Supporting Latina Students in Engineering and Computing: A Chicana Feminist Approach

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Sarah L. Rodriguez Ann Quiroz Gates

Supporting Latina Students in Engineering and Computing

A Chicana Feminist Approach

Sarah L. Rodriguez, Ann Quiroz Gates

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Harvard Educational Publishing Group
30 September 2025

Inclusive education & mainstreaming; Organisation & management of education; Curriculum planning & development; Higher & further education, tertiary education

Research-based strategies for creating inclusive higher education spaces that encourage Latina student success in engineering and computer science

In Supporting Latina Students in Engineering and Computing, Sarah L. Rodriguez presents a series of evidence-based strategies to foster a sense of belonging and inclusion among Latina students in engineering and computing programs. This work emphasizes the need for asset-based, culturally rooted perspectives to shift departmental culture and enrich the educational experiences of Latina students, who have been historically underrepresented in these fields.

Rodriguez suggests a multipronged approach involving practitioners in all areas of higher education, including administration, faculty, advisory staff, student organizations, and community partners, to achieve a collective impact. She demonstrates how efforts such as inclusive curricula, relationship building, and robust peer resources increase equity in higher education spaces. Drawing on Chicana feminist theory, she calls for antiracist, restorative, and critical methods as ways to resist systemic exclusion and oppression as well as honor and shape the intersectional identities of Latina students in undergraduate STEM programs.

Through vignettes of student and practitioner experiences and spotlights on organizational successes, the work shows how targeted supports can engage students through their interests, improve student competence and confidence, and expand diversity of thought, which can in turn lead to Latina student persistence in college and later success in the engineering and computing workforce.

By: Sarah L. Rodriguez
Foreword by: Ann Quiroz Gates
Imprint: Harvard Educational Publishing Group
Country of Publication: United States [Currently unable to ship to USA: see Shipping Info]
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9798895570005
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 30 September 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Sarah L. Rodriguez is an associate professor of engineering education and an affiliate faculty member with the Higher Education Program at Virginia Tech. She is the coeditor of Latin* Students in Engineering.

Reviews for Supporting Latina Students in Engineering and Computing: A Chicana Feminist Approach

""Achieving equity for Latinas in STEM requires an asset-based approach that honors students' cultural backgrounds and recognizes their lived experiences. In this important book, Rodriguez reminds us of this and provides us with new insights and actionable strategies for nurturing new ways of being within engineering and computing.""--Blanca E. Rincón, associate professor of higher education, University of Nevada Las Vegas ""My heart sings at this powerful representation of Latina engineering experiences. Beyond its empirical and scholarly depth, this text offers a searing indictment of the toxic and exclusionary spaces that Latinas daringly traverse. With criticality, hope, and fuerza, Rodriguez honors the brilliance and resilience of Latina engineers. She--like the students she studies--is muy chingona.""--Elvira Abrica, chairperson and professor, Department of Educational Administration, University of Nebraska-Lincoln