Latin* Students in Engineering

LARA PEREZ-FELKNER is associate professor of higher education and sociology at Florida State University, Tallahassee. . SARAH L. RODRIGUEZ is associate professor of engineering education at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. CIERA FLUKER is an associate researcher at Florida State University, Tallahassee.

Foreword 
Michelle M. Camacho
1 Updating the Narrative on Latin* Engineering Students and the Institutions That Could Better Serve Them 
Lara Perez-Felkner, Sarah L. Rodriguez, and Ciera Fluker

Part I: Examining the Experiences of Latin* Students in Engineering
2 The Importance of Engineering Identity for Latinx Students 
Sarah L. Rodriguez, Maria L. Espino, Morgan Nichols, and Brian D. Le
3 “I Don’t Think This Is the Place for You”: The Belonging Cues That Latina/o/x Students Receive as They Navigate within and across Engineering Environments 
Tonisha B. Lane, Blanca Rincón, and René Hernandez
4 Beyond Ethnic Identity: The Intersectional Experience of Latina/o/x Students in Engineering with Stereotype Threats
Erin Doran, Elizabeth Turochy, Michael A. Perez, Christina Poleacovschi, and Timothy Yuen
5 Examining the Funds of Knowledge That Support Latinx Students’ Engineering Identity Development and Career Certainty 
Dina Verdín
6 How Latinx Students Engage Social and Navigational Capital to Resist Exclusionary Engineering Education 
Renata A. Revelo and Janice Mejía

Part II: Structural Issues and Intersectionality For Latin* Students in Engineering
7 A Critical Mixed Methods Analysis of Latin* Engineering Students in Diverse Contexts 
Lara Perez-Felkner, Ciera Fluker, and Da’shay Templeton
8 Ser marica es pa’ machos [Ser bicha é pra macho]: Agency, Activism, and Coping While Engineering 
Héctor E. Rodríguez-Simmonds, Leonardo Pollettini Marcos, Cristián Vargas-Ordóñez, and Kevin Jay Kaufman-Ortiz
9 Studying Latinas’ Experiences in Engineering Courses: Toward a Conceptual Framework 
Selyna Pérez Beverly and Lisa R. Lattuca
10 The Role of Dual Credits in Socializing Latinx Students for Engineering Fields 
Taryn Ozuna Allen, Christine Hall, and Courtney Matthews
11 What about Disabled Latina/o/xs in Engineering? 
Lisette E. Torres and Krystal Peralez
12 Latina Resilience in Engineering: Strategies of Success in a Hispanic-Serving Institution 
Elsa M. González and Emma Claudia Pérez
13 Empoderamiento a Través del Testimonio: Learning about a College of Engineering’s Mission to Become a Latinx-Serving College in a Predominately White Institution 
Diana Garza, Adriana Facundo, Ulises Trujillo Garcia, and Esther A. Enright
14 Future Directions and Implications for Latin* Engineering 
Lara Perez-Felkner, Ciera-Fluker, and Sarah L. Rodriguez

Notes on Contributors 
Index