Introduction / Cynthia Hudley -- An Examination of Scholar Identity and Achievement in African American Adolescents : Is there a Connection? / Olga M. Welch and Lisa M. Nesson -- Colorblind Ideology, Multiculturalism, and Collective Identity Formation Among Mixed Race Adolescents in Northern California / Alyssa M. Newman and G. Reginald Daniel -- Student Identity in Impoverished Communities / Elaine Bell Kaplan -- Latino Students' Transition to College and Perceptions of Future Self / Richard P. Durán and Sugely Chaidez Ubaldo -- The Model Minority and Creating System-wide Supports for Underserved Asian-American Students / Su-Je Cho & Kwang-Sun Cho Blair -- Social Capital among Understudied College Students : The Case of Low-income White Males / Roxanne Moschetti & Cynthia Hudley -- Racial/Ethnic and Gender Identity in Gifted Classrooms / Frank C. Worrell and Dante D. Dixson -- African-American Women in STEM fields / Rashunda Stitt -- Achievement and Expectations of Immigrant, Second Generation, and Non-immigrant Black Students in U.S. Higher Education / Cynthia Hudley.