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Computing Whether She Belongs: Stereotypes Undermine Girls’ Interest and Sense of Belonging in Computer Science

The authors predict that belonging will have a particularly strong influence on interest because belonging is a fundamentally important motivator. They also examine a potentially important individual difference that may affect belonging- whether students feel that they personally fit the stereotype of a computer scientist.

Effects of role model exposure on STEM and non-STEM student engagement

This study address recruitment and retention issues by uniquely challenging two STEM
stereotypes (i.e., STEM is for the innately gifted and STEM is for European American males) known to undermine STEM investment for students of diverse backgrounds and through the presentation of a diverse set of role model narratives in a large sample of STEM and non-STEM students.