Navigating STEM Identity Challenges for Students of Color
Explore the importance of maintaining your identity and intersectionality as a STEM student of color, as discussed by Arnold Woods and Latricia Hylton. Delve into the connection between family history and current experiences, challenging the notion that work guarantees success. Reflect on the impactful words of Nikole Hannah-Jones and engage in discussions on managing expectations within family and community contexts.
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Communicating My Identity Arnold Woods and Latricia Hylton Week 5
Reminders/Announcements Quality of Assignments Resubmit M&M s Experiment Week 7 Participant Report VSEER Poster Presentation Ticket
Objectives To discuss with students the connection between their family history and their current experience as a STEM student of color To reinforce for students the importance of maintaining their identity and intersectionalities Interrogate students reality that work does not always equate to success for students of color
Nikole Hannah-Jones deray on Twitter: ".@nhannahjones delivered a word that I keep thinking about. https://t.co/e0wfnhHasP" / Twitter
Losing and Finding Yourself How does Hannah-Jones comments relate to the discussion of maintaining your identity? What does this quote imply for you? There are smart black and brown folks who never gave up and didn't make it. You can never give up and still not make it to where I am (you want to be). But, if you make it, make it intact. Don't have given yourself up to get there, because then it won't be worth it. Nickole Hannah-Jones
Saturday Night Live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVudRberrSc
Small Group: Family and Community Expectations 10 minutes G1: How do you relate to the Saturday Night Live clip? What are your expectations and do they align with your parents expectations? G3: Consider your family s work history, career/professional history, educational history, how are these factors influencing your ability to communicate your STEM identity. G4: Based on your family tree, in what ways are these expectations justified? G2: What are some ways you have managed the expectations?
Small Group: Family and Community Expectations 10 minutes How do you relate to the Saturday Night Live clip? What are your expectations and do they align with your parents expectations? Consider your family s work history, career/professional history, educational history, how are these factors influencing your ability to communicate your STEM identity. Based on your family tree, in what ways are these expectations justified? What are some ways you have managed the expectations?
Group Share G3: Consider your family s work history, career/professional history, educational history, how are these factors influencing your ability to communicate your STEM identity. G1: Thinking about the Saturday Night clip, create a list of at least three (3) expectations that you bring from your family to college. G4: Based on your family tree, in what ways are these expectations justified? G2: What are some ways you have managed the expectations?
Expectations The expectations they bring to campus from home Help family financially Expectation of a certain level of success Take care of the family Prestigious title for career and career success Community pressure-classroom, faculty, cultural community, and amongst peers Drake Student Story-Cultural pressure and expectations
Notes/Thoughts Parental concerns are real because they do not have a lens (family tree) We must educate our community to empower them to see the possibilities not the limitations To be effective and contribute we must communicate in ways that impact those around Other
Discussion Board: Make It Intact Due Date for Post: July 15 Due Date for Response to two students' post: July 19. You need to post your response before you can respond to your peers' posts. In the video Nickole Hannah-Jones stated, But, if you make it, make it intact. Don't have given yourself up to get there, because then it won't be worth it. On your journey as a person of color, how are ensuring you make it intact ? Be honest in your narrative and consider incorporating responses to these questions: How have you leveraged both your negative and positive experiences as a person of color? How will you use what you learned during the Community Building sessions to help you navigate your experiences as a person of color? In what ways has your sense of identity morphed since starting the VSEER Program? What support from your institution and department would help improve your reality/experience as a student of color? What are some things that the VSEER Program can do to better assist you? What can the VSEER Community do to help you and other students of color be successful? By Monday, July 19, respond to two students' posts. If two or more students have responded to a posting, choose another post to respond to.
