Call for Papers [Special Topic]

Work in Progress: Understanding the Experiences of Women of Color in Engineering

The special topic calls for papers on Work in Progress: Understanding the Experiences of Women of Color in Engineering and such papers will appear in Higher Education of Social Science as a special column. 1
Affiliated research area: Color, Engineering Students, Interviews, Educational Institutions, Shape, Diversity, Identity, Women of Color

Description
This qualitative study aims to understand the experiences of undergraduate women of color in engineering; specifically how their gender, race, and ethnicity shape their construct of an engineering identity. For many of the students, engineering identity was only understood along with gender and race/ethnic identities.

Requirements
In addition to the Review and Original Articles by invited speakers, we are inviting you to submit a relevant research paper on Work in Progress: Understanding the Experiences of Women of Color in Engineering for consideration. Papers will be subject to normal peer review and must comply with the Guide for Authors. To submit papers to the Work in Progress: Understanding the Experiences of Women of Color in Engineering Special Topic, please go to http://www.cscanada.net. With your submission, please state clearly to the editor that your manuscripts are submitted to the Special Topic Work in Progress: Understanding the Experiences of Women of Color in Engineering.

Related Conferences:
2012 Frontiers in Education Conference Proceedings

Related Journals (Special issue):

Higher Education of Social Science Journal , ISSN 1927-0232 [Print]; ISSN 1927-0240 [Online]. http://www.cscanada.net/index.php/hess

Related Articles:
Work in progress: Understanding the experiences of women of color in engineering ISBN: 978-1-4673-1353-7

About The Journal

Higher Education of Social Science (ISSN 1927-0232 [Print]; ISSN 1927-0240 [Online]) is a leading peer reviewed academic journal published bimonthly. The first publication time was 30th September, 2011. The journal promotes the exchange of ideas and rational discourse between practicing educators and educational researchers in social science aspect and contributes to the understanding and/or the improvement of educational processes and outcomes. The Journal aims to serve the needs of faculties, researchers, administrators and those concerned with the present and the future of higher education. This Journal also encourages discussions about higher education at the perspectives of social science within and among relevant professional and academic communities and researchers at social science level. Articles will combine phenomenon analyses, the development of higher education, discussions of education

methods and other issues which are important to faculty, administrators, and program managers. More detailed information about the journal can be discovered in http://www.cscanada.net/index.php/hess. We sincerely welcome you to submit articles to the special column of our journal. If you rightly have a manuscript in this field, please dont hesitate to write us an email with the subject of Submission for HESS Special Topic: Work in Progress: Understanding the Experiences of Women of Color in Engineering (http://cscanada.net/users/index.php/index/login). We look forward to your submission at hess@cscanada.org; hess@cscanada.net! More detailed information about the special topic, pertinent conferences, related journals (special issue) and relevant 2 articles can be discovered from our websites: http://www.cscanada.net/index.php/hess/announcement/view/102

Higher Education of Social Science (HESS)

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