Research Guides: Hidden Figures: See Me Series: Journal Articles

Journal Articles

Katherine Johnson's legacy lives on: As name of NASA center, As inspiration to students This article describes the legacy of Katherine Johnson as a model for new students entering STEM fields.
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Garcia, M. (2012, December 22). The Central Park Five. Cineaste, 38(1), 53.
"Hidden" No More: Newspapers' Framing of NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson This study analyzed media coverage of the 2020 death of legendary NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson to explore whether journalists emphasize race and sex as novelties compared to a person's overall accomplishments, and whether journalists explored the structures underpinning the racism and sexism Johnson faced.
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Williams, P. J. (2013). Lessons From the Central Park Five. Nation, 296(18), 9.
Rewards and challenges of parenting a child with Down syndrome: a qualitative study of fathers' perceptions. Most studies on parenting children with Down syndrome and other intellectual disabilities have focused on stress and coping; however, research has shown many rewards in parenting such children. Additionally, most research has assessed mothers' rather than fathers' perspectives. To take steps toward filling these literature gaps, we asked fathers of children with Down syndrome about their parenting experiences.
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Davies, S. L. (2006). The reality of false confessions lessons of the central park jogger case. New York University Review of Law & Social Change, 30(2), 209-254.
Women of NASA are women of LEGO, too A LEGO competition recognizes a Women of NASA LEGO display
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Stratton, G. (2015). Transforming the Central Park jogger into the Central Park Five: Shifting narratives of innocence and changing media discourse in the attack on the Central Park jogger, 1989-2014. Crime Media Culture, 11(3), 281–298.
Inclusion and Environmental Protection in Space The article focuses on the topic of inclusion and environmental protection in space programs; other topics include the historical exclusion of women and Indigenous people from space programs, the rationales for inclusion, and the importance of inclusion in giving Indigenous people a place.
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Hall, R. E. (2020). “When we see them”: Race as conduit of criminal prosecution. Journal of Black Studies, 51(7), 671-684. doi:https://doi.org/10.1177/0021934720930940