Dream On! Supporting and Graduating African American Girls and Women in STEM

<p><em>Dream on! Supporting and Graduating African American Girls and Women in STEM </em>tells the life stories of African American women who originally pursued degrees in pre-medicine and  science technology engineering and mathematics (STEM) majors in high school and college.</p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>In </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Dream On! </em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Dr. McPherson draws upon the personal stories of 16 undergraduate African American women who had aspirations of pursuing undergraduate degrees that led to careers in medicine health professions engineering or mathematical fields. The book begins by telling their success stories and love for math and science in K-12 settings. It then discusses their stories of trials triumphs and even some tragedies when pursuing their undergraduate degrees at predominantly white institutions (PWIs). Despite enduring challenges in their majors all 16 of resilient African American women completed undergraduate degrees in health science social science and/or STEM majors. A discussion on how they built a sense of community that is a sense of belonging in their majors is described as well.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Careers that these women pursued were medical doctors scientists mathematicians engineer business professional and human resources professionals.</em></strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The book is a must read for girls women and minority women and minorities who want to pursue medical degrees or STEM fields at predominantly white institutions families educators administrators and policymakers.</strong></p>