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Dr. Lara Perez-Felkner is an Associate Professor of Higher Education and Sociology in the Higher Education Program within the College of Education at Florida State University. She is also an Affiliated Faculty member in the Department of Sociology, and Senior Research Associate with FSU’s Center for Postsecondary Success. Her research uses developmental and sociological perspectives to examine how young people’s social contexts influence their college and career outcomes. She focuses on the mechanisms that shape entry into and persistence in institutions and fields in which they have traditionally been underrepresented. In particular, she investigates racial-ethnic, gender, and socioeconomic disparities in post-secondary educational attainment and entry to scientific career fields.
Public communication work off recent article – more impact than expected…
We’re still getting press inquiries but nearly a month post-publication, this article has resonated, and motivating me to keep engaging in conversations with the sharp questions and interest of the press, both here in the U.S. and internationally. Making work clear, interpretable, and relevant for every day life, schools, families, communities is hard but rewarding. … Continue reading Public communication work off recent article – more impact than expected…
Initial buzz about our article on gendered pathways to STEM degrees: perceived vs. observed ability
2017: Coverage of Frontiers in Psychology article “Gendered Pathways: How Mathematics Ability Beliefs Shape Secondary and Postsecondary Course and Degree Field Choices”, co-authored with Samantha Nix and Kirby Thomas: FSU News, Kara Irby, 4/6/17 “Under challenge: Girls’ confidence level, not math ability hinders path to science degrees.” Circulated on Phys.org, EurekaAlert!AAAS, Newsgram, Newswise, The Siasat … Continue reading Initial buzz about our article on gendered pathways to STEM degrees: perceived vs. observed ability
Maybe this is part of why women only earn one-fifth of the bachelors’ degrees in engineering, computer science and physics: Girls are as good at math as boys are, but they don’t think they are.
Originally posted on Bridge to Tomorrow:
It’s a shocking and stubborn problem: Women only earn about 20% of the bachelors’ degrees in engineering, computer science and physics. These fields account for 19 of the top 25 college majors ranked by salary by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, shown below. So women…
Girls and boys perceive their ability differently in challenging mathematics contexts –> with consequences for majors
Our new paper: Girls’ confidence level, not math ability hinders path to science degrees http://news.fsu.edu/news/2017/04/06/challenge-girls-confidence-level-not-math-ability-hinders-path-science-degrees/#.WOZbISg2zk0.twitter … @floridastate @samnixmills w/ Kirby Thomas #girlsinSTEM #mathability #perceptions #diversity @fsu_education @AAUWpolicy Thanks to @NSF @postsec_success FSU CHERTI & @FSU_CRE
Godby High School’s Zondra Clayton continues to do the unthinkable – building physics enrollment at a low income school
Originally posted on Bridge to Tomorrow:
Only a few years ago, there were no physics classes and no physics students at Godby High School. This was both sad and predictable: Godby was one of Tallahassee’s two lowest income high schools, and the other (Rickards) had an IB program. But then Zondra Clayton decided to change…
Teaching
Dr. Perez-Felkner was recently nominated by students in her department for the Graduate Mentor Award at Florida State University (2018). She won the 2016 FSU Hardee Center Supervisor/Mentor Award, nominated by her students. She is even more thrilled that her students are winning awards and recognition, from Samantha Nix’s NaEd/Spencer Fellowship and P.E.O. Scholar Award, … Continue reading Teaching
Profiles
Mostly on work-life balance, here are some stories and advice for fellow junior and emerging scholars, especially women, underrepresented minorities, and parents. Fall 2015 – FSU NASPA Student Affairs “A Day in the Life,” compiled by one of my Higher Ed Masters’ students – the amazing Kate Morales — and featuring Higher Ed doctoral students … Continue reading Profiles
On girls’ and boys’ perceived ability under challenge in STEM
From VHTO Network Gender & STEM conference, 12 November, 2015:
If the teaching reform you’re pushing can’t help me observe and intervene in student interactions, then I’m not interested
Originally posted on Bridge to Tomorrow:
Several years ago, the number one student in my introductory physics class was an engineering major who happened to be a black woman. In fact, she had come from a high school with very challenging demographics – about 80% of the school’s students were eligible for free or reduced…
Lara Perez-Felkner, Ph.D. 