... of this licence maybe seen at Link to the terms of the CC BY 4.0 licence. United States STEM Graduate students International students Science identity Space science The scientific and international higher education communities have long been connected (Gast, 2022), particularly as international...

... Limited Licensed re-use rights only International students Doctoral education Socialization Belonging STEM International students International doctoral education in the USA has undergone significant transformations in recent years. Research-oriented universities have recruited...

... an endeavor (like being a mentor) is worth the effort. Annie M. Wofford can be contacted at: awofford@fsu.edu 22 05 2024 28 01 2025 22 04 2025 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Mentoring STEM Equity Narrative...

..., work and life. They can easily become overwhelmed, setting the stage for burnout, lower academic productivity and diminished well-being (Hyun et al., 2006). Traditional aspects of STEM doctoral training, such as student-supervisor relationships, original scientific findings and a written...

..., technology, mathematics and engineering (STEM) graduate education. Design/methodology/approach The authors used a general qualitative inquiry research study design to conduct focus groups (n = 121) with graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and faculty members from across STEM disciplines...

...Julianne A. Wenner; Megan Frary; Paul J. Simmonds Purpose Historically, graduate education’s goal was to prepare academics; now most science, technology, engineering and/or mathematics (STEM) graduate students (GSs) go on to nonacademic careers. STEM GSs must be equipped for success regardless...

... Publishing Limited 2023 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Doctoral education Research skills Inequality STEM Qualitative methods Jesse McCain can be contacted at: jm7vd@virginia.edu 18 05 2022 15 09 2022 06 03 2023 Q1. What...

... to obtain jobs outside of academia. Focusing on biological sciences is warranted given that it reflects the largest number of doctorates awarded annually within STEM fields, according to the Survey of Earned Doctorates (National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics [NCSES], 2019). Moreover...

... Faculty STEM Mentoring While experiencing stress in graduate school is a common occurrence (Evans et al., 2018 ; Offstein et al., 2004), it can lead to significant mental health challenges, reflected in rates of distress, anxiety and depression among graduate students that often...

...Amanda J. Brockman; Dara E. Naphan-Kingery; Richard N. Pitt Purpose While science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) postdoctoral scholars often enter their positions with strong science identities, racially marginalized scholars are often not treated as scientists, which can weaken...

..., and mathematics (STEM) postdocs view and engage in mentoring exchanges with their faculty mentors. In the context of this study, minoritized postdocs include women, people of color, and individuals with international status; faculty mentors include postdocs’ Principal Investigators (PIs). Design/methodology...

...Yanbing Wang; Joyce B. Main Purpose While postdoctoral research (postdoc) training is a common step toward academic careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields, the role of postdoc training in social sciences is less clear. An increasing number of social science PhDs...

...). Further, conducting this research in an ethical manner has been identified as a vital skill, particularly in the STEM disciplines (Denecke et al., 2017). Communication skills have also been identified as important for post-PhD work and a key component of networking, but practitioners...

... students gaining the tools and knowledge to succeed in the lab from expert principal investigators (PIs), who often also serve as faculty advisors (Golde and Dore, 2001 ; Sadler et al., 2010). However, research on doctoral STEM training has recently challenged these assumptions by providing...

...Kamaria B. Porter; Julie R. Posselt; Kimberly Reyes; Kelly E. Slay; Aurora Kamimura Purpose As part of the broader effort to diversify higher education in the USA, many science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) doctoral programs are deeply engaged in diversity work – an array...

.../approach The authors rely on a case study approach to explore developmental networks and support accessed by students participating in the PROMISE program. A total of 16 students of color in STEM fields from three institutions in the University of Maryland System have participated. Findings Study...