Demystifying mentorship: Tips for successfully navigating the mentor–mentee journey

C Ocobock, A Niclou, T Loewen… - American journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Quality mentorship is crucial for long‐term success in academia and overall job
satisfaction. Unfortunately, formal mentorship training is lacking, and there is little recourse …

The dark side of development: A systems characterization of the negative mentoring experiences of doctoral students

TT Tuma, JD Adams, BC Hultquist… - CBE—Life Sciences …, 2021 - Am Soc Cell Biol
Effective mentoring promotes the development and success of graduate students. Yet
mentoring, like other relationships, can have negative elements. Little knowledge exists …

Does mentoring directly improve students' research skills? Examining the role of information literacy and competency development

A Cutillas, E Benolirao, J Camasura, R Golbin Jr… - Education …, 2023 - mdpi.com
This work proposes a structural model highlighting the research skills of undergraduate
students. Due to the stages in their research project implementation, mentoring students …

(Re) shaping the socialization of scientific labs: Understanding women's doctoral experiences in STEM lab rotations

AM Wofford, JM Blaney - The Review of Higher Education, 2021 - muse.jhu.edu
Building on literature addressing doctoral student socialization and scientific research
groups, we qualitatively explore the gendered nature of laboratory rotations for 54 women …

Using social exchange theory to examine minoritized STEM postdocs' experiences with faculty mentoring relationships

T Karalis Noel, ML Miles, P Rida - Studies in Graduate and …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose Mentoring postdocs is a shared responsibility and dynamic process that requires a
mutual commitment between the faculty mentor and postdoc. The purpose of this study is to …

Autonomy and privilege in doctoral education: An analysis of STEM students' academic and professional trajectories

JM Blaney, AM Wofford, S Jeong, J Kang… - The Journal of Higher …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Guided by theories of socialization and possible selves, this study examines how STEM
doctoral students perceive their academic and professional trajectories. More specifically …

Remote doctoral supervision experiences: Challenges and affordances

G Wisker, MK McGinn, SSE Bengtsen… - … in Education and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The global pandemic has forced academics to engage in remote doctoral supervision, and
the need to understand this activity is greater than ever before. This contribution involved a …

Ph. D. pathways to the professoriate: Affordances and constraints of institutional structures, individual agency, and social systems

DF Feldon, AM Wofford, JM Blaney - … of Theory and Research: Volume 38, 2022 - Springer
The mechanisms for preparing future faculty are of vital importance for the future of
postsecondary education. Not only do the policies, practices, and procedures of doctoral …

Gender, race-ethnicity and postdoctoral hiring in STEMM fields

KA Shauman, J Huynh - Social Science Research, 2023 - Elsevier
As postdoctoral training has become a requirement in many STEMM fields the influence of
postdoc hiring on STEMM labor force inclusion and diversity has increased, yet postdoc …

Applying theory and research toward reducing suicidality among graduate students and postdoctoral scholars

EA Jach, AP Rinaldi - Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight suicide risk factors experienced by
graduate students and postdoctoral scholars, and then outline suicide prevention strategies …