Publications
D’Souza, A. (2022). From teacher to social science researcher on Native students’ experiences and community cultural wealth. TERC Blog. https://blog.terc.edu/from-teacher-to-social-science-researcher-on-native-students-experiences-and-community-cultural-wealth
Jaumot‑Pascual, N., DeerInWater, K., Ong, M., & Silva, C.B. (2023). “I can do data for my people”: Experiences of giving back for Native undergraduates in computing. Cultural Studies of Science Education, 18, 879-909. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11422-023-10172-5
Jaumot-Pascual, N., Smith, T., Ong, M., & DeerInWater, T. (2023). Photo elicitation with Native STEM students and professionals. In K. Roulston (Ed.), Quests for questioners: Inventive approaches to qualitative interviews (pp. 215-236). Gorham, ME: Myers Education Press. https://myersedpress.presswarehouse.com/browse/book/9781975505240/Quests-for-Questioners
Jaumot-Pascual, N., Smith, T. D., Silva, C. B., Ong, M., & Madison, M. (2024). The role of giving back and Two-Eyed Seeing for engineering & computer science Indigenous students transitioning to the workplace. In Proceedings of 2024 ACM Conference Research on Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT’24), May 16-17, Atlanta, GA. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 8 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3653666.3656106
Locke, D. (2024, Spring). Unifying my identities: Reflections from an REU student. TERC Hands On! Magazine, pp. 14-16. https://www.terc.edu/hands-on-magazine-spring-2024/
Locke, D. (2024, Spring). “Being in STEM is my defense, offense, and torment”: The perspective of a Native Hawaiian student in STEM. Winds of Change. https://read.nxtbook.com/aises/winds_of_change/spring_2024/spotlight_on_research.html
Silva, C.B., Jaumot-Pascual, N., Ong, M., & DeerInWater, K. (2021). “I think around the box”: Experiences of a Native two-spirit undergraduate student in computing. TERC’s Hands On! Magazine. https://www.terc.edu/hands-on-magazine-spring-2021
Silva, C.B., Jaumot-Pascual, N., Ong, M., & DeerInWater, K. (2021). What motivates Native computer science students? Winds of Change: AISES’ quarterly publication. https://read.nxtbook.com/aises/winds_of_change/spring_2021/what_motivates_native_compute.html
Issues.(Winter 2024). “Native Voices in STEM” [Photography – Circular Tables by Autumn]. Issues in Science and Technology, 40(2), 108. https://doi.org/10.58875/NBGS1768
Team Videos
TERC STEM for All Video Showcase – This is an introductory video about the Native STEM Portraits (NSP) Project, focused on our findings related to Native scientists’ desire to give back to their communities and to contribute to Nation building through their STEM disciplines. We found that this plays a key role in motivating Native students and professionals to persist in STEM. Examples of giving back that we share in this video include teaching, creating safe spaces, mentoring, and serving as role models in their communities. As Nayenezgani, a geoscience student said, “my mom started this fry bread stand out of a period of poverty. … And it reminds me that there’s reason for me to be in science. I can make a success out of my struggles … and that is a reasoning why I am in science, is to help my community.” We also share examples of Nation building from the study’s data, including cultural preservation, such as translating science vocabulary into Native languages, and supporting technological sovereignty. As Lake, a biology student stated, “I want to start including Native terms into the lexicon of science so that people can refer to them and start adding a diverse tongue that isn’t just Latin and English.”
STEM for All Multiplex October Expert Panel – This is a recording of a webinar on Indigenous ways of learning that was held on October 19, 2022, and features Dr. Nuria Jaumot-Pascual and Dr. Tiffany Smith representing the NSP Project. The event was hosted by the STEM for All Multiplex, a project funded by NSF from 2015 to August 31, 2023. The webinar highlights the processes involved in Indigenous ways of learning — learning by collaboration, making a difference/giving back, intergenerational connection, responsibility, and respect. In the recording, three project teams that study learning and how to foster it in Indigenous communities discuss what can be learned from Indigenous ways of learning, for Indigenous peoples and the world at large.
Portraits of Native Identity in Computer Science for Academic Persistence Presentation – This is a recording of a presentation given by Dr. Nuria Jaumot-Pascual, Dr. Kathy DeerInWater, and Christina Silva in 2020 as part of TERC’s Presenter Series. The presentation features the findings of the pilot study titled, Native Women and Two-Spirit Individuals in Computing Higher Education: A Photo Elicitation Study of Persistence (NAWC2). NAWC2 was a one-year study funded by the Women of Color in Computing Collaborative (Kapor Center/Center for Gender Equity in Science and Technology, ASU). The study used photo elicitation to understand the experiences of Native women and two-spirit individuals’ persistence in computer science and how their identities intersect.