Increased efforts to diversify science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
education in the United States have drastically increased the number of studies offering …

The racialized structure of STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) higher
education maintains gross inequities that are illustrative of structural racism, which both …

There is an increasing concern that the demand for science, technology, engineering, and
math (STEM) workers in the United States will exceed the supply. In the United States, very …

Using social–cognitive career theory, we identified the experiential sources of learning that
contribute to research self-efficacy beliefs, outcome expectations, and science identity for …

Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) career pathways can be both
lucrative and transformative in regard to social change (eg, Christensen, Knezek, & Tyler …

Experiences of racial microaggressions are associated with perceptions of workplace
discrimination and linked with poor mental health outcomes. The authors examined the lived …

Prior work has identified the career ecosystem as a metaphor that represents the multilevel
forces influencing individual careers, with the assumption that all individuals experience the …

Self-efficacy beliefs are strong predictors of academic pursuits, performance, and
persistence, and in theory are developed and maintained by 4 classes of experiences …

Abstract The United States' inability to achieve equitable workforce development in science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) career pathways is well‐recognized and …

Background Decades of research have examined what motivates students to pursue careers
in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, but STEM careers are …