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Mendez, Sylvia L.; Cooksey, Sarah E.; Watson, Kathryn; Haynes, Comas; McCoy, Tammy M.; Phillips, Canek; Higgs, C. Fred, III; Hicks, Illya V.; Arnett, Natalie – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2023
This phenomenological study explores the mentoring needs of 13 Black and Latinx engineering postdoctoral scholars who aspire to the professoriate. An adaptation of the ideal mentoring model (Zambrana et al., 2015) is employed as the conceptual framework. Moustakas' (1994) four-stage process of phenomenological data analysis was utilized to examine…
Descriptors: African American Students, Hispanic American Students, Postdoctoral Education, Engineering
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Mendez, Sylvia L.; Cooksey, Sarah E.; Starkey, Kathryn E.; Conley, Valerie Martin – Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education, 2022
Purpose: This study aims to explore the perceptions of a diverse set of 16 engineering postdoctoral scholars regarding their fit for the professoriate. The professoriate speaks to the body of tenured/tenure-track faculty within higher education institutions. Design/methodology/approach: An intrinsic case study design was conducted to provide an…
Descriptors: Postdoctoral Education, Engineering Education, Work Attitudes, Career Choice
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Mendez, Sylvia L.; Starkey, Kathryn E.; Cooksey, Sarah E.; Conley, Valerie Martin – Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 2022
This study employs an instrumental case study design to explore the environmental context of Latinx postdoctoral scholars in relation to their STEM identity and intended STEM career pathway. Interviews were conducted using an interactionist approach to STEM identity development. Deductive data analysis techniques reveal the impact of supervisor…
Descriptors: Postdoctoral Education, Scholarship, STEM Education, Professional Identity