Dr. Voila L. Acoff, Project Director for the Alabama Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation, was featured on the National Science Foundation’s website in honor of Women’s History Day.

UA Welcomes Dr. Mae C. Jemison as Keynote Speaker
Dr. Mae C. Jemison, the first African-American woman to travel in space, visits as the key-note speaker at the 2017 WiSE Symposium.

Alabama LSAMP Evaluation
ISSR’s participation in the Alabama LSAMP includes the overall multi-site evaluation and a research study of the impact of the program.

Variation in the Alabama LSAMP Summer Bridge Program: Effects on STEM Self-Efficacy, Belonging, and Intentions
ISSR’s participation in the Alabama LSAMP includes the impact of the summer bridge programs on student self-efficacy, sense of belonging to their major and institution, and adjustment to college.
UA Leads Effort to Increase Minority Participation in STEM Fields
The University of Alabama will be the lead institution in the state in a national effort to increase the number of students from underrepresented minority groups in the science, technology, engineering and math fields.