An infographic about  Black male \u27buoyant believers\u27 in engineering and engineering-related fields

Long, Leroy L., III

Wanyagah, William

English

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Publications 2017 Infographic: Black Male "Bouyant Believers" in Engineering and Engineering-Related Fields Leroy L. Long III Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, longl2@erau.edu William Wanyagah Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Follow this and additional works at: https://commons.erau.edu/publication  Part of the Engineering Commons Scholarly Commons Citation Long, L. L., & Wanyagah, W. (2017). Infographic: Black Male "Bouyant Believers" in Engineering and Engineering-Related Fields. , (). Retrieved from https://commons.erau.edu/publication/713 This Infographic is brought to you for free and open access by Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Publications by an authorized administrator of Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact commons@erau.edu. Black Male ”Buoyant Believers” in Engineering and Engineering-Related Fields*27 African American** students were recruited to participate in an interview revealing 4 categories among college students: "Buoyant Believers," "Blamers," "Ballers," and "Avoidant Give-Up'ers" To help produce more Black engineering and engineering-related undergraduates who are both confident and resilient (i.e.,buoyant believers) , we offer several recommendations to faculty and staff"Buoyant Believers": Confident and Resilient  "Blamers": Confident but not Resilient "Ballers": Resilient but not Confident "Avoidant Give-Up’ers": Neither Confident nor ResilientSamrawi, a Black mechanical engineering major says, "Although I am aminority I think I have confidence in myself. If you show the professor and the other people that you’re actually a good student that you know what you’re doing, they’ll just get past [the fact that you’re a minority]. I feel like this day and age it’s not like before, I feel like things are changing." Samrawi proceeds to describe how he handles difficult situations, "Well, this happened last semester [I was in a difficult class and wasn’t doing as well as I’d like]...I never like regret it, but I kinda feel like there’s something wrong with me and I think I should try harder. I always blame myself, I don’t blame other people for it...I just try." Attentive support and constructive feedback to ensure that students stay on track to earning a college degree in engineering or related STEM fields Providing constructive feedback to Black STEM undergraduates with actionable strategies for incorporating that feedback into building competencies and confidence in one’s cognitive abilities CITATIONS: Long, L. L., III, Kitchen, J. A., & Henderson, T. S. (2015). Black male “buoyant believers” in engineering and engineering-related fields. Proceedings from 2015 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Seattle, WA. doi:10.18260/p.23623; Strayhorn, T.L. (2010). Buoyant believers: Resilience, self-efficacy, and academic success of low-income African American collegians. In T.L. Strayhorn & M.C. Terrell (Eds.), Evolving challenges of black college students: New insights for policy, practice, and research (pp. 49 - 65). Sterling, VA: Stylus.NOTE: *This study is part of a larger, longitudinal study titled, Investigating the Critical Junctures: Strategies that Broaden Minority Participation in STEM Fields, funded by the National Science Foundation;**The terms African American and Black are used interchangeablyWork with Black STEM students to help them set realistic proximal goals, with a series of attainable intermediate goals to give them a sense of accomplishment and progress Establishing relationships through well-designed STEM mentoring programs, learning communities, involvement in fraternities or sororities, and faculty student research collaborations  Abraham, a Black chemical and bio- molecular engineering student describes how he handles tough courses, "if I did not do well I actually start studying more or maybe seeking help by going to office hours. If it’s out of my hands ... I’ll probably drop the class."Recommendation  Recommendation Recommendation Tony, an African-American science major displays how although he lacks confidence, he is still persistent, "I thought about leaving my major a couple times, but not to the point where I was really contemplating it, because the thing is I’m really hard headed so once I start something I really like to finish it off." Emmanuel, an African-American science major says, "I have thought about leaving my major because I wasn’t passionate my first year in college. I decided not to leave because…it’s UCLA. I mean, people that pass through UCLA do it why should my situation be different. So, I decided to stay in my major and I’ll probably be in it until I graduate...I’m  going to keep going...I struggled barely passing some of my classes, I just had to keep going through." Recommendation 

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