Why are there so few ethnic minorities in ecology and evolutionary biology? Challenges to inclusion and the role of sense of belonging

Table 4 Predictors of sense of belonging in evolutionary biology

	r	β	t	p
Step 1: R² = 0.20, F(6, 1726) = 71.70, p < 0.001
African American versus White	− 0.10**	− 0.10**	− 4.08	0.001
Latino/a versus White	− 0.01	− 0.023	− 0.97	0.331
Asian versus White	− 0.02	− 0.023	− 0.96	0.337
Biology Major	0.18**	0.13**	5.97	0.001
Evolutionary Biology Courses	0.23**	0.20**	9.22	0.001
College Belonging	0.35**	0.34**	15.60	0.001
Step 2: ΔR² = 0.19 F(8, 1718) = 65.49, p < 0.001
African American versus White	− 0.10**	0.04	1.70	0.090
Latino/a versus White	− 0.01	0.02	0.90	0.367
Asian versus White	− 0.02	0.05	1.83	0.068
Biology Major	0.18**	0.05*	2.32	0.020
Evolutionary Biology Courses	0.23**	0.14**	6.43	0.001
College Belonging	0.35**	0.20**	9.38	0.001
Knowledge of Evolution	0.32**	0.12**	5.42	0.001
Exposure to Ecology	0.29**	0.05*	2.15	0.032
Role Models	0.32**	0.15**	5.41	0.001
Same-race Role Models	0.17**	0.01	0.26	0.792
Outdoor Comfort	0.38**	0.20**	9.15	0.001
Religiosity	− 0.22**	− 0.17**	− 7.91	0.001
Moral Objections to Evolution	− 0.32**	− 0.20**	− 8.91	0.001
Communal Goals	0.11**	0.02	0.83	0.409

Table provides information on the Pearson r (zero order) correlation between each predictor variable and sense of belonging in evolutionary biology, standardized regression coefficients, and the test of significance for each regression coefficient. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.001