the analysis, three findings emerged as especially distinctive organizational behaviors to advance minoritized students' outcomes in computer science. The first finding involved how departmental personnel used disaggregated institutional data in race-conscious and intersectionality-oriented ways to inform more inclusive departmental practices and meet demands for external disciplinary accreditation. The second finding involved how departmental personnel took collective responsibility to build career support for students. The third finding involved how personnel applied a talent development perspective to pedagogical approaches in order to create validating environments for Latinx and other minoritized students. This research extends scholarship on servingness in HSIs to both departmental organizational contexts and computer science fields. It also offers organizational strategies to create more inclusive environments and promote equitable outcomes for minoritized students in science.

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Examining Organizational Behavior of Hispanic-Serving Institution Computer Science Departments: Toward Servingness and Equity in the Field

Núñez

2023

J Women Minor Scien Eng

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“…As Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs), these institutions have the potential to disrupt those patterns through promoting a sense of belonging, culturally relevant curriculum and programming, a commitment to hiring faculty of color, and pushing for restorative justice (Garcia et al, 2019). However, Latinx students at HSIs may still experience a hostile campus environments that challenge their sense of belonging and academic success particularly within computing spaces (Chapman, 2020; Cuellar & Johnson-Ahorlu, 2016; Faye-Carter et al, 2019; Sanchez, 2019). Research shows that racial identity development at HSIs is highly dependent on the educational experiences of students as well as which identities are most salient to a student’s journey (e.g., race, age, socioeconomic status; Garcia & Dwyer, 2018; Garcia et al, 2018).…”

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Exploring computing identity development for Latinx students at a Hispanic-serving community college.

Rodriguez,

Stevens

2023

Journal of Diversity in Higher Education

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This qualitative, phenomenological research study explored computing identity development of Latinx students at a Hispanic-serving community college. Students in computing sought a more refined computing identity, based upon how they understood computing concepts and their own professional goals. Students who had prior computing experiences and more technical competence found it easier to recognize their computing identity. Findings reveal a range of computing pathways inspiring multiple forms of community cultural wealth and funds of identity. Latinx students drew upon early community cultural wealth and funds of identity from their families and communities while other participants derived their wealth and identity from professional journeys that eventually led them to computing. Students acknowledged the role of the outside world in shaping their computing identity experiences. Central to exploring their computing identity development was the acknowledgment of the growing needs and challenges regarding computing and artificial intelligence present within the larger exo-and macro-systems. These market needs influenced how community college students defined their computing interests, relative competence, and need to perform certain tasks to be recognized as computing people. While students enrolled at a Hispanic-serving community college, they made no reference to any wealth or funds of identities derived from Hispanicserving institution status. Overall, there were few instances in which students emphasized their racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, or gender identities. Likewise, no institutional approaches to serving those identities in the computing identity development process were mentioned.

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2 Rendering the Invisible Visible: Student Success in Exclusive Excellence STEM Environments

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Examining Organizational Behavior of Hispanic-Serving Institution Computer Science Departments: Toward Servingness and Equity in the Field

Examining Organizational Behavior of Hispanic-Serving Institution Computer Science Departments: Toward Servingness and Equity in the Field

Exploring computing identity development for Latinx students at a Hispanic-serving community college.

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