Queering STEM Culture in US Higher Education 1st Edition 2022 Hardbound by Cross, Kelly J., Taylor and Francis Ltd

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Taylor and Francis Ltd Queering STEM Culture in US Higher Education 1st Edition 2022 Hardbound by Cross, Kelly J.

Adopting an intersectional lens, this timely volume explores the lived experiences of members of the queer and trans community in post-secondary STEM culture in the US to provide critical insights into progressing socially just STEM education pathways. _x000D__x000D_Offering contributions from students, faculty, practitioners, and administrators, the volume highlights prevailing issues of heteronormativity and marginalization across a range of STEM disciplines. Autoethnographic accounts place minority experiences within the broader context of social and cultural phenomena to reveal subtle and overt forms of exclusion, and systematic barriers to participation in STEM professions, academia, and research. Finally, the book offers key recommendations to inform future research and practice._x000D__x000D_This volume will benefit researchers, academics, and educators with an interest in higher education, engineering education, and the sociology of education more broadly. Those involved with diversity, equity, and inclusion within education, queer theory, and gender and sexuality studies will also benefit from this volume._x000D_ _x000D_ 1: What Do We Know and Why Should We Support Queer and Trans People in STEM? _x000D_ _x000D_ Bryce E. Hughes, Stephanie Farrell, and Kelly J. Cross _x000D_ _x000D_ Part I: Queer Students: Where do I fit in STEM?_x000D_ _x000D_ 2: I am Gay, Not Invisible! _x000D_ _x000D_ Miguel Moore _x000D_ _x000D_ 3: Transcending the Margins and Boundaries as Latin-American Engineer_x000D_ _x000D_ Hector E. Rodriguez-Simmonds _x000D_ _x000D_ 4: A Call to Make Queer Erasure, Violence, and Battle Fatigue in STEM Visible _x000D_ _x000D_ D.C. Beardmore _x000D_ _x000D_ Part II: Queer Staff: How Can I Create Safe Spaces for Queer People in STEM?_x000D_ _x000D_ 5: Navigating and Celebrating Your Otherness to Succeed as a Queer Person in STEM _x000D_ _x000D_ Robyn Sandekian _x000D_ _x000D_ 6: Local Minima and Maxima in Trans-STEM Affirmations _x000D_ _x000D_ Kyle Trenshaw _x000D_ _x000D_ Part III: Queer Faculty: How Can I Build Community for Queer People in STEM_x000D_ _x000D_ 7: Invisible and Exhausted on the Margins of Academia _x000D_ _x000D_ Zoe Reidinger _x000D_ _x000D_ 8: Queer STEM Parenting Made me a Better Teacher/Instructor _x000D_ _x000D_ Stephen Podowitz-Thomas and Erjia Yan _x000D_ _x000D_ 9: Being Queer Taught Me How to Teach _x000D_ _x000D_ Anthony Butterfield _x000D_ _x000D_ 10: Empathy, Sympathy, and Accountability_x000D_ _x000D_ Aric Bryant _x000D_ _x000D_ 11: Building a Village to Manage my Triple Threat Multiple Identities _x000D_ _x000D_ Kelly J. Cross _x000D_ _x000D_ Part IV: Queer Allies, Allyship, and Advocates: How Can I Support Queer People in STEM?_x000D_ _x000D_ 12: Can You See Me Now: Being a Black Queer Man in STEM _x000D_ _x000D_ Chris Carr and Darryl Dickerson _x000D_ _x000D_ 13: My Evolution Over 40 Years in Higher Education: From Silence in the Closet to Out and Evolving _x000D_ _x000D_ Karen P. DePauw and Kelly J. Cross _x000D_ _x000D_ 14: The Act of Embrace as Queer Resistance in Engineering _x000D_ _x000D_ Donna Riley _x000D_ _x000D_ 15: My Ongoing Journey through Allyship _x000D_ _x000D_ Adrienne R. Minerick _x000D_ _x000D_ 16: What Does It Mean and Where Do We Go from Here? _x000D_ _x000D_ Stephanie Farrell, Kelly J. Cross, and Bryce Hughes_x000D_