Below is a list of resources pertaining to issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM spaces. These have been compiled by members of the DEI Reading Group at Courant over the past 5 years.
Math graduate students' role as teachers
Beisiegel, Mary, and Elaine Simmt. "FORMATION OF MATHEMATICS GRADUATE STUDENTS’ MATHEMATICIAN-AS-TEACHER IDENTITY." For the Learning of Mathematics 32, no. 1 (2012): 34-39.
UMich's AP program - a DEI success story
Mervis, Jeffrey. “Michigan’s Surprising Path to Diversity.” Science 375, no. 6584 (2022): 967–69.
Posselt, Julie, Kimberly A. Reyes, Kelly E. Slay, Aurora Kamimura, and Kamaria B. Porter. "Equity efforts as boundary work: How symbolic and social boundaries shape access and inclusion in graduate education." Teachers College Record 119, no. 10 (2017): 1-38.
Hidden curriculum in graduate math departments
Margolis, Eric, and Mary Romero. ""The department is very male, very white, very old, and very conservative": The functioning of the hidden curriculum in graduate sociology departments." Harvard Educational Review 68, no. 1 (1998): 1-33.
Culturally Responsive Collegiate Mathematics Education
Jett, Christopher C. "Culturally responsive collegiate mathematics education: Implications for African American students." Interdisciplinary Journal of Teaching and Learning 3, no. 2 (2013): 102-116.
AMS paraDIGMS
“Towards a Fully Inclusive Mathematics Profession.” Report of The Task Force on Understanding and Documenting the Historical Role of the AMS in Racial Discrimination. March 22, 2021.
Executive summary of the above.
“Graduate Programs in Moving Towards a Fully Inclusive Mathematics Profession | paraDIGMS 2021” Video.
The graduate math experience for women
Herzig, Abbe H. "Women belonging in the social worlds of graduate mathematics." The Mathematics Enthusiast 7, no. 2 (2010): 177-208.
The gender confidence gap in STEM
Sterling, Adina D., Marissa E. Thompson, Shiya Wang, Abisola Kusimo, Shannon Gilmartin, and Sheri Sheppard. "The confidence gap predicts the gender pay gap among STEM graduates." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117, no. 48 (2020): 30303-30308.
The utility of the GRE in graduate school admissions and outcomes
Feldon, David F., Kaylee Litson, Brinleigh Cahoon, Zhang Feng, Andrew Walker, and Colby Tofel-Grehl. "The predictive validity of the GRE across graduate outcomes: A meta-analysis of trends over time." The Journal of Higher Education (2023): 1-29.
Masculinities in Mathematics
Mendick, Heather. Masculinities in mathematics. McGraw-Hill Education (UK), 2006.
The value placed on innate (mathematical) ability as it relates to diversity and graduate admissions
Scherr, Rachel E., Monica Plisch, Kara E. Gray, Geoff Potvin, and Theodore Hodapp. "Fixed and growth mindsets in physics graduate admissions." Physical Review Physics Education Research 13, no. 2 (2017): 020133.
Leslie, Sarah-Jane, Andrei Cimpian, Meredith Meyer, and Edward Freeland. "Expectations of brilliance underlie gender distributions across academic disciplines." Science 347, no. 6219 (2015): 262-265.
Gendered effects of parenthood in academia
Morgan, Allison C., Samuel F. Way, Michael JD Hoefer, Daniel B. Larremore, Mirta Galesic, and Aaron Clauset. "The unequal impact of parenthood in academia." Science Advances 7, no. 9 (2021): eabd1996.
The Establishment. “The ‘flexibility Myth’ about Female Academics Is Wrong.” Medium, May 7, 2017.
Stereotype Threat
Tine, Michele, and Rebecca Gotlieb. "Gender-, race-, and income-based stereotype threat: the effects of multiple stigmatized aspects of identity on math performance and working memory function." Social Psychology of Education 16 (2013): 353-376.
Smith, Jessi L. "Understanding the process of stereotype threat: A review of mediational variables and new performance goal directions." Educational Psychology Review 16 (2004): 177-206.
Spencer, Steven J., Christine Logel, and Paul G. Davies. "Stereotype threat." Annual review of psychology 67 (2016): 415-437.
Queer mathematicians: creating better mathematics through inclusive practices
Bonato, Anthony. "Queer inclusion equals better mathematics." Nature 609, no. 7928 (2022): 861-862.
Bonato, Anthony. “On Being a Gay Mathematician.” The Intrepid Mathematician, June 21, 2017.
Bonato, Anthony, Juliette Bruce, and Ron Buckmire. "Spaces for All: The Rise of LGBTQ+ Mathematics Conferences." NOTICES OF THE AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY 68, no. 6 (2021).
Trans identity and pronouns in academia
Beemyn, Genny, ed. Trans people in higher education. Suny Press, 2019.
What does DEI look like at the graduate level?
Gevertz, Jana L., and Joanna R. Wares. "Fostering Diversity in Top-Rated Pure Mathematics Graduate Programs." Notices of the American Mathematical Society 67, no. 2 (2020).
NYU CAOS Hiring / Admissions policies
Racial politics of math education in the US
Moses, Robert, and Charles E. Cobb. Radical equations: Civil rights from Mississippi to the Algebra Project. Beacon Press, 2002.
Vakil, Sepehr, and Rick Ayers. "The racial politics of STEM education in the USA: Interrogations and explorations." Race ethnicity and education 22, no. 4 (2019): 449-458.
White mentors in academia
Martinez-Cola, Marisela. "Collectors, nightlights, and allies, oh my." Understanding and Dismantling Privilege 10, no. 1 (2020): 61-82.
Improving underrepresented minority student persistence in STEM
Estrada, Mica, Myra Burnett, Andrew G. Campbell, Patricia B. Campbell, Wilfred F. Denetclaw, Carlos G. Gutiérrez, Sylvia Hurtado et al. "Improving underrepresented minority student persistence in STEM." CBE—Life Sciences Education 15, no. 3 (2016): es5.
Queer identity in math
Voigt, Matthew, and Daniel L. Reinholz. "Calculating queer acceptance and visibility: A literature synthesis on queer identity in mathematics." (2020).
Ableism in math
Nieminen, Juuso Henrik, and Henri Valtteri Pesonen. "Politicising inclusive learning environments: how to foster belonging and challenge ableism?." Higher Education Research & Development 41, no. 6 (2022): 2020-2033.
Coping methods for doctoral students
Truong, Kimberly, and Samuel Museus. "Responding to racism and racial trauma in doctoral study: An inventory for coping and mediating relationships." Harvard Educational Review 82, no. 2 (2012): 226-254.
Race in mathematics teaching
Martin, Danny Bernard. "E (race) ing race from a national conversation on mathematics teaching and learning: The national mathematics advisory panel as white institutional space." The Mathematics Enthusiast 5, no. 2 (2008): 387-398.
The evolving status of women in STEM
“Nancy Hopkins, ‘the Changing Status of Women in Science at MIT: 1999-2011.’” Video.
Queer and transgender graduate student experiences
Kersey, Elizabeth, and Matthew Voigt. "Finding community and overcoming barriers: experiences of queer and transgender postsecondary students in mathematics and other STEM fields." Mathematics Education Research Journal 33, no. 4 (2021): 733-756.