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Identifying and Leveraging Community Cultural Wealth in Physics Bridge Programs

Bridge programs exist to support the transition into graduate programs, typically supporting groups who are marginalized in higher education. Even with the preparation and community that bridge programs provide, students may still face challenges in their graduate programs. While racially minoritized students are often able to overcome these challenges by drawing on various forms of cultural capital they possess, the forms of cultural capital they utilize are often overlooked and unacknowledged in the academy. This research-based guide is designed to help students in physics and other fields’ bridge programs recognize and become empowered by the cultural wealth they already possess.