Queering STEM Culture in US Higher Education: Navigating Experiences of Exclusion in the Academy

This book explores the lived experiences of queer and trans individuals in post-secondary STEM culture in the US, providing insights into advancing socially just STEM education pathways. It highlights heteronormativity and marginalization across STEM disciplines, uses autoethnographic accounts to reveal exclusion and barriers, and offers recommendations for future research and practice.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 294 pages
Publication date: 29 January 2024
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

In order to provide critical insights into advancing socially just STEM education pathways, this timely volume adopts an intersectional lens and delves into the lived experiences of members of the queer and trans community in post-secondary STEM culture in the United States. Contributions from students, faculty, practitioners, and administrators are featured in the volume, highlighting prevalent issues of heteronormativity and marginalization across various STEM disciplines. Through autoethnographic accounts, minority experiences are placed within the broader context of social and cultural phenomena, revealing subtle and overt forms of exclusion and systematic barriers to participation in STEM professions, academia, and research.

The book concludes with key recommendations to inform future research and practice. This volume will be of great interest to researchers, academics, and educators in higher education, engineering education, and the sociology of education more broadly. Those involved with diversity, equity, and inclusion within education, queer theory, and gender and sexuality studies will also find this volume valuable.

Weight: 453g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367769918