Changing the Face of Engineering
The African American Experience
Will be published approx. on 9. February 2016
Book
Hardback
448 pages
978-1-4214-1814-8 (ISBN)
Description
For much of America's history, African Americans were discouraged or aggressively prevented from becoming scientists and engineers. Those who did enter STEM fields found that their inventions and discoveries were often neither recognized nor valued. Even today, particularly in the field of engineering, the participation of African American men and women is shockingly low, and some evidence indicates that the situation might be getting worse. In Changing the Face of Engineering, twenty-four eminent scholars address the under representation of African Americans in engineering from a wide variety of disciplinary and professional perspectives while proposing workable classroom solutions and public policy initiatives. They combine robust statistical analyses with personal narratives of African American engineers and STEM instructors who, by taking evidenced-based approaches, have found success in graduating African American engineers. Changing the Face of Engineering argues that the continued under representation of African Americans in engineering impairs the ability of the United States to compete successfully in the global marketplace.
This volume will be of interest to STEM scholars and students, as well as policy makers, corporations, and higher education institutions.
This volume will be of interest to STEM scholars and students, as well as policy makers, corporations, and higher education institutions.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Baltimore, MD
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
31 s/w Zeichnungen
31 Line drawings, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 224 mm
Width: 165 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
726 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4214-1814-8 (9781421418148)
DOI
10.1353/book.42522
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John Brooks Slaughter | Yu Tao | Willie Pearson
Changing the Face of Engineering
The African American Experience
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02/2016
Johns Hopkins University Press
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Persons
John Brooks Slaughter is a professor of education and engineering at the University of Southern California and a former director of the National Science Foundation. Yu Tao is an assistant professor of sociology and the director of Gender and Cultural Studies at Stevens Institute of Technology. Willie Pearson, Jr., is a professor of sociology at Georgia Institute of Technology. He is the coeditor of Advancing Women in Science: An International Perspective.
Content
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I: Historical Background
Chapter 1. A Brief History of the Collaborative Minority Engineering Effort: A Personal Account
Part II: Educational Systems
Chapter 2. African American Engineering Deans of Majority- Serving Institutions in the United States
Chapter 3. Engineering the Future: African Americans in Doctoral Engineering Programs
Chapter 4. African American Women and Men into Engineering: Are Some Pathways Smoother Than Others?
Chapter 5. Clarifying the Contributions of Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Engineering Education
Chapter 6. Beyond the Black- White Minority Experience: Undergraduate Engineering Trends among African Americans
Part III: Workforce Participation
Chapter 7. Profiles of Distinguished African American Engineers at NASA
Chapter 8. African American Engineers in Business and Industry
Chapter 9. Socializing African American Female Engineers into Academic Careers: The Case of the Cross- Disciplinary Initiative for Minority Women Faculty
Chapter 10. Race for the Gold: African Americans- Honorific Awards and Recognition
Part IV: Policies and Programs to Broaden Participation
Chapter 11. College Me, Career Me: Building K-12 Student Identities for Success in Engineering
Chapter 12. Enhancing the Community College Pathway to Engineering Careers for African American Students: A Critical Review of Promising and Best Practices
Chapter 13. Spelman's Dual- Degree Engineering Program: A Path for Engineering Diversification
Chapter 14. Enhancing the Number of African Americans Pursuing the PhD in Engineering: Outcomes and Processes in the Meyerhoff Scholarship Program
Part V: Future Directions
Chapter 15. Challenges and Opportunities for the Next Generation
Contributors
Index
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I: Historical Background
Chapter 1. A Brief History of the Collaborative Minority Engineering Effort: A Personal Account
Part II: Educational Systems
Chapter 2. African American Engineering Deans of Majority- Serving Institutions in the United States
Chapter 3. Engineering the Future: African Americans in Doctoral Engineering Programs
Chapter 4. African American Women and Men into Engineering: Are Some Pathways Smoother Than Others?
Chapter 5. Clarifying the Contributions of Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Engineering Education
Chapter 6. Beyond the Black- White Minority Experience: Undergraduate Engineering Trends among African Americans
Part III: Workforce Participation
Chapter 7. Profiles of Distinguished African American Engineers at NASA
Chapter 8. African American Engineers in Business and Industry
Chapter 9. Socializing African American Female Engineers into Academic Careers: The Case of the Cross- Disciplinary Initiative for Minority Women Faculty
Chapter 10. Race for the Gold: African Americans- Honorific Awards and Recognition
Part IV: Policies and Programs to Broaden Participation
Chapter 11. College Me, Career Me: Building K-12 Student Identities for Success in Engineering
Chapter 12. Enhancing the Community College Pathway to Engineering Careers for African American Students: A Critical Review of Promising and Best Practices
Chapter 13. Spelman's Dual- Degree Engineering Program: A Path for Engineering Diversification
Chapter 14. Enhancing the Number of African Americans Pursuing the PhD in Engineering: Outcomes and Processes in the Meyerhoff Scholarship Program
Part V: Future Directions
Chapter 15. Challenges and Opportunities for the Next Generation
Contributors
Index