Understanding the Science Experiences of Successful Women of Color: Science Identity as an Analytic Lens

Autor/inn/en	Carlone, Heidi B.; Johnson, Angela
Titel	Understanding the Science Experiences of Successful Women of Color: Science Identity as an Analytic Lens
Quelle	In: Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 44 (2007) 8, S.1187-1218 (32 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4308
DOI	10.1002/tea.20237
Schlagwörter	Scientists; Racial Factors; Females; Careers; Altruism; Science Education; Undergraduate Study; Minority Groups; Gender Differences; Ethnography; Social Influences; Scientific Research; Identification (Psychology); Classification; Recognition (Achievement); Hispanic Americans; African Americans; Asian Americans; American Indians; Whites; Ethnicity; Racial Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Scientist; Wissenschaftler; Weibliches Geschlecht; Career; Karriere; Altruistic behavior; Altruismus; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Grundstudium; Ethnische Minderheit; Geschlechterkonflikt; Ethnografie; Sozialer Einfluss; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Soziale Anerkennung; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Afroamerikaner; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; American Indian; Indianer; White; Weißer; Ethnizität; Rassenunterschied
Abstract	In this study, we develop a model of science identity to make sense of the science experiences of 15 successful women of color over the course of their undergraduate and graduate studies in science and into science-related careers. In our view, science identity accounts both for how women make meaning of science experiences and how society structures possible meanings. Primary data included ethnographic interviews during students' undergraduate careers, follow-up interviews 6 years later, and ongoing member-checking. Our results highlight the importance of recognition by others for women in the three science identity trajectories: research scientist; altruistic scientist; and disrupted scientist. The women with research scientist identities were passionate about science and recognized themselves and were recognized by science faculty as science people. The women with altruistic scientist identities regarded science as a vehicle for altruism and created innovative meanings of "science," "recognition by others," and "woman of color in science." The women with disrupted scientist identities sought, but did not often receive, recognition by meaningful scientific others. Although they were ultimately successful, their trajectories were more difficult because, in part, their bids for recognition were disrupted by the interaction with gendered, ethnic, and racial factors. This study clarifies theoretical conceptions of science identity, promotes a rethinking of recruitment and retention efforts, and illuminates various ways women of color experience, make meaning of, and negotiate the culture of science. The following are appended: (1) Sample Domain and Taxonomic Analyses Associated with "Recognition"; and (2) Componential analysis comparing recognition and science identity trajectory. (Contains 3 notes, 4 tables, and 2 figures.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10