Gaskins, W., & Askarian, S., & Eason, K. (2022, August), Black is Gold: The Importance of Racial Identity to Black Undergraduate Students in Engineering  Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--41106

\bibitem{asee_peer_41106}
  Gaskins, W., \& Askarian, S., \& Eason, K. (2022, August), \emph{Black is Gold: The Importance of Racial Identity to Black Undergraduate Students in Engineering}
  Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Minneapolis, MN.
  10.18260/1-2--41106

Whitney Gaskins, Samieh Askarian, and Keri Eason.  "Black is Gold: The Importance of Racial Identity to Black Undergraduate Students in Engineering".  2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, 2022, August.  ASEE Conferences, 2022.  https://peer.asee.org/41106 Internet.  11 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_41106}
  Whitney Gaskins, Samieh Askarian, and Keri Eason.
  "Black is Gold: The Importance of Racial Identity to Black Undergraduate Students in Engineering".
  \emph{2022 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, 2022, August}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2022.
  https://peer.asee.org/41106 Internet.  11 Dec, 2024

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title = "Black is Gold: The Importance of Racial Identity to Black Undergraduate Students in Engineering"
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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - Black men and women continue to be underrepresented and underserved in Engineering. In current engineering literature, the focus for Black students is primarily about preparedness, sense of belonging and motivation. Few studies explore the importance of racial identity and its impact on students as they matriculate through engineering programs. Researchers tend to focus on the importance of identity organizations but not the importance of identity in engineering culture.  The purpose of this study is to understand the importance of racial identity on Black students matriculating through engineering programs. This paper explores a subset of questions that were asked during a larger qualitative study to understand how important racial and ethnic identity is to Black students in engineering. During semi structured interviews, students were asked to rank distinct aspects of their identity. We found that 100% of the participants ranked their racial or ethnic identity as number one or two as their top identifier.  This paper explores the differences between how Black men and women rank their identities. Of the 11 students that were interviewed in the study only one student mentioned engineering as an important identity metric. Our results suggest that engineering must do more to improve the racial climate and understand racial identity. Once engineering communities understand the importance of racial and ethnic identity the more inclusive the spaces can be that will help ensure participation and increase representation of Black students. 
AU  - Whitney Gaskins
AU  - Samieh Askarian
AU  - Keri Eason
CY  - Minneapolis, MN
DA  - 2022/08/23
PB  - ASEE Conferences
TI  - Black is Gold: The Importance of Racial Identity to Black Undergraduate Students in Engineering
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