Shandera, Sarah and Matsick, Jes L. and Hunter, David R. and Leblond, Louis and Bollen, Johan (2021) RASE: Modeling cumulative disadvantage due to marginalized group status in academia. PLOS ONE, 16 (12). e0260567. ISSN 1932-6203
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Abstract
We propose a framework of Resources, Achievement, Status, and Events (RASE) that allows the many disparate but well-documented phenomena affecting underrepresented groups in STEM to be assembled into a story of career trajectories, illuminating the possible cumulative impact of many small inequities. Our framework contains a three-component deterministic cycle of (1) production of Achievements from Resources, (2) updated community Status due to Achievements, and (3) accrual of additional Resources based on community Status. A fourth component, stochastic Events, can influence an individual’s level of Resources or Achievements at each time step of the cycle. We build a specific mathematical model within the RASE framework and use it to investigate the impact of accumulated disadvantages from multiple compounding variables. We demonstrate that the model can reproduce data of observed disparities in academia. Finally, we use a publicly available visualization and networking tool to provide a sandbox for exploring career outcomes within the model. The modeling exercise, results, and visualization tool may be useful in the context of training STEM faculty to recognize and reduce effects of bias.
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | Asian STM > Social Sciences and Humanities |
Depositing User: | Managing Editor |
Date Deposited: | 13 Dec 2022 10:26 |
Last Modified: | 27 Dec 2023 06:59 |
URI: | http://journal.send2sub.com/id/eprint/109 |