{"product_id":"the-double-bind-in-physics-education-intersectionality-equity-and-belonging-for-women-of-color","title":"The Double Bind in Physics Education: Intersectionality  Equity  and Belonging for Women of Color","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn incisive study of the mechanisms reinforcing the underrepresentation of women of color in STEM fields and a call for systemic change to address the imbalance.  In a detailed exploration of inclusion in physics  social scientist Maria Ong makes the case for far-reaching higher education reform  noting that despite diversity efforts to recruit more women and students of color into science and mathematics programs  many leave the STEM pipeline. The Double Bind in Physics Education takes readers inside the issue by following 10 women of color from their entrance into the undergraduate physics program at a large research university through their pursuit of various educational and career paths. Candid interviews with these women  their instructors and mentors  and their peers  conducted over 25 years  allow Ong to trace how pervasive challenges  such as navigating the intersectionality of race and gender discrimination  have shaped their academic opportunities and career choices.  Despite the ideals of objectivity promoted in STEM disciplines  the women profiled here encounter continued patterns of systemic oppression within their departments. In their stories  Ong identifies overt behaviors and microaggressions that harass  exclude  and otherwise disadvantage women of color and members of other minoritized groups.  Ong also shows how aids such as student support programs  peer groups  allies  and mentors  which are centered on the individual  can go only so far toward a sustainable solution. In order to provide equitable opportunities  she argues  greater work must be done to dismantle institutional norms and replace them with a culture of inclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44963049209909,"sku":"ByrdShop_1682537838","price":44.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781682537831.jpg?v=1770404954","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-double-bind-in-physics-education-intersectionality-equity-and-belonging-for-women-of-color","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}