Women drive efforts to highlight concealable stigmatized identities in U.S. academic science and engineering.

ABSTRACT: Concealable stigmatized identities (CSIs) are hidden identities that carry negative stereotypes and can result in a loss of social status if revealed. Instructors often choose to conceal these CSIs due to anticipated negative student reactions, yet revealing CSIs can have a positive impact on undergraduates. Women are generally more likely to reveal personal aspects about themselves in social situations, but may face greater consequences for revealing a stigmatized identity to students given their already marginalized position in academic science and engineering. Therefore, in this study, we were interested in understanding to what extent there are differences between men and women science and engineering instructors in (i) the representation of CSIs, (ii) their decisions to reveal CSIs to

SUBMITTER: Busch CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10355415 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature