Black epiSTEMologies: Examining Blackness in Postsecondary STEM Education

Leadership Team

Terrell R. Morton (Lead PI), University of Illinois Chicago; Tia C. Madkins (PI) and Yasmiyn Irizarry (co-PI, Quant Lead), The University of Texas at Austin; Paula Groves Price (PI), North Carolina A&T State University; Shari Watkins (PI) and Brian McGowan (co-PI), American University; Nickolaus Alexander Ortiz (PI), Georgia State University; Andrea L. Tyler (co-PI), Tennessee State University; Ashley N. Woodson (Qual Lead), Albion College; Jennifer D. Adams (Evaluation Consultant), University of Calgary

UT Austin Research Team: Chandel Burgess, Tyra Timm, Ricardo Lowe, Briana Owirodu, Sidney Holland.

Undergraduate Advisory Board: Ayanna Rucker (UT Austin); Khala Rice (Prairie View).

Black epiSTEMologies is a multi-institutional collaborative research project seeking to develop theories, research methods and tools (e.g., qualitative protocols, quantitative instruments), and forms of knowledge that expand the field of STEM education’s conceptual understandings of and implications for racial equity in STEM for Black students.

Phase One. MOSAIC ETHNOGRAPHY

Gather and analyze contextual, demographic, institutional, and focus group data on Black students’ perspectives of Blackness in STEM from four-year institutions.

Phase Two. SURVEY DEVELOPMENT 

Develop and validate a survey that examines critical, nuanced perspectives of Blackness in STEM.

Phase Three. SURVEY IMPLEMENTATION 

Launch survey across the nation to establish a data repository. 

Phase Four. ONGOING DISSEMINATION

Generate various products for dissemination to academic, education, and general audiences.

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Black epiSTEMologies is funded by the National Science Foundation (EHR Racial Equity) and encompasses the following research awards: 2243109 (UIC & TSU), 2140902 (GSU), 2140903 (American), 2140904 (UT Austin), and 2140905 (NC A&T). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.