Inside the Double Bind: A Synthesis of Literature on Women of Color in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

STEM领域的有色人种女性很少是独立的研究对象。因此，对于他们是如何对科学产生兴趣的，他们的支持系统或可能使科学事业对他们更有吸引力的因素，人们知之甚少。该项目将综合现有的研究、评估和叙事文献，这些文献涉及促进或阻碍代表性不足的少数族裔女性进入STEM职业的因素。这项工作将在大学水平、研究生水平和专业水平上分别产生影响。该项目将有助于阐明在职业生涯中影响最初职业选择和随后决定的因素。文献是碎片化的，目前以多种形式存在。知识的荟萃分析和综合将增强我们对有色人种女性在追求科学事业时遇到的挑战、她们为克服这些挑战所采取的策略以及支持她们职业发展的背景和组织因素的理解。结果将表明什么是已知的，什么是需要重复的初步发现，以及需要确定哪些研究差距。这项研究将通过为学者和研究生建立一个研究议程来刺激进一步的研究。

Women of color in STEM are rarely independent subjects of study. As a result, there is relatively little known about how they become interested in science, their systems of support or factors that could make careers in science more attractive to them. This project would synthesize existing research, evaluation and narrative literature concerning factors that facilitate or impede the entry of under-represented minority women into STEM professions. The work would separate effects at the college level, the graduate level, and the professional level. The project will help to illuminate factors that influence initial career choices and subsequent decisions over the course of professional life. The literature is fragmented and currently exists in multiple formats. The meta-analysis and synthesis of knowledge will enhance our understanding of the challenges that women of color encounter in pursuing scientific careers, the strategies they employ to overcome them and the contextual and organizational factors that support their professional development. The results will indicate what is known, what initial findings need to be replicated, and what research gaps need to be identified. The study will stimulate further studies by building a research agenda for scholars and graduate students.