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OPENING PLENARY
Lorelle Espinosa, Director of Policy and Strategic Initiatives at the Institute for Higher
Education Policy in Washington, gave the plenary speech. She explained that more research on
different populations will contribute to both the translation of research into practice and to the
framing of theoretical work on the intersection of race and gender. Studies on men of color1 can
benefit, she said, from previous research and assessment of programmatic activities on gender
that have focused on women and girls, adding that findings from prior theoretical work may be
applicable to men and boys. For example, research on intersectionality2 for minority males could
refer to Black Feminist Theory as it looks at gender, race, and socioeconomic status. For research
on men of color, Espinosa noted that it was important to take into account where they are in
terms of their institution of higher education (e.g., community colleges and minority-serving
institutions). It is also important to consider the geographic location of populations of young
(precollege) minority males, as there are distinct geographic differences in the largest minority
populations on the east and west coasts as well as the southern borders (see Figure 1).
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The terms “men of color,” “minority males,” and “underrepresented minority males” are used interchangeably in
this report.
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The term intersectionality is used “to denote the various ways in which race and gender interact to shape the
multiple dimensions” of an individual’s experience. The term is often used in research on African American women.
The core concept of intersectionality is that one cannot understand the full impact “wholly by looking at the race or
gender dimensions of those experiences separately.” Source: Kimberle Crenshaw, “Mapping the Margins:
Intersectionality, Identity, Politics, and Violence against Women of Color,” Stanford Law Review, Vol. 43, 1241,
1993.
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FIGURE 1. Large metro areas with majority-minority child (under 18) populations, 2008.
SOURCE: Brookings Institution, 2010.
In response to an audience member’s question, Espinosa agreed that it was important to
look at research data on minority men in a disaggregated manner and that data for any single
minority group may look very different from aggregated data across groups. Disaggregating the
data by populations, regions, or ethnicities is critical to identifying target populations and
capturing their unique characteristics as it relates to STEM participation. To illustrate, she
referred to her slides on the top BS-granting colleges for minority males in STEM in 2007 (Table
1), showing that very few schools are listed as top producers for more than one minority male
population.
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TABLE 1. Top Ten BS-Granting Colleges/Universities for Minority Males in STEM, 2007
Black Men Latino Men Native American Men Asian Pacific Islander Men
1 Southern University University of Oklahoma State University of California,
and A&M College Puerto Rico, University Berkeley
Mayaguez
2 Florida A&M Florida University of University of California,
University International Oklahoma, Norman Davis
University
3 North Carolina A&T University of Southeastern University of California, San
State University Texas, El Paso Oklahoma State Diego
University
4 University of Universidad Northeastern State University of California,
Phoenix Politecnica de University Irvine
Puerto Rico
5 Strayer University University of North California State University of California, Los
Texas, Austin University, Raleigh Angeles
6 Alabama A&M University of University of North University of Texas, Austin
University Florida Carolina, Pembroke
7 Howard University University of Arizona State University of Washington,
Texas, Pan University Seattle
American
8 Prairie View A&M Texas A&M University of Arizona San Jose State University
University University
9 University of California State East Central University California State Polytechnic
Florida Polytechnic University, Pomona
University,
Pomona
10 University of The University of University of University of Illinois, Urbana-
Maryland, Texas, San Washington, Seattle Champaign
Baltimore County Antonio
SOURCE: Lorelle Espinosa, Institute for Higher Education Policy, Presentation on August 9, 2010.
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