Student - College of Education

Chandel Burgess is a doctoral student studying STEM Education at the University of Texas at Austin. She is a mixed methodologist whose research interests center the experiences of Black women in postsecondary mathematics and engineering spaces. Her current research investigates mentorship for Black women STEM majors. Chandel works as a TA for the course "Intro to Quantitative Research Design" (EDC 385R) and as a GRA for various projects.

Before beginning her doctoral studies in STEM Education, Chandel worked as an AP Calculus teacher for 2 years.

Studies the experiences of Black women in postsecondary mathematics and engineering spaces.

Catherine Riegle-Crumb (Supervisor)
Focuses on the social construction of gender and racial/ethnic inequality in educational opportunities and experiences in STEM fields from a sociological perspective. Methodological expertise in quantitative research methods and analyses of large scale datasets.

Méndez Pérez, K., Aguilar, A., Johnson, A., Burgess, C. & Marchant, N. (2023). Centering Humanity within Ethnographic Research: A Critical Read of Black Boys Lived and Everyday Experiences in STEM. Journal of Urban Mathematics Education, 16(1), 96–106. doi:https://doi.org/10.21423/jume-v16i1a476.

Teresa Lozano Long Endowed Graduate Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin (2023)

Long Joe and Teresa Graduate Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin (2023)

Addison E. Lee Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin (2023)

Texas New Scholars Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin (2021 - 2022)

An Examination of Secondary Mathematics Teachers' Racialized Beliefs, AERA, Chicago, IL (2023)

Mathematics & Identity: Lived Experiences of Prospective Teachers of Color, Research Council on Mathematical Learning, Las Vegas, NV (2023)

An Examination of Secondary Mathematics Teachers' Racialized Beliefs, AERA Division K Vice Presidential Session, Chicago, IL (2023)

Championship and Mentorship for Black Women in STEM Academic Spaces, International Conference on Urban Education, Cancún, Mexico (2022)

Parents as facilitators: Utilization of bilingual language practices during mathematical problem solving, Research Council on Mathematical Learning, Grapevine, Texas (2022)

Transfronterizando las matemáticas: Surveillance and work in the mathematics classroom, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas (2022)