Diversity in STEM Education
On this page, you'll find organizations and projects dedicated to expanding access to quality STEM education.
USC Rossier School of Education Tools for Inclusive Teaching
Link: USC Rossier School of Education
Summary: List of resources for educators trying to learn more about EDI and create an inclusive learning environment and curriculum.
About: “This page was developed by the USC Rossier School of Education to help faculty across all courses and programs (at USC and at other institutions around the globe) better teach the concepts of diversity. Diversity is one of the four pillars of our school’s mission and values, and is intended to be integrated across all curriculum and student experiences. Teaching diversity can be challenging, particularly concepts like privilege, identity and consciousness raising. Our goal is to unpack these sensitive topics and identify ways to address them. The resources on the Tools for Inclusive Teaching page help faculty provide readings for courses, and can also be used as activities and resources in class. This page is organized around different facets of diversity – gender, sexual orientation, race, social class, disabilities and the like. We hope that these resources help provide a platform to highlight the complexity of diversity in all of its various forms.”
More: “The mission of the USC Rossier School of Education (pronounced “ross-EAR”) is to prepare leaders to achieve educational equity through practice, research and policy. We work to improve learning opportunities and outcomes in urban settings and to address disparities that affect historically marginalized groups.”
FAME, Inc.
Link: Fame, Inc.
About: “Our goal at FAME, Inc. is to prepare and motivate students to pursue and succeed in STEM fields of study. Through two successful out-of-school and after-school initiatives, we expose both high performing and “at risk” students to cross-curricular, project-based STEM learning. Our long-standing academic enrichment initiative addresses the national persistent need to motivate and prepare under-represented minorities and girls to pursue STEM-related fields and succeed in a STEM career. STEM activities include:Summer & school year Core STEM Enrichment; STEMulate® Change Outreach; FIRST Robotics for middle & high school students; College skills prep and course selection workshops; Peer counseling & role models; Job readiness & life skills workshops.”
Great Minds in STEM
Link: GMiS
About: “GMiS offers a series of targeted K-12 educational programs that promote college readiness, awareness, and access to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) among traditionally underrepresented groups.”
Research + Practice Collaboratory
Link: Research + Practice
About: “The Research + Practice Collaboratory brings educators and researchers together to develop more equitable innovations for STEM teaching and learning. The communities of research and practice have distinct cultural norms, languages, and routines that can get in the way of productive communication. The Research + Practice Collaboratory is experimenting with ways to support mutual cultural exchange between these communities, in order to produce new insights and strategies for tackling pressing problems in STEM education.”
Center for Advancing Research Impact in Society (ARIS)
Link: ARIS
About: “The ARIS Center is housed at the University of Missouri and will work with scientists and engagement practitioners to build capacity, advance scholarship, grow partnerships and provide resources to help them engage with and demonstrate the impact of research in their communities and society. The work of the center will be beneficial to researchers who are responsible for driving discovery, to practitioners who collaborate with researchers and community stakeholders, and to the public who benefit from research and education advancements. The ARIS Center will emphasize support for serving traditionally underserved populations while providing inclusive public engagement to ensure a diverse science workforce. A key focus and task of ARIS will include collaborating with international colleagues to share practices and resources around BI, knowledge mobilization, societal impacts, valorization, and research uptake.”
SACNAS: Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science
Link: SACNAS
About: “SACNAS – Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science – is an inclusive organization dedicated to fostering the success of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans, from college students to professionals, in attaining advanced degrees, careers, and positions of leadership in STEM.” The organization has more than 8,200 members.
Youth Equity + STEM (YESTEM)
Link: YESTEM
Summary: A research consortium on informal education in STEM for all students.
About: “The major goal of this partnership is getting practitioners and researchers - through working with youth through design-based implementation research, survey and critical ethnography - to develop new understandings of how and under what conditions they participate in ISL over time and across settings, and how they may connect these experiences towards pathways into STEM.”
UCLA Center for Diverse Leadership in Science
Link: UCLA
About: “We are the nation’s first university center to focus on diversity in environmental science. To serve as a model of diversity and inclusion across the nation and worldwide, the Center for Diverse Leadership in Science has four objectives: Invest in Student Scientific Retention; Belonging: Reduce Isolation and Provide Mentorship; Give Back Through Programs of Outreach; Active Learning: Develop Collaborative Research & Teaching Environments.”
