TABLE 3.

Themes in the data and their connection to community cultural wealth

Major themesa	Subthemes	Majors forms of capital represented in the data
Black science majors use their capital to navigate the racial climate at a PWI.	The racial climate at a PWINavigating the racial climate at a PWI through code-switching, a form of linguistic capitalChallenging the racial climate at a PWI through resistant capital	Navigational capitalLinguistic capitalResistant capital
Black science majors use their internal strengths as capital to succeed at a PWI.	Succeeding through self-motivationSucceeding by persisting in the momentSucceeding through long-term persistenceSucceeding by asking for help	Navigational capitalResistant capitalAspirational capital
Black science majors create spaces where they can share their capital to thrive at a PWI.	Creating virtual spaces and informal communitiesCreating formal communities within scienceCreating formal communities outside of science	Navigational capitalSocial capital

^aThis paper explores three major themes, which are divided into relevant subthemes. For each theme, we list the major forms of capital found from the community cultural wealth framework. The forms of capital within the subthemes often overlapped and intersected (Yosso and Garcia, 2007).