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Making Math More Equitable

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Using an interdisciplinary approach, Leyva’s research explores how interlocking systems of power, including racism and cisheteropatriarchy, impact classroom teaching and student support in undergraduate mathematics and STEM higher education. Leyva teaches and mentors undergraduate and graduate students. mathematics education; and Ph.D.,

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Advancing Black Males in STEM is My Passion — Here’s How I Got There

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To provide a backdrop, in 2022, 798,534 students were enrolled in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduate programs in the United States (National Science Foundation, 2022). Of those, 2% (16,111) were Black males. In the same year, Black males in engineering earned 1.8%

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A Scholar Who is ‘Extending the Hand as He Climbs’

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But PSU’s science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) cultural groups helped him become acquainted with research, and, in 2018, he received an internship with the National Science Foundation’s Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU). It was very isolating, a culture shock for sure,” says Delgado.

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NC A&T Chancellor Dr. Harold L. Martin, Sr. Announces Retirement at End of 2023-24 School Year

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For more than three decades, he’s been a friend, a mentor and an inspiration to students and colleagues across the UNC System. “Harold Martin is the very model of a devoted, effective public servant. He’s a brilliant thinker, a disciplined leader and a great man,” UNC System President Peter Hans said. Joining N.C.

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The Genesis of a Research Agenda on Black Males in Engineering

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This group, smaller in number, comprised almost exclusively Black and brown graduate students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. I met with a similar group of peers about a week or two later for an evening gathering to wind down the week. Please share the website, the videos, and the handouts with others.

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Eda Davis-Lowe

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Prior to Valencia, Davis-Lowe served for more than 11 years at Oregon State University as director of The Science and Math Investigative Learning Experiences (SMILE) program, during which she accepted a Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM).

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Pride in the Halls

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We evolved our mentoring program so that it better serves the students we are supporting at this time,” says Valencia. Leyva is an associate professor of Mathematics Education & STEM Higher Education in the Vanderbilt University-Peabody College of Education & Human Development. Dr. Luis A. The opposite is true for Leyva. “As