Latinas Pathways to STEM

Alejandro J. Gallard Martínez (PhD, Michigan State University) is Professor and Goizueta Distinguished Chair, Georgia Southern University. Wesley B. Pitts (PhD, CUNY Graduate Center) is Professor of Science Education and currently serves as Chair of the Department of Middle and High School Education at Lehman College, Bronx, New York. Belinda Flores Bustos (PhD, The University of Texas, Austin) is Professor of Bilingual Education and currently serves as Associate Dean of Professional Preparation and Partnerships as well as the Director for the Academy of Teacher Excellence Research Center at the University of Texas at San Antonio. S. Lizette Ramos de Robles (PhD, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) is a professor and researcher in the Environmental Sciences Department at the University of Guadalajara, México. She currently serves as Coordinator of Environmental Health Sciences Master’s program at the University of Guadalajara. Lorena Claeys (PhD, The University of Texas at San Antonio) is the Director of Clinical Professional Experiences, Co-Director and Research Associate for the Academy of Teacher Excellence Research Center in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

List of Figures – About the Authors – Alejandra J. Reyes: Foreword – Contextual Mitigating Factors (CMFs): A Tool for Exploring Success in STEM – Using CMF Analysis to Interrogate the Sociocultural Contextual Tensions Positioning Individuals in STEM Academics Spaces – Discerning Contextual Complexities in STEM Career Pathways: Insights from Successful Latinas – The Criticalness of Internalizing Gender Discrimination: An Engendered Contextual Mitigating Factor – Acknowledging Limit-Situations as a Pathway to Discovery and Success in STEM – Tejanas at the Crossroads: Resistencia or Colonizations – Using CMFs in Cross-Case Analysis and Policy Implications – Index.