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Direct linkCaitlin F. Warren – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This convergent mixed-methods study aimed to evaluate the mentorships in a high school with well-established student mentorship opportunities. Examining the characteristics and role of mentorships for students interested in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) careers determined how mentorships impact STEM career decisions.…
Descriptors: STEM Careers, Mentors, High School Students, Program Effectiveness
Beth R. Ropski – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Inequities in STEM persist, notably in underrepresented groups relating to gender, race, socio-economic status, and disability. The purpose of this study was to explore correlations between STEM identities, personal identities, mentor-related experiences, and academic/career persistence of undergraduate students in Idaho public post-secondary…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Self Concept, Mentors, Persistence
Lori Anna Mesi – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this quantitative cross-sectional study was to investigate the role of mentoring on preventing attrition of females in STEM pathways. This particular study examined mentoring sampled women currently in cybersecurity and engineering professions, though the study and subsequent results could be easily applied to other professions. The…
Descriptors: Females, Womens Education, STEM Education, Academic Persistence
Peer reviewedRoxanne Hughes; Shannon G. Davidson; Kawana Johnson – Journal for STEM Education Research, 2024
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields are incredibly valuable to the world as innovations can help improve infrastructure and save lives. The United States has called for improvements in mentoring to help build a larger STEM workforce. Many studies and reports have focused on the experience of mentees within communities…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Undergraduate Students, Teachers, Mentors
Emily Melzer Jackson – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Women are underrepresented in the STEM workforce. This is due to microaggressions, gender biases, preconceived assumptions about their abilities, a lack of mentorship, and limited opportunities for advancement. While women are underrepresented as a whole, the deficit is even larger when it comes to Latinas, who only make up a fraction of the…
Descriptors: Females, Disproportionate Representation, STEM Careers, Gender Bias
Blakely Brown; Maja Pedersen; Jennifer Harrington; Annie Belcourt; Sweeney Windchief; Aaron Thomas; Ruth Plenty Sweetgrass-She Kills; Otakuye Conroy-Ben; Erik Brodt; Karletta Chief; Serra Hoagland; Michelle Johnson-Jennings; Jordan Lewis; Kirsten Green Mink; Kathryn C. A. Milligan-Myhre; Matthew Calhoun; Angela Ozburn; Vanessa Simonds; Anne Des Rosier Grant; Salena Hill; Ke Wu – Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 2024
Mentorship programs for Native American (NA) faculty in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields hold significant promise toward developing, recruiting, and retaining NA members of the professoriate. In 2018, a qualitative study was conducted that explored experiences, and mentoring relationships that enhanced or inhibited…
Descriptors: American Indians, College Faculty, STEM Education, STEM Careers
Bonardi, Olivia; Burchell, Drew; Franz-Odendaal, Tamara Anne; Joy, Phillip – Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2023
A small but growing body of research confirms that people in the LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other identities) community are among those underrepresented in STEM (science, technology engineering, and math). This is concerning because diversity and inclusion improves science for all. In response, Canadian institutions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Postdoctoral Education, Scholarship, LGBTQ People
Rocker Yoel, Shahaf; Dori, Yehudit Judy – Journal of Engineering Education, 2023
Background: For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) robotics is an international, extra-curricular program that fosters young students' interpersonal skills and career choices in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). FIRST teams are guided by mentors, about half of whom are also mentees. Purpose: To…
Descriptors: Mentors, STEM Careers, Career Choice, Interpersonal Competence
Angel R. Carter – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study investigates the effect of a female STEM professional mentoring program on perceptions among K-12 female participants. Led by STEM professionals, the program aims to enhance understanding of STEM careers. The findings reveal significant changes in the K-12 females' attitude and career aspirations towards STEM following their involvement…
Descriptors: Females, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Secondary School Students
Deidre Horne Mangin – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Given the worldwide shortfall of engineers that threatens innovation and global stewardship, educators and industry must find ways to engage and prepare the next generation of engineers. To attract and train candidates to fill global needs, researchers need to expand engineering career pathway perceptions for students of all ages. Engineering…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Career Pathways, Mentors, Peer Relationship
Rosa L. Leath – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This qualitative descriptive study explored the lived experiences of Black women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) management positions and investigates the challenges within their career advancement and the influence of social support. Through qualitative analysis, participants highlighted the pivotal role of social…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Females, STEM Careers, Administrators
Power of Shared Success: How Can Sharing Success and Roles of Others Motivate African Women in STEM?
Olubukola Oluranti Babalola; Yvonne du Plessis; Sunday Samson Babalola – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2024
This study examines the success and role of African women leaders in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). In the absence of significant research on women's STEM leadership, the success and roles of others could motivate an aspiring African woman to pursue a career in STEM. A qualitative approach was sought using open online…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, STEM Careers, Women Administrators, Women Scientists
UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training, 2024
This Handbook is the result of a project funded through the UNESCO-UNEVOC Coaction Initiative 2023. The project's objective was to establish the Latin American Mentorship Network for Gender Equity and Opportunities in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) in order to contribute to the region's efforts to promote inclusion and…
Descriptors: Guides, Mentors, Females, STEM Careers
C. Cameron; H. Y. Lee; C. B. Anderson; E. K. Dahlstrom; S. Chang – International Journal of STEM Education, 2024
Scientific communication (SC) has important social-cognitive, behavioral, and career-related benefits for emerging researchers, but both mentors and mentees find development of SC skills challenging. Whether training mentors to effectively mentor development of SC skills could have a meaningful impact on mentees was not clear. The Scientific…
Descriptors: Mentors, Communication (Thought Transfer), Scientific and Technical Information, Skill Development
Juliet Marie Crowell – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Middle school Black girls in the Chicagoland area encounter challenges when engaging in Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) learning and developing individual STEM identities. Black girls with good grades in STEM courses are reluctant to pursue STEM careers because of the negative stereotypes they face in school (King & Pringle,…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Females, African American Students, Barriers
