Desiree Forsythe

Desiree Forsythe (she/her) has a background in both the biological sciences and education. She is a STEM education researcher and focuses on how to disrupt oppressions in the sciences through the use of critical, feminist, and queer theorizations. Dr. Forsythe has several lines of research including how those with privileged identities in STEM work at incorporating social justice into pedagogical and professional practice and how STEM students with marginalized identities experience and navigate STEM environments (such as classrooms, advising, office hours, etc.).

Publications

“You Assumed That Everybody Was...”: Hermeneutic Injustice and Cisheteropatriarchy in STEM Coursework
“You Assumed That Everybody Was...”: Hermeneutic Injustice and Cisheteropatriarchy in STEM Coursework
Kat Stephens-Peace, Rachel Friedensen, Ezekiel Kimball, Rachael Forester, Ryan Miller, Annemarie Vaccaro, Desiree Forsythe, Meg C. Jones. © 2024. 18 pages.
Drawing on findings from a constructivist grounded theory study with 56 students majoring in STEM fields, this chapter explores the ways that cisheteropatriarchy structures...