{"662021":{"#nid":"662021","#data":{"type":"news","title":"What Interrupts College Completion for Black Women in STEM? New NSF Project Aims to Find Out","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERoughly a third of Black women pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering, and math fields \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/files.eric.ed.gov\/fulltext\/ED544470.pdf\u0022\u003Edon\u0026rsquo;t finish those programs\u003C\/a\u003E. Some change disciplines, as others leave college altogether. But the reasons aren\u0026rsquo;t well-documented, which means it\u0026rsquo;s hard to know how to help Black women persevere and earn their degrees.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWith a $4.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation, researchers from \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/showAward?AWD_ID=2140891\u0026amp;HistoricalAwards=false\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/showAward?AWD_ID=2140890\u0026amp;HistoricalAwards=false\u0022\u003ESpelman College\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/showAward?AWD_ID=2140892\u0026amp;HistoricalAwards=false\u0022\u003EAlbany State University\u003C\/a\u003E will begin to look for causes and solutions. They\u0026rsquo;ll recruit 45 women for a five-year study to investigate the relationship between systems of oppression and Black women\u0026rsquo;s intent to persist in STEM studies.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We\u0026rsquo;re positing that the lack of progression is based upon continual and progressively more damaging interruptions,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.spelman.edu\/coe-mws\/about-us\/director\u0022\u003ETamara Pearson\u003C\/a\u003E, director of the Center of Excellence for Minority Women in STEM at Spelman College. \u0026ldquo;Although interruptions are daily occurrences in the lives of all people, Black women are interrupted more frequently than others as a matter of their sheer existence. Each occurrence results in losses of focus, momentum, and confidence, and requires time to rebound. I\u0026#39;m excited for what this work will mean for Black women in STEM.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPearson will co-lead the initiative with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ceed.gatech.edu\/directory\/person\/felicia-benton-johnson\u0022\u003EFelicia Benton-Johnson\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.asurams.edu\/news\/2022\/dr_k_e_monds.php\u0022\u003EKathaleena Edward Monds\u003C\/a\u003E at Albany State, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/plrconsultingservices.org\/\u0022\u003EPLR Consulting\u0026rsquo;s\u003C\/a\u003E Pamela Leggett-Robinson \u0026mdash; all Black women who pursued STEM education.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2022\/10\/what-interrupts-college-completion-black-women-stem-new-nsf-project-aims-find-out\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERead the full story on the College of Engineering website.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECollaboration between Georgia Tech, Spelman, and Albany State will track 45 women through their college careers\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Collaboration between Georgia Tech, Spelman, and Albany State will track 45 women through their college careers"}],"uid":"27446","created_gmt":"2022-10-12 15:14:57","changed_gmt":"2022-10-12 15:14:57","author":"Joshua Stewart","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-10-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-10-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"662020":{"id":"662020","type":"image","title":"Felicia Benton-Johnson - Tech411","body":null,"created":"1665587549","gmt_created":"2022-10-12 15:12:29","changed":"1665587549","gmt_changed":"2022-10-12 15:12:29","alt":"Felicia Benton-Johnson presents at a Tech 411 event for Georgia Tech transfer students. Benton-Johnson is co-leading a National Science Foundation-funded project to better understand the interruptions that can stymie Black women pursuing STEM degrees. 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